[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 672 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 672


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 27, 2003

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 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''.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 26, 2003.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.