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106TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106–588

MERRILL S. PARKS, JR., FEDERAL BUILDING

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. 1571]

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom

was referred the bill (H.R. 1571) to designate the Federal building

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

as the ‘‘Merrill S. Parks, Jr., Federal Building’’, having considered

the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.

Merrill Parks was born in 1944 in Tennessee. After serving as

a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, he received his B.S.

Degree from Memphis State University. Agent Parks began his career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1970, with general

criminal investigation assignments in Butte, Montana. From 1971

until 1979 he served in the New York Division investigating organized crime violations. Agent Parks was subsequently promoted as

a Supervisory Agent.

As an expert in Organized Crime, Agent Parks was reassigned

to FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC and managed the FBI’s

national program identifying organized crime infiltration into legitimate businesses.

In 1982, Parks was appointed as Chief of the FBI’s first Drug

Unit. After numerous promotions and assignments, Agent Parks

was appointed the FBI’s first representative to the White House

domestic Policy Advisory Board regarding narcotics. From 1994

until his death, Agent Parks served as Special Agent in Charge of

FBI operations for the State of Connecticut.

This is a fitting honor to a dedicated public servant.
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COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

On April 11, 2000, the Committee met in open session and ordered reported H.R. 1571, designating the Federal building under

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

‘‘Merrill S. Parks, Jr., Federal Building’’, 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. 1571.

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. 1571 reported. A motion by Mr. Franks to order H.R. 1571 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. 1571.

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. 1571 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, House

of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has reviewed the following bills, which were ordered reported by the

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
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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 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

posers 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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