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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2347
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the look-
back method shall not apply to construction contracts required to use
the percentage of completion method.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 24, 1999
Mr. ENGLISH (for himself, Mr. HILL of Montana, and Mr. NETHERCUTT) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
that the look-back method shall not apply to construction
contracts required to use the percentage of completion
method.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) eliminating the application of the look-back
method to nonresidential construction contracts is
revenue neutral and will save the time and money
being expended by construction contractors in apply-
ing such method,
(2) the look-back method is not needed as an
enforcement mechanism in the construction industry,
and
(3) the look-back method does not provide the
relief from the percentage of completion method that
it was intended to provide to construction contrac-
tors because compliance costs far outweigh overpay-
ments repaid to taxpayers by the Internal Revenue
Service.
SEC. 2. LOOK-BACK METHOD NOT TO APPLY TO CONSTRUC-
TION CONTRACTS REQUIRED TO USE THE
PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION METHOD.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 460(b)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to special
rules for look-back method) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) LOOK-BACK METHOD NOT TO APPLY
TO
CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACTS.—Paragraph
(1)(B) shall not apply to any construction con-
tract (as defined in subsection (e)(4)).’’
(b) MINIMUM TAX TREATMENT.—Paragraph (3) of
section 56(a) of such Code is amended by striking the sec-
ond sentence and inserting the following new sentence:
‘‘For purposes of applying the preceding sentence to a
construction contract (as defined in section 460(e)(4)),
section 460(b)(1)(B) shall not apply.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 1999.
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(h) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—All authorities
provided by this section for the respective Recovery Imple-
mentation Program shall terminate upon expiration of the
current time period for the respective Cooperative Agree-
ment referenced in section 2(1) unless, at least one year
prior to such expiration, the time period for the respective
Cooperative Agreement is extended to conform with this
Act.
SEC. 4. EFFECT ON RECLAMATION LAW.
No provision of this Act nor any action taken pursu-
ant thereto or in furtherance thereof shall constitute a new
or supplemental benefit under the Act of June 17, 1902
(chapter 1093; 32 Stat. 388), and Acts supplemental
thereto and amendatory thereof (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.).
Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 774
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2348
AN ACT
To authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide
cost sharing for the endangered fish recovery im-
plementation programs for the Upper Colorado
and San Juan River Basins.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2000
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2349
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an inflation
adjustment of the unified credit against the estate and gift taxes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 24, 1999
Mr. HERGER (for himself and Ms. DUNN) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
an inflation adjustment of the unified credit against the
estate and gift taxes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Death Tax Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. INFLATION ADJUSTMENT OF UNIFIED CREDIT
AGAINST ESTATE AND GIFT TAXES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2010 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to unified credit against es-
tate tax) is amended by redesignating subsection (d) as
subsection (e) and by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(d) COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT.—In the case of
any decedent dying, and gift made, in a calendar year
after 2006, the $1,000,000 amount set forth in subsection
(c) shall be increased by an amount equal to—
‘‘(1) $1,000,000, multiplied by
‘‘(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined
under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year by sub-
stituting ‘calendar year 2005’ for ‘calendar year
1992’ in subparagraph (B) thereof.
If any amount as adjusted under the preceding sentence
is not a multiple of $10,000, such amount shall be round-
ed to the nearest multiple of $10,000.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to the estates of decedents dying,
and gifts made, after December 31, 2006.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 234
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to review
and adjust the size standards used to determine whether or not enter-
prises in certain industry categories are small business concerns for
the purposes of competing for Federal contracting opportunities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. RILEY (for himself, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. PICKERING, and
Mr. HUTCHINSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Small Business
A BILL
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to review and adjust the size standards used
to determine whether or not enterprises in certain indus-
try categories are small business concerns for the pur-
poses of competing for Federal contracting opportunities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Com-
mon Sense and Fairness Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. REVIEW OF INFLATION ADJUSTMENT BY SMALL
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR.
(a) EXCLUDED INDUSTRIES.—The Administrator of
the Small Business Administration shall review the size
standards of industries with the Standard Industrial Clas-
sification Codes of 15, 16, and 17, which were excluded
in the 1994 Small Business Administration inflationary
adjustment and adjust such standards for inflation for the
purpose of deeming an enterprise in any such industry a
small business concern.
(b) 5-YEAR REVIEW AND REPORT.—
(1) REVIEW.—In a case in which the Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration deems
an enterprise a small business concern for purposes
of competing for Federal contracting opportunities
based solely on annual revenues, the Administrator
shall review the size standards of such industry and
adjust such standards for inflation not less than
once every 5 years.
(2) Not less than once every 5 years the Admin-
istrator of the Small Business Administration shall
submit a report to the Congress and the President
which shall contain a detailed statement of findings
and conclusions of the review under paragraph (1),
together with his recommendations for legislation
and administrative actions.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2352
To provide for a judicial remedy for United States persons injured as a
result of violations by foreign states of their arbitral obligations under
international law.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 24, 1999
Mr. MCCOLLUM (for himself and Mr. SHAW) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide for a judicial remedy for United States persons
injured as a result of violations by foreign states of
their arbitral obligations under international law.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Arbitra-
tion Enforcement Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Arbitration is an efficient and flexible dis-
pute resolution mechanism of great benefit to United
States persons doing business internationally.
(2) In some countries, particularly those with
undeveloped or inconsistent judicial systems, inter-
national arbitration may be the only fair and reliable
dispute resolution mechanism available to United
States persons.
(3) The usefulness of international arbitration
depends in large measure on the commitment of for-
eign states to enforce foreign arbitral awards pursu-
ant to their accession to, and observance of, the
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of
Foreign Arbitral Awards.
(4) United States persons are often without
remedies when foreign states violate the Convention
by refusing to enforce foreign arbitral awards or by
otherwise impairing the ability to collect the awards
by improperly delaying their enforcement.
(5) It is in the interest of the United States to
maintain the reliability of international arbitration,
to promote the observance of the Convention, and to
protect United States persons from economic injury
resulting from violations of the Convention by for-
eign states.
(6) Similarly, it would be unjust to permit a
foreign state to be shielded from liability in the
United States for the damages suffered by a United
States person abroad resulting from a violation of
the Convention by the foreign state.
(7) It is therefore in the national interest to
create a judicial remedy in favor of United States
persons injured as a result of a violation of the Con-
vention by a foreign state and to facilitate the execu-
tion of any judgment entered in such an action.
SEC. 3. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to create a civil remedy
against foreign states whose violation of the Convention
injures United States persons by prohibiting the enforce-
ment of foreign arbitral awards entered in favor of such
United States persons or by impairing the ability of such
United States persons to collect such awards.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act—
(1) CONVENTION.—The term ‘‘Convention’’
means the Convention on the Recognition and En-
forcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, done at New
York on June 10, 1958.
(2) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term
‘‘United States person’’ means—
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SEC. 15. TERMINATION.
The charter granted in this Act shall expire if the
association fails to comply with any of the provisions of
this Act.
SEC. 16. DEFINITION OF STATE.
For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘State’’ in-
cludes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands and the territories and possessions of the United
States.
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heterosexuality, whether the orientation is real or
perceived.
(10) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 701(i) of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e(i)).
SEC. 4. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.
(a) EMPLOYER PRACTICES.—It shall be an unlawful
employment practice for an employer—
(1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any
individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any
individual with respect to the compensation, terms,
conditions, or privileges of employment of the indi-
vidual, because of such individual’s sexual orienta-
tion; or
(2) to limit, segregate, or classify the employees
or applicants for employment of the employer in any
way that would deprive or tend to deprive any indi-
vidual of employment opportunities or otherwise ad-
versely affect the status of the individual as an em-
ployee, because of such individual’s sexual orienta-
tion.
(b) EMPLOYMENT AGENCY PRACTICES.—It shall be
an unlawful employment practice for an employment agen-
cy to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise
to discriminate against, any individual because of the sex-
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2353
To direct the President to withhold extension of the WTO Agreement to
any country that is not complying with its obligations under the New
York Convention, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 24, 1999
Mr. MCCOLLUM (for himself and Mr. SHAW) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To direct the President to withhold extension of the WTO
Agreement to any country that is not complying with
its obligations under the New York Convention, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New York Convention
Compliance Act’’.
SEC. 2. ACCESSION OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES TO THE WTO.
Section 1106 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitive-
ness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2905) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f),
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO OB-
LIGATIONS UNDER THE NEW YORK CONVENTION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the require-
ments described in subsection (a), before any coun-
try that is a party to the New York Convention ac-
cedes to the WTO Agreement, the President shall
determine whether the country is fulfilling its obliga-
tions under the New York Convention.
‘‘(2) EFFECTS
OF
NEGATIVE
DETERMINA-
TION.—If the President determines that a country is
not fulfilling its obligations under the New York
Convention—
‘‘(A) the President shall reserve the right
of the United States to withhold extension of
the application of the WTO Agreement between
the United States and the country, and
‘‘(B) the WTO Agreement shall not apply
between the United States and the country
until—
‘‘(i) the President certifies to the Con-
gress that the country is fulfilling its obli-
gations under the New York Convention,
or
‘‘(ii) a bill submitted under subsection
(c) which approves the extension of the ap-
plication of the WTO Agreement between
the United States and the country is en-
acted into law.
‘‘(3) NEW YORK CONVENTION.—For purposes
of this subsection, the term ‘New York Convention’
means the Convention on Recognition and Enforce-
ment of Foreign Arbitral Awards, done at New
York, June 10, 1958.’’,
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘subsection
(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (a) and (e)’’, and
(4) by amending the heading for such section to
read as follows: ‘‘ACCESSION OF STATE TRADING
REGIMES AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES TO
THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND
TRADE OR THE WTO.’’.
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‘‘(B) TAX IMPOSED IF INSUFFICIENT DIS-
TRIBUTION.—If a Settlement Trust fails to
meet the distribution requirement of subpara-
graph (A) for any taxable year, then, notwith-
standing subsection (c)(28), a tax shall be im-
posed on the trust under section 1(e) on an
amount of taxable income equal to the amount
of such failure.
‘‘(C) DESIGNATION
OF
DISTRIBUTION.—
Solely for purposes of meeting the requirements
of this paragraph, a Settlement Trust may elect
to treat any distribution (or portion) during the
65-day period following the close of any taxable
year as made on the last day of such taxable
year. Any such distribution (or portion) may
not be taken into account under this paragraph
for any other taxable year.
‘‘(D) ADJUSTED TAXABLE INCOME.—For
purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘adjusted
taxable income’ means taxable income deter-
mined under section 641(b) without regard to
any deduction under section 651 or 661.
‘‘(5) TAX TREATMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS TO
BENEFICIARIES.—
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(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under 
the Arms Export Control Act; or 
(3) any obligation or portion of such obligation, 
to pay for purchases of United States agricultural 
commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit 
Corporation under export credit guarantee programs 
authorized pursuant to section 5(f) of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 
1948, as amended, section 4(b) of the Food for 
Peace Act of 1966, as amended (Public Law 89–
808), or section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act 
of 1978, as amended (Public Law 95–501). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi-
cial debt relief and referendum agreements, com-
monly referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’. 
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only in such amounts or to such 
extent as is provided in advance by appropriations 
Acts. 
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only with respect to countries with 
heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from 
the International Development Association, but not
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from the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ 
countries. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country 
whose government—
(1) does not have an excessive level of military 
expenditures; 
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts 
of international terrorism; 
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international 
narcotics control matters; 
(4) (including its military or other security 
forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of 
gross violations of internationally recognized human 
rights; and 
(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 
application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. 
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Debt Restructuring’’. 
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A re-
duction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States Post Office located at 3675
Warrensville Center Road in Shaker Heights, Ohio, shall
be known and designated as the ‘‘Louise Stokes Post Of-
fice’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in any law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the post
office referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the ‘‘Louise Stokes Post Office’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 12,
1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 2357
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To designate the United States Post Office located at 3675 Warrensville Center
Road in Shaker Heights, Ohio, as the ‘‘Louise Stokes Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States Post Office located at 3675 Warrensville
Center Road in Shaker Heights, Ohio, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Louise Stokes Post Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the post office referred
to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Louise
Stokes Post Office’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2357
To designate the United States Post Office located at 3675 Warrensville
Center Road in Shaker Heights, Ohio, as the ‘‘Louise Stokes Post Office’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 24, 1999
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To designate the United States Post Office located at 3675
Warrensville Center Road in Shaker Heights, Ohio, as
the ‘‘Louise Stokes Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States Post Office located at 3675
Warrensville Center Road in Shaker Heights, Ohio, shall
be known and designated as the ‘‘Louise Stokes Post Of-
fice’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the post
office referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the ‘‘Louise Stokes Post Office’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2357
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 13, 1999
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office located at 3675
Warrensville Center Road in Shaker Heights, Ohio, as
the ‘‘Louise Stokes Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States Post Office located at 3675
Warrensville Center Road in Shaker Heights, Ohio, shall
be known and designated as the ‘‘Louise Stokes Post Of-
fice’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in any law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the post
office referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the ‘‘Louise Stokes Post Office’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 12,
1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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Calendar No. 616
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2357
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 13, 1999
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
JUNE 21, 2000
Reported by Mr. THOMPSON, without amendment
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office located at 3675
Warrensville Center Road in Shaker Heights, Ohio, as
the ‘‘Louise Stokes Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States Post Office located at 3675
Warrensville Center Road in Shaker Heights, Ohio, shall
be known and designated as the ‘‘Louise Stokes Post Of-
fice’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in any law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the post
office referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the ‘‘Louise Stokes Post Office’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 12,
1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 616
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H.R. 2357
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office located
at 3675 Warrensville Center Road in Shaker
Heights, Ohio, as the ‘‘Louise Stokes Post Of-
fice’’.
JUNE 21, 2000
Reported without amendment
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2358
To designate the United States Post Office located at 3813 Main Street
in East Chicago, Indiana, as the ‘‘Lance Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 24, 1999
Mr. VISCLOSKY (for himself, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. ROEMER, Mr.
BUYER, Ms. CARSON, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. HILL of Indiana, Mr.
HOSTETTLER, Mr. SOUDER, and Mr. PEASE) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To designate the United States Post Office located at 3813
Main Street in East Chicago, Indiana, as the ‘‘Lance
Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States Post Office located at 3813 Main
Street in East Chicago, Indiana, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Lance Corporal Harold Gomez Post Of-
fice’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the post
office referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the ‘‘Lance Corporal Harold Gomez Post Of-
fice’’.
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