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To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 600 East First Street in Rome, Georgia, as the "Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse".

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What This Bill Does

This bill names a federal building and courthouse in Rome, Georgia after Harold L. Murphy. The building at 600 East First Street in Rome will be called the "Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse."

Who It Affects

Federal agencies that manage or reference the courthouse building in Rome, Georgia. Government staff and the public who use this courthouse.

Key Provisions

- The Federal building and United States courthouse at 600 East First Street in Rome, Georgia is officially designated as the "Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse" (Sec. 2) - All government references to this building in laws, maps, regulations, documents, papers or other records must use the new name (Sec. 3)

What Changes

The courthouse building's official name changes from its current designation to the "Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse." All future government documents, maps and records referring to this building must use this new name.

Important Definitions

None defined in bill text.

IIB 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 532 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 12, 2024 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works AN ACT To designate the Federal building and United States court- house located at 600 East First Street in Rome, Georgia, as the ‘‘Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:37 Mar 13, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H532.RFS H532 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 HR 532 RFS SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 1 Congress finds the following: 2 (1) Judge Harold L. Murphy was born in 3 Felton, Georgia, in 1927. 4 (2) He attended West Georgia College before 5 serving in the United States Navy during the closing 6 years of World War II. 7 (3) He resumed his studies at the University of 8 Mississippi and the University of Georgia School of 9 Law, where he graduated in 1949. 10 (4) He began a law practice in Haralson Coun- 11 ty, Georgia, and in 1950 was elected to the Georgia 12 House of Representatives as the youngest Member 13 at the time. 14 (5) Judge Murphy served five consecutive terms 15 before stepping down in 1961 to focus on practicing 16 law. 17 (6) In 1971, Judge Murphy was appointed by 18 Governor Jimmy Carter to the Superior Court for 19 the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit, and following his 20 election in 1976, President Carter nominated Judge 21 Murphy to the United States District Court for the 22 Northern District of Georgia. 23 (7) Judge Murphy was confirmed by the United 24 States Senate on July 28, 1977. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:37 Mar 13, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H532.RFS H532 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 HR 532 RFS (8) For 45 years, he served his country on the 1 Federal bench and became an acclaimed jurist and 2 legal icon with a stellar reputation that extended far 3 beyond Georgia. 4 (9) He always displayed a quick wit and a keen 5 sense of humor, was kind and empathetic, and treat- 6 ed all those who appeared before him with courtesy 7 and respect. 8 (10) Judge Murphy worked tirelessly and car- 9 ried a full docket until the age of 90, when he took 10 senior judge status in the Northern District of Geor- 11 gia. 12 (11) He continued to preside over cases until 13 his death on December 28, 2022. 14 (12) Judge Murphy received many professional 15 awards and recognitions, including from the State 16 Bar of Georgia and the University of Georgia School 17 of Law. 18 (13) In 2014, Alabama State University re- 19 named its graduate school after Judge Murphy in 20 recognition of his landmark ruling in Knight v. Ala- 21 bama, a long-running case that the Eleventh Circuit 22 Court of Appeals asked him to handle involving the 23 vestiges of racial segregation then present in the 24 Alabama University System. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:37 Mar 13, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H532.RFS H532 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 HR 532 RFS (14) Above all else, Judge Murphy was a loving 1 and devoted husband and father—and a strong role 2 model. 3 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION. 4 The Federal building and United States courthouse 5 located at 600 East First Street in Rome, Georgia, shall 6 be known and designated as the ‘‘Harold L. Murphy Fed- 7 eral Building and United States Courthouse’’. 8 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 9 Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 10 paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal 11 building and United States courthouse referred to in sec- 12 tion 2 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Harold 13 L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Court- 14 house’’. 15 Passed the House of Representatives March 11, 2024. Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:37 Mar 13, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H532.RFS H532 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS

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