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114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 114–773 

TOM STAGG UNITED STATES COURT HOUSE 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016.—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. 5011] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 

was referred the bill (H.R. 5011) to designate the Federal building 

and United States courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in 

Shreveport, Louisiana, as the ‘‘Tom Stagg Federal Building and 

United States Courthouse’’, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as 

amended do pass. 

CONTENTS 

Page 

Purpose of Legislation ............................................................................................. 2 

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

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

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

Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 3 

Committee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 3 

New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 3 

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

Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 4 

Advisory of Earmarks .............................................................................................. 4 

Duplication of Federal Programs ............................................................................ 4 

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

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

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

Advisory Committee Statement .............................................................................. 5 

Applicability of Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 5 

Section-by-Section Analysis of Legislation, as Amended ...................................... 5 

Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 5 

The amendments are as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 


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SECTION 1. TOM STAGG UNITED STATES COURT HOUSE. 

(a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal building and United States courthouse located at 

300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, shall be known and designated as the 

‘‘Tom Stagg United States Court House’’. 

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or 

other record of the United States to the Federal building and United States courthouse referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Tom 

Stagg United States Court House’’. 

Amend the title so as to read: 

A bill to designate the Federal building and United 

States courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, as the ‘‘Tom Stagg United States Court 

House’’. 

PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION

H.R. 5011, as amended, designates the Federal building and 

United States courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, Louisiana as the ‘‘Tom Stagg United States Court House’’. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

H.R. 5011, as amended, designates the Federal building and 

United States courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, Louisiana as the ‘‘Tom Stagg United States Court House’’. 

The Honorable Thomas E. Stagg, Jr. served as a judge on the 

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He was 

appointed to the bench by President Richard Nixon in 1974, served 

as Chief Judge from 1984 to 1991, and assumed senior status in 

1992. He served until his death in 2015. 

Early in his career, he held various executive positions with private sector companies. He also was in the private practice of law 

from 1949 until his appointment to the bench. Prior to that, he 

served as a U.S. Army captain, Infantry, during World War II. He 

earned the Combat Infantry Badge, Bronze Star Medals for valor 

and meritorious service, and the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster. 

He received his bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University and his law degree from the Louisiana State University Law 

School. 

HEARINGS

No hearings were held on H.R. 5011, as amended. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CONSIDERATION

On April 20, 2016, Representative John Fleming (R–LA) introduced H.R. 5011, a bill to designate the Federal building and 

United States courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, as the ‘‘Tom Stagg Federal Building and United 

States Courthouse’’. 

On September 14, 2016 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met in open session. An amendment offered by Representative Lou Barletta (R–PA) was adopted by voice vote. The 

Committee ordered the bill, as amended, reported favorably to the 

House by voice vote with a quorum present. 


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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. 5011, 

as amended. 

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. 

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. 5011, as amended, from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

U.S. CONGRESS, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, Washington, DC, September 16, 2016. 

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 bills ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 14, 

2016: 

• H.R. 5011, a bill to designate the Federal building and 

United States courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in 

Shreveport, Louisiana, as the ‘‘Tom Stagg United States Courthouse’’; and 

• H.R. 5873, a bill to designate the Federal building and 

United States courthouse located at 511 East San Antonio Avenue in El Paso, Texas, as the ‘‘R.E. Thomason Federal Building 

and United States Courthouse.’’ 

CBO estimates that enacting the bills would have no significant 

effect on the federal budget and would not affect direct spending 

or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. 

CBO also estimates that enacting the bills would not increase net 

direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 

10-year periods beginning in 2027. 


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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 Federal building 

and United States courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in 

Shreveport, Louisiana, as the ‘‘Tom Stagg United States Court 

House’’. 

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 

Committee finds that no provision of H.R. 5011, as amended, establishes or reauthorizes 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, 114th Cong. (2015), the 

Committee finds that enacting H.R. 5011, as amended, 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 


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that H.R. 5011, 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. 

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, AS AMENDED

Section 1. Designation 

Subsection (a) designates the Federal building and United States 

courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, 

as the ‘‘Tom Stagg United States Court House’’. 

Subsection (b) deems any reference in a law, map, regulation, 

document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal building referred to in subsection (a) as a reference to the 

‘‘Tom Stagg United States Court House’’. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

H.R. 5011, as amended, makes no changes in existing law. 

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