Tribute To Congressman Leo J. Ryan
The building was named in honor and memory of Representative Leo J. Ryan, the first and only Member of Congress to die in the line of duty. Congressman Ryan was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1983.
Congressman Tom Lantos introduced a bill in 1983 in the United States Congress: ..to designate the Federal Archives and Records Center in San Bruno, California as the "Leo J. Ryan Memorial Federal Archives and Records Center". The bill passed by unanimous consent in the House of Representatives and Senate, and was signed by President Ronald Reagan and became public law 98-580 on October 30, 1984.
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