[House Report 106-536]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 106-536
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J. SMITH HENLEY FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
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March 23, 2000.--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. 1605]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 1605) to designate the United
States courthouse building located at 402 North Walnut Street
and Prospect Avenue in Harrison, Arkansas, as the ``Judge J.
Smith Henley Federal Building'', having considered the same,
report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the
bill as amended do pass.
The amendments are as follows:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The Federal building and United States courthouse located at 402
North Walnut Street in Harrison, Arkansas, shall be known and
designated as the ``J. Smith Henley 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 ``J. Smith Henley Federal Building and United States
Courthouse''.
Amend the title so as to read:
A bill to designate the Federal building and United States
courthouse located at 402 North Walnut Street in Harrison,
Arkansas, as the ``J. Smith Henley Federal Building and United
States Courthouse''.
Judge J. Smith Henley was born on May 18, 1917, in St. Joe,
Arkansas. Judge Henley received his LLB from the University of
Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1941. He was a member of the
American Bar Association, Arkansas Bar Association, the Bar
Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Boone County Bar
Association and the American Judicature Society.
Judge Henley engaged in private practice from 1941 until
1954. He was a former Referee in Bankruptcy for the Western
District of Arkansas from 1943 until 1945. In 1954 he was an
Associate General Counsel for the Federal Communications
Commission and served as Director of the Office of
Administrative Procedure, Department of Justice from 1956 until
1958.
In 1958 Judge Henley was appointed United States District
Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. He
served as Chief Judge of the Eastern District during his entire
tenure on the District bench. He was appointed United States
Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the
Eighth Circuit in March 1975. Judge Henley took Senior status
in May 1982, and continued to carry an active docket until his
death in 1987.
This is a fitting honor to a dedicated public servant.
committee consideration
On March 16, 2000, the Committee met in open session and
ordered reported H.R. 1605, as amended, designating the Federal
building and United States courthouse located at 402 North
Walnut Street in Harrison, Arkansas as the ``J. Smith Henley
Federal Building and United States Courthouse,'' approved March
15, 2000, by the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public
Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Transportation, by
voice vote with a quorum present. There were no recorded votes
taken during Committee consideration of H.R. 1605, as amended.
record votes
Clause 3(b) of rule XIII 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 ordering H.R.
1605, as amended reported. A motion by Mr. Franks to order H.R.
1605, as amended, favorably reported to the House was agreed to
by voice vote, a quorum being present.
cost of the legislation
Clause 3(d)(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.
compliance with house rule xiii
1. With respect to the requirement 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, the
Committee references the report of the Congressional Budget
Office below.
2. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(4) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
Committee has received no report of oversight findings and
recommendations from the Committee on Government Reform on the
subject of H.R. 1605, as amended.
3. 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 following cost estimate for H.R.
1605, as amended, from the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office.
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, March 20, 2000.
Hon. Bud Shuster,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has
reviewed the following bills, which were ordered reported by
the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on
March 16, 2000. CBO estimates that their enactment would have
no significant impact on the federal budget, and would not
affect direct spending or receipts; therefore, pay-as-you-go
procedures would not apply. 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. The bills reviewed are:
H.R. 938, a bill to designate the federal building
located at 290 Broadway in New York, New York, as the
``Ronald H. Brown Federal Building;''
H.R. 1279, a bill to designate the federal building
and United States courthouse located at 236 Sharkey
Street in Clarksdale, Mississippi, as the ``Aaron E.
Henry Federal Building and United States Courthouse;''
H.R. 1605, a bill to designate the federal building
and United States courthouse located at 402 North
Walnut Street in Harrison, Arkansas, as the ``J. Smith
Henley Federal Building and United States Courthouse;''
and
H.R. 2412, a bill to designate the federal building
and United States courthouse located at 1300 South
Harrison Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as the ``E.
Ross Adair Federal Building and United States
Courthouse.''
If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is John R.
Righter.
Sincerely,
Barry B. Anderson
(For Dan L. Crippen, Director).
CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, committee reports on a bill or joint
resolution of a public character shall include a statement
citing the specific powers granted to the Congress in the
Constitution to enact the measure. The Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure finds that Congress has the
authority to enact this measure pursuant to its powers granted
under article I, section 8 of the Constitution.