[House Report 112-170]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
112th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 112-170
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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS NATIONAL MEMORIAL ACT
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July 20, 2011.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Hastings of Washington, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 320]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 320) to designate a Distinguished Flying Cross
National Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside,
California, 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. 320 is to designate a Distinguished
Flying Cross National Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in
Riverside, California.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The March Field Air Museum has commenced work on a memorial
in Riverside, California, to honor recipients of the U.S. Air
Force's Distinguished Flying Cross, a medal awarded to members
of the U.S. armed services who have demonstrated ``heroism or
extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial
flight.'' H.R. 320 would designate this memorial as the
Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial. The bill
specifies that the memorial would not become a unit of the
National Park System, and states that the designation as a
national memorial ``shall not be construed to require or permit
federal funds'' to be spent on the memorial.
COMMITTEE ACTION
H.R. 320 was introduced on January 19, 2011, by Congressman
Ken Calvert (R-CA). The bill was referred to the Committee on
Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee
on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. On May 4, 2011,
the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
held a hearing on the bill. On June 15, 2011, the Full
Resources Committee met to consider the bill. The Subcommittee
on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands 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
1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the
Rules of the House of Representatives requires an estimate and
a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be
incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(2)(B)
of that Rule provides that this requirement does not apply when
the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted
cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Under clause 3(c)(3) of rule
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section
403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has
received the following cost estimate for this bill from the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office:
H.R. 320--Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial Act
H.R. 320 would designate a memorial to members of the Armed
Forces who have distinguished themselves in flight. The
memorial, which would be located at the March Field Air Museum
in Riverside, California, would not be a unit of the National
Park System.
Based on information provided by the National Park Service,
CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 320 would have no effect
on discretionary spending because the proposed memorial would
not be constructed or operated with federal funds. Enacting the
legislation would not affect revenues or direct spending;
therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
H.R. 320 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and
would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal
governments.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Martin von
Gnechten. The estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy
Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.
2. Section 308(a) of Congressional Budget Act. As required
by 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, this bill does not contain any new budget
authority, spending authority, credit authority, or an increase
or decrease in revenues or tax expenditures. CBO estimates that
implementing H.R. 320 would have no effect on discretionary
spending because the proposed memorial would not be constructed
or operated with federal funds. Enacting the legislation would
not affect revenues or direct spending; therefore, pay-as-you-
go procedures do not apply.
3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. This bill does
not authorize funding and therefore, clause 3(c)(4) of rule
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives does not
apply.
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.
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 in existing
law.