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SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE SATELLITE
HOME VIEWER ACT OF 1994.
The Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994 (Public Law
103–369) is amended as follows:
(1) Section 2(3)(A) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘12 cents’
and inserting ‘17.5 cents per subscriber in the
case of superstations that as retransmitted by
the satellite carrier include any program which,
if delivered by any cable system in the United
States, would be subject to the syndicated ex-
clusivity rules of the Federal Communications
Commission, and 14 cents per subscriber in the
case of superstations that are syndex-proof as
defined in section 258.2 of title 37, Code of
Federal Regulations’; and ’’.
(2) Section 2(4) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(4) Subsection (c) is amended—
‘‘(A) in paragraph (1)—
‘‘(i) by striking ‘until December 31,
1992,’;
‘‘(ii) by striking ‘(2), (3) or (4)’ and
inserting ‘(2) or (3)’; and
‘‘(iii) by striking the second sentence;
‘‘(B) in paragraph (2)—
demands. Such investments shall be in public debt securities
with maturities suitable to the needs of the Copyright Office,
as determined by the Register of Copyrights, and bearing
interest at rates determined by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, taking into consideration current market yields on out-
standing marketable obligations of the United States of
comparable maturities.
‘‘(3) The income on such investments shall be deposited
in the Treasury of the United States and shall be credited
to the appropriations for necessary expenses of the Copy-
right Office.’’.
SEC. 8. COPYRIGHT ARBITRATION ROYALTY PANELS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—Section 801 of
title 17, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘and 116’’ in
the first sentence and inserting ‘‘116, and 119’’;
(2) in subsection (c) by inserting after ‘‘panel’’
at the end of the sentence the following:
‘‘, including—
‘‘(1) authorizing the distribution of those royalty
fees collected under sections 111, 119, and 1005 that
the Librarian has found are not subject to con-
troversy; and
‘‘(2) accepting or rejecting royalty claims filed
under sections 111, 119, and 1007 on the basis of
of costs incurred as of the date the State requests
payments.’’; and
(E) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)
by striking ‘‘funded from the allocation required
by subsection (d)(2)’’ each place it appears; and
(5) in subsection (f)—
(A) by striking ‘‘6-fiscal year period 1992
through 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘5-fiscal year pe-
riod 1998 through 2002’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘and highway safety con-
struction’’ each place it appears.
(b) APPORTIONMENTS.—Section 104(b) of title 23,
United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(3) SURFACE
TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM.—
For the surface transportation program—
‘‘(A) in the case of a State with an average
population density of 20 persons per square
mile or fewer, and in the case of a State with
a population of 1,500,000 persons or fewer and
a land area of 10,000 square miles or less, the
greater of—
‘‘(i) a percentage share of apportion-
ments equal to the percentage specified for
the State in section 157(d); or
(21) The item relating to section 903 in the
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 9 is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘903. Ownership, transfer, licensure, and recordation.’’.
(22) Section 909(b)(1) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘force’’ and inserting
‘‘work’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘sumbol’’ and inserting
‘‘symbol’’.
(23) Section 910(a) is amended in the second
sentence by striking ‘‘as used’’ and inserting ‘‘As
used’’.
(24) Section 1006(b)(1) is amended by striking
‘‘Federation Television’’ and inserting ‘‘Federation
of Television’’.
(25) Section 1007 is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘the
calendar year in which this chapter takes ef-
fect’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year 1992’’; and
(B) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘the year
in which this section takes effect’’ and inserting
‘‘1992’’.
(b) RELATED PROVISIONS.—
(1) Section 1(a)(1) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
to amend chapter 9 of title 17, United States Code,
regarding protection extended to semiconductor chip
products of foreign entities’’, approved November 9,
1987 (17 U.S.C. 914 note), is amended by striking
‘‘orginating’’ and inserting ‘‘originating’’.
(2) Section 2319(b)(1) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘last 10’’ and
inserting ‘‘least 10’’.
SEC. 12. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsections
(b) and (c), the amendments made by this Act shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) SATELLITE HOME VIEWER ACT.—The amend-
ments made by section 1 shall be effective as if enacted
as part of the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–369).
(c) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT.—The amendment
made by section 11(b)(1) shall be effective as if enacted
on November 9, 1987.
Passed the House of Representatives March 18,
1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
(2) In applying these amendments, months (before,
during, or after the month in which this Act is enacted)
in which an individual was or is required to pay an in-
creased premium shall be taken into account in determin-
ing the month in which the premium will no longer be sub-
ject to an increase.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 673
To provide for the extension of surcharges on patent fees.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1997
Mr. COBLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide for the extension of surcharges on patent fees.
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 ‘‘Patent and Trademark
Office Surcharge Extension Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SURCHARGES ON PATENT FEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10101 of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (35 U.S.C. 41 note)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘, during fiscal
years 1991 through 1998,’’;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(7) Section 142(c) of title 23, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘(other than section
104(b)(5)(A))’’.
(8) Section 158 of title 23, United States Code,
is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘(as in
effect on the day before the date of enactment
of the ISTEA Integrity Restoration Act)’’ after
‘‘104(b)(5)’’ each place it appears; and
(B) by striking subsection (b) and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(b) EFFECT
OF WITHHOLDING
OF FUNDS.—No
funds withheld under this section from apportionment to
any State after September 30, 1988, shall be available for
apportionment to that State.’’.
(9) Section 159 of title 23, United States Code,
is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(5) of’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘(5) (as in effect on the
day before the date of enactment of the ISTEA
Integrity Restoration Act) of’’; and
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) in paragraph (1)(A)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by striking ‘‘collected by the Patent and Trade-
mark Office’’;
(B) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking ‘‘and’’
after the comma at the end;
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as
paragraph (4); and
(D) by inserting the following after para-
graph (2):
‘‘(3) in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter—
‘‘(A) shall be credited to a separate ac-
count established in the Treasury and ascribed
to the Patent and Trademark Office activities
in the Department of Commerce as offsetting
collections, and
‘‘(B) shall be collected by, and available
only to, the Patent and Trademark Office, to
the extent provided in appropriations Acts, for
all authorized activities and operations of the
office, including all direct and indirect costs of
services provided by the office, and’’; and
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) by striking ‘‘In fiscal years 1991
through 1998, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and
(B) in paragraph (8) by inserting ‘‘and
each fiscal year thereafter’’ after ‘‘1998’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1998.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 675
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the authority of
the Secretary of Education with respect to eligibility standards for short-
term educational programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1997
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify
the authority of the Secretary of Education with respect
to eligibility standards for short-term educational pro-
grams.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS: PLACEMENT RATES.
Section 481(e)(2) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088(e)(2)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) In prescribing regulations pursuant to subpara-
graph (A)(ii), the Secretary shall provide for the exclusion
from the calculation of placement rates, graduates who
are—
‘‘(i) aliens not authorized to accept employment
in the United States;
‘‘(ii) individuals with medical conditions pre-
cluding employment; and
‘‘(iii) individuals who transfer credits from the
program to the program of an accredited degree-
granting institution or who otherwise immediately
enroll in such a program.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 676
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for
late enrollment under the Medicare program to 10 percent and twice
the period of no enrollment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1997
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr.
FILNER, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. EVANS, Mr. WATT of
North Carolina, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. OLVER,
and Mr. SANDERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways
and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit
the penalty for late enrollment under the Medicare pro-
gram to 10 percent and twice the period of no enroll-
ment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIMITING MEDICARE LATE ENROLLMENT PEN-
ALTY TO 10 PERCENT AND TWICE THE PE-
RIOD OF NO ENROLLMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section
1839(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(b))
is amended by striking ‘‘10 percent of the monthly pre-
mium so determined for each full 12 months’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘10 percent of the monthly premium so determined
for premiums paid during a period equal to twice the num-
ber of months in each of the full periods of 12 months’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section
1818(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–2(c)) is amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (6); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through
(9) as paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively.
(2) Section 1818(g)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395i–2(g)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘by substitut-
ing’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘by
substituting ‘section 1818 (without any increase resulting
from the application of section 1839(b) to such section)’
for ‘section 1839 (without any increase under subsection
(b) thereof)’.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—(1) The amendments made
by this section shall apply to premiums paid for months
beginning after the end of the 90-day period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 677
To amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to provide that
no funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out that Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1997
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN (for himself, Mr. BASS, and Mr. FRANKS of New Jer-
sey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to
provide that no funds are authorized to be appropriated
to carry out that Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 27 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of
1933 (16 U.S.C. 831z) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 27. No appropriations are authorized to carry
out the provisions of this Act after September 30, 1997.’’.
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Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary.
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $111,375,000, together with not to exceed
$57,479,000 which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits
Security Administration, $132,345,000.
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is author-
ized to make such expenditures, including financial assist-
ance authorized by section 104 of Public Law 96–364,
within limits of funds and borrowing authority available
to such Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C.
9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program,
including associated administrative expenses, through
September 30, 2005, for such Corporation: Provided, That
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panding educational programs on Thomas A. Edison
and for the repair and maintenance of the museum.
(5) EDISON WINTER HOME AND MUSEUM.—Up
to 1⁄8 to the Edison Winter Home and Museum in
Fort Myers, Florida, for historic preservation, res-
toration, and maintenance of the historic home and
chemical laboratory of Thomas A. Edison.
(6) EDISON INSTITUTE.—Up to 1⁄8 to the Edi-
son Institute, otherwise known as ‘‘Greenfield Vil-
lage’’, in Dearborn, Michigan, for use in maintaining
and expanding displays and educational programs
associated with Thomas A. Edison.
(7) EDISON MEMORIAL TOWER.—Up to 1⁄8 to
the Edison Memorial Tower in Edison, New Jersey,
for the preservation, restoration, and expansion of
the tower and museum.
(8) HALL OF ELECTRICAL HISTORY.—Up to 1⁄8
to the Schenectady Museum Association in Schenec-
tady, New York, for the historic preservation of ma-
terials of Thomas A. Edison and for the develop-
ment of educational programs associated with Thom-
as A. Edison.
(c) AUDITS.—Each organization that receives any
payment from the Secretary under this section shall be
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subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of
title 31, United States Code.
Passed the House of Representatives September 9,
1998.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
(c) AUDITS.—Each organization that receives any
payment from the Secretary under this section shall be
subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of
title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 108. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.
(a) NO NET COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall take such actions as may be necessary to en-
sure that minting and issuing coins under this title will
not result in any net cost to the United States
Government.
(b) PAYMENT FOR COINS.—A coin shall not be issued
under this title unless the Secretary has received—
(1) full payment for the coin;
(2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to in-
demnify the United States for full payment; or
(3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to
the Secretary from a depository institution whose
deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corporation or the National Credit Union Ad-
ministration Board.
TITLE II—CIRCULATING COINS
SEC. 201. AUTHORITY TO REDESIGN HALF DOLLAR CIR-
CULATING COINS.
Section 5112(d) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after the 6th sentence the following:
‘‘At the discretion of the Secretary, half dollar coins mint-
ed after December 31, 1996, and before July 31, 1998,
may bear the same design as the commemorative coins
minted under title I of the Thomas Alva Edison Sesqui-
centennial Commemorative Coin Act, as established under
section 103 of that Act.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 679
To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude beverage alcohol compounds emitted
from aging warehouses from the definition of volatile organic compounds.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1997
Mr. HAMILTON (for himself, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr.
GORDON, Mrs. NORTHUP, and Mr. MCINTOSH) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude beverage alcohol
compounds emitted from aging warehouses from the defi-
nition of volatile organic compounds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COM-
POUNDS.
Section 302(s) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7602(s)) is amended by adding the following at the end
thereof: ‘‘Such term shall not include beverage alcohol
compounds (ethanol) emitted from aging warehouses.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 67
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit or refund
of motor fuel excise taxes on fuel used by the motor of a highway
vehicle to operate certain power takeoff equipment on such vehicle.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. HERGER 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 allow a
credit or refund of motor fuel excise taxes on fuel used
by the motor of a highway vehicle to operate certain
power takeoff equipment on such vehicle.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF FUEL USED TO OPERATE CER-
TAIN POWER TAKEOFF EQUIPMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 6421(e)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining off-high-
way business use) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
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‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF FUEL USED TO OP-
ERATE
POWER
TAKEOFF
EQUIPMENT.—The
term ‘off-highway business use’ includes fuel
used by the motor which propels the highway
vehicle while such motor is operating an acces-
sory unit to power special equipment, but only
to the extent the taxpayer substantiates by ade-
quate records or by sufficient evidence corrobo-
rating the taxpayer’s own statement the amount
of fuel use allocable to the operation of such
equipment.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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In the Senate of the United States,
July 9, 1997.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 680) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to author-
ize the transfer of surplus personal property to States for do-
nation to nonprofit providers of necessaries to impoverished
families and individuals, and to authorize the transfer of sur-
plus real property to States, political subdivisions and instru-
mentalities of States, and nonprofit organizations for provid-
ing housing or housing assistance for low-income individuals
or families.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Ω1æPage 4, after line 8 insert:
‘‘(D)(i) The Administrator shall ensure that nonprofit
organizations that are sold or leased property under sub-
paragraph (B) shall develop and use guidelines to take into
consideration any disability of an individual for the pur-
poses of fulfilling any self-help requirement under subpara-
graph (C)(i).
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‘‘(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘dis-
ability’ has the meaning given such term under section 3(2)
of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12102(2)).
Ω2æPage 4, line 9, strike out ø(D)¿ and insert: (E)
Attest:
Secretary.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 680
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
to authorize the transfer to States of surplus personal property for
donation to nonprofit providers of necessaries to impoverished families
and individuals.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1997
Mr. HAMILTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 to authorize the transfer to States of surplus
personal property for donation to nonprofit providers
of necessaries to impoverished families and individuals.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY
FOR DONATION TO PROVIDERS OF NEC-
ESSARIES TO IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES AND
INDIVIDUALS.
Section 203(j)(3)(B) of the Federal Property and Ad-
ministrative 
Services 
Act 
of 
1949 
(40 
U.S.C.
484(j)(3)(B)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘homeless in-
dividuals’’ the following: ‘‘, providers of assistance to fami-
lies or individuals whose annual incomes are below the
poverty line (as that term is defined in section 673 of the
Community Services Block Grant Act),’’.
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‘‘(iii) Enforcement of a State or local pro-
gram approved under this section or enforce-
ment of this subtitle or similar State or local
provisions by a State or local government.
‘‘(iv) State and local corrective actions pur-
suant to regulations promulgated under section
9003(c)(4).
‘‘(v) Corrective action and compensation
programs under section 9004(c)(1) for releases
from underground storage tanks regulated
under this subtitle in any instance, as deter-
mined by the State, in which the financial re-
sources of an owner or operator, excluding re-
sources provided by programs under section
9004(c)(1), are not adequate to pay for the cost
of a corrective action without significantly im-
pairing the ability of the owner or operator to
continue in business.
‘‘(B) Funds provided by the Administrator
under subparagraph (A) may not be used by States
for purposes of providing financial assistance to an
owner or operator in meeting the requirements re-
specting underground storage tanks contained in
section 280.21 of title 40 of the Code of Federal
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(E) the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment, through such officers or employees of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development as
the Secretary may designate, in the case of property
transferred under paragraph (6),’’.
Passed the House of Representatives April 29, 1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States Post Office building located at 313
East Broadway in Glendale, California, shall be known
and designated as the ‘‘Carlos J. Moorhead Post Office
Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the building
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Carlos J. Moorhead Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 21,
1997.
Attest:
Clerk.