[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 124 (Thursday, August 25, 1994)]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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          ALVARO DE LUGO UNITED STATES POST OFFICE ACT OF 1994

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                 HEFLIN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2574

  Mr. FORD (for Mr. Heflin for himself, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Pryor, Mr. 
Bond, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Exon, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Lott, and Mr. Shelby) 
proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 4190) to designate the U.S. 
Post Office located at 41-42 Norre Gade in Saint Thomas, VI, as the 
``Alvaro de Lugo United States Post Office''; as follows:

       On page 2, beginning with line 7, strike out all through 
     line 16 on page 4 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

     SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF EXCLUSIONARY AUTHORITY.

       Section 1005(d) of title 39, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``(d)'' and inserting ``(d)(1)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) The provisions of subsection (g) of section 5532, 
     subsections (i) and (l)(2) of section 8344, and subsections 
     (f) and (i)(2) of section 8468 of title 5 shall apply with 
     respect to the Postal Service. For purposes of so applying 
     such provisions--
       ``(A) any reference in such provisions to the head of an 
     Executive agency shall be considered a reference to the 
     Postmaster General; and
       ``(B) any reference in such provisions to an employee shall 
     be considered a reference to an officer or employee of the 
     Postal Service.''.

     SEC. 4. ASSIGNMENT AUTHORITY.

       Section 8706(e) of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``Federal judge'' and inserting ``employee 
     or former employee'';
       (2) by striking ``judge's'' and inserting ``employee's or 
     former employee's''; and
       (3) by striking ``purchase'' and inserting ``purchased''.
       Amend the title so as to read: ``To designate the building 
     located at 41-42 Norre Gade in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, 
     for the period of time during which it houses operations of 
     the United States Postal Service, as the Alvaro de Lugo Post 
     Office; and to amend title 39, United States Code, to make 
     applicable with respect to the United States Postal Service 
     certain exclusionary authority relating to the treatment of 
     reemployed annuitants under the civil service retirement 
     laws, and for other purposes.''.

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