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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3019
To designate the United States Post Office located at 4026 Lamar Street
in (the Eau Claire community of) Columbia, South Carolina, as the
‘‘Mamie G. Floyd Post Office’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 5, 1999
Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. SAN-
FORD, and Mr. DEMINT) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To designate the United States Post Office located at 4026
Lamar Street in (the Eau Claire community of) Colum-
bia, South Carolina, as the ‘‘Mamie G. Floyd Post Of-
fice’’.
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 4026 Lamar
Street in (the Eau Claire community of) Columbia, South
Carolina, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Mamie
G. Floyd Post Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States Post Office referred to in section 1 shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ‘‘Mamie G. Floyd Post Office’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3020
To make illegal the sale of guns, ammunition, or explosives between private
individuals over the Internet.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 5, 1999
Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr.
MORAN of Virginia, Mr. LARSON, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. NEAL of Massachu-
setts, Mr. MENDENDEZ, Ms. PELOSI, and Mr. HOEFFEL) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To make illegal the sale of guns, ammunition, or explosives
between private individuals over the Internet.
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 ‘‘Electronic Commerce
Crime Prevention and Protection Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS ON USES OF THE INTERNET.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘§ 931. Prohibition on using the internet to obtain or
dispose of a firearm, ammunition, or ex-
plosives
‘‘(a)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, in a cir-
cumstance described in paragraph (2), to knowingly make,
print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or pub-
lished, any notice or advertisement seeking or offering to
receive, exchange, buy, sell, produce, distribute, or trans-
fer a firearm, ammunition, or explosive materials (as de-
fined in section 841(c)).
‘‘(2) The circumstance referred to in paragraph (1)
is that—
‘‘(A) the person knows or has reason to believe
that the notice or advertisement will be transported
in interstate or foreign commerce by computer; or
‘‘(B) the notice or advertisement is transported
in interstate or foreign commerce by computer.
‘‘(b) Whoever violates, or attempts or conspires to
violate, subsection (a) shall be fined under this title, im-
prisoned not less than 5 years, or both.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The section analysis
for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘931. Prohibition on using the internet to obtain or dispose of a firearm, ammu-
nition, or explosives.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3021
To extend the authority of the Thomas Paine National Historical Association
to establish a memorial to Thomas Paine in the District of Columbia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 5, 1999
Mrs. LOWEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To extend the authority of the Thomas Paine National His-
torical Association to establish a memorial to Thomas
Paine in the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR ESTABLISH-
MENT OF THOMAS PAINE MEMORIAL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Public Law 102–407 (40 U.S.C.
1003 note; 106 Stat. 1991) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘SEC. 4. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.
‘‘Notwithstanding the time period limitation specified
in section 10(b) of the Commemorative Works Act (40
U.S.C. 1010(b)) or any other provision of law, the author-
ity for the Thomas Paine National Historical Association
to establish a memorial to Thomas Paine in the District
of Columbia under this Act shall expire on December 31,
2003.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) APPLICABLE LAW.—Section 1(b) of Public
Law 102–407 (40 U.S.C. 1003 note; 106 Stat.
1991) is amended by striking ‘‘The establishment’’
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in section 4, the
establishment’’.
(2) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 3 of
Public Law 102–407 (40 U.S.C. 1003 note; 106
Stat. 1991) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or upon expiration of the
authority for the memorial under section 10(b)
of that Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘or on expiration of
the authority for the memorial under section
4,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘section 8(b)(1) of that
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8(b)(1) of the Com-
memorative 
Works 
Act 
(40 
U.S.C.
1008(b)(1))’’.
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HR 3023 EAS
(C) All right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to the lands comprising
Section 24, Township 11 South, Range 24 West,
G&SRBM, West 300 feet, excluding lands in the
60-foot border strip, in Yuma County, Arizona.
(D) All right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to the lands comprising the
East 300 feet of the Southeast Quarter of Section
15, Township 11 South, Range 24 West,
G&SRBM, in Yuma County, Arizona.
(E) The right to use lands in the 60-foot
border strip excluded under subparagraphs (A),
(B), and (C), for ingress to and egress from the
international boundary between the United
States and Mexico.
(b) DEED COVENANTS AND CONDITIONS.—Any convey-
ance under subsection (a) shall be subject to the following
covenants and conditions:
(1) A reservation of rights-of-way for ditches and
canals constructed or to be constructed by the author-
ity of the United States, this reservation being of the
same character and scope as that created with respect
to certain public lands by the Act of August 30, 1890
(26 Stat. 391; 43 U.S.C. 945), as it has been, or may
hereafter be amended.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3022
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to improve the disclosure of
information concerning telephone charges, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 5, 1999
Mr. MARKEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to improve the
disclosure of information concerning telephone charges,
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 ‘‘Rest of the Truth in
Telephone Billing Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. TELEPHONE BILLING PRACTICES.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 258 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 258) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) 
TRUTH-IN-BILLING.—A 
telecommunications
carrier that is required to contribute to, or that is other-
wise assessed for, or that receives any subsidy derived
from, any support mechanism under section 254, or any
other governmental mechanism, fund, tax, or program,
shall identify on each subscriber’s bill—
‘‘(1)(A) the identity of the governmental mecha-
nism, fund, tax, or program to which the contribu-
tion or assessment is made, and the identity of the
governmental authority whose rules require or au-
thorize the contribution or assessment;
‘‘(B) the identity of any governmental mecha-
nism, fund, tax, or program from which the sub-
scriber receives a subsidy, and the identity of the
governmental authority whose rules require or au-
thorize the subsidy;
‘‘(2) the basis for the contribution, assessment,
or subsidy (such as per subscriber, per line, or per-
centage of some or all charges or revenues); and
‘‘(3)(A) as a separate line-item, the dollar
amount that is being attributed to and collected
from such subscriber for such governmental mecha-
nism, fund, tax, or program; and
‘‘(B) the average amount per month by which
the subscriber’s service is reduced by any subsidy
identified under paragraph (1)(B).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 258 is fur-
ther amended by striking the designation and heading of
such section and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 258. BILLING PRACTICES.’’.
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(1) 60-FOOT BORDER STRIP.—The term ‘‘60-
foot border strip’’ means lands in any of the Sec-
tions of land referred to in this Act located within
60 feet of the international boundary between the
United States and Mexico.
(2) GREATER
YUMA
PORT
AUTHORITY.—The
term ‘‘Greater Yuma Port Authority’’ means Trust
No. 84–184, Yuma Title & Trust Company, an Ari-
zona Corporation, a trust for the benefit of the
Cocopah Tribe, a Sovereign Nation, the County of
Yuma, Arizona, the City of Somerton, and the City
of San Luis, Arizona, or such other successor joint
powers agency or public purpose entity as unani-
mously designated by those governmental units.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu-
reau of Reclamation.
Passed the House of Representatives June 26, 2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
Arizona, and its contractors, to utilize a 33-foot ease-
ment along all section lines to freely give ingress to,
passage over, and egress from areas in the exercise of
official duties of the United States and the State of
Arizona.
(7) Reservation of a right-of-way to the United
States for a 100-foot by 100-foot parcel for each of the
Reclamation monitoring wells, together with unre-
stricted ingress and egress to both sites. One moni-
toring well is located in Lot 1 of Section 23 just north
of the Boundary Reserve and just west of the Cattle
Crossing Facility, and the other is located in the
southeast corner of Lot 3 just north of the Boundary
Reserve.
(8) An easement comprising a 50-foot strip lying
North of the 60-foot International Boundary Reserve
for drilling and operation of, and access to, wells.
(9) A reservation by the United States of 15⁄16 of
all gas, oil, metals, and mineral rights.
(10) A reservation of 1⁄16 of all gas, oil, metals,
and mineral rights retained by the State of Arizona.
(11) Such additional terms and conditions as the
Secretary considers appropriate to protect the inter-
ests of the United States.
(c) CONSIDERATION.—
tions referenced in this Act located within 60 feet of
the international boundary between the United
States and Mexico.
(2) GREATER
YUMA
PORT
AUTHORITY.—The
term ‘‘Greater Yuma Port Authority’’ means—
(A) the entity by that name established
pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement
among the Cocopah Tribe, the County of Yuma,
Arizona, the city of Somerton, Arizona, and the
city of San Luis, Arizona; or
(B) any successor joint powers agency or
public purpose entity designated by all of the
entities referred to in subparagraph (A) to ad-
minister the interests conveyed by the United
States under this section.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu-
reau of Reclamation.
(4) SECTION.—The term ‘‘Section’’ means a
section located in Township 11 South, Range 24
West, Gila and Salt River base and meridian, Yuma
County, Arizona.
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(B) focus Western resources on programs,
such as housing, that will help to develop a
Russian middle class;
(C) make Western resources available to
reform-minded regional governments;
(D) deny corrupt Moscow-based financial
institutions access to Western resources;
(E) reform the International Monetary
Fund;
(F) put the horse in front of the cart:
make reforms precede—not follow—the provi-
sion of resources;
(G) create a program which will link
United States business leaders with their Rus-
sian counterparts in order to provide Russian
businesses with a pool of resources to assist
them in making the successful transition to a
market-based economy; and
(H) bring 15,000 Russian students to the
United States to study economics, business ad-
ministration, and agricultural production so
that they can return to Russia to develop the
human capital to support a free market system.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3025
To establish a national clearinghouse for youth entrepreneurship education.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 5, 1999
Mr. SOUDER (for himself, Mr. ANDREWS, and Mr. MCINTOSH) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce
A BILL
To establish a national clearinghouse for youth
entrepreneurship education.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR YOUTH EN-
TREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION.
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary may
award a grant or contract to an organization or institution
with substantial experience in curriculum-based entrepre-
neurship education to establish a national clearinghouse
for youth entrepreneurship education. The purpose for the
clearinghouse shall be to facilitate professional develop-
ment opportunities for teachers, stimulate community
partnerships with businesses, youth agencies, and non-
profit entities (including faith-based, non-profit, and other
local organizations), collect and disseminate curricular
materials, and undertake other activities to encourage
teacher interest and involvement in entrepreneurship edu-
cation, especially for students in grades 7 through 12.
‘‘(b) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this section $500,000, for each of the
fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002, of which $500,000
shall be made available from the Department of Edu-
cation’s administrative budget.
SEC. 2. USE OF FUNDS FROM OTHER PROGRAMS FOR
YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
For the purposes of each of the following programs,
curriculum-based youth entrepreneurship education pro-
grams with demonstrated records of empowering dis-
advantaged youth with applied math, entrepreneurial, and
other analytical skills shall be considered to be an eligible
use of funds provided under such program:
(1) subparts 1 and 2 of part D and part E of
title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965;
(2) subparts 1, 2, and 4 of part A and part B
of title III of such Act;
(3) subparts 1 and 2 of part A of title IV of
such Act;
(4) parts B and C of title VI of such Act; and
(5) part A and subparts 1 and 2 of part J of
title X of such Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3026
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to complete construction of the
Hubbard Expressway in the vicinity of Youngstown, Ohio.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 5, 1999
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to complete con-
struction of the Hubbard Expressway in the vicinity of
Youngstown, Ohio.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. HUBBARD EXPRESSWAY.
(a) PROJECT
DESCRIPTION.—The Secretary of
Transportation shall carry out a highway project in the
vicinity of Youngstown, Ohio, to complete construction of
the Hubbard Expressway.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to carry out
subsection (a) $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000,
2001, 2002, and 2003.
(c) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds authorized
by this section shall be available for obligation in the same
manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter
1 of title 23, United States Code; except that the Federal
share of the cost of the project under this section shall
be 80 percent and such funds shall remain available until
expended. Such funds shall not be subject to any obliga-
tion limitation.
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to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate by the 15th calendar day after
the end of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999,
on the status of the projects financed under this heading.
PRODUCTIVITY BANK SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, shall make reductions totaling
$20,000,000 in local funds. The reductions are to be allo-
cated to projects funded through the Productivity Bank
that produce cost savings or additional revenues in an
amount equal to the Productivity Bank financing: Pro-
vided, That the Mayor shall provide quarterly reports to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate by the 15th calendar day after
the end of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999,
on the status of the cost savings or additional revenues
funded under this heading.
PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, shall make reductions of $14,457,000
for general supply schedule savings and $7,000,000 for
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3029
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase Medicare payment
to skilled nursing facilities that have a significant proportion of residents
with AIDS.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 6, 1999
Ms. DUNN (for herself and Mr. MCDERMOTT) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase
Medicare payment to skilled nursing facilities that have
a significant proportion of residents with AIDS.
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 ‘‘AIDS Skilled Nursing
Care Assistance Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. MEDICARE PAYMENT TO SKILLED NURSING FACILI-
TIES WITH A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF
RESIDENTS WITH AIDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1888(e) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395yy(e)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subject to
paragraph (7)’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to paragraphs
(7) and (11)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(11) PAYMENT
RULE
FOR
CERTAIN
FACILI-
TIES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a quali-
fied acute skilled nursing facility described in
subparagraph (B), the amount of payment
made to such facility for all costs of covered
skilled nursing services for each day of such
services furnished is equal to the greater of—
‘‘(i) the sum of—
‘‘(I) 50 percent of the facility-
specific per diem rate (computed
under paragraph (3)), and
‘‘(II) 50 percent of the adjusted
Federal per diem rate (determined
under paragraph (4)), or
‘‘(ii) the adjusted Federal per diem
rate applicable to the facility.
‘‘(B) FACILITY DESCRIBED.—For purposes
of subparagraph (A), a qualified acute skilled
nursing facility is a facility that demonstrates
to the Secretary that for services furnished dur-
ing a cost reporting period in a fiscal year, on
the basis of the cost report submitted by the fa-
cility for the cost reporting period of the pre-
vious fiscal year, the percentage of patients en-
titled to benefits under part A to whom the fa-
cility furnished covered skilled nursing facility
services for the primary diagnosis of Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) during
such cost reporting period of the previous fiscal
year is not less than 35 percent.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply to payments for services fur-
nished in cost reporting periods beginning on or after July
1, 1999.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 302
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require State Medicaid
Programs to provide coverage of screening mammography and screening
pap smears.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. TOWNS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Commerce
A BILL
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require
State Medicaid Programs to provide coverage of screen-
ing mammography and screening pap smears.
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 ‘‘Medicaid Women’s
Basic Health Coverage Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING MEDICAID COVERAGE OF SCREENING
MAMMOGRAPHY 
AND 
SCREENING 
PAP
SMEARS.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 1905(a)(17) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(17)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(17)’’, and
(2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end
the following: ‘‘, (B) screening mammography (as
defined in section 1861(jj)) conducted consistent
with 
the 
frequency 
specified 
under 
section
1834(c)(2), and (C) screening pap smears (as de-
fined in section 1861(nn)(1))’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) apply (except as provided under paragraph
(2)) to payments under title XIX of the Social Security
Act for calendar quarters beginning on or after April 1,
2000, without regard to whether or not final regulations
to carry out such amendments have been promulgated by
such date.
(2) In the case of a State plan for medical assistance
under title XIX of the Social Security Act which the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services determines requires
State legislation (other than legislation authorizing or ap-
propriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the addi-
tional requirement imposed by the amendments made by
subsection (a), the State plan shall not be regarded as fail-
ing to comply with the requirements of such title solely
on the basis of its failure to meet this additional require-
ment before the first day of the first calendar quarter be-
ginning after the close of the first regular session of the
State legislature that begins after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence,
in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session,
each year of such session shall be deemed to be a separate
regular session of the State legislature.
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 757 Warren Road in Ithaca, New York, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘Matthew F. McHugh Post
Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Matthew F. McHugh Post Office’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 6, 2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 3030
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 facility of the United States Postal Service located at 757 Warren
Road in Ithaca, New York, as the ‘‘Matthew F. McHugh 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 facility of the United States Postal Service located at
757 Warren Road in Ithaca, New York, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Matthew F. McHugh Post Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the facility referred to
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Matthew
F. McHugh Post Office’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.