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109TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 109–319 

TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO CONDUCT A STUDY 

TO DETERMINE THE SUITABILITY AND FEASIBILITY OF DESIGNATING 

THE SOLDIERS’ MEMORIAL MILITARY MUSEUM LOCATED IN ST. LOUIS, 

MISSOURI, AS A UNIT OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 

DECEMBER 6, 2005.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 

of the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. POMBO, from the Committee on Resources, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 452] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill 

(H.R. 452) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 

study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the 

Soldiers’ Memorial Military Museum located in St. Louis, Missouri, 

as a unit of the National Park System, having considered the same, 

report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that 

the bill do pass. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of H.R. 452 is to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the suitability and feasibility 

of designating the Soldiers’ Memorial Military Museum located in 

St. Louis, Missouri, as a unit of the National Park System. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

In 1923, the City of St. Louis voted to spend $6 million to purchase a memorial plaza and building dedicated to citizens of St. 

Louis who lost their lives in World War I. The purchase of the memorial site exhausted the funds. In 1933, the City government 

raised another $1 million to construct a memorial building on the 

site. On October 14, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt officially dedicated the site, and the building was opened to the public 

on Memorial Day in 1938. Currently, the memorial is administered 

by the City of St. Louis with a budget of $192,000 (2004). Local officials have expressed that the memorial faces an uncertain future 

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without federal assistance and would like a federal agency to take 

over administration of the site. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

H.R. 452 was introduced on February 1, 2005, by Congressman 

William Lacy Clay (D–MO). The bill was referred to the Committee 

on Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee on 

National Parks. On November 10, 2005, the Subcommittee held a 

hearing on the bill. On November 16, 2005, the Full Resources 

Committee met to consider the bill. The Subcommittee was discharged from further consideration of the bill by unanimous consent. The bill was then ordered favorably reported to the House of 

Representatives by unanimous consent. 

COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Resources’ oversight findings and recommendations are reflected in 

the body of this report. 

CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States 

grants Congress the authority to enact this bill. 

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII

1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of 

the House of Representatives requires an estimate and a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(3)(B) of that rule provides 

that this requirement does not apply when the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

2. Congressional Budget Act. As required by 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, this bill does not 

contain any new budget authority, spending authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or tax expenditures. 

3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. This bill does not 

authorize funding and therefore, clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the 

Rules of the House of Representatives does not apply. 

4. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate. Under clause 

3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 

section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate for this bill from the 

Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

H.R. 452—A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 

a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the Soldiers’ Memorial Military Museum located in St. 

Louis, Missouri, as a unit of the National Park System 

H.R. 452 would direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 

study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the 

Soldiers’ Memorial Military Museum in St. Louis, Missouri, as a 

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unit of the National Park System. Assuming the availability of appropriated funds, CBO estimates that carrying out the proposed 

study would cost about $200,000 over the next three years. Enacting H.R. 452 would not affect direct spending or revenues. 

The bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would 

impost no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Deborah Reis. This estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104–4

This bill contains no unfunded mandates. 

PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or tribal law. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

If enacted, this bill would make no changes in existing law. 

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