49–006 

114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 114–247 

JACOB TRIEBER FEDERAL BUILDING, UNITED STATES 

POST OFFICE, AND UNITED STATES COURT HOUSE 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. SHUSTER, from the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 2954] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 

was referred the bill (H.R. 2954) to designate the Federal building 

located at 617 Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the ‘‘Jacob 

Trieber Federal Building, United States Post Office, and United 

States Court House’’, having considered the same, report favorably 

thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. 

CONTENTS 

Page 

Purpose of Legislation ............................................................................................. 2 

Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 2 

Hearings ................................................................................................................... 2 

Legislative History and Consideration .................................................................. 2 

Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 2 

Committee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 2 

New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 3 

Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 3 

Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 3 

Advisory of Earmarks .............................................................................................. 4 

Duplication of Federal Programs ............................................................................ 4 

Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings ..................................................................... 4 

Federal Mandate Statement ................................................................................... 4 

Preemption Clarification ......................................................................................... 4 

Advisory Committee Statement .............................................................................. 4 

Applicability of Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 4 

Section-by-Section Analysis of Legislation ............................................................ 4 

Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 9 


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PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION

H.R. 2954 designates the federal building located at 617 Walnut 

Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the ‘‘Jacob Trieber Federal Building, United States Post Office, and United States Court House’’. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

S. 2954 would designate the federal building located at 617 Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the ‘‘Jacob Trieber Federal 

Building, United States Post Office, and United States Court 

House’’. 

Judge Trieber served from 1900 to 1927 as judge on the United 

States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. He was 

the first Jewish individual to serve as a federal judge in the United 

States and presided over 1,000 cases annually. His decisions included many significant cases involving civil rights and wildlife 

conservation. 

Judge Trieber was born in 1853 in Raschkow, Prussia and in 

1866 he immigrated to St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Helena, Arkansas. In 1876, he was admitted to the state bar. 

In 1874, Judge Trieber became a member of the Republican 

Party and was elected to the Helena City Council in 1882. Later 

he served as Superintendent of the state census, as Phillips County 

treasurer and as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 

Arkansas until his appointment by President William McKinley in 

1900 to the federal bench. 

HEARINGS

No hearings were held on H.R. 2954. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CONSIDERATION

On July 7, 2015, Representative Eric A. ‘‘Rick’’ Crawford (R–AR) 

introduced S. 2954, a bill to designate the federal building located 

at 617 Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the ‘‘Jacob Trieber 

Federal Building, United States Post Office, and United States 

Court House’’. 

On July 23, 2015, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met in open session. The Committee ordered the bill reported favorably to the House by voice vote with a quorum present. 

COMMITTEE 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 

record votes taken in connection with consideration of H.R. 2954. 

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. 


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NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY AND TAX EXPENDITURES

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. 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE

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. 2954 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

U.S. CONGRESS, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, Washington, DC, July 28, 2015. 

Hon. BILL SHUSTER, 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 23, 2015: 

• H.R. 2954, a bill to designate the federal building located 

at 617 Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the ‘‘Jacob 

Trieber Federal Building, United States Post Office, and 

United States Court House’’; and 

• S. 261, an act to designate the United States courthouse 

located at 200 NW 4th Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as 

the ‘‘William J. Holloway, Jr. United States Courthouse.’’ 

CBO estimates that enacting those pieces of legislation would 

have no significant effect on the federal budget and would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. 

The pieces of legislation contain no intergovernmental or privatesector 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 Keith Hall, Director). 

PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of 

the Rules of the House of Representatives, the performance goal 

and objective of this legislation is to designate the federal building 

located at 617 Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the ‘‘Jacob 

Trieber Federal Building, United States Post Office, and United 

States Court House’’. 


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ADVISORY OF EARMARKS

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. No provision in the bill includes an 

earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit under clause 

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

DUPLICATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS

Pursuant to section 3(g) of H. Res. 5, 114th Cong. (2015), the 

Committee finds that no provision of H.R. 2954 establishes or reauthorizes a program of the federal government known to be duplicative of another federal program, a program that was included in 

any report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress 

pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111–139, or a program related 

to a program identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. 

DISCLOSURE OF DIRECTED RULE MAKINGS

Pursuant to section 3(i) of H. Res. 5, 114th Cong. (2015), the 

Committee finds that enacting H.R. 2954 does not direct the completion of a specific rule making within the meaning of section 551 

of title 5, United States Code. 

FEDERAL MANDATE 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. 2954 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 OF 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). 

SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS OF LEGISLATION

Section 1. Jacob Trieber Federal Building, United States Post Office, and United States Court House 

Section 1(a) designates the federal building located at 617 Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the ‘‘Jacob Trieber Federal 


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Building, United States Post Office, and United States Court 

House’’. 

Section 1(b) deems 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 subsection (a) 

as a reference to the ‘‘Jacob Trieber Federal Building, United 

States Post Office, and United States Court House’’. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

H.R. 2954 makes no changes in existing law. 

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