[House Report 110-46]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




110th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                     110-46

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 TO DESIGNATE THE FEDERAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 210 WALNUT STREET IN DES 
          MOINES, IOWA, AS THE ``NEAL SMITH FEDERAL BUILDING''

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   March 12, 2007.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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Mr. Oberstar, from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 1045]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 1045) to designate the Federal 
building located at 210 Walnut Street in Des Moines, Iowa, as 
the ``Neal Smith Federal Building'', having considered the 
same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend 
that the bill do pass.

                       PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION

    H.R. 1045 designates the Federal building located at 210 
Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa as the Neal Smith Federal 
Building.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    Neal Smith was born on March 23, 1920, in his grandparents' 
home near Hedrick, Keokuk County, Iowa. He served in the United 
States House of Representatives from 1959 until 1995, the 
longest serving Member of the House of Representatives from 
Iowa. Congressman Smith is a World War II veteran, having 
served in the United States Army Air Force as a bomber pilot. 
His plane was shot down during combat and he received a Purple 
Heart, nine Battle Stars, and the Air Medal with four oak leaf 
clusters.
    He received his undergraduate training at the University of 
Missouri and Syracuse University. In 1950, he received his law 
degree from Drake University.
    Neal Smith is one of Iowa's most respected and 
distinguished elected officials. His interests, while in 
Congress, were varied but he especially focused on agriculture, 
small business, and the environment. He became a champion for 
those issue areas and authored legislation establishing the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Meat, Poultry 
and Egg Inspection Acts, and Small Business Development 
Centers.
    He also sponsored legislation to authorize construction of 
the Big Creek and Rathbun Dams. Further, he was instrumental in 
creating the Red Rock Watershed Conservation District and a 
National Wildlife Refuge, which was named in his honor. In the 
1980s, Smith was especially active in helping jump start Iowa's 
stagnant economy. In 1996, Smith published his autobiography, 
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: From Eisenhower to Clinton.
    It is most fitting and proper to honor the long, 
distinguished civic career of Congressman Neal Smith with this 
designation.

                       SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Designation

    Section 1 designates the Federal building located at 210 
Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa, as the ``Neal Smith Federal 
Building''.

Section 2. References

    Section two states that any reference in a law, map, 
regulation, document, paper or other record of the United 
States to the Federal building referenced in section one shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the Neal Smith Federal Building.

            LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    On March 1, 2007, the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure met in open session and ordered H.R. 1045 
reported favorably to the House by voice vote.

                              RECORD VOTES

    Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives 
requires each committee report to include the total number of 
votes cast for and against on each record vote on a motion to 
report and on any amendment offered to the measure or matter, 
and the names of those members voting for and against. There 
were no recorded votes taken in connection with ordering H.R. 
1045 reported. A motion to order H.R. 1045 reported favorably 
to the House was agreed to by voice vote with a quorum present.

                      COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS

    With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(I) of rule 
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee's oversight findings and recommendations are 
reflected in this report.

                          COST OF LEGISLATION

    Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives does not apply where a cost estimate and 
comparison prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 has been timely submitted prior to the filing of the 
report and is included in the report. Such a cost estimate is 
included in this report.

                    COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII

    1. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(2) of 
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, and 
308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee 
references the report of the Congressional Budget Office 
included in the report.
    2. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(4) of 
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the 
performance goals and objective of this legislation are to 
designate the Federal building located at 210 Walnut Street, 
Des Moines, Iowa, as the Neal Smith Federal Building.
    3. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(3) of 
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 
Committee has received the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 1045 
from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office:
                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                     Washington, DC, March 5, 2007.
Hon. James L. Oberstar,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
reviewed the following bills as ordered reported by the House 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 1, 
2007:
           H.R. 753, a bill to redesignate the federal 
        building located at 167 North Main Street in Memphis, 
        Tennessee, as the ``Clifford Davis and Odell Horton 
        Federal Building'';
           H.R. 1045, a bill to designate the federal 
        building located at 210 Walnut Street in Des Moines, 
        Iowa, as the ``Neal Smith Federal Building'';
           H.R. 1019, a bill to designate the United 
        States customhouse building located at 31 Gonzalez 
        Clemente Avenue in Mayaguiez, Puerto Rico, as the 
        ``Rafael Martinez Nadal United States Customhouse 
        Building'';
           H.R. 735, a bill to designate the federal 
        building under construction at 799 First Avenue in New 
        York, New York, as the ``Ronald H. Brown United States 
        Mission to the United Nations Building''; and
           H.R. 1138, a bill to designate the federal 
        building and United States courthouse located at 306 
        East Main Street in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as 
        the ``J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and United 
        States Courthouse.''
    CBO estimates that enactment of these bills would have no 
significant impact on the federal budget and would not affect 
direct spending or revenues. These bills contain no 
intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose no costs on 
state, local, or tribal governments. If you wish further 
details on this estimate, we will be pleased to provide them. 
The CBO staff contact is Matthew Pickford.
            Sincerely,
                                           Peter R. Orszag,
                                                          Director.

                     COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XXI

    Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, H.R. 1045 does not contain any 
congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff 
benefits as defined in clause 9(d), 9(e), or 9(f) of rule XXI 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives.

                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

    Pursuant to clause (3)(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, committee reports on a bill or 
joint resolution of a public character shall include a 
statement citing the specific powers granted to the Congress in 
the Constitution to enact the measure. The Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure finds that Congress has the 
authority to enact this measure pursuant to its powers granted 
under article I, section 8 of the Constitution.

                       FEDERAL MANDATES STATEMENT

    The Committee adopts as its own the estimate of Federal 
mandates prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office pursuant to section 423 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform 
Act (Public Law 104-4).

                        PREEMPTION CLARIFICATION

    Section 423 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
requires the report of any Committee on a bill or joint 
resolution to include a statement on the extent to which the 
bill or joint resolution is intended to preempt state, local, 
or tribal law. The Committee states that H.R. 1045 does not 
preempt any state, local, or tribal law.

                      ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT

    No advisory committees within the meaning of section 5(b) 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act are created by this 
legislation.

                APPLICABILITY TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

    The Committee finds that the legislation does not relate to 
the terms and conditions of employment or access to public 
services or accommodations within the meaning of section 
102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act (Public Law 
104-1).

         CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

    H.R. 1045 makes no changes in existing law.

                                  
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