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111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 111–31 

JAMES A. LEACH UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE 

MARCH 10, 2009.—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. 887] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 

was referred the bill (H.R. 887) to designate the United States 

courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as 

the ‘‘James A. Leach United States Courthouse’’, having considered 

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

PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION

H.R. 887 designates the United States courthouse located at 131 

East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ‘‘James A. Leach United 

States Courthouse’’. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

James Albert Smith Leach was born in Davenport, Iowa, on October 15, 1942. Leach attended the public schools of Davenport, 

Iowa, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1964. Leach later received a Master of Arts degree in Soviet Politics from the School of Advanced International Studies of 

Johns Hopkins University in 1966, and subsequently attended the 

London School of Economics. 

Former Representative Leach began his public service career in 

1965 as a staff person to then-Congressman Donald Rumsfeld. In 

1968, Leach joined the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer and subsequently served as special assistant to director 

at the Office of Economic Opportunity. In the 1970s, Rep. Leach 

served in various capacities with the United Nations, the United 

States Advisory Commission on International Education and Cultural Affairs, and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. 


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In 1976, Rep. Leach was elected to Congress. Rep. Leach represented the 2nd District of Iowa in the United States House of 

Representatives for 30 years (1977–2007). A career public servant, 

Rep. Leach chaired the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. He holds eight honorary degrees, has received decorations from two foreign governments, and is the recipient of the Wayne Morse Integrity in Politics 

Award, the Woodrow Wilson Award from Johns Hopkins University, the Adlai Stevenson Award from the United Nations Association, and the Edgar Wayburn Award from the Sierra Club. 

In February 2007, former Rep. Leach joined the faculty of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs as 

a visiting professor. 

In honor of Representative James A. Leach’s outstanding public 

service and his exemplary professional career, it is both fitting and 

proper to designate the U.S. courthouse located on 131 East 4th 

Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ‘‘James A. Leach United States 

Courthouse’’. 

SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Designation 

Section 1 designates the Federal building located at 131 East 4th 

Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ‘‘James A. Leach United States 

Courthouse’’. 

Section 2. References 

Section 2 declares that any reference in 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 ‘‘James A. Leach United States Courthouse’’. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

In the 110th Congress, Representative David Loebsack introduced H.R. 1505 on March 13, 2007. This bill has not been introduced in a previous Congress. On May 2, 2007, the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure met in open session to consider 

H.R. 1505. Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Chairwoman Norton offered an 

amendment in the nature of a substitute to make a technical correction to the bill. The amendment designates the facility as the 

‘‘James A. Leach United States Courthouse’’. The amendment was 

agreed to by voice vote. The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ordered the bill reported favorably to the House by 

voice vote. On May 8, 2007, the Committee reported the bill to the 

House. H. Rept. 110–132. On May 15, 2007, the House passed H.R. 

1505 by voice vote. No further action was taken on the bill. 

In the 111th Congress, Representative Loebsack introduced H.R. 

887 on February 4, 2009. On February 12, 2009, the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure met in open session, and ordered 

the bill reported favorably to the House by voice vote with a 

quorum present. 


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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 consideration of H.R. 887. A motion 

to order H.R. 887 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)(I) 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 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 objectives of this legislation are to designate the United States 

courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as 

the ‘‘James A. Leach United States Courthouse’’. 

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. 887 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

U.S. CONGRESS, 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, 

Washington, DC, February 17, 2009. 

Hon. JAMES L. OBERSTAR, 

Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 

House of Representatives, Washington, DC. 

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

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 12, 

2009: • H.R. 887, a bill to designate the United States courthouse 

located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the 

‘‘James A. Leach United States Courthouse’’; • H.R. 869, a bill to designate the federal building and 

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ington, Kentucky, as the ‘‘Scott Reed Federal Building and 

United States Courthouse’’; 

• H.R. 842, a bill to designate the United States courthouse 

to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ‘‘R. Jess 

Brown United States Courthouse’’; 

• H.R. 837, a bill to designate the federal building located at 

799 United Nations Plaza in New York, New York, as the 

‘‘Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations 

Building’’; and 

• H.R. 813, a bill to designate the federal building and 

United States courthouse located at 306 East Main Street in 

Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as the ‘‘J. Herbert W. Small 

Federal Building and 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. 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, 

DOUGLAS W. ELMENDORF, 

Director. 

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XXI

Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 

Representatives, H.R. 887, does not contain any congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined in 

clause 9(d), 9(e), or 9(f) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 

Representatives. 

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 

(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. 887 does not preempt any state, local, or tribal law. 


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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 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 (Public Law 104–1). 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

H.R. 887 makes no changes in existing law. 

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