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110TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 110–46 

TO DESIGNATE THE FEDERAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 210 WALNUT 

STREET IN DES MOINES, IOWA, AS THE ‘‘NEAL SMITH FEDERAL BUILDING’’ 

MARCH 12, 2007.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. OBERSTAR, from the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 1045] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 

was referred the bill (H.R. 1045) to designate the Federal building 

located at 210 Walnut Street in Des Moines, Iowa, as the ‘‘Neal 

Smith Federal Building’’, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do 

pass. 

PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION

H.R. 1045 designates the Federal building located at 210 Walnut 

Street, Des Moines, Iowa as the Neal Smith Federal Building. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

Neal Smith was born on March 23, 1920, in his grandparents’ 

home near Hedrick, Keokuk County, Iowa. He served in the United 

States House of Representatives from 1959 until 1995, the longest 

serving Member of the House of Representatives from Iowa. Congressman Smith is a World War II veteran, having served in the 

United States Army Air Force as a bomber pilot. His plane was 

shot down during combat and he received a Purple Heart, nine 

Battle Stars, and the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters. 

He received his undergraduate training at the University of Missouri and Syracuse University. In 1950, he received his law degree 

from Drake University. 

Neal Smith is one of Iowa’s most respected and distinguished 

elected officials. His interests, while in Congress, were varied but 

he especially focused on agriculture, small business, and the environment. He became a champion for those issue areas and authored legislation establishing the Commodity Futures Trading 


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Commission, the Federal Meat, Poultry and Egg Inspection Acts, 

and Small Business Development Centers. 

He also sponsored legislation to authorize construction of the Big 

Creek and Rathbun Dams. Further, he was instrumental in creating the Red Rock Watershed Conservation District and a National Wildlife Refuge, which was named in his honor. In the 

1980s, Smith was especially active in helping jump start Iowa’s 

stagnant economy. In 1996, Smith published his autobiography, 

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: From Eisenhower to Clinton. 

It is most fitting and proper to honor the long, distinguished civic 

career of Congressman Neal Smith with this designation. 

SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Designation 

Section 1 designates the Federal building located at 210 Walnut 

Street, Des Moines, Iowa, as the ‘‘Neal Smith Federal Building’’. 

Section 2. References 

Section two states that any reference in a law, map, regulation, 

document, paper or other record of the United States to the Federal 

building referenced in section one shall be deemed to be a reference 

to the Neal Smith Federal Building. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

On March 1, 2007, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met in open session and ordered H.R. 1045 reported favorably to the House by voice vote. 

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. 1045 reported. A motion to order H.R. 1045 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)(I) 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. 


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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 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 Federal building located at 210 Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa, as the Neal 

Smith 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. 1045 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

U.S. CONGRESS, 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, 

Washington, DC, March 5, 2007. 

Hon. JAMES L. OBERSTAR, 

Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 

House of Representatives, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has reviewed the following bills as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 1, 2007: 

• H.R. 753, a bill to redesignate the federal building located 

at 167 North Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee, as the 

‘‘Clifford Davis and Odell Horton Federal Building’’; 

• H.R. 1045, a bill to designate the federal building located 

at 210 Walnut Street in Des Moines, Iowa, as the ‘‘Neal Smith 

Federal Building’’; 

• H.R. 1019, a bill to designate the United States customhouse building located at 31 Gonzalez Clemente Avenue in 

Mayagu ̈iez, Puerto Rico, as the ‘‘Rafael Martı ́nez Nadal United 

States Customhouse Building’’; 

• H.R. 735, a bill to designate the federal building under 

construction at 799 First Avenue in New York, New York, as 

the ‘‘Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building’’; and 

• H.R. 1138, a bill to designate the federal building and 

United States courthouse located at 306 East Main Street in 

Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as the ‘‘J. Herbert W. Small 

Federal Building and United States Courthouse.’’ 

CBO estimates that enactment of these bills would have no significant impact on the federal budget and would not affect direct 

spending or revenues. These 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 Matthew 

Pickford. 

Sincerely, 

PETER R. ORSZAG, 

Director. 


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COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XXI

Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 

Representatives, H.R. 1045 does not contain any congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined in 

clause 9(d), 9(e), or 9(f) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 

Representatives. 

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 

(Public Law 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. 1045 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 (Public Law 104–1). 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

H.R. 1045 makes no changes in existing law. 

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