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Gerry Connolly: I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as…

On the recordSeptember 30, 2020
I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. POSTMASTER ROBERT INGRAM POST OFFICE. (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 Nicol Avenue in Thomasville, Alabama, shall be known and designated as the ``Postmaster Robert Ingram Post Office''. (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 ``Postmaster Robert Ingram Post Office''. Mr. CONNOLLY (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that further reading be dispensed with. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Virginia? There was no objection. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed. The title of the bill was amended so as to read: ``A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 Nicol Avenue in Thomasville, Alabama, as the `Postmaster Robert Ingram Post Office'.''. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. ____________________
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia
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govinfo.gov
Sep 30, 2020

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