[House Report 106-922]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 106-922
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OWEN B. PICKETT UNITED STATES CUSTOMHOUSE
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October 2, 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. 5284]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 5284) to designate the United
States customhouse located at 101 East Main Street in Norfolk,
Virginia, as the ``Owen B. Pickett United States Customhouse'',
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without
amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
Owen B. Pickett was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1930. He
attended public schools and graduated from Virginia Tech. In
1955, he graduated from the University of Richmond School of
Law, and was admitted to the Virginia Bar. In addition to
practicing law, Congressman Pickett is a certified public
accountant.
Congressman Pickett began his distinguished career in
public service in 1972 by serving in the Virginia House of
Delegates where he gained a reputation for his fiscal
conservatism. While in the House of Delegates, Congressman
Pickett served on numerous boards and committees, including the
Virginia Democratic State Central Committee, Democratic City
Committee Virginia Beach, and on the executive committee of the
Southern Growth Policies Board.
In 1986 Congressman Pickett was elected to the 100th
Congress to represent Virginia's Second District. Virginia's
Second District is home to the nation's largest military
complex with facilities serving commands of the Navy, Army,
Coast Guard, and the NATO Atlantic Command. Appropriately,
Congressman Pickett serves on the Armed Services Committee. He
is the Ranking Member on the Military Research and Development
Subcommittee and also serves on the Readiness Subcommittee.
Congressman Pickett is a member of the Congressional Study
Group on Germany, as well as the Congressional Study Groups on
Japan and the Duma-Congress. He participated in the first
Congress-Bundestag-Japanese Diet Trilateral Seminar.
Congressman Pickett is retiring at the conclusion of the
106th Congress. This is a fitting tribute to a Member that
clearly distinguished himself in the United States House of
Representatives.
committee consideration
On September 27, 2000, the Committee met in open session
and ordered reported H.R. 5284 designating the United States
customhouse located at 101 East Main Street in Norfolk,
Virginia as the ``Owen B. Pickett United States Customhouse,''
approved September 27, 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.
5284.
record votes
Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives required 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. 5284, reported. A motion by Mr. Franks to
order H.R. 5284, 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. 5284.
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.
5284, from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, September 28, 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
September 27, 2000:
H.R. 5267, a bill to designate the United States
courthouse located at 100 Federal Plaza in Central
Islip, New York, as the ``Theodore Roosevelt United
States Courthouse''; and
H.R. 5284, a bill to designate the United States
customhouse located at 101 East Main Street in Norfolk,
Virginia, as the ``Owen B. Pickett Untied States
Customhouse.''
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.
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.