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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 113–153 

DOUGLAS A. MUNRO COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS 

BUILDING 

JULY 16, 2013.—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. 2611] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 

was referred the bill (H.R. 2611) to designate the headquarters 

building of the Coast Guard on the campus located at 2701 Martin 

Luther King, Jr., Avenue Southeast in the District of Columbia as 

the ‘‘Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building’’, and 

for other purposes, 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 ............................................................................... 3 

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


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PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION

H.R. 2611 would designate the headquarters building of the 

Coast Guard on the campus located at 2701 Martin Luther King, 

Jr., Avenue Southeast in the District of Columbia, as the ‘‘Douglas 

A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building’’. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

H.R. 2611 would designate the headquarters building of the 

Coast Guard as the ‘‘Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters 

Building’’. 

Douglas Albert Munro was born in Vancouver, Canada, of American parents, on October 11, 1919, and grew up in South Cle Elum, 

Washington. Douglas Munro was educated at the South Cle Elum 

Grade School and graduated from the Cle Elum High School in 

1937. He attended the Central Washington College of Education for 

one year and left to enlist in the United States Coast Guard in 

1939. Munro had an outstanding record as an enlisted man and 

was promoted rapidly to Signalman First Class. 

Munro was killed in action on Guadalcanal on September 27, 

1942, shielding 500 United States Marines from enemy fire during 

an evacuation in the Pacific Theater. Munro volunteered to be in 

charge of the boats for the evacuation and rescue mission that 

brought boats in-shore under heavy enemy fire and evacuated the 

Marines on the beach. He placed himself and his boats in between 

the beachhead and the enemy, serving as cover until the last Marine was evacuated. During his mission, Munro was fatally wounded. Reportedly, he remained conscious long enough to ask: ‘‘Did 

they get off?’’ 

Munro was awarded the Medal of Honor, the Purple Heart 

Medal, and was eligible for the American Defense Service Medal, 

the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal, and the World War II 

Victory Medal. Munro is buried in his home state of Washington. 

HEARINGS

No hearings were held on H.R. 2611. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CONSIDERATION

On July 8, 2013, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced 

H.R. 2611, a bill to designate the headquarters building of the 

Coast Guard on the campus located at 2701 Martin Luther King, 

Jr., Avenue Southeast in the District of Columbia as the ‘‘Douglas 

A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building’’. 

On July 10, 2013, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met in open session and 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. 2611 or 

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ported 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. 

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. 2611 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

U.S. CONGRESS, 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, 

Washington, DC, July 15, 2013. 

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. 2611, a bill to designate the headquarters building of 

the Coast Guard on the campus located at 2701 Martin Luther 

King Jr. Avenue, Southeast, in the District of Columbia as the 

‘‘Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building,’’ as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 10, 2013. 

CBO estimates that enacting this legislation would have no significant impact on the federal budget and would not affect direct 

spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not 

apply. The bill contains 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 contacts are Maggie Morrissey and 

Matthew Pickford. 

Sincerely, 

DOUGLAS W. ELMENDORF. 

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 headquarters 

building of the Coast Guard on the campus located at 2701 Martin 

Luther King, Jr., Avenue Southeast in the District of Columbia as 

the ‘‘Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building’’. 


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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(j) of H. Res. 5, 113th Cong. (2013), the 

Committee finds that no provision of H.R. 2611 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(k) of H. Res. 5, 113th Cong. (2013), the 

Committee estimates that enacting H.R. 2611 does not specifically 

direct the completion of any specific rule makings 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. 2611 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. Designation 

Section 1 designates the headquarters building of the Coast 

Guard on the campus located at 2701 Martin Luther King, Jr., AvVerDate Mar 15 2010 04:22 Jul 19, 2013 Jkt 029006 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\HR153.XXX HR153

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enue Southeast in the District of Columbia as the ‘‘Douglas A. 

Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building’’. 

Section 2. References 

Section 2 deems any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the building 

referred to in section 1 as a reference to the ‘‘Douglas A. Munro 

Coast Guard Headquarters Building’’. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

H.R. 2611 makes no changes in existing law. 

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