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111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 111–610 

WINSTON E. ARNOW FEDERAL BUILDING 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010.—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. 4387] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 

was referred the bill (H.R. 4387) to designate the Federal building 

located at 100 North Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the 

‘‘Winston E. Arnow Federal Building’’, having considered the same, 

report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that 

the bill do pass. 

PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION

H.R. 4387 designates the Federal building located at 100 North 

Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the ‘‘Winston E. Arnow 

Federal Building’’. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

H.R. 4387 designates the Federal building located at 100 North 

Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the ‘‘Winston E. Arnow 

Federal Building’’. Pursuant to Public Law 108–288, the building 

is currently named the Winston E. Arnow United States Courthouse. H.R. 4387 redesignates the building as a Federal building 

because there is a U.S. courthouse across the street from the 

Arnow building and the Judiciary maintains that having two adjacent buildings designated as courthouses is confusing jurors, litigants, and others. 

Winston Eugene Arnow was born in Micancopy, Florida, in 1911. 

He attended the University of Florida and graduated with a degree 

in Business Administration in 1932, and later earned a law degree 

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Mr. Arnow began his career in private practice, but took a hiatus 

to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Major and a 

member of Judge Advocates General Corps. He later returned to 

private practice and served as a municipal judge before President 

Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him as a U.S. District Judge. Judge 

Arnow served as the Chief Judge of the Northern District of Florida, stretching from Pensacola to Gainesville, from 1969 until 1981. 

Judge Arnow became a senior judge in 1981 and continued his 

work on the Federal bench until he passed away in 1994. 

Judicial authorities and officials viewed Judge Arnow as ‘‘all integrity’’; he ignored criticism by doing what he thought was the 

right and proper thing to do to protect civil liberties. His name is 

now synonymous with the momentous civil rights period from 1969 

to 1978 in northwest Florida, because he followed the U.S. Supreme Court mandates to ensure public school desegregation and 

improved prison conditions in the Escambia County jail. Judge 

Arnow ordered the Escambia school district desegregated in 1969 

and, in 1978, he was responsible for drawing up a special electoral 

district to ensure that the County Commission would have at least 

one black member. In 1972, Judge Arnow’s decision regarding the 

Naval Live Oaks Reservations ended a long controversial dispute 

over ownership when he declared the historic woodland in the Gulf 

to be owned by the citizens of the United States. Judge Arnow also 

presided over the nationally spotlighted trial of the Gainesville 

Eight. 

SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Designation. 

Section 1 designates the Federal building located at 100 North 

Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the ‘‘Winston E. Arnow 

Federal Building’’. 

Sec. 2. References. 

Section 2 indicates that any reference in a law, map, regulation, 

document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Winston E. Arnow Federal Building’’. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

In the 108th Congress, Representative Jeff Miller introduced 

H.R. 1572 to designate the United States courthouse located at 100 

North Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida. On June 18, 2003, the 

Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 

Emergency Management met to consider the bill and favorably recommended the bill, as amended, to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure by voice vote with a quorum present. On 

June 25, 2003, the Committee ordered the bill, as amended, reported favorably to the House by voice vote with a quorum present. 

On September 23, 2003, the House passed the bill, as amended, by 

voice vote with a quorum present. On July 19, 2004, the Senate 

passed the bill, as amended, by unanimous consent. On August 6, 

2004, President George W. Bush signed the bill into law (P.L. 108– 

288). Public Law 108–288 designates the Federal building as the 

Winston E. Arnow United States Courthouse. 


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In the 111th Congress, on December 16, 2009, Representative 

Jeff Miller introduced H.R. 4387. On July 29, 2010, the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure met in open session to consider H.R. 4387. The Committee ordered the bill reported favorably 

to the House by voice vote with a quorum present. 

RECORD 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 recorded votes taken in connection with consideration of H.R. 4387 

or ordering the bill reported. A motion to order H.R. 4387 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)(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(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 section 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 Federal building located at 100 North Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, as 

the ‘‘Winston E. Arnow Federal Building’’. 

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. 4387 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 


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AUGUST 3, 2010. 

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 ordered reported by the House 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 29, 2010: • H.R. 4387, a bill to designate the federal building located 

at 100 North Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the ‘‘Winston E. Arnow Federal Building’’; • H.R. 5651, a bill to designate the federal building and 

United States courthouse located at 515 9th Street in Rapid 

City, South Dakota, as the ‘‘Andrew W. Bogue Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’; • H.R. 5706, a bill to designate the building occupied by the 

Government Printing Office located at 31451 East United Avenue in Pueblo, Colorado, as the ‘‘Frank Evans Government 

Printing Office Building’’; • H.R. 5773, a bill to redesignate the federal building located 

at 6401 Security Boulevard in Baltimore, Maryland, commonly 

known as the Social Security Operations Building, as the ‘‘Robert M. Ball Federal Building’’; and • H.R. 5591, a bill to designate the airport traffic control 

tower located at Spokane International Airport in Spokane, 

Washington, as the ‘‘Ray Daves Airport Traffic Control Tower.’’ 

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; 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. 

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

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Matthew Pickford. 

Sincerely, 

ROBERT A. SUNSHINE

(For Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director). 

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XXI 

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. H.R. 4387 does not contain any earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits under clause 

9(e), 9(f), or 9(g) of rule XXI. 

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 

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ant 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 

(P.L. 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. 4387 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 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 (P.L. 104–1). 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

H.R. 4387 makes no changes in existing law. 

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