[House Report 117-157]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


117th Congress }                                          { Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session   }                                          { 117-157

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TO REDESIGNATE THE FEDERAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 167 NORTH MAIN STREET IN 
      MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AS THE ``ODELL HORTON FEDERAL BUILDING''

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  November 1, 2021.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 390]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 390) to redesignate the Federal 
building located at 167 North Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee 
as the ``Odell Horton Federal Building'', having considered the 
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and 
recommends 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.....................................     3
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures........................     3
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate........................     3
Performance Goals and Objectives.................................     3
Duplication of Federal Programs..................................     3
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff 
  Benefits.......................................................     4
Federal Mandates Statement.......................................     4
Preemption Clarification.........................................     4
Advisory Committee Statement.....................................     4
Applicability to Legislative Branch..............................     4
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation...................     4
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported............     4

                         PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION

    The purpose of H.R. 390 is to redesignate the federal 
building located at 167 North Main Street in Memphis, 
Tennessee, as the ``Odell Horton Federal Building''.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    H.R. 390 redesignates the federal building at 167 North 
Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee, (currently known as the 
``Clifford Davis and Odell Horton Federal Building'') as the 
``Odell Horton Federal Building''.
    Prior to 2007, the federal building in downtown Memphis was 
named for former Congressman Clifford Davis. Davis, who was 
supported by the Memphis chapter of the Ku Klux Klan,\1\ was 
elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1940, where he 
was best known for cosponsoring the Federal-Aid Highway Act and 
passing legislation to establish the Tennessee Valley 
Authority.
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    In 2007, Representative Steve Cohen and Representative 
Marsha Blackburn secured the passage of legislation which 
renamed the ``Clifford Davis Federal Building'' the ``Clifford 
Davis and Odell Horton Federal Building''.
    Judge Odell Horton, the first black federal judge and 
assistant U.S. attorney in Tennessee was nominated by President 
Carter and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 1980. Prior to his 
appointment, Judge Horton served in the Marines, earned a 
bachelor's degree from Morehouse College in 1951 and a law 
degree from Howard University in 1956, and served as an 
assistant U.S. attorney from 1962 to 1967. Judge Horton retired 
from the bench in 1997 and died in 2006.
    H.R. 390, sponsored by the entire Tennessee delegation, 
removes Congressman Clifford Davis's name from the federal 
building at 167 North Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee.

                                HEARINGS

    For the purposes of rule XIII, clause 3(c)6(A) of the 117th 
Congress, no hearings were held on H.R. 390 in the 117th 
Congress.

                 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CONSIDERATION

    H.R. 390 was introduced in the House on January 21, 2021, 
by Mr. Cohen and eight original cosponsors and referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Within the 
Committee, H.R. 390 was referred to the Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency 
Management.
    The Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, 
and Emergency Management was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 390 on March 24, 2021.
    The Full Committee considered H.R. 390 on March 24, 2021, 
and ordered the measure to be reported to the House with a 
favorable recommendation, by voice vote.

                            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.
    No record votes were requested during consideration of H.R. 
390.

                      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

    With respect to the requirements 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 and with respect 
to requirements 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 requested 
but not received a cost estimate for this bill from the 
Director of Congressional Budget Office. The Committee has 
requested but not received from the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office a statement as to whether this bill 
contains any new budget authority, spending authority, credit 
authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or tax 
expenditures. The Chairman of the Committee shall cause such 
estimate and statement to be printed in the Congressional 
Record upon its receipt by the Committee.

               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, a cost 
estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office pursuant 
to section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was not 
made available to the Committee in time for the filing of this 
report. The Chairman of the Committee shall cause such estimate 
to be printed in the Congressional Record upon its receipt by 
the Committee.

                    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 H.R. 390 is to redesignate 
the federal building at 167 North Main Street in Memphis, 
Tennessee, (currently known as the Clifford Davis and Odell 
Horton Federal Building) as the Odell Horton Federal Building.

                    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. 390 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.

   CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS, LIMITED TAX BENEFITS, AND LIMITED TARIFF 
                                BENEFITS

    In compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, this bill, as reported, contains no 
congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff 
benefits as defined in clause 9(e), 9(f), or 9(g) of the rule 
XXI.

                       FEDERAL MANDATES STATEMENT

    An estimate of federal mandates prepared by the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 423 of the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act was not made available to the 
Committee in time for the filing of this report. The Chairman 
of the Committee shall cause such estimate to be printed in the 
Congressional Record upon its receipt by the Committee.

                        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 finds that H.R. 390 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 were created by this 
legislation.

                  APPLICABILITY TO 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 THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Redesignation

    This section provides that the federal building located at 
167 North Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee, commonly known as 
the ``Clifford Davis and Odell Horton Federal Building'', shall 
be redesignated as the ``Odell Horton Federal Building''.

Sec. 2. References

    This section provides that any reference in a law, map, 
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the Federal building referred to in section one shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ``Odell Horton Federal 
Building''.

         CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

    As reported by the Committee, H.R. 390 makes no changes in 
existing law.

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