[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3576 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3576

To designate the United States courthouse located at 401 South Michigan 
 Street in South Bend, Indiana, as the ``Robert Kurtz Rodibaugh United 
                          States Courthouse''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 1996

  Mr. Roemer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate the United States courthouse located at 401 South Michigan 
 Street in South Bend, Indiana, as the ``Robert Kurtz Rodibaugh United 
                          States Courthouse''.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Honorable Judge Robert Kurtz Rodibaugh has served 
        the citizens and legal community of the northern district of 
        Indiana wisely, efficiently, and honorably since his initial 
        appointment as a referee in bankruptcy in November 1960 and 
        throughout his lengthy career as a bankruptcy judge;
            (2) during his tenure Judge Rodibaugh has overseen the 
        growth of the bankruptcy court from one small courtroom with a 
        part-time referee and a clerk's office of 4 employees in South 
        Bend, Indiana, to 4 different courtrooms in the cities of South 
        Bend, Fort Wayne, Gary, and Lafayette, Indiana, with 4 full-
        time judges and a clerk's office of over 40 employees;
            (3) Judge Rodibaugh has fulfilled his duties as a referee 
        in bankruptcy and bankruptcy judge with patience, fairness, 
        dedication, and legal scholarship which is most worthy of 
        recognition; and
            (4) Judge Rodibaugh's high standards have benefited the 
        many law clerks and judicial personnel who have served under 
        his tutelage, the lawyers who have practiced before the 
        bankruptcy court, as well as the citizens residing in the 
        northern district of Indiana.

SEC. 2. ROBERT KURTZ RODIBAUGH UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE.

    (a) Designation.--The United States courthouse located at 401 South 
Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana, shall be known and designated 
as the ``Robert Kurtz Rodibaugh 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 ``Robert Kurtz Rodibaugh United States Courthouse''.
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