[House Report 115-616]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
115th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 115-616
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GEORGE W. BUSH CHILDHOOD HOME STUDY ACT
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March 22, 2018.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Bishop of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 3008]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 3008) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior
to conduct a special resource study of the George W. Bush
Childhood Home, located at 1412 West Ohio Avenue, Midland,
Texas, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that
the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 3008 is to authorize the Secretary of
the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the George
W. Bush Childhood Home, located at 1412 West Ohio Avenue,
Midland, Texas.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The George W. Bush Childhood Home is located at 1412 W.
Ohio Avenue in Midland, Texas. The home is approximately 1400
square feet and has been left relatively unchanged since
1956.\1\ The site currently functions as a museum managed by a
nonprofit entity, the George W. Bush Childhood Home, Inc. The
non-profit recently purchased a neighboring home to function as
administrative offices and a gift shop.\2\
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\1\``About the Project'' The George W. Bush Childhood Home. http://
www.bushchildhoodhome.org/about.
\2\``Project Highlights'' The George W. Bush Childhood Home. http:/
/www.bushchildhoodhome.org/highlights.
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President George W. Bush, born on July 6, 1946, in
Connecticut, has spent most of his life in Texas. The Bush
family lived in the Ohio Avenue home in Midland, Texas, for 4
years, beginning when George W. Bush was 5 years old.\3\ As
their family grew, the family moved to a larger house in
Midland and eventually moved to Houston, Texas.
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\3\``Bush Family Timeline'' The George W. Bush Childhood Home
http://www.bushchildhoodhome.org/timeline.
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President Bush went to high school in Andover,
Massachusetts, and followed his father and grandfather by
attending Yale University. After graduating from Yale, he
enlisted in the Texas Air National Guard. After his Guard duty,
he continued his education at Harvard Business School.\4\
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\4\``George W. Bush'' Biography.com https://www.biography.com/
people/george-w-bush-099232768.
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Bush returned to Midland after graduating, where he met his
future wife, Laura. The couple settled in Midland while Bush
worked in the oil industry and worked on his father's
presidential campaigns.\5\ After his father lost the
presidential election in 1992, George W. Bush turned to
politics himself. In 1994, Bush was elected governor of Texas
and became the first Texas governor to be elected to
consecutive four-year terms. In 2000, Bush was elected the 43rd
President of the United States and served two terms.\6\
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\5\``George W. Bush Biography'' Encyclopedia of Biography http://
www.notablebiographies.com/Br-Ca/Bush-George-W.html.
\6\``George W. Bush'' Biography.com https://www.biography.com/
people/george-w-bush-099232768.
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H.R. 3008 directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct
a special resource study of the childhood home of former
President George W. Bush to determine the national significance
of the site and the suitability and feasibility of designating
it as a unit of the National Park System.
COMMITTEE ACTION
H.R. 3008 was introduced on June 22, 2017, by Congressman
K. Michael Conaway (R-TX). The bill was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources and within the Committee to the
Subcommittee on Federal Lands. The Subcommittee held a hearing
on the bill on February 28, 2018. On March 14, 2018, the
Natural Resources Committee met to consider the bill. The
Subcommittee was discharged by unanimous consent. No amendments
were offered and the bill was ordered favorably reported to the
House of Representatives by unanimous consent.
COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Natural Resources' oversight findings and
recommendations are reflected in the body of this report.
COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII AND CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT
1. Cost of Legislation and the Congressional Budget Act.
With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(2) and (3) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and
sections 308(a) and 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, the Committee has received the following estimate for the
bill from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office:
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, March 20, 2018.
Hon. Rob Bishop,
Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 3008, the George
W. Bush Childhood Home Study Act.
If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Janani
Shankaran.
Sincerely,
Keith Hall,
Director.
Enclosure.
H.R. 3008--George W. Bush Childhood Home Study Act
H.R. 3008 would direct the National Park Service (NPS) to
conduct a special resource study of the childhood home of
former President George W. Bush. As part of that study, the NPS
would determine the suitability and feasibility of designating
the site in Midland, Texas, as a unit of the National Park
System.
Based on the costs of similar studies, CBO estimates that
implementing H.R. 3008 would cost less than $500,000; such
spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated
funds.
Enacting H.R. 3008 would not affect direct spending or
revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 3008 would not increase
net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four
consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
H.R. 3008 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Janani
Shankaran. The estimate was approved by H. Samuel Papenfuss,
Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.
2. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by
clause 3(c)(4) of Rule XIII, the general performance goal or
objective of this bill is to authorize the Secretary of the
Interior to conduct a special resource study of the George W.
Bush Childhood Home, located at 1412 West Ohio Avenue, Midland,
Texas.
EARMARK STATEMENT
This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks,
limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined
under clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of
the House of Representatives.
COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4
This bill contains no unfunded mandates.
COMPLIANCE WITH H. RES. 5
Directed Rule Making. This bill does not contain any
directed rule makings.
Duplication of Existing Programs. This bill does not
establish or reauthorize a program of the federal government
known to be duplicative of another program. Such program was
not included in any report from the Government Accountability
Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-139
or identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance published pursuant to the Federal Program
Information Act (Public Law 95-220, as amended by Public Law
98-169) as relating to other programs.
PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW
This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or
tribal law.
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW
If enacted, this bill would make no changes to existing
law.
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