[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2853-S2854]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. Durbin (for himself and Ms. Moseley-Braun):
  S. 1886. A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service

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located at 3750 North Kedzie Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as the 
``Daniel J. Doffyn Post Office Building''; to the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs.


   the daniel j. doffyn post office building designation act of 1998

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I rise today together with my 
distinguished colleague, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, to introduce 
legislation to designate the United States Post Office facility at 3750 
North Kedzie Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Daniel J. Doffyn 
Post Office Building.''
  This legislation honors the service and heroism of Daniel Doffyn, a 
40-year-old rookie officer with the Chicago Police Department, who was 
fatally shot in the line of duty two years ago.
  On the afternoon of March 8, 1995, Daniel Doffyn and his partner, 
Milan ``Mike'' Bubalo, who had just completed their regular shift, 
responded to a report of a burglary in progress. What they encountered, 
in broad daylight, just a few steps away from the Austin precinct house 
on Chicago's West Side, were three gun-wielding gang members hiding in 
an apartment. Believing the officers to be there to arrest them for 
their involvement in an earlier gang shooting, the trio panicked and 
tried to escape through a window.
  After capturing one suspect, Doffyn was shot in the head and chest by 
a second man, who opened fire with a TEC-DC9 semiautomatic pistol, one 
of the 19 assault weapons banned under the 1994 Federal law. Officer 
Doffyn died in surgery later that evening. In the barrage of gunfire, 
Officer Bubalo was seriously wounded in the thigh, and has an 
artificial left hip as a result of the shooting.
  Officer Doffyn tragically lost his life in the course of performing a 
job that he truly loved, less than a year after graduating from the 
Chicago Police Academy, following a three-year quest to fulfill a dream 
to protect and serve his community. If someone needed help, Danny 
Doffyn was the first one there. In the words of District Commander 
LeRoy O'Shield, ``he exemplified the very finest the police department 
has to offer. He was not assigned this job but responded to it.''
  The post office sought to be designated is in the neighborhood where 
Officer Doffyn, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Valor for his 
ultimate sacrifice, resided with his parents, bicycled and roller 
skated with his eight-year-old daughter, Brittany, and donned his blue 
uniform and police star #14030 with pride.
  We trust our colleagues will agree that this designation is a worthy 
tribute to salute the life and courage of Daniel Doffyn, and to pay 
respect to the thousands of men and women in law enforcement careers 
who risk their lives every single day striving to keep our citizens, 
streets, and sidewalks safe.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 1886

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

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF DANIEL J. DOFFYN POST OFFICE 
                   BUILDING.

       (a) In General.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 3750 North Kedzie Avenue in Chicago, 
     Illinois, shall be known and designated as the ``Daniel J. 
     Doffyn Post Office Building''.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     facility of the United States Postal Service referred to in 
     subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
     ``Daniel J. Doffyn Post Office Building''.
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