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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4363 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 22, 2004 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To facilitate self-help housing homeownership opportunities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 4363 RFS 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Hands for 
Homeownership Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR SELF-HELP HOUSING PROVIDERS. 
Paragraph (1) of section 11(b) of the Housing Op-
portunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 
12805 note) is amended by striking ‘‘dwelling’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘dwellings’’. 
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF DOUG BEREUTER SECTION 502 
SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds 
that— 
(1) the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act, enacted November 28, 1990, estab-
lished the section 502 single family housing loan 
guarantee program of the Rural Housing Service of 
the United States Department of Agriculture; 
(2) Congressman Doug Bereuter of Nebraska 
was the legislative author of the single family hous-
ing loan guarantee program; 
(3) 316,625 single family loans have been guar-
anteed under the program since its implementation 
in 1991; 
(4) the program facilitates home ownership for 
low- to moderate-income borrowers in rural areas
HR 4363 RFS 
and nonmetropolitan communities who are unable to 
obtain conventional home mortgage financing; and 
(5) in 2003, the average income of a borrower 
with a loan guaranteed under the section 502 guar-
antee program was $34,124. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—Subsection (h) of section 502 of 
the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(h)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(13) as paragraphs (2) through (14), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re-
designated) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) SHORT TITLE.—This subsection may be 
cited as the ‘Doug Bereuter Section 502 Single 
Family Housing Loan Guarantee Act’.’’; and 
(3) by striking the subsection designation and 
heading and inserting the following: 
‘‘(h) DOUG BEREUTER SECTION 502 SINGLE FAMILY 
HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.—’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (h) of 
section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1472(h)), as amended by section 2 of this Act, is further 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(12)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (13)’’; and
HR 4363 RFS 
(2) in paragraph (14)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘GENERAL’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (E)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1) and 
paragraphs (2), (5), (6)(A), (7), and (9)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2) and para-
graphs (3), (6), (7)(A), (8), and (10)’’; and 
(ii) 
by 
striking 
‘‘paragraphs 
(1) 
through (12)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs 
(2) through (13)’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 21, 2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
tions of the House of Representatives stated that the 
Chad/Cameroon Pipeline Project ‘‘has addressed 
these extraordinarily challenging issues in ways that 
may well serve as a model for developing natural re-
sources in other countries’’. 
(13) Ambassador Norland further testified that: 
‘‘Success will require keeping the project in the spot-
light of public attention as well as under constant 
scrutiny and monitoring by outside groups . . . Scru-
tiny is the key to transparency. Transparency is, in 
turn, indispensable in guaranteeing that oil re-
sources go . . . to projects that reduce poverty while 
preserving the environment and advancing human 
rights . . . to make sure that revenues go to benefit 
the people of Chad and not to private bank ac-
counts.’’. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES ECONOMIC ASSIST-
ANCE FOR LOW INCOME OIL-PRODUCING 
COUNTRIES. 
Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second section 620G 
(as added by section 149 of Public Law 104–164 
(110 Stat. 1436)) as section 620J; and
(3) by striking the subsection designation and 
heading and inserting the following: 
‘‘(h) DOUG BEREUTER SECTION 502 SINGLE FAMILY 
HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.—’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (h) of 
section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(h)), 
as amended by section 2 of this Act, is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(12)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (13)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (14)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘GEN-
ERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘GENERAL’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (E)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1) and 
paragraphs (2), (5), (6)(A), (7), and (9)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2) and para-
graphs (3), (6), (7)(A), (8), and (10)’’; and 
(ii) 
by 
striking 
‘‘paragraphs 
(1) 
through (12)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs 
(2) through (13)’’.
Union Calendar No. 316 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4363 
[Report No. 108–546] 
A BILL 
To facilitate self-help housing homeownership 
opportunities. 
JUNE 16, 2004 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4365 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the inflation 
adjustment of the phaseout of the credit for producing fuel from a 
nonconventional source and to repeal the extension of the credit for 
facilities producing synthetic fuels from coal. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2004 
Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. LEACH, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Mr. COOPER, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. EMANUEL, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. 
KUCINICH, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. LEE, Mr. 
TIERNEY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mr. STARK) 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 eliminate 
the inflation adjustment of the phaseout of the credit 
for producing fuel from a nonconventional source and 
to repeal the extension of the credit for facilities pro-
ducing synthetic fuels from coal. 
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 ‘‘Taxpayer Protection 
Against Wasteful Energy Credits Act’’.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF INFLATION ADJUSTMENT FOR 
PHASEOUT OF SECTION 29 CREDIT; TERMI-
NATION OF EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR FA-
CILITIES 
PRODUCING 
SYNTHETIC 
FUELS 
FROM COAL. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF INFLATION ADJUSTMENT FOR 
CREDIT PHASEOUT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 
29(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking ‘‘and the $23.50 and $6 
amounts in paragraph (1) shall each’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The heading of 
such paragraph is amended by striking ‘‘AND 
PHASEOUT ADJUSTMENT’’. 
(b) TERMINATION OF EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR 
FACILITIES
PRODUCING
SYNTHETIC
FUELS
FROM 
COAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 29(g) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to extension for certain 
facilities) is amended by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)(ii) or 
(C) of subsection (c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(c)(1)(B)(ii)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) SUBSECTION (a).—The amendments made 
by subsection (a) shall apply to qualified fuels sold
in taxable years beginning after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) SUBSECTION (b).—The amendments made 
by subsection (b) shall apply to qualified fuels sold 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, in tax-
able years ending after such date. 
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4372
AN ACT
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
for the carryforward of $500 of unused benefits in cafe-
teria plans and flexible spending arrangements for de-
pendent care assistance.
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 ‘‘Working Families As-
sistance Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. CARRYFORWARD OF UNUSED BENEFITS IN CAFE-
TERIA PLANS AND FLEXIBLE SPENDING AR-
RANGEMENTS FOR DEPENDENT CARE AS-
SISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 125 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to cafeteria plans) is amended
by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections (i)
and (j), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (g)
the following new subsection:
‘‘(h) CARRYFORWARD OF CERTAIN UNUSED BENE-
FITS FOR DEPENDENT CARE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this title,
a plan or other arrangement shall not fail to be
treated as a cafeteria plan solely because qualified
benefits under such plan include a dependent care
flexible spending arrangement under which not more
than $500 of unused dependent care benefits may be
carried forward to the succeeding plan year of such
dependent care flexible spending arrangement.
‘‘(2) DEPENDENT
CARE
FLEXIBLE
SPENDING
ARRANGEMENT.—For purposes of this subsection,
the term ‘dependent care flexible spending arrange-
ment’ means a flexible spending arrangement (as de-
fined in section 106(c)) that is a qualified benefit
and only permits reimbursement for expenses for de-
pendent care assistance which meets the require-
ments of section 129(d).
‘‘(3) UNUSED DEPENDENT CARE BENEFITS.—
For purposes of this subsection, with respect to an
employee, the term ‘unused dependent care benefits’
means the excess of—
‘‘(A) the maximum amount of reimburse-
ment allowable to the employee for a plan year
under a dependent care flexible spending ar-
rangement, over
‘‘(B) the actual amount of reimbursement
for such year under such arrangement.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2003.
Passed the House of Representatives June 22, 2004.
Attest:
Clerk.
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4372 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the carryforward 
of $500 of unused benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending 
arrangements for dependent care assistance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2004 
Mr. CANTOR (for himself and Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota) 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 
for the carryforward of $500 of unused benefits in cafe-
teria plans and flexible spending arrangements for de-
pendent care assistance. 
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 ‘‘Working Families As-
sistance Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. CARRYFORWARD OF UNUSED BENEFITS IN CAFE-
TERIA PLANS AND FLEXIBLE SPENDING AR-
RANGEMENTS FOR DEPENDENT CARE AS-
SISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 125 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to cafeteria plans) is amended 
by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections (i) 
and (j), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (g) 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) CARRYFORWARD OF CERTAIN UNUSED BENE-
FITS FOR DEPENDENT CARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this title, 
a plan or other arrangement shall not fail to be 
treated as a cafeteria plan solely because qualified 
benefits under such plan include a dependent care 
flexible spending arrangement under which not more 
than $500 of unused dependent care benefits may be 
carried forward to the succeeding plan year of such 
dependent care flexible spending arrangement. 
‘‘(2) DEPENDENT
CARE
FLEXIBLE
SPENDING 
ARRANGEMENT.—For purposes of this subsection, 
the term ‘dependent care flexible spending arrange-
ment’ means a flexible spending arrangement (as de-
fined in section 106(c)) that is a qualified benefit 
and only permits reimbursement for expenses for de-
the findings of scheduled inspection visits, shall be made 
publicly available. 
(c) INFORMATION ON DATA.—All data made publicly 
available under this section shall indicate the source and 
currency of the data provided. 
(d) WAIVER FOR SMALL PROVIDERS.—The Secretary 
may reduce reporting requirements under this section in 
the case of a small provider (as defined by the Secretary) 
for whom the imposition of the requirements would be un-
duly burdensome. 
(e) REPORTING
TO SECRETARY.—Providers shall 
submit to the Secretary in a uniform manner (as pre-
scribed by the Secretary) the nursing staff information de-
scribed in subsection (a) through electronic means not less 
frequently than quarterly. 
(f) SECRETARIAL
RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Sec-
retary shall—
(1) make the information submitted pursuant 
to subsection (a) publicly available, including by 
publication of such information on the Internet site 
of the Department of Health and Human Services; 
and 
(2) provide for the auditing of such information 
for accuracy as a part of the process of determining
pendent care assistance which meets the require-
ments of section 129(d). 
‘‘(3) UNUSED DEPENDENT CARE BENEFITS.— 
For purposes of this subsection, with respect to an 
employee, the term ‘unused dependent care benefits’ 
means the excess of— 
‘‘(A) the maximum amount of reimburse-
ment allowable to the employee for a plan year 
under a dependent care flexible spending ar-
rangement, over 
‘‘(B) the actual amount of reimbursement 
for such year under such arrangement.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2003. 
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4372 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 23 (legislative day, JUNE 22), 2004 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
for the carryforward of $500 of unused benefits in cafe-
teria plans and flexible spending arrangements for de-
pendent care assistance. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 4372 RFS 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Working Families As-
sistance Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. CARRYFORWARD OF UNUSED BENEFITS IN CAFE-
TERIA PLANS AND FLEXIBLE SPENDING AR-
RANGEMENTS FOR DEPENDENT CARE AS-
SISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 125 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to cafeteria plans) is amended 
by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections (i) 
and (j), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (g) 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) CARRYFORWARD OF CERTAIN UNUSED BENE-
FITS FOR DEPENDENT CARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this title, 
a plan or other arrangement shall not fail to be 
treated as a cafeteria plan solely because qualified 
benefits under such plan include a dependent care 
flexible spending arrangement under which not more 
than $500 of unused dependent care benefits may be 
carried forward to the succeeding plan year of such 
dependent care flexible spending arrangement. 
‘‘(2) DEPENDENT
CARE
FLEXIBLE
SPENDING 
ARRANGEMENT.—For purposes of this subsection, 
the term ‘dependent care flexible spending arrange-
ment’ means a flexible spending arrangement (as de-
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fined in section 106(c)) that is a qualified benefit 
and only permits reimbursement for expenses for de-
pendent care assistance which meets the require-
ments of section 129(d). 
‘‘(3) UNUSED DEPENDENT CARE BENEFITS.— 
For purposes of this subsection, with respect to an 
employee, the term ‘unused dependent care benefits’ 
means the excess of— 
‘‘(A) the maximum amount of reimburse-
ment allowable to the employee for a plan year 
under a dependent care flexible spending ar-
rangement, over 
‘‘(B) the actual amount of reimbursement 
for such year under such arrangement.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2003. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 22, 2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
HR 4381 RFS 
SECTION 1. HARVEY AND BERNICE JONES POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 2811 Springdale Avenue in 
Springdale, Arkansas, shall be known and designated as 
the ‘‘Harvey and Bernice Jones Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the Harvey and Bernice 
Jones Post Office Building.
Passed the House of Representatives September 7, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
United States Code, with regard to the amounts received 
by the Fund under subsection (b). 
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4376 
To amend the Small Business Act to establish funding priorities for women’s 
business centers for fiscal year 2004. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2004 
Mrs. KELLY (for herself, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Ms. MAJETTE, and Mr. UDALL of New Mexico) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to establish funding 
priorities for women’s business centers for fiscal year 2004. 
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 ‘‘Women’s Sustain-
ability Recovery Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. FUNDING PRIORITIES FOR WOMEN’S BUSINESS DE-
VELOPMENT CENTERS FOR FISCAL YEAR 
2004. 
(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR SUSTAINABILITY 
GRANTS.—Notwithstanding section 29(k)(4)(B) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(k)(4)(B)), 48 percent 
of the total amount made available for fiscal year 2004 
for grants under section 29 of such Act shall be reserved 
by the Administrator of the Small Business Administra-
tion for sustainability grants under section 29(l) of such 
Act. 
(b) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT
OF
SUSTAINABILITY 
GRANTS.—The amount of funding made available by the 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
under section 29(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
656(l)) to any women’s business center for fiscal year 
2004 shall not exceed $125,000. 
(c) AMOUNT
OF
CONTINUATION
GRANTS.—The 
amount of funding made available for fiscal year 2004 by 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
under section 29(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
656(b)) to any women’s business center that also received 
funding under such section for fiscal year 2003 shall be 
equal to the lesser of— 
(1) $150,000, or 
(2) the amount requested by such women’s 
business center. 
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spective Secretary, to allow greater coordination between 
the welfare and workforce development systems. 
SEC. 116. STUDIES BY THE CENSUS BUREAU AND THE GEN-
ERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE. 
(a) CENSUS BUREAU STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 414(a) (42 U.S.C. 
614(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Bureau of the Census shall 
implement or enhance a longitudinal survey of program 
participation, developed in consultation with the Secretary 
and made available to interested parties, to allow for the 
assessment of the outcomes of continued welfare reform 
on the economic and child well-being of low-income fami-
lies with children, including those who received assistance 
or services from a State program funded under this part, 
and, to the extent possible, shall provide State representa-
tive samples. The content of the survey should include 
such information as may be necessary to examine the 
issues of out-of-wedlock childbearing, marriage, welfare 
dependency and compliance with work requirements, the 
beginning and ending of spells of assistance, work, earn-
ings and employment stability, and the well-being of chil-
dren.’’. 
(2) 
APPROPRIATION.—Section 
414(b) 
(42 
U.S.C. 614(b)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘1996,’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2004 
through 2008’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Funds appropriated under this subsection 
shall remain available through fiscal year 2008 
to carry out subsection (a).’’. 
(b) GAO STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a study to determine 
the combined effect of the phase-out rates for Fed-
eral programs and policies which provide support to 
low-income families and individuals as they move 
from welfare to work, at all earning levels up to 
$35,000 per year, for at least 5 States including 
Wisconsin and California, and any potential dis-
incentives the combined phase-out rates create for 
families to achieve independence or to marry. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, the Comp-
troller General shall submit a report to Congress 
containing the results of the study conducted under 
this section and, as appropriate, any recommenda-
tions consistent with the results.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4382 
To designate the United States courthouse at 300 North Hogan Street, 
Jacksonville, Florida, as the ‘‘Judge Bryan Simpson United States Court-
house’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2004 
Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida (for herself and Mr. CRENSHAW) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To designate the United States courthouse at 300 North 
Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the ‘‘Judge 
Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse’’. 
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 courthouse at 300 North Hogan 
Street, Jacksonville, Florida, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Judge Bryan Simpson United States 
Courthouse’’.