[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 203 (Monday, December 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       FRANCIS J. HAGEL BUILDING

  Mr. GILCHREST. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 2111) to designate the Social Security Administration's 
Western Program Service Center located at 1221 Nevin Avenue, Richmond, 
CA, as the ``Francis J. Hagel Building,'' as amended.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 2111

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

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

       The Federal building located at 1221 Nevin Avenue in 
     Richmond, California, shall be known and designated as the 
     ``Frank Hagel Federal Building''.

     SEC. 2. 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 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to 
     the ``Frank Hagel Federal Building''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Maryland [Mr. Gilchrest] will be recognized for 20 minutes, and the 
gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant] will be recognized for 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Gilchrest].
  Mr. GILCHREST. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, Frank Hagel was a well-respected former official of the 
Social Security Administration, region 9, headquartered in Richmond, 
CA. He began his Federal career as a file clerk in 1965 and through a 
series of promotions became Assistant Regional Commissioner for the 
Social Security Administration, in the area of management and budget, 
for region 9. He is deceased. He was a highly respected civil servant 
and the employees of this center support the naming of this building in 
his honor. I urge my colleagues to support this bill and I urge its 
adoption.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I join Congressman Miller of California in his effort to 
recognize the career and contributions which Frank Hagel has made to 
his country and to his community. The major of Richmond, CA, as well as 
the city council are in unanimous support of this bill. Frank Hagel's 
Federal career has spanned over 25 years, beginning as a file clerk 
with the Social Security Administration in Kansas back in the early 
1970's. In addition, Frank Hagel was an integral part of his community, 
providing many hours of volunteer service to his neighbors and fellow 
residents. I support and urge adoption of H.R. 2111.
  Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of 
H.R. 2111, my legislation to rename the Federal building in Richmond, 
CA after the late Frank J. Hagel.
  Mr. Hagel started as a file clerk for the Social Security 
Administration in Kansas 25 years ago. During those years, his hard 
work and talent resulted in numerous promotions through the technical 
and managerial ranks. He came to the Western Program Service Center in 
Richmond in 1986, and was promoted to the assistant regional 
commissioner for processing center operations. In 1991, he once again 
showed exceptional leadership during the Legionnaire's Disease outbreak 
among the center's staff and received his second Social Security 
Commissioner's Citation. Finally, in 1994, Mr. Hagel was appointed the 
assistant regional commissioner for management and budget, Region IX.
  When Mr. Hagel passed away in January of this year, in appreciation 
of his leadership and in recognition of his dedicated and tireless 
service to the nation and his community, the employees of the Western 
Program Service Center and the city of Richmond expressed their wish to 
name the building after him with a resolution calling for the name 
change.
  This resolution already has passed the Senate as well, under the 
leadership of Senator Barbara Boxer and the minor differences between 
our two bills should be resolved with great ease.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleagues for their 
support for this bill, in particular Representative Wayne Gilchrest, 
the chairman of the Transportation Subcommittee on Public Buildings and 
Economic Development, and Representative James Traficant, the ranking 
minority member of that subcommittee. I appreciate their willingness to 
move this legislation forward.
  I am honored to have been able to aid the city and the employees of 
the Western Regional Office and the constituents to whom Frank Hagel 
dedicated his life.
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and 
I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GILCHREST. 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 
gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Gilchrest] that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2111, 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 Federal building located at 1221 Nevin Avenue in 
Richmond, California, as the `Frank Hagel Federal Building' ''.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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