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115TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 115–819 

J. MARVIN JONES FEDERAL BUILDING AND MARY LOU 

ROBINSON UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE 

JULY 16, 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. 5772] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 

was referred the bill (H.R. 5772) to designate the J. Marvin Jones 

Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as the ‘‘J. 

Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United 

States Courthouse’’, having considered the same, report favorably 

thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. 

CONTENTS 

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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 ...................................................... 2 

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

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

Advisory of Earmarks .............................................................................................. 3 

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. 5772 designates the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and 

Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as the ‘‘J. Marvin Jones Federal 

Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse’’. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

Judge Mary Lou Robinson was born in Dodge City, Kansas in 

1926. Judge Robinson received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a law degree from University of 

Texas School of Law. After several years of private practice, she 

was elected to the Potter County Court from 1955 to 1958. She was 

a judge on the 108th District Court of Texas in Amarillo from 1961 

to 1973. From 1973 to 1979, Judge Robinson was a Justice of the 

Court of Civil Appeals for the 7th Supreme Judicial District of 

Texas where she served as Chief Justice from 1977 to 1979. 

In February of 1979, Judge Robinson was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of Texas. She assumed senior status in February, 

2016, and inactive senior status in May 2018. 

HEARINGS

No hearings were held on H.R. 5772. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CONSIDERATION

On May 10, 2018, Congressman Mac Thornberry (R–TX) introduced H.R. 5772 designating the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building 

and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as the ‘‘J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse’’. 

The bill was referred solely to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure. 

On June 27, 2018, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met in open session. The Committee ordered the bill reported favorably to the House without amendment 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 recorded votes taken in connection with consideration of H.R. 5772. 

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 

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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. 5772 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

U.S. CONGRESS, 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, 

Washington, DC, July 9, 2018. 

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 bills ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 27, 2018: 

• H.R. 3460, a bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 323 East Chapel Hill Street in Durham, North Carolina, 

as the ‘‘John Hervey Wheeler United States Courthouse’’; and 

• H.R. 5772, a bill to designate the J. Marvin Jones Federal 

Building and Courthouse located in Amarillo, Texas, as the ‘‘J. 

Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United 

States Courthouse.’’ 

CBO estimates that enacting the bills 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 also estimates that enacting the bills would not increase net 

direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 

10-year periods beginning in 2029. 

The bills contain no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. 

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

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

Sincerely, 

MARK P. HADLEY

(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 J. Marvin Jones 

Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as the ‘‘J. 

Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson 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 

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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 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 

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

5772 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. 5772 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. 5772 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 J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and 

Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as the ‘‘J. Marvin Jones Federal 

Building and Mary Lou Robinson 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 

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a reference to the ‘‘J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou 

Robinson United States Courthouse’’. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

H.R. 5772 makes no changes in existing law. 

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