[House Report 111-286]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


111th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    111-286

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       H. DALE COOK FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE

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  October 6, 2009.--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. 3305]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 3305) to designate the Federal 
building and United States courthouse located at 224 South 
Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the ``H. Dale Cook 
Federal Building and United States Courthouse'', having 
considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment 
and recommend that the bill do pass.

                       PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION

    H.R. 3305 designates the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 224 South Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, 
Oklahoma, as the ``H. Dale Cook Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse''.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    H.R. 3305 designates the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 224 South Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, 
Oklahoma, as the ``H. Dale Cook Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse''. H. Dale Cook was born April 14, 1924 in 
Guthrie, Oklahoma.
    On December 2, 1974, President Gerald Ford nominated H. 
Dale Cook to serve as a Federal Judge for the United States 
District Court for the Western, Northern, and Eastern Districts 
of Oklahoma. Cook was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 
18, 1974. In 1979, Cook became the Chief Judge for the Northern 
District of Oklahoma, and held this position until becoming 
Senior Judge in 1992. As a Senior Judge, Cook carried a robust 
criminal docket until months before his death in September 
2008.
    H. Dale Cook spent much of his professional career in 
public service. During 1944 and 1945, he served as a fighter 
pilot instructor and achieved a Lieutenant rank in the United 
States Army Air Corps. He then served in the United States Air 
Force Reserve from 1945 until 1953. During that time, he earned 
his Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws from the 
University of Oklahoma and the University of Oklahoma School of 
Law in 1949 and 1950, respectively.
    Before becoming a Federal Judge, H. Dale Cook held various 
public service roles, including serving as the Logan County, 
Oklahoma Attorney (1950-51), First Assistant U.S. Attorney for 
the Western District of Oklahoma (1954-58), and as Legal 
Counsel to the Governor of Oklahoma (1963-65). From 1971 to 
1974, Cook served in Washington, D.C. as the Director of the 
Bureau of Hearings and Appeals for the Social Security 
Administration. His career also contained multiple tenures in 
private practice, and from 1969 to 1971, he served as President 
of Shepherd Mall State Bank in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

                       SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Designation

    Section 1 designates the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 224 South Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, 
Oklahoma, as the ``H. Dale Cook Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse''.

Sec 2. References

    Section 2 indicates that any reference in a law, map, 
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the Federal building and United States courthouse 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to 
the ``H. Dale Cook Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''.

            LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    In the 111th Congress, Representative John Sullivan 
introduced H.R. 3305 on July 23, 2009. This bill has not been 
introduced in a previous Congress. On September 24, 2009, the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met in open 
session, and 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 Rules 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 H.R. 3305, or ordering the bill reported. 
A motion to order H.R. 3305 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 
section 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 naming the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 224 South Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, 
Oklahoma, as the ``H. Dale Cook Federal Building and 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 H.R. 3305 
from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office:

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                Washington, DC, September 25, 2009.
Hon. James L. Oberstar,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
reviewed H.R. 3305, a bill to designate the federal building 
and United States Courthouse located at 224 South Boulder 
Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the ``H. Dale Cook Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse,'' as ordered reported by 
the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on 
September 24, 2009.
    CBO estimates that enactment of this legislation would have 
no significant impact on the federal budget and would not 
affect direct spending or revenues. The bill contains 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,
                                              Douglas W. Elmendorf.

                     COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XXI

    Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, the Committee is required to include a list 
of congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited 
tariff benefits, as defined in clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of 
rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. H.R. 
3305 does not contain any earmarks, limited tax benefits, or 
limited tariff benefits under clause 9(e), 9(f), or 9(g) of 
rule XXI.

                   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 (P.L. 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. 3305 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 (P.L. 104-1).

         CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

    H.R. 3305 makes no changes in existing law.

                                  
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