[House Report 114-463]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress   }                                       {     Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session      }                                       {     114-463

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 SIDNEY OSLIN SMITH, JR. FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE

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   March 23, 2016.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 4618]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 4618) to designate the Federal 
building and United States courthouse located at 121 Spring 
Street SE in Gainesville, Georgia, as the ``Sidney Oslin Smith, 
Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse'', having 
considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment 
and recommend that the bill do pass.

                                CONTENTS

                                                                   Page
Purpose of Legislation...........................................     2
Background and Need for Legislation..............................     2
Hearings.........................................................     2
Legislative History and Consideration............................     2
Committee Votes..................................................     2
Committee Oversight Findings.....................................     2
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures........................     2
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate........................     3
Performance Goals and Objectives.................................     3
Advisory of Earmarks.............................................     3
Duplication of Federal Programs..................................     4
Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings Federal Mandate Statement....     4
Preemption Clarification.........................................     4
Advisory Committee Statement.....................................     4
Applicability of Legislative Branch..............................     4
Section-by-Section Analysis of Legislation.......................     4
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported............     5

                         PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION

    H.R. 4618 designates the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 121 Spring Street SE in Gainesville, 
Georgia, as the ``Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr. Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse''.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    H.R. 4618 would designate the Federal building and United 
States courthouse located at 121 Spring Street SE in 
Gainesville, Georgia, as the ``Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr. Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse''.
    Judge Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr. was born in Gainesville, GA 
in 1923. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army during the 
Second World War and earned his undergraduate degree from 
Harvard University, and a law degree from the University of 
Georgia.
    Judge Smith was appointed to the U.S. District Court for 
the Northern District of Georgia by President Johnson in 1965, 
serving on the bench until his retirement in 1974 and returned 
to the private practice of law.
    Judge Smith also served as Chairman of the Gainesville 
Board of Education, as a member and Chairman of the State Board 
of Regents and as a Trustee of Brenau University.

                                HEARINGS

    No hearings were held on H.R. 4618.

                 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CONSIDERATION

    On February 25, 2016, Representative Doug Collins (R-GA) 
introduced H.R. 4618, a bill to designate the Federal building 
and United States courthouse located at 121 Spring Street SE in 
Gainesville, Georgia, as the ``Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr. Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse''.
    On March 2, 2016 the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure met in open session. The Committee ordered the 
bill reported favorably to the House by voice vote with a 
quorum present.

                            COMMITTEE 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 record votes taken in connection 
with consideration of H.R. 4618.

                      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.

               NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY AND TAX EXPENDITURES

    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.

               CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE

    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. 4618 from the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office:

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                    Washington, DC, March 18, 2016.
Hon. Bill Shuster,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
reviewed the following bills ordered reported by the House 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 2, 
2016:
           H.R. 4618, a bill to designate the Federal 
        building and United States courthouse located at 121 
        Spring Street SE in Gainesville, Georgia, as the 
        ``Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr. Federal Building and United 
        States Courthouse''; and
           H.R. 3937, a bill to designate the building 
        utilized as a United States courthouse located at 150 
        Reade Circle in Greenville, North Carolina, as the 
        ``Randy D. Doub United States Courthouse.''
    CBO estimates that enacting the bills would have no 
significant effect on the federal budget and would not affect 
direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go 
procedures do not apply.
    CBO also estimates that enacting the bills would not 
increase direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the 
four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.
    The 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,
                                         Robert A. Sunshine
                                        (For Keith Hall, Director).

                    PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

    With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(4) of rule 
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the 
performance goal and objective of this legislation is to 
designate the Federal building and United States courthouse 
located at 121 Spring Street SE in Gainesville, Georgia, as the 
``Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr. Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''.

                          ADVISORY OF EARMARKS

    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. No 
provision in the bill includes an earmark, limited tax benefit, 
or limited tariff benefit under clause 9(e), 9(f), or 9(g) of 
rule XXI.

                    DUPLICATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS

    Pursuant to section 3(g) of H. Res. 5, 114th Cong. (2015), 
the Committee finds that no provision of H.R. 4618 establishes 
or reauthorizes a program of the federal government known to be 
duplicative of another federal program, a program that was 
included in any report from the Government Accountability 
Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-
139, or a program related to a program identified in the most 
recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.

                  DISCLOSURE OF DIRECTED RULE MAKINGS

    Pursuant to section 3(i) of H. Res. 5, 114th Cong. (2015), 
the Committee finds that enacting H.R. 4618 does not direct the 
completion of a specific rule making within the meaning of 
section 551 of title 5, United States Code.

                       FEDERAL MANDATE 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. 4618 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 OF 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).

         SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS OF LEGISLATION, AS AMENDED

Section 1. Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr. Federal Building and United States 
        Courthouse

    Subsection (a) designates the Federal building and United 
States courthouse located at 121 Spring Street SE in 
Gainesville, Georgia, as the ``Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr. Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse''.
    Subsection (b) deems any reference in a law, map, 
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the Federal buildings referred to in subsection (a) 
as a reference to the ``Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr. Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse''.

         CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

    H.R. 4618 makes no changes in existing law.

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