[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 123 (Monday, July 30, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H8839]
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               DOLPH S. BRISCOE, JR. POST OFFICE BUILDING

  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform be discharged from further 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 2688) to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in 
Uvalde, Texas, as the ``Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building,'' 
and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Illinois?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the bill, as follows

                               H.R. 2688

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

     SECTION 1. DOLPH S. BRISCOE, JR. POST OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, 
     shall be known and designated as the `Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. 
     Post Office Building'.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 
     a reference to the `Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office 
     Building'.


               Amendment Offered by Mr. Davis of Illinois

  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I offer an amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Davis of Illinois
       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. DOLPH BRISCOE, JR. POST OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, 
     shall be known and designated as the ``Dolph Briscoe, Jr. 
     Post Office Building''.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 
     a reference to the ``Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Post Office 
     Building''.
  The amendment was agreed to
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Dolph Briscoe was born on 
April 23, 1923 in Uvalde, Texas. He graduated from the University of 
Texas in 1942 and then served in the Army during World War II. After he 
returned from the war, he served in the Texas legislature from 1949 
through 1957. He then left politics to manage his family's ranching and 
business interests.
  In 1974, Mr. Briscoe was elected governor of Texas as a conservative, 
pro-business Democrat. He was one of the few governors to enact a 
balanced budget without raising or creating new taxes.
  Currently, Mr. Briscoe continues to be active in the agricultural 
community as a rancher in Uvalde and serves his community as the Senior 
Chairman of the First State Bank of Uvalde.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleague Representative Ciro Rodriguez for 
introducing this legislation and urge the swift passage of this bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed.
  The title was amended so as to read: ``A bill to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South Getty 
Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the `Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Post Office 
Building'.''.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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