[House Report 106-57]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress Report
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 106-57
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EDWARD N. CAHN FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
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March 16, 1999.--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. 751]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 751) to designate the Federal
building and United States courthouse located at 504 Hamilton
Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as the ``Edward N. Cahn
Federal Building and United States Courthouse'', 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 504
West Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania, shall be known and
designated as the ``Edward N. Cahn 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 ``Edward N. Cahn 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 504 West Hamilton Street in Allentown,
Pennsylvania, as the ``Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and United
States Courthouse''.
Edward N. Cahn was born June 29, 1933 in Allentown,
Pennsylvania. Judge Cahn attended Lehigh University, earning
his Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude in 1955. After
graduating from Lehigh University, Judge Cahn left the Lehigh
Valley and attended the Yale University Law School, earning his
law degree in 1958. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar
Association in 1959. In addition to the Pennsylvania Bar
Association, Judge Cahn is a member of the Lehigh County Bar
Association and the American Bar Association.
Judge Cahn's long career in public service began in 1958 in
the United States Marine Corps Reserves, where he served until
1964. Also, during that same time Judge Cahn began a
distinguished legal career, serving in private practice for 16
years until 1974.
In 1975 President Gerald Ford appointed Edward Cahn to
Pennsylvania's Eastern District Federal Court. For the next 23
years Judge Cahn fairly and expeditiously administered the law
from the federal bench in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He is the
only judge in the 3rd Circuit to choose to work out of the
Allentown Courthouse, most chose to work out of Philadelphia.
In 1993, Judge Cahn served as the court's chief judge until his
retirement from the federal bench in December 1998.
This is a fitting honor to an extraordinary jurist and
Lehigh County resident, Judge Edward N. Cahn.
HEARINGS AND LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
H.R. 751 as introduced on February 11, 1999. The Committee
did not hold hearings on the reported legislation.
COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION
On March 11, 1999, the Committee met in open session and
ordered reported H.R. 751, as amended, to designate the federal
building and United States courthouse located at 504 West
Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania, as the ``Edward N.
Cahn Federal Building and United States Courthouse,'' approved
March 11, 1999, 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.
751.
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.
751, as amended, reported. A motion by Mr. Franks to order H.R.
751, as amended, favorably reported to the House was agreed to
by voice vote, a quorum being present.
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.
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. 751, 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.
751, as amended from the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office.
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, March 12, 1999.
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 11, 1999. 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. 130, a bill to designate the United
States courthouse located at 40 Centre Street in New
York, New York, as the ``Thurgood Marshall United
States Courthouse,'' and
H.R. 751, a bill to designate the federal
building and United States courthouse located at 504
West Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as the
``Edward N. Cahn 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).
APPLICABILITY TO THE 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).
FEDERAL MANDATES STATEMENT
The Committee adopts as its own the estimate of the 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).
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.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT
No Advisory committees within the meaning of section 5(b)
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act were created by this
legislation.
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED
H.R. 751, as amended makes no changes in existing law.