Public Law 110-454
…to designate the ``Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr. Post Office Building´´
by the 110th Congress of the United States
389318…to designate the ``Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr. Post Office Building´´ — 2008by the 110th Congress of the United States
110TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS
2ND SESSION

An Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1501 South Slappey Boulevard in Albany, Georgia,
as the ``Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr. Post Office Building´´.


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

Section 1. Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr. Post Office Building. edit

(a) Designation.—
The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1501 South Slappey Boulevard in Albany, Georgia, shall be known and designated as the ``Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, 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 ``Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr. Post Office Building´´.


Approved December 19, 2008.


Legislative History edit

  • CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 154 (2008):
    • Sept. 27, considered and passed House.
    • Nov. 20, considered and passed Senate.

 

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