[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3742 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3742


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 24, 2012

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To designate the United States courthouse located at 100 North Church 
   Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the ``Edwin L. Mechem 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 the following:
            (1) Edwin L. Mechem was a land surveyor with the United 
        States Reclamation Service in Las Cruces, New Mexico, from 
        1932-1935.
            (2) He served as a member of the New Mexico State Police 
        Commission.
            (3) He was a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation.
            (4) He attended the New Mexico College of Agriculture and 
        Mechanic Arts, which later became the New Mexico State 
        University in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
            (5) He was admitted to the New Mexico bar in 1939, and 
        practiced law in Albuquerque and Las Cruces, New Mexico.
            (6) He served in the New Mexico House of Representatives 
        from 1947-1948.
            (7) He was the first New Mexico governor born in New Mexico 
        after statehood.
            (8) He served four terms as Governor of New Mexico between 
        1951 and 1962.
            (9) He served as a United States Senator from New Mexico 
        from 1962-1964.
            (10) He was confirmed by the United States Senate as a 
        United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico on 
        October 8, 1970, and served in that position until his death in 
        2002.
            (11) He led a rich and accomplished life dedicated to 
        public service which warrants recognition.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION.

    The United States courthouse located at 100 North Church Street in 
Las Cruces, New Mexico, shall be known and designated as the ``Edwin L. 
Mechem United States Courthouse''.

SEC. 3. 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 2 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Edwin L. Mechem 
United States Courthouse''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.