Public Law 117-120

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117TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS

An Act
To designate the Federal Office Building located at 308 W. 21st Street in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as the ‘‘Louisa Swain Federal Office Building’’, and for other purposes


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

SECTION 1. LOUISA SWAIN FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDING.[edit]

(a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal Office Building located at 308 W. 21st Street in Cheyenne, Wyoming, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Louisa Swain Federal Office Building’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal Office Building referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Louisa Swain Federal Office Building’’.

Approved May 10, 2022.

Legaslative History[edit]

S. 2126:
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 167 (2021):
Oct. 7, considered and passed Senate. Vol. 168 (2022):
Mar. 30, considered and passed House.

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