[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 3576 Reported in House (RH)]





                                                 House Calendar No. 275

104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3576

                          [Report No. 104-781]

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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''.

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                           September 10, 1996

 Reported with amendments, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered 
                             to be printed





                                                 House Calendar No. 275
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3576

                          [Report No. 104-781]

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

                           September 10, 1996

Additional sponsors: Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Myers 
                      of Indiana, and Mr. McIntosh

                           September 10, 1996

Reported with amendments, referred to the House Calendar and ordered to 
                               be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Congress finds that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. ROBERT KURTZ RODIBAUGH UNITED STATES 
              COURTHOUSE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

    The United States courthouse located at 401 South Michigan Street 
in South Bend, Indiana, shall be known and designated as the ``Robert 
K. Rodibaugh United States Bankruptcy Courthouse''.

SEC. 2. 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 section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Robert K. 
Rodibaugh United States Bankruptcy Courthouse''.
            Amend the title so as to read as follows: ``A bill to 
        designate the United States courthouse located at 401 South 
        Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana, as the `Robert K. 
        Rodibaugh United States Bankruptcy Courthouse'.''.