[House Report 110-823]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



110th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     110-823

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              THEODORE ROOSEVELT UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE

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 September 8, 2008.--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 S. 2837]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

  The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (S. 2837) to designate the United States 
courthouse located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New 
York, as the ``Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse'', 
having considered the same, report favorably thereon without 
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.

                       PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION

    S. 2837 designates the United States Courthouse located at 
225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the ``Theodore 
Roosevelt United States Courthouse''.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York, New York, on 
October 27, 1858. In 1880, he graduated magna cum laude from 
Harvard College. After graduating from Harvard, he briefly 
studied at Columbia Law School before being elected to the New 
York State Assembly in 1882, at the age of 23. He served in the 
Assembly for two years, before President Benjamin Harrison 
appointed him as a member of the United States Civil Service 
Commission. In 1895, he resigned from the Commission and became 
President of the New York Board of Police Commissioners. In 
1897, President William McKinley appointed him Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy, where he served for a little more than a 
year. At the beginning of the Spanish-American War, he left his 
post as Assistant Secretary to raise a volunteer cavalry 
regiment for the United States Army. During the Spanish 
American War, Roosevelt served as Colonel of his regiment, 
known as ``Roosevelt's Rough Riders''.
    In 1898, Roosevelt was elected as the Governor of New York 
but left office after two years to run for Vice President of 
the United States, on a ticket headed by William McKinley. 
President McKinley won the election of 1900 but was 
assassinated on September 6, 1901. On September 14, 1901, at 
the age of 42, Roosevelt took the oath of office and became the 
26th President of the United States. At that time, he was the 
youngest person to ever hold the Presidency.
    President Roosevelt was elected to a second term in 1904. 
During his two terms in office, President Roosevelt's list of 
achievements include facilitating and ensuring the construction 
of the Panama Canal, establishing the Department of Commerce 
and the Department of Labor, signing the Elkins Anti-rebate Act 
for railroads, and greatly advancing environmental conservation 
efforts by providing Federal protection for close to 230 
million acres of land. He was also awarded the Nobel Peace 
Prize in 1906, for his work in ending the Russo-Japanese War.
    In 1919, at the age of 60, Roosevelt passed away in Oyster 
Bay, New York.

                       SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse

    Section 1 (a) designates the United States Courthouse 
located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York as the 
``Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse''.
    Section 1(b) ensures that any reference in a law, map, 
regulation, document paper, or other record of the United 
States to the United States courthouse reference in subsection 
(a) be a reference to the Theodore Roosevelt United States 
Courthouse.

            LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    On April 9, 2008, Senator Charles E. Schumer introduced S. 
2837.
    On June 4, 2008, the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate reported S. 2837 favorably to the Senate. 
On June 24, 2008, the Senate passed S. 2837 by unanimous 
consent.
    On July 31, 2008, the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure met in open session to consider S. 2837. The 
Committee ordered the bill reported favorably to the House by 
voice vote with a quorum present.

                              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 consideration 
of S. 2837 or ordering the bill reported. A motion to order S. 
2837 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)(1) 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 objectives of this legislation are to 
designate the United States courthouse located at 225 Cadman 
Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the ``Theodore Roosevelt 
United States Courthouse''.
    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 S. 2837 
from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office:

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                    Washington, DC, August 1, 2008.
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 legislation as ordered reported by the 
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 
31, 2008:
           H.R. 4131, a bill to designate a portion of 
        California State Route 91 located in Los Angeles 
        County, California, as the ``Juanita Millender-McDonald 
        Highway'';
           S. 2403, an act to designate the United 
        States courthouse, located in the 700 block of East 
        Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, as the ``Spottswood 
        W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige Jr. United States 
        Courthouse'';
           S. 3009, an act to designate the Federal 
        Bureau of Investigation building under construction in 
        Omaha, Nebraska, as thc ``J. James Exon Federal Bureau 
        of Investigation Building''; and
           S. 2837, an act to designate the United 
        States courthouse located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, 
        Brooklyn, New York, as the ``Theodore Roosevelt United 
        States Courthouse.''
    CBO estimates that enactment of those pieces of legislation 
would have no significant impact on the federal budget and 
would not affect direct spending or revenues. Those 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 A. Fontaine
                                   (For Peter R. Orszag, Director.)

                     COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XXI

    Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, S. 2837 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 S. 2837 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

    S. 2837 makes no changes in existing law.

                                  
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