Public Law 112-31
1ST SESSION
An Act
To designate the United States courthouse located at 80 Lafayette Street in Jefferson City, Missouri, as the Christopher S. Bond United States Courthouse.
- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CHRISTOPHER S. BOND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE.
- (a) DESIGNATION.—The United States courthouse located at 80 Lafayette Street in Jefferson City, Missouri, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Christopher S. Bond United States Courthouse’’.
- (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the United States courthouse referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Christopher S. Bond United States Courthouse’’.
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