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110TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 110–132 

DESIGNATION OF JAMES A. LEACH UNITED STATES 

COURTHOUSE 

MAY 8, 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. 1505] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 

was referred the bill (H.R. 1505) to designate the Federal building 

located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ‘‘James 

A. Leach 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. DESIGNATION. 

The United States courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, 

shall be known and designated as the ‘‘James A. Leach United States Courthouse’’. 

SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 

Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the 

United States to the United States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be 

deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘James A. Leach United States Courthouse’’. 

Amend the title so as to read: 

A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street 

in Davenport, Iowa, as the ‘‘James A. Leach United States Courthouse’’. 

PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION

H.R. 1505, as amended, designates the United States courthouse 

located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ‘‘James 

A. Leach United States Courthouse’’. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

James Albert Smith Leach was born in Davenport, Iowa, on October 15, 1942. Leach attended the public schools of Davenport, 

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Iowa, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1964. Leach later received a Master of Arts degree in Soviet Politics from the School of Advanced International Studies of 

Johns Hopkins University in 1966, and subsequently attended the 

London School of Economics. 

Former Representative Leach began his public service career in 

1965 as a staff person to then-Congressman Donald Rumsfeld. In 

1968, Leach joined the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer and subsequently served as special assistant to director 

at the Office of Economic Opportunity. In the 1970s, Rep. Leach 

served in various capacities with the United Nations, the United 

States Advisory Commission on International Education and Cultural Affairs, and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. 

In 1976, Rep. Leach was elected to Congress. Rep. Leach represented the 2nd District of Iowa in the United States House of 

Representatives for 30 years (1977–2007). A career public servant, 

Rep. Leach chaired the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. He holds eight honorary degrees, has received decorations from two foreign governments, and is the recipient of the Wayne Morse Integrity in Politics 

Award, the Woodrow Wilson Award from Johns Hopkins University, the Adlai Stevenson Award from the United Nations Association, and the Edger Wayburn Award from the Sierra Club. 

In February 2007, former Rep. Leach joined the faculty of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs as 

a visiting professor. 

In honor of Representative James A. Leach’s outstanding public 

service and his exemplary professional career, it is both fitting and 

proper to designate the U.S. courthouse located on 131 East 4th 

Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ‘‘James A. Leach United States 

Courthouse’’. 

SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Designation 

Section 1 designates the Federal building located at 131 East 4th 

Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ‘‘James A. Leach United States 

Courthouse’’. 

Section 2. References 

Section 2 declares that any reference in law, map, regulation, 

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

States courthouse referred to in Section 1 shall be deemed to be a 

reference to the ‘‘James A. Leach United States Courthouse’’. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

On March 13, 2007, Representative Loebsack introduced H.R. 

1505. This bill has not been introduced in a previous Congress. 

On May 2, 2007, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met in open session to consider H.R. 1505. Subcommittee 

on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Chairwoman Norton offered an amendment in the nature 

of a substitute to make a technical correction to the bill. The 

amendment designates the facility as the ‘‘James A. Leach United 

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States Courthouse’’. The amendment was agreed to by voice vote. 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ordered the 

bill 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 consideration of H.R. 1505. A motion to order H.R. 1505, 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 objectives of this legislation are to designate the United States 

courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as 

the ‘‘James A. Leach United States Courthouse’’. 

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. 1505 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

U.S. CONGRESS, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, Washington, DC, May 3, 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 H.R. 1505, a bill to designate the federal building located 

at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ‘‘James A. Leach 

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United States Courthouse,’’ as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 2, 2007. 

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, 

PETER R. ORSZAG, Director. 

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XXI

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

Representatives, H.R. 1505 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. 1505 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). 

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CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

H.R. 1505 makes no changes in existing law. 

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