[House Report 106-688]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 106-688
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ADRIAN A. SPEARS JUDICIAL TRAINING CENTER
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June 22, 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. 1959]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 1959) to designate the Federal
building located at 743 East Durango Boulevard in San Antonio,
Texas, as the ``Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center''
having considered the same, report favorably thereon with
amendments and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendments are as follows:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
SECTION I. DESIGNATION.
The Federal building located at 643 East Durango Boulevard in San
Antonio, Texas, shall be known and designated as the ``Adrian A. Spears
Judicial Training Center''.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to the Federal building referred to in
section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Adrian A. Spears
Judicial Training Center''.
Amend the title so as to read:
A bill to designate the Federal building located at 643
East Durango Boulevard in San Antonio, Texas, as the ``Adrian
A. Spears Judicial Training Center''.
Adrian Spears was born in Darlington, South Carolina on
July 8, 1910. He attended local schools, graduated from the
University of North Carolina in 1929, and the South Carolina
School of Law in 1934. He moved to San Antonio in 1937, and
practiced law until his appointment by President Kennedy to the
Federal bench in 1961.
While he received a recess appointment initially, the
Senate confirmed his appointment in 1962, the same year he
became Chief Judge, a position he held until 1979. He was chief
judge longer than anyone else, and will hold that honor
indefinitely, since current law prohibits a judge serving as
chief judge longer than seven years. He assumed senior status
in 1979 and retired from the Federal bench in 1982, when he
became vice president of an oil company, a position he held
until his death in 1991.
Judge Spears was a member in good standing of the Texas
State bar, a member of the Judicial Conference Committee on the
Administration of Criminal Law, served on the Federal Judicial
Center Board, and was the recipient of the Rosewood Gavel
Award, St. Mary's School of Law.
This is a fitting honor to a dedicated public servant.
committee consideration
On June 21, 2000, the Committee met in open session and
ordered reported H.R. 1959, as amended, designating the Federal
building located at 643 East Durango Boulevard in San Antonio,
Texas as the ``Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center'',
approved June 20, 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.
1959, as amended.
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.
1959, as amended reported. A motion by Mr. Franks to order H.R.
1959, as amended, 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. 1959, as amended.
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.
1959, as amended, from the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office.
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, June 21, 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
June 21, 2000. 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 legislation 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. The bills reviewed are:
H.R. 1959, a bill to designate the federal building located
at 643 East Durango Boulevard in San Antonio, Texas, as the
``Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center'';
H.R. 3323, a bill to designate the federal building located
at 158-15 Liberty Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York, as the
``Floyd H. Flake Federal Building''; and
H.R. 4608, a bill to designate the United States courthouse
located at 220 West Depot Street in Greeneville, Tennessee, as
the ``James H. Quillen United States Courthouse.''
If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is John R.
Righter.
Sincerely,
Steven Lieberman
(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.