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106TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106–586

KIKA DE LA GARZA UNITED STATES BORDER STATION

APRIL 13, 2000.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. SHUSTER, from the Committee on Transportation and

Infrastructure, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H.R. 1901]

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom

was referred the bill (H.R. 1901) to designate the United States

border station located in Pharr, Texas, as the ‘‘Kika de la Garza

United States Border Station’’, having considered the same report

favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill

do pass.

Kika de la Garza was born in Mercedes, Texas, on September 22,

1927. He attended St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas,

earning his law degree in 1952. He also served in the United States

Navy from 1945 to 1946, and in the United States Army from 1950

to 1952.

Congressman de la Garza was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1953. He served in the Texas legislature until his

election to the United States House of Representatives in 1964. He

served the 15th Congressional District of Texas, which includes all

or part of ten Texas counties in the southernmost part of the state,

for 16 terms.

Congressman de la Garza became a member of the Committee on

Agriculture when he was elected to Congress in 1965, and served

as chairman of the committee from 1981 to 1994. He was the first

Hispanic-American to serve as the chair of a major Congressional

committee. As chairman, he compiled an impressive record of

achievement and dedicated service to America’s farming community. Under his leadership the Agriculture Committee was able to

form a consensus on a number of important agriculture issues, including, restructuring the United States Department of Agriculture.
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This designation is a fitting tribute to honor Congressman de la

Garza.

COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

On April 11, 2000, the Committee met in open session and ordered reported H.R. 1901, designating the border station in Pharr,

Texas as the ‘‘Kika de la Garza United States Border Station,’’ discharged from the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public

Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Transportation. There

were no recorded votes taken during Committee consideration of

H.R. 1901.

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. 1901 reported. A motion by Mr. Franks to order H.R. 1901 favorably reported to the

House was agreed to by voice vote, a quorum being present.

COST OF THE LEGISLATION

Clause 3(d)(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 below.

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

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee has

received no report of oversight findings and recommendations from

the Committee on Government Reform on the subject of H.R. 1901.

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

following cost estimate for H.R. 1901 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

U.S. CONGRESS,

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE,

Washington, DC, April 12, 2000.

Hon. BUD SHUSTER,

Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S.

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has reviewed the following bills, which were ordered reportedly by the
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House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April

11, 2000. CBO estimates that their enactment would have no significant impact on the federal budget, and would not affect direct

spending or receipts; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures would not

apply. The legislation 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.

The bills reviewed are: • H.R. 1405, a bill to designate the federal building located

at 143 West Liberty Street, Medina, Ohio, as the ‘‘Donald J.

Pease Federal Building;’’ • H.R. 1571, a bill to designate the federal building under

construction at 600 State Street in New Haven, Connecticut, as

the ‘‘Merrill S. Parks, Jr., Federal Building;’’ • H.R. 1729, a bill to designate the federal facility located at

1301 Emmet Street in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the ‘‘Pamela

B. Gwin Hall;’’ and • H.R. 1901, a bill to designate the United States border station located in Pharr, Texas, as the ‘‘Kika de la Garza United

States Border Station.’’

If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is John R. Righter.

Sincerely,

STEVEN M. LIEBERMAN

(For Dan L. Crippen, Director).

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.

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