[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3560 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3560

To designate the Federal building located at 290 Broadway in New York, 
         New York, as the ``Ronald H. Brown Federal Building''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 30, 1996

  Mr. Rangel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate the Federal building located at 290 Broadway in New York, 
         New York, as the ``Ronald H. Brown Federal Building''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Ronald H. Brown, the first African-American Secretary 
        of Commerce, was an extraordinary statesman and an effective 
        and influential force in promoting United States trade abroad;
            (2) Ronald H. Brown efficaciously championed expanded 
        markets for United States goods and services abroad, and jobs 
        and opportunities at home;
            (3) Ronald H. Brown was a passionate civil rights advocate 
        with a distinguished record of service and commitment to his 
        country and community; and
            (4) Ronald H. Brown lost his life in exceptional service to 
        his country on April 3, 1996, in the Balkans.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION.

    The Federal building located at 290 Broadway in New York, New York, 
shall be known and designated as the ``Ronald H. Brown Federal 
Building''.

SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

    Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the Federal building referred to in 
section 2 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Ronald H. Brown 
Federal Building''.
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