[House Report 115-819]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
115th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 115-819
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J. MARVIN JONES FEDERAL BUILDING AND MARY LOU ROBINSON UNITED STATES
COURTHOUSE
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July 16, 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. 5772]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 5772) to designate the J. Marvin
Jones Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as
the ``J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson
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.............................. 4
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. 5772 designates the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building
and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as the ``J. Marvin Jones
Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States
Courthouse''.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Judge Mary Lou Robinson was born in Dodge City, Kansas in
1926. Judge Robinson received her bachelor's degree from the
University of Texas at Austin and a law degree from University
of Texas School of Law. After several years of private
practice, she was elected to the Potter County Court from 1955
to 1958. She was a judge on the 108th District Court of Texas
in Amarillo from 1961 to 1973. From 1973 to 1979, Judge
Robinson was a Justice of the Court of Civil Appeals for the
7th Supreme Judicial District of Texas where she served as
Chief Justice from 1977 to 1979.
In February of 1979, Judge Robinson was nominated by
President Jimmy Carter to the United States District Court for
the Northern District of Texas. She assumed senior status in
February, 2016, and inactive senior status in May 2018.
HEARINGS
No hearings were held on H.R. 5772.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CONSIDERATION
On May 10, 2018, Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-TX)
introduced H.R. 5772 designating the J. Marvin Jones Federal
Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as the ``J. Marvin
Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States
Courthouse''. The bill was referred solely to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure.
On June 27, 2018, the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure met in open session. The Committee ordered the
bill reported favorably to the House without amendment 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. 5772.
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. 5772 from the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office:
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, July 9, 2018.
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 June 27,
2018:
H.R. 3460, a bill to designate the United States
courthouse located at 323 East Chapel Hill Street in Durham,
North Carolina, as the ``John Hervey Wheeler United States
Courthouse''; and
H.R. 5772, a bill to designate the J. Marvin Jones
Federal Building and Courthouse located in Amarillo, Texas, as
the ``J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson
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 net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of
the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2029.
The bills contain no intergovernmental or private-sector
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Matthew
Pickford.
Sincerely,
Mark P. Hadley
(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 J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Courthouse
in Amarillo, Texas, as the ``J. Marvin Jones Federal Building
and Mary Lou Robinson 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 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the Committee finds that no provision of
H.R. 5772 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. 5772 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. 5772 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 J. Marvin Jones Federal Building
and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as the ``J. Marvin Jones
Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson 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 ``J. Marvin Jones Federal
Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse''.
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED
H.R. 5772 makes no changes in existing law.
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