[House Report 117-162]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


117th Congress     }                                 {       Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session       }                                 {       117-162

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                 NORMAN YOSHIO MINETA 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. 4679]

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 
was referred the bill (H.R. 4679) to designate the Federal 
building located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast in 
Washington, DC, as the ``Norman Yoshio Mineta Federal 
Building'', having considered the same, reports favorably 
thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.

                                CONTENTS

                                                                   Page
Purpose of Legislation...........................................     1
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. 4679 is to designate the Federal 
building located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast in 
Washington, D.C., as the ``Norman Yoshio Mineta Federal 
Building''.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    H.R. 4679 names the Department of Transportation (DOT) 
headquarters building in Washington, D.C., after former 
Congressman and Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta.
    Secretary Mineta has a long record of service to the 
nation. For almost 30 years, Secretary Mineta represented San 
Jose, California--first on the City Council, then as Mayor, and 
then from 1975 to 1995 as a Member of Congress.
    He served on the Committee on Transportation and Public 
Works throughout his entire time in Congress. He chaired the 
Subcommittee on Aviation and the Subcommittee on Surface 
Transportation, and he chaired the full committee during the 
103rd Congress.
    He was a primary author of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 which, as President 
George H. W. Bush said during the signing ceremony, was ``the 
most important transportation bill since President Eisenhower 
started the Interstate System 35 years ago. ``This bill,'' said 
President Bush, ``also means investment in America's economic 
future, for an efficient transportation system is essential for 
a productive and efficient economy. The future of American 
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    Secretary Mineta also served as President Bill Clinton's 
Secretary of Commerce, and President George W. Bush's Secretary 
of Transportation, where he was the longest-serving Secretary 
of Transportation in U.S. history.
    Following the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, 
Secretary Mineta guided the creation of the Transportation 
Security Administration--an agency with more than 65,000 
employees--the largest mobilization of a new federal agency 
since World War II.
    During World War II, he, along with his family, suffered 
the grave injustice of being forcibly relocated and interned. 
Despite this, he spent his career serving the nation.

                                HEARINGS

    No hearings were to develop or consider H.R. 4679.

                 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CONSIDERATION

    H.R. 4679 was introduced in the House on July 26, 2021, by 
Mr. DeFazio and referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure. Within the Committee, H.R. 4679 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. 4679 on July 28, 2021.
    The Committee considered H.R. 4679 on July 28, 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. 
4679.

                      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 this legislation is to 
designate the Federal building located at 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue Southeast in Washington, DC, as the ``Norman Yoshio 
Mineta 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. 4679 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. 4679 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. Designation

    This section provides that the Federal building located at 
1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast in Washington, D.C., shall be 
known and designated as the ``Norman Yoshio Mineta Federal 
Building''.

Section 2. References

    The section clarifies 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 1 shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ``Norman Yoshio Mineta 
Federal Building''.

         CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

    As reported by the Committee, H.R. 4679 makes no changes in 
existing law.

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