PUBLIC LAW 105-222—AUG. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1249 Public Law 105-222 105th Congress An Act To designate the auditorium located within the Sandia Technology Transfer Center Aug. 7, 1998 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the "Steve SchifT Auditorium". [H.R. 3731] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The Congress makes the following findings: (1) Congressman Steve Schiff represented the First Congressional District of New Mexico in Congress from 1988 to 1998 with honor and distinction. (2) Mr. Schiff chaired the Subcommittee on Basic Research of the Committee on Science emphasizing protection and improvement of America's economic and military strength into the 21st century through the support of a robust national science and technology infrastructure. (3) Mr. Schiff was a tireless advocate of facilitating the transfer of technologies developed at federally supported institutions into the commercial sector. (4) Mr. Schiff supported technology transfer efforts at Sandia National Laboratory, located in the First Congressional District of New Mexico, including its cooperative research and development programs, which have benefited the people of New Mexico and the Nation as a whole. (5) Mr. Schiff's contributions should be acknowledged with a fitting tribute within the district he so selflessly served. SEC. 2. DESIGNATION. The auditorium located within the Sandia Technology Transfer Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and known as Building 825, shall be known and designated as the "Steve Schiff Auditorium". SEC. 3. REFERENCES. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the auditorium referred to in section 2 shall be deemed to be a reference to the "Steve Schiff Auditorium". Approved August 7, 1998. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3731: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, VoL 144 (1998): July 15, 16, considered and passed House. July 30, considered and passed Senate.
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