[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 65 (Monday, May 23, 1994)]
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               AUBREY C. OTTLEY UNITED STATES POST OFFICE

  Miss COLLINS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules 
and pass the bill (H.R. 4191) to designate the U.S. Post Office located 
at 9630 Estate Thomas in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, as the ``Aubrey C. 
Ottley United States Post Office'' as amended.
  The Clerk read as follows:
  Estate Thomas in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, as the ``Aubrey C. 
Ottley United States Post Office''.

                               H.R. 4191

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

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

       The United States Post Office building located at 9630 
     Estate Thomas in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, shall be known 
     and designated as the ``Aubrey C. Ottley Post Office''.

     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 
     Aubrey C. Ottley Post Office.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
Michigan [Miss Collins] will be recognized for 20 minutes, and the 
gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Petri] will be recognized for 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Michigan.
  Miss COLLINS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. SPEAKER, I support the passage of H.R. 4191, which will designate 
the U.S. Post Office Building located at 9630 Estate Thomas in St. 
Thomas, VI ``Aubrey C. Ottley United States Post Office.''
  Mr. Ottley was a former postmaster for the Virgin Islands and served 
as council commissioner. He has been recognized by the U.S. Postal 
Service Caribbean District of San Juan for his outstanding and 
dedicated service.
  His commitment to the St. Thomas community is further exemplified by 
his work as president of the Federal Business Association and as a 
member of the national council.
  I am pleased to join Congressman de Lugo and the citizens of St. 
Thomas, VI, in their desire to name the Postal facility located at 9630 
Estate Thomas in St. Thomas, VI, the ``Aubrey C. Ottley Post Office.'' 
I support the passage of H.R. 4191, and urge my colleagues to support 
the measure.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. PETRI. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4191 legislation designating 
the post office located at 9630 Estate Thomas in St. Thomas, VI as the 
``Aubrey C. Ottley United States Post Office.'' Aubrey Ottley, served 
as postmaster for the Virgin Islands area from 1961 until his 
retirement on December 12, 1980.
  Aubrey Ottley was a dedicated civil servant, community leader, 
father, boy scout leader, artist, and photographer. The U.S. Postal 
Service Caribbean District of San Juan honored his 39 years of 
outstanding and dedicated public service to the U.S. postal services.
  Aubrey Ottley lived his life by his watch word ``Give to the world 
the best you have and the best will be returned to you.''
  Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  Miss COLLINS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may 
consume to my colleague, the gentleman from the Virgin Islands [Mr. de 
Lugo].
  Mr. de LUGO. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman, the chairman of 
the subcommittee, for yielding me this time.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of HR 4191, a bill to designate 
the Sugar Estate postal facility on St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, the 
``Aubrey C. Ottley United States Post Office Building'' in recognition 
of Mr. Ottley's 39-year career with the United States Postal Service on 
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
  Born on St. Thomas, Aubrey Ottley graduated from Charlotte Amalie 
High School and began working with the United States Postal Service as 
a clerk soon after.
  In 1961, Aubrey Ottley was appointed Postmaster of Charlotte Amalie. 
In this capacity, Ottley, who was also an accomplished artist, 
recognized the need for a new modern facility and was instrumental in 
the design and construction of the Postal Service facility at Sugar 
Estate. Today, it has become the hub of postal operations on St. 
Thomas.
  Aubrey Ottley also earned the admiration of his community for his 
commitment to civic activities, particularly as a leader with the 
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral and the Boy Scouts of America.
  My bill, HR 4191, recognizes the accomplishments of an outstanding 
Virgin islander, Aubrey Ottley, and names the facility that he helped 
to designed and saw to completion in his honor. I urge passage of this 
bill.

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                             General Leave

  Miss COLLINS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend 
their remarks, and include extraneous matter, on the bills, H.R. 3863, 
H.R. 3829, H.R. 3984, H.R. 4177, H.R. 4190, and H.R. 4191, which were 
passed today.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. (Mr. Mazzoli). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentlewoman from Michigan?
  There was no objection.
  Miss COLLINS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for 
time, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentlewoman from Michigan [Miss Collins] that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4191, as amended.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed.
  The title of the bill was amended so as to read: ``A bill to 
designate the United States Post Office building located at 9630 Estate 
Thomas in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, as the Aubrey C. Ottley Post 
Office.''
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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