[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 140 (Thursday, October 9, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10778]
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                         LARRY DOBY POST OFFICE

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Governmental 
Affairs Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 985 
and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 985) to designate the post office located at 194 
     Ward Street in Paterson, New Jersey, as the ``Larry Doby Post 
     Office.''

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill.


                           Amendment No. 1322

  Mr. STEVENS. I now ask unanimous consent the amendment No. 1322, at 
desk, submitted by Senator Thompson to S. 985, be considered as read 
and agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Alaska [Mr. Stevens], for Mr. Thompson, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 1322.

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of 
the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:
       On page 2, strike lines 14 through 16.

  The amendment (No. 1322) was agreed to.
  Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
for a third time and passed as amended, further, I ask consent that the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table and any statements appear 
at this point in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 985), as amended, was considered read the third time, 
and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 985

       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) Larry Eugene Doby was born in Camden, South Carolina, 
     on December 12, 1923, and moved to Paterson, New Jersey, in 
     1938.
       (2) After playing the 1946 season in the Negro League for 
     the Newark Eagles, Larry Doby's contract was purchased by the 
     Cleveland Indians of the American League on July 3, 1947.
       (3) On July 5, 1947, Larry Doby became the first African-
     American to play in the American League.
       (4) Larry Doby played in the American League for 13 years, 
     appearing in 1,533 games and batting .283, with 253 home runs 
     and 969 runs batted in.
       (5) Larry Doby was voted to 7 all-star teams, led the 
     American League in home runs twice, and played in 2 World 
     Series. He was the first African-American to play in the 
     World Series and to hit a home run in a World Series game, 
     both in 1948.
       (6) After his stellar playing career ended, Larry Doby 
     continued to make a significant contribution to his 
     community. He has been a pioneer in the cause of civil rights 
     and has received honorary doctorate degrees from Long Island 
     University, Princeton University, and Fairfield University.

     SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF LARRY DOBY POST OFFICE.

       (a) In General.--The post office located at 194 Ward Street 
     in Paterson, New Jersey, shall be known and designated as the 
     ``Larry Doby Post Office''.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     post office referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to 
     be a reference to the ``Larry Doby Post Office''.

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