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106TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 106–108

JOSE ́ V. TOLEDO UNITED STATES POST OFFICE AND

COURTHOUSE

APRIL 27, 1999.—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. 560]

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom

was referred the bill (H.R. 560) to designate the Federal building

located at 300 Recinto Sur Street in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, as

the ‘‘Jose ́ V. Toledo United States Post Office and Courthouse’’,

having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.

The amendments are as follows:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof

the following:

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

The Federal building and United States courthouse located at the intersection of

Comercio and San Justo Streets, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Jose ́ V. Toledo Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’.

SEC. 2. 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

section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Jose ́ V. Toledo Federal Building

and United States Courthouse’’.

Amend the title so as to read:

A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at

the intersection of Comercio and San Justo Streets, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as

the ‘‘Jose ́ V. Toledo Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’.

Jose ́ V. Toledo was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. He received a

Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida in 1952, and

a Juris Doctor in law from the University of Puerto Rico Law

School in 1955.
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Judge Toledo served on the Federal bench of the United States

District Court, District of Puerto Rico from December 1, 1970 until

February 1980, when he died in office at the age of 49. At the time

of his death, Judge Toledo was the Chief Judge for the Puerto Rico

district.

Prior to his appointment to the Federal bench, Judge Toledo

served as an Assistant United States Attorney, a lawyer in local

government in Puerto Rico, a partner in private law practice, and

served in the United States Army as a member of the Judge Advocate Corps.

This legislation is a fitting way to remember the career and judicial contributions of the late Judge Jose ́ V. Toledo.

HEARINGS AND LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

No hearings were held on H.R. 560.

COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

On April 22, 1999, the Full Committee met in open session and

ordered reported H.R. 560, to designate the federal building and

United States courthouse located in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico as

the ‘‘Jose ́ V. Toledo Federal Building and United States Courthouse,’’ approved April 21, 1999 by the Subcommittee on Economic

Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline

Transportation, by voice vote with a quorum present. There were

no recorded votes taken during Committee consideration of H.R.

560.

ROLLCALL 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 rollcall 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. 560 favorably reported. A motion by Mr. Franks to order H.R. 560 favorably reported to the House was agreed to by voice vote, a quorum being

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(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.
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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 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. 560.

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. 560 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

U.S. CONGRESS,

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE,

Washington, DC, April 26, 1999.

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

22, 1999. 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 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. The

bills reviewed are:

H.R. 118, a bill to designate the federal building located at

300 East 8th Street in Austin, Texas, as the ‘‘J.J. ‘Jake’ Pickle

Federal Building’’;

H.R. 560, a bill to designate the federal building and United

States courthouse located at the intersection of Comercio and

San Justo Streets in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as the ‘‘Jose ́ V. Toledo Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’;

H.R. 686, a bill to designate a United States courthouse in

Brownsville, Texas, as the ‘‘Garza-Vela United States Courthouse’’;

H.R. 1121, a bill to designate the federal building and United

States courthouse located at 18 Greenville Street in Newman,

Georgia, as the ‘‘Lewis R. Morgan Federal Building and United

States Courthouse’’;

S. 437, an act to designate the United States courthouse

under construction at 333 Las Vegas Boulevard South in Las

Vegas, Nevada, as the ‘‘Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse’’; and

S. 460, an act to designate the United States courthouse located at 401 South Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana, as

the ‘‘Robert K. Rodibaugh United States Bankruptcy Courthouse.’’
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If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased

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

Sincerely,

BARRY B. ANDERSON

(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.

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.)

ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT

No advisory committees within the meaning of section 5(b) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act were 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.)

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