[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 75 (Monday, May 24, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H3469-H3470]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               NOAL CUSHING BATEMAN POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and 
pass the bill (H.R. 1251) to designate the United States Postal Service 
building located at 8850 South 700 East, Sandy, Utah, as the ``Noal 
Cushing Bateman Post Office Building''.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 1251

       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 Postal Service building located at 8850 
     South 700 East, in Sandy, Utah, shall be known and designated 
     as the ``Noal Cushing Bateman Post Office Building''.

     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 
     ``Noal Cushing Bateman Post Office Building''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Davis) and the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia 
(Ms. Norton) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Davis).
  Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 2 minutes.
  Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Cook) introduced H.R. 1251 
on March 24, 1999, designating the United States Postal Service 
building located at 8850 South 700 East, Sandy, Utah, as the ``Noal 
Cushing Bateman Post Office Building''. This legislation is cosponsored 
by each Member of the Utah delegation to the House of Representatives 
pursuant to the policy of the Committee on Government Reform.
  The Congressional Budget Office has determined that enactment of this 
measure would have no significant impact on the Federal budget and 
would not affect direct spending and receipts.
  Pay-as-you-go procedures, therefore, would not be applicable.
  Mr. Bateman, honored by the bill before us, served in the Sandy City 
council for 20 years and was mayor for 6 years. He also served as head 
of the local PTA chapter and led a successful school construction bond 
campaign. He attained leadership positions in the Church of Jesus 
Christ of Latter Day Saints.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to support this bill, H.R. 1251.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to join my colleague, the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Davis), in bringing to the House Floor five postal-naming 
bills. These five measures have met the Committee on Government Reform 
requirement and enjoy the full support and cosponsorship of their 
respective House congressional delegations. All of these bills were 
reported unanimously out of the Subcommittee on Postal Service and the 
full committee. I urge their immediate consideration and approval.
  Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the 
gentleman from Utah (Mr. Cook).
  Mr. COOK. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. 
Davis) for yielding me this time.
  Mr. Speaker, today the House of Representatives is poised to pass 
H.R. 1251, a bill to rename the post office in Sandy, Utah, the Noal 
Cushing Bateman Post Office. I urge my colleagues to support this 
legislation.
  Noal Cushing Bateman represents the best of Utah. In his lifetime, he 
has seen Sandy City grow from a struggling farming community of 3,000 
to a thriving business center with over 100,000 residents. Not only has 
he witnessed the growth but his planning and vision in large measure 
made it possible. His service to the community has spanned most of the 
20th century.
  Beginning in 1935, he served 20 years on the Sandy City council, 14 
years as Sandy City treasurer and 6 years as mayor. He served for 35 
years as the director for the Salt Lake County Water Conservancy 
District. At an age when many people retire, Noal Bateman was just 
catching his second wind. At age 69, he chaired the Community 
Development Block Grant Committee, a position he held for 9 years.

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  He was president of the Sandy PTA and lead a campaign for a bond 
issue to build the present Sandy Elementary School. Today, at age 87 he 
remains active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and 
in the community.
  Sandy City presents an annual award to the person who best 
exemplifies the volunteer and community service that makes Sandy such a 
wonderful place to live, to work, to raise a family. This award is 
called the Noal Bateman Award. It is only fitting that we honor the man 
whose vision made Sandy what it is today by renaming the Sandy Post 
Office at 8850 South 700 East the Noal Cushing Bateman Post Office.
  The measure is a small gesture of gratitude for decades of tireless 
efforts by Mayor Bateman on behalf of the citizens of Sandy.
  I would like to thank the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton), 
chairman of the Committee on Goverment Reform, for his prompt measure 
on this action in the committee, and I urge my colleagues to support 
this legislation.
  Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Davis) that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, H.R. 1251.
  The question was taken.
  Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and 
nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX and the 
Chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be 
postponed.

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