[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3383 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3383

To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located 
at 719 Church Street in Nashville, Tennessee, as the ``Fred D. Thompson 
            Federal Building and United States Courthouse''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 22, 2016

  Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mr. Corker) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment 
                            and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located 
at 719 Church Street in Nashville, Tennessee, as the ``Fred D. Thompson 
            Federal Building and United States Courthouse''.

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

SECTION 1. FRED D. THOMPSON FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES 
              COURTHOUSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) Fred D. Thompson was first elected to the United States 
        Senate in 1994 and served as a Senator from the State of 
        Tennessee until 2003;
            (2) Fred D. Thompson graduated from Memphis State 
        University in 1964 and Vanderbilt University School of Law in 
        1967, and served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the 
        State of Tennessee;
            (3) Fred D. Thompson was appointed by Senator Howard Baker, 
        Jr., to serve as minority counsel to the Senate Watergate 
        Committee in 1973;
            (4) following his service as a United States Senator, Fred 
        D. Thompson continued to pursue his acting career, which began 
        in 1985 with the movie ``Marie'' in which he played himself;
            (5) Fred D. Thompson was known for his integrity, humility, 
        and dedication to public service; and
            (6) the naming of the Federal building and United States 
        courthouse located at 719 Church Street in Nashville, 
        Tennessee, after Senator Fred D. Thompson would honor his name 
        and the legacy he left to all citizens of the State of 
        Tennessee.
    (b) Designation.--The Federal building and United States courthouse 
located at 719 Church Street in Nashville, Tennessee, shall be known 
and designated as the ``Fred D. Thompson Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse''.
    (c) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal building and 
United States courthouse referred to in subsection (b) shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the ``Fred D. Thompson Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse''.
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