[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1941 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1941

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 10, 1996

  Mr. Moynihan (for himself and Mr. D'Amato) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment 
                            and Public Works

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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 any 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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