[House Report 111-414]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
111th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 111-414
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CHANEY, GOODMAN, SCHWERNER FEDERAL BUILDING
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February 22, 2010.--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. 3562]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 3562) to designate the Federal
building under construction at 1220 Echelon Parkway in Jackson,
Mississippi, as the ``Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner Federal
Building'', 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. BUILDING DESIGNATION.
The Administrator of General Services shall ensure that the
federally occupied building located at 1220 Echelon Parkway in Jackson,
Mississippi, is known and designated as the ``James Chaney, Andrew
Goodman, and Michael Schwerner Federal Building''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
With respect to the period in which the building referred to in
section 1 is federally occupied, any reference in a law, map,
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to
that building shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``James Chaney,
Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner Federal Building''.
Amend the title so as to read:
A bill to designate the federally occupied building located at 1220
Echelon Parkway in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``James Chaney, Andrew
Goodman, and Michael Schwerner Federal Building''.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
H.R. 3562, as amended, designates the federally occupied
building located at 1220 Echelon Parkway in Jackson,
Mississippi, as the ``James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael
Schwerner Federal Building''.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The bill designates the federally occupied building located
at 1220 Echelon Parkway in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``James
Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner Federal
Building''.
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were
civil rights activists who were lynched in the summer of 1964
while attempting to organize and to register African American
voters in Mississippi. On June 21, 1964, the three men drove to
Longdale, Mississippi, to investigate the site of a burned
church in Neshoba County. They were arrested by the Neshoba
County police as they were leaving the site and were held by
the police for several hours. They were later released only to
be rearrested shortly thereafter. After the second arrest,
Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price turned the three civil rights
activists over to local members of the Ku Klux Klan. On August
4, 1964, their bodies were found buried in an earthen dam near
Philadelphia, Mississippi.
These events sparked a great public uproar and led
President Lyndon B. Johnson to direct Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) Director J. Edgar Hoover to open the
Jackson Division of the FBI. The FBI flooded the state with
agents in an attempt to solve the crime. The FBI eventually
arrested 18 suspects on Federal conspiracy charges in the
murder of these civil rights activists.
These young men were courageous in the face of the
adversity during the push for civil rights in Mississippi
during the summer of 1964. It is both fitting and proper that
we honor their sacrifices with the designation of the Jackson,
Mississippi FBI field office as the ``James Chaney, Andrew
Goodman, and Michael Schwerner Federal Building''.
SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION
Section 1. Designation
Section 1 designates the federally occupied building
located at 1220 Echelon Parkway in Jackson, Mississippi, as the
``James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner Federal
Building''.
Sec. 2. References
Section 2 states that during the period that the building
referred to in section 1 is federally occupied, any reference
in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of
the United States to that building shall be deemed to be a
reference to the ``James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael
Schwerner Federal Building''.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION
On September 14, 2009, Representative Bennie Thompson
introduced H.R. 3562. This bill has not been introduced in a
previous Congress. On January 27, 2010, the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure met in open session to
consider H.R. 3562. The Committee adopted an amendment in the
nature of a substitute to the bill by voice vote. The Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure ordered H.R. 3562, as
amended, reported favorably to the House by voice vote with a
quorum present.
RECORD VOTES
Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives requires each committee report to include the
total number of votes cast for and against on each recorded
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 consideration of H.R. 3562, or ordering the bill, as
amended, reported. A motion to order H.R. 3562, as amended,
reported favorably to the House was agreed to by voice vote
with a quorum 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 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.
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 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 federally occupied building located at 1220
Echelon Parkway in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``James Chaney,
Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner Federal Building''.
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.
3562, as amended, from the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office:
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, January 28, 2010.
Hon. James L. Oberstar,
Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has
reviewed H.R. 3562, a bill to designate the federally occupied
building located at 1220 Echelon Parkway in Jackson,
Mississippi, as the ``James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael
Schwerner Federal Building,'' as ordered reported by the House
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on January 27,
2010.
CBO estimates that enactment of this legislation would have
no significant impact on the federal budget and would not
affect direct spending or revenues. The bill contains 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,
Douglas W. Elmendorf.
COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XXI
Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the Committee is required to include a list
of congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited
tariff benefits, as defined in clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of
rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. H.R.
3562, as amended, does not contain any earmarks, limited tax
benefits, or limited tariff benefits under clause 9(e), 9(f),
or 9(g) of rule XXI.
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 (P.L. 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. 3562, as amended,
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 (P.L. 104-1).
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED
H.R. 3562, as amended, makes no changes in existing law.