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111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 111–485 

STEWART LEE UDALL DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUILDING 

MAY 18, 2010.—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. 5128] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 

was referred the bill (H.R. 5128) to designate the Department of 

the Interior Building in Washington, District of Columbia, as the 

‘‘Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior 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 Department of the Interior Building located at 1849 C Street, 

Northwest, in Washington, District of Columbia, shall be known and designated as 

the ‘‘Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building’’. 

SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 

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

United States to the building referred to in section 1 shall be considered to be a 

reference to the ‘‘Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building’’. 

Amend the title so as to read: 

A bill to designate the United States Department of the Interior Building in 

Washington, District of Columbia, as the ‘‘Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building’’. 

PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION

H.R. 5128, as amended, designates the United States Department of the Interior Building located at 1849 C Street, Northwest, 

in Washington, District of Columbia, as the ‘‘Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building’’. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

Stewart Lee Udall was born in St. Johns, Arizona, on January 

31, 1920. He is the son of Levi S. Udall, former Arizona Supreme 


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Court Justice, and Louise Lee Udall. He attended the University 

of Arizona, during which he spent two years as a Mormon missionary. During World War II, Stewart L. Udall served as a gunner 

in the United States Air Force in the European theater. Upon returning to the University of Arizona after his military service, he 

received his law degree in 1948. Two years after graduation, Stewart L. Udall opened a law firm in Tucson, Arizona, with his brother 

Morris, who would later serve as a Member of Congress. 

Stewart L. Udall was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona in 1954 and served on the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (1955–1960) and the Committee on Education and Labor (1955–1960). 

President John F. Kennedy appointed Representative Udall as 

Secretary of the Interior and he served in that position for nine 

years (1961–1969). Secretary Udall’s leadership at the Department 

of the Interior was instrumental in crafting the Wilderness Act, the 

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, and in the creation of the Land and 

Water Conservation Fund. His leadership also led to the expansion 

of the National Park system to include four new national parks, six 

new national monuments, eight seashores and lakeshores, nine 

recreation areas, 20 historic sites, and 56 wildlife refuges. Secretary Udall was also instrumental in the passage of the National 

Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the most far-reaching preservation legislation ever enacted in the United States. He also helped 

create and shape the National Register of Historic Places, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and the Historic Preservation Fund. This framework supports nearly every aspect of historic 

preservation today. 

After leaving government service, Secretary Udall continued to 

contribute to the nation’s environmental affairs as an author, historian, teacher, naturalist, and ambassador for the great outdoors. 

SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Designation 

Section 1 designates the United States Department of the Interior Building located at 1849 C Street, Northwest, in Washington, 

District of Columbia, as the ‘‘Stewart Lee Udall Department of the 

Interior Building’’. 

Sec. 2. References 

Section 2 provides that any reference in a law, map, regulation, 

document, record or other paper of the United States to the building referred to in Section 1 shall be considered to be a reference 

to the ‘‘Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building’’. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

In the 111th Congress, Representative Martin Heinrich introduced H.R. 5128 on April 22, 2010. This bill has not been introduced in a previous Congress. On April 29, 2010, the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure met in open session to consider H.R. 5128. 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. 5128, as amended, 


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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 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. 5128, 

or ordering the bill, as amended, reported. A motion to order H.R. 

5128, 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 U.S. Department of the Interior Building located at 1849 C Street, Northwest, 

in Washington, District of Columbia, as the ‘‘Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior 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. 5128, as amended, from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

U.S. CONGRESS, 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

Washington, DC, May 3, 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. 5128, a bill to designate the United States Department 

of the Interior Building in Washington, District of Columbia, as the 


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‘‘Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building,’’ as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 29, 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; therefore, pay-as-you go procedures would 

not apply. 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, Director. 

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 any 

congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined in clause 9(e), 9(f), or 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules 

of the House of Representatives. H.R. 5128, 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. 5128, 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. 


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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. 5128, as amended, makes no changes in existing law. 

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