[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 672 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.672

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the seventh day of January, two thousand and three


                                 An Act


 
 To rename the Guam South Elementary/Middle School of the Department of 
 Defense Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools System in 
honor of Navy Commander William ``Willie'' McCool, who was the pilot of 
 the Space Shuttle Columbia when it was tragically lost on February 1, 
                                  2003.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
        (1) Commander William C. McCool of the United States Navy, 
    pilot of the Space Shuttle Columbia when it was tragically lost on 
    February 1, 2003, attended Dededo Middle School and John F. Kennedy 
    High School on Guam.
        (2) Commander McCool carried a flag commemorating the 
    liberation of Guam on NASA mission STS-107 of the Space Shuttle 
    Columbia.
        (3) Commander McCool pursued his dream of space flight with 
    vigor and passion and, by his life and accomplishments, is an 
    inspiration for school children everywhere to dare to dream big 
    things, to believe in themselves, and to reach for the stars.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION.

    The Guam South Elementary/Middle School of the Department of 
Defense Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools System in 
Apra Heights, Guam, shall be known and designated as the ``Commander 
William C. McCool Elementary/Middle School'', in honor of William C. 
McCool, who was a commander in the United States Navy and pilot of the 
Space Shuttle Columbia when it was tragically lost on February 1, 2003.

SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

    Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the Guam South Elementary/Middle School 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Commander William C. McCool 
Elementary/Middle School''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.