[House Report 110-10]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
110th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 110-10
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RUSH HUDSON LIMBAUGH, SR., UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
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February 12, 2007.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Oberstar, from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 342]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 342) to designate the United States
courthouse located at 555 Independence Street, Cape Girardeau,
Missouri, as the ``Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr., 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 all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. RUSH HUDSON LIMBAUGH, SR. UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE.
(a) Designation.--The United States courthouse located at 555
Independence Street in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, shall be known and
designated as the ``Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr., United States
Courthouse''.
(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United States
courthouse referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a
reference to the ``Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr., United States
Courthouse''.
Amend the title so as to read:
A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at
555 Independence Street in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the
``Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr., United States Courthouse''.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
H.R. 342 as amended designates the United States Courthouse
located at 555 Independence Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri as
the Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr., United States Courthouse.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. was born in Bollinger County,
Missouri on September 27, 1891.
He began his education in a one room school a mile from his
farm home. He attended the University of Missouri at Columbia
and in 1914 entered the University of Missouri Law School. He
skipped his third year of law school, passed the Missouri bar
exam, and was admitted to practice in 1916.
Limbaugh was a leading figure in the legal profession for
his accomplishments not just in Missouri and the United States,
but around the world. At the time of his death, at the age of
104, he was still practicing law after nearly eight decades. He
was the nation's oldest practicing attorney. He argued over 60
cases before the Missouri Supreme Court. He tried cases before
the Interstate Commerce Commission, the U.S. Labor Board and
the Internal Revenue Appellate Division.
Limbaugh served as City Attorney of Cape Girardeau from
1917 to 1919. In 1923, he started a law firm that still bears
his name. From 1942 until 1946 he served as Missouri Counsel
for the War Emergency Pipelines, through which gasoline was
transported from Texas and Louisiana to the East Coast as a war
measure. He was President of the Missouri Bar from 1955 to
1956. He served on the committee that drafted the 1955 Missouri
Probate Code and served as Chairman of the Real Property,
Probate, and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association
from 1954-1955. Limbaugh also served as Counsel to what is now
Southeast Missouri State University for over four decades. In
the early days of Indian independence in the 1950s, the U.S.
State Department sent him to India to be an ambassador for the
U.S. legal system.
He was also active in other areas of civic life. He was
elected to the Missouri State Legislature from 1931 to 1932,
where he pressed for the formation of the Missouri State
Highway Patrol and the consolidation of school districts. He
served as President of the State Historical Society of Missouri
from 1956 to 1959. He was also a Sunday school teacher, and a
member of many local civic organizations including the Boy
Scouts of America, Centenary United Methodist Church, and the
Salvation Army.
Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. died in his home on April 8, 1996.
Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. will be remembered as more than a
brilliant attorney; he will also be remembered as a great
American. As such, it is very appropriate that the United
States Court House in Cape Girardeau, Missouri be designated
the ``Rush H. Limbaugh, Sr., United States Courthouse.''
SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION
Section 1. Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr., Federal Courthouse
Section 1(a) designates the courthouse located at 555
Independence Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri as the Rush
Hudson Limbaugh Sr., United States Courthouse.
Section 1(b) declares any reference in law, map,
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the United States Courthouse referred to in
subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Rush
Hudson Limbaugh, Sr., United States Courthouse.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION
In the 109th Congress, H.R. 6055, a bill to designate the
United States Courthouse located at 555 Independence Street,
Cape Girardeau as the Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr., United States
Courthouse was introduced. The bill was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. No further
action was taken
On February 6, 2007 the Subcommittee on Economic
Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management met in
open session and considered H.R. 342. The Subcommittee
recommended the bill favorably to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure by voice vote.
On February 7, 2007 the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure met in open session and adopted an amendment in
the nature of a substitute by voice vote. The amendment deleted
a comma in the title of the bill. The Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure ordered the bill reported as
amended to the House by voice vote.
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.
342 reported. A motion to order H.R. 342, as amended, reported
favorably to the House was agreed to by voice vote.
COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS
With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(I) 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 LEGISLATION
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.
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, February 8, 2007.
Hon. James L. Oberstar,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has
reviewed the following bills as ordered reported by the House
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 7,
2007:
H.R. 584, a bill to designate the Federal
building located at 400 Maryland Avenue, Southwest in
the District of Columbia, as the ``Lyndon Baines
Johnson Department of Education Building'';
H.R. 544, a bill to designate the United
States courthouse at South Federal Place in Santa Fe,
New Mexico, as the ``Santiage E. Campos United States
Courthouse'';
H.R. 478, a bill to designate the Federal
building and United States courthouse located at 101
Barr Street in Lexington, Kentucky, as the ``Scott Reed
Federal Building and United States Courthouse'';
H.R. 430, a bill to designate the United
States bankruptcy courthouse located at 271 Cadman
Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the ``Conrad B.
Duberstein United States Bankruptcy Courthouse'';
H.R. 429, a bill to designate the United
States courthouse located at 225 Cadman Plaza East,
Brooklyn, New York, as the ``Hugh L. Carey United
States Courthouse'';
H.R. 399, a bill to designate the United
States courthouse to be constructed in Jackson,
Mississippi, as the ``R. Jess Brown United States
Courthouse''; and
H.R. 342, a bill to designate the United
States courthouse located at 555 Independence Street in
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the ``Rush Hudson
Limbaugh, Sr., United States Courthouse.''
CBO estimates that enactment of these bills would have no
significant impact on the federal budget and would not affect
direct spending or revenues. These 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. If you wish further
details on this estimate, we will be pleased to provide them.
The CBO staff contact is Matthew Pickford.
Sincerely,
Peter R. Orszag,
Director.
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
308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee
references the report of the Congressional Budget Office
included in the report.
2. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(4) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
performance goals and objective of this legislation are to
designate the United States Courthouse located at 555
Independence Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri as the Rush
Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. United States Courthouse.
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 enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 342
from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.
COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XXI
Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, H.R. 342 does not contain any congressional
earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as
defined in clause 9(d), 9(e), or 9(f) of rule XXI of the Rules
of the House of Representatives.
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.
FEDERAL MANDATES 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. 342 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 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).
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED
H.R. 342 makes no changes in existing law.