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114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 114–90 

TO DESIGNATE THE UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 700 

GRANT STREET IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, AS THE ‘‘JOSEPH F. 

WEIS JR. UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE’’ 

APRIL 23, 2015.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. SHUSTER, from the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 1690] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 

was referred the bill (H.R. 1690) to designate the United States 

courthouse located at 700 Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Joseph F. Weis Jr. United States Courthouse’’, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. 

CONTENTS 

Page 

Purpose of Legislation ............................................................................................. 1 

Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 2 

Hearings ................................................................................................................... 2 

Legislative History and Consideration .................................................................. 2 

Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 2 

Committee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 2 

New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 2 

Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 3 

Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 3 

Advisory of Earmarks .............................................................................................. 3 

Duplication of Federal Programs ............................................................................ 3 

Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings ..................................................................... 4 

Federal Mandate Statement ................................................................................... 4 

Preemption Clarification ......................................................................................... 4 

Advisory Committee Statement .............................................................................. 4 

Applicability of Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 4 

Section-by-Section Analysis of Legislation ............................................................ 4 

Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 4 

PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION

H.R. 1690 designates the United States courthouse located at 

700 Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Joseph F. 

Weis Jr. United States Courthouse’’. 


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BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

H.R. 1690 would designate the United States courthouse located 

at 700 Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Joseph F. 

Weis Jr. United States Courthouse’’. 

Joseph F. Weis Jr. served as a federal judge on the United States 

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1973 until assuming 

senior status in 1988 and served in that capacity until his death 

in 2014. Prior to his appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals, 

Judge Weis was appointed to the United States District Court for 

the Western District of Pennsylvania from 1970 to 1973. He was 

appointed to both judgeships by President Richard Nixon, and was 

confirmed by the Senate. Prior to his appointment to the federal 

bench, he served as a judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County and was in the private practice of law. He attended 

Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh School of 

Law. Judge Weis served as a captain in the U.S. Army during the 

Second World War, and is interred in Arlington National Cemetery. 

HEARINGS

No hearings were held on H.R. 1690. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CONSIDERATION

On March 26, 2015, Representative Michael Doyle (D–PA) introduced H.R. 1690, a bill to designate the United States courthouse 

located at 700 Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the 

‘‘Joseph F. Weis Jr. United States Courthouse’’. 

On April 15, 2015, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met in open session. The Committee ordered the bill reported favorably to the House by voice vote with a quorum present. 

COMMITTEE 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 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 

record votes taken in connection with consideration of H.R. 1690. 

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. 

NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY AND TAX EXPENDITURES

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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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE

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. 1690 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

U.S. CONGRESS, 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, 

Washington, DC, April 16, 2015. 

Hon. BILL SHUSTER, 

Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 

House of Representatives, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has reviewed the following legislation ordered reported by the House 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 15, 2015: • H.R. 1690, a bill to designate the United States courthouse 

located at 700 Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the 

‘‘Joseph F. Weis Jr. United States Courthouse’’; and • H.R. 172, a bill to designate the United States courthouse 

located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the 

‘‘R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse.’’ 

CBO estimates that enacting those pieces of legislation would 

have no significant impact on the federal budget and would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do 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 Matthew Pickford. 

Sincerely, 

KEITH HALL, 

Director. 

PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of 

the Rules of the House of Representatives, the performance goal 

and objective of this legislation is to designate the United States 

courthouse located at 700 Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Joseph F. Weis Jr. United States Courthouse’’. 

ADVISORY OF EARMARKS

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. No provision in the bill includes an 

earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit under clause 

9(e), 9(f), or 9(g) of rule XXI. 

DUPLICATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS

Pursuant to section 3(g) of H. Res. 5, 114th Cong. (2015), the 

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thorizes a program of the federal government known to be duplicative of another federal program, a program that was included in 

any report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress 

pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111–139, or a program related 

to a program identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. 

DISCLOSURE OF DIRECTED RULE MAKINGS

Pursuant to section 3(i) of H. Res. 5, Cong. (2015), the Committee 

finds that enacting H.R. 1690 does not direct the completion of a 

specific rule making within the meaning of section 551 of title 5, 

United States Code. 

FEDERAL MANDATE 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. 1690 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 OF 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). 

SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS OF LEGISLATION

Section 1. Designation 

This section designates the United States courthouse located at 

700 Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Joseph F. 

Weis Jr. United States Courthouse’’. 

Section 2. References 

This section states that 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 ‘‘Joseph F. Weis Jr. United States Courthouse’’. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

H.R. 1690 makes no changes in existing law. 

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