H.R. 672: 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.

H.R. 672: 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.

108th Congress · introduced 2003-02-11 · Commemorations · Latest: Became Public Law No: 108-13.

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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.

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(This measure has not been amended since being passed in the House on February 26, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the Guam South Elementary/Middle School of the Department of Defense Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools System in Apra Heights, Guam, as the "Commander William C. McCool Elementary/Middle School," in honor of William C. McCool, who was a commander in the U.S. Navy and pilot of the Space Shuttle Columbia when it was tragically lost on February 1, 2003.

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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.

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Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] · 26 cosponsors

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Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Ed Case (D-HI), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA)

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Record fed-us-cong108-hr672 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108