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115TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 115–1021 

TO DESIGNATE THE FEDERAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 

2110 FIRST STREET IN FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, AS THE 

‘‘GEORGE W. WHITEHURST FEDERAL BUILDING’’ 

NOVEMBER 13, 2018.—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. 6622] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 

was referred the bill (H.R. 6622) to designate the Federal building 

located at 2110 First Street in Fort Myers, Florida, as the ‘‘George 

W. Whitehurst Federal Building’’, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the 

bill as amended do pass. 

CONTENTS 

Page 

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

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

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

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

Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 3 

Committee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 3 

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

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

Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 4 

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 .............................................................................. 5 

Applicability of Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 5 

Section-by-Section Analysis of Legislation ............................................................ 5 

Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 5 

The amendments are as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 


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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 

The Federal building and United States courthouse located at 2110 First Street 

in Fort Myers, Florida, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘George W. Whitehurst 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 ‘‘George W. Whitehurst Federal 

Building and United States Courthouse’’. 

Amend the title so as to read: A bill to designate the Federal 

building located at 2110 First Street in Fort Myers, Florida, as the 

‘‘George W. Whitehurst Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’. 

PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION

H.R. 6622, as amended, designates the Federal building located 

at 2110 First Street in Fort Myers, Florida, as the ‘‘George W. 

Whitehurst Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

H.R. 6622 designates the Federal building located at 2110 First 

Street in Fort Myers, Florida, as the ‘‘George W. Whitehurst Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’. 

Judge George William Whitehurst was born in Wauchula, Florida, in 1891. He received his Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Florida College of Law before becoming a County Judge 

in De Soto County, Florida, from 1917 to 1919. After serving on the 

county bench, Whitehurst then served on the 12th Judicial Circuit 

Court of Florida until 1947. 

On January 30, 1950, Judge Whitehurst was nominated by President Harry S. Truman to joint appointments on the United States 

District Court for the Northern District of Florida and the Southern District of Florida. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 21, 1950, and would sit on the bench until he assumed senior status on June 30, 1961, serving in that capacity 

until his death on January 13, 1974. 

HEARINGS

No hearings were held on H.R. 6622, as amended. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CONSIDERATION

On July 26, 2018, Congressman Francis Rooney (R–FL) introduced H.R. 6622, a bill to designate the Federal building located 

at 2110 First Street in Fort Myers, Florida, as the ‘‘George W. 

Whitehurst Federal Building’’. The bill was referred solely to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 

On September 27, 2018, the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure met in open session. An amendment was offered by 

Congressman Lou Barletta (R–PA) and adopted by the Committee 

by voice vote. The amendment makes a technical change that reflects the fact that the building is both a Federal building and a 

U.S. courthouse. The Committee ordered the bill, as amended, reported favorably to the House by voice vote with a quorum present. 


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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 recorded votes taken in connection with consideration of H.R. 6622, 

as amended. 

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. 

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. 6622, as amended, from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

U.S. CONGRESS, 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, 

Washington, DC, October 2, 2018. 

Hon. BILL SHUSTER, 

Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 

House of Representatives, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has reviewed H.R. 6622, a bill to designate the federal building located 

at 2110 First Street in Fort Myers, Florida, as the ‘‘George W. 

Whitehurst Federal Building and United States Courthouse,’’ as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 27, 2018. 

CBO estimates that enacting this 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. CBO estimates that enacting the legislation would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four 

consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2029. 

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

not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments. 


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

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

Sincerely, 

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 2110 First Street in Fort Myers, Florida, as the ‘‘George 

W. Whitehurst Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’. 

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 clause 3(c)(5) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, the Committee finds that no provision of H.R. 

6622 as amended 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, 115th Cong. (2017), the 

Committee finds that enacting H.R. 6622, as amended, 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. 6622, as amended, 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 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. Designation 

Section 1 designates the Federal building and United States 

courthouse located at 2110 First Street in Fort Myers, Florida, as 

the ‘‘George W. Whitehurst Federal Building and United States 

Courthouse’’. 

Section. 2. References 

Section 2 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 section 1 as 

a reference to the ‘‘George W. Whitehurst Federal Building and 

United States Courthouse’’. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

H.R. 6622, as amended, makes no changes in existing law. 

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