[House Report 115-1021]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
115th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 115-1021
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TO DESIGNATE THE FEDERAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 2110 FIRST STREET IN FORT
MYERS, FLORIDA, AS THE ``GEORGE W. WHITEHURST FEDERAL BUILDING''
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November 13, 2018.--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. 6622]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 6622) to designate the Federal
building located at 2110 First Street in Fort Myers, Florida,
as the ``George W. Whitehurst Federal Building'', having
considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments
and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose of Legislation........................................... 2
Background and Need for Legislation.............................. 2
Hearings......................................................... 2
Legislative History and Consideration............................ 2
Committee Votes.................................................. 3
Committee Oversight Findings..................................... 3
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures........................ 3
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate........................ 3
Performance Goals and Objectives................................. 4
Advisory of Earmarks............................................. 4
Duplication of Federal Programs.................................. 4
Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings.............................. 4
Federal Mandate Statement........................................ 4
Preemption Clarification......................................... 4
Advisory Committee Statement..................................... 5
Applicability of Legislative Branch.............................. 5
Section-by-Section Analysis of Legislation....................... 5
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported............ 5
The amendments are as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The Federal building and United States courthouse located at 2110
First Street in Fort Myers, Florida, shall be known and designated as
the ``George W. Whitehurst Federal Building and United States
Courthouse''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
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 ``George W. Whitehurst Federal Building and United States
Courthouse''.
Amend the title so as to read: A bill to designate the
Federal building located at 2110 First Street in Fort Myers,
Florida, as the ``George W. Whitehurst Federal Building and
United States Courthouse''.
PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION
H.R. 6622, as amended, designates the Federal building
located at 2110 First Street in Fort Myers, Florida, as the
``George W. Whitehurst Federal Building and United States
Courthouse''.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 6622 designates the Federal building located at 2110
First Street in Fort Myers, Florida, as the ``George W.
Whitehurst Federal Building and United States Courthouse''.
Judge George William Whitehurst was born in Wauchula,
Florida, in 1891. He received his Bachelor of Law degree from
the University of Florida College of Law before becoming a
County Judge in De Soto County, Florida, from 1917 to 1919.
After serving on the county bench, Whitehurst then served on
the 12th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida until 1947.
On January 30, 1950, Judge Whitehurst was nominated by
President Harry S. Truman to joint appointments on the United
States District Court for the Northern District of Florida and
the Southern District of Florida. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate on February 21, 1950, and would sit on the
bench until he assumed senior status on June 30, 1961, serving
in that capacity until his death on January 13, 1974.
HEARINGS
No hearings were held on H.R. 6622, as amended.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CONSIDERATION
On July 26, 2018, Congressman Francis Rooney (R-FL)
introduced H.R. 6622, a bill to designate the Federal building
located at 2110 First Street in Fort Myers, Florida, as the
``George W. Whitehurst Federal Building''. The bill was
referred solely to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure.
On September 27, 2018, the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure met in open session. An amendment was offered by
Congressman Lou Barletta (R-PA) and adopted by the Committee by
voice vote. The amendment makes a technical change that
reflects the fact that the building is both a Federal building
and a U.S. courthouse. The Committee ordered the bill, as
amended, 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 recorded votes taken in connection
with consideration of H.R. 6622, as amended.
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. 6622, as amended,
from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office:
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, October 2, 2018.
Hon. Bill Shuster,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has
reviewed H.R. 6622, a bill to designate the federal building
located at 2110 First Street in Fort Myers, Florida, as the
``George W. Whitehurst Federal Building and United States
Courthouse,'' as ordered reported by the House Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure on September 27, 2018.
CBO estimates that enacting this legislation 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 estimates that enacting the
legislation would not increase net direct spending or on-budget
deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods
beginning in 2029.
The bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and
would not affect the budgets of 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,
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 located at 2110 First Street in
Fort Myers, Florida, as the ``George W. Whitehurst 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 clause 3(c)(5) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the Committee finds that no provision
of H.R. 6622 as amended 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, 115th Cong. (2017),
the Committee finds that enacting H.R. 6622, as amended, 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. 6622, as amended,
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
Section 1. Designation
Section 1 designates the Federal building and United States
courthouse located at 2110 First Street in Fort Myers, Florida,
as the ``George W. Whitehurst Federal Building and United
States Courthouse''.
Section. 2. References
Section 2 deems 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 as a reference to the ``George W. Whitehurst Federal
Building and United States Courthouse''.
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED
H.R. 6622, as amended, makes no changes in existing law.
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