[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 51 (Monday, April 23, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S3792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. SPECTER:
  S. 757. A bill to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 504 West Hamilton Street in Allentown, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I rise today to introduce legislation to 
name the Federal building and courthouse in Allentown, Pennsylvania for 
retired Judge Edward N. Cahn. Judge Cahn, a native Pennsylvanian and 
resident of the Lehigh Valley, served with distinction on the Federal 
bench for 23 years, including 5 years as chief judge.
  Judge Cahn attended school at Lehigh University and graduated magna 
cum laude in 1955. He went on to receive a law degree from Yale 
University in 1958 and began practicing law in Allentown in 1959. His 
accomplishments on the basketball court as a 1,000 point scorer for 
Lehigh University translated into his later success in another court, 
when President Ford nominated him to be a federal judge in 1974.
  Judge Cahn was instrumental in helping build Allentown's new 
courthouse, which opened in 1995. This beautiful structure is a symbol 
for the resurgence of the Lehigh Valley, and it is only fitting that 
the courthouse should bear the name of an individual who did so much to 
help his community. His dedication to his work and fairness were well 
recognized throughout Pennsylvania and it is my hope that future 
jurists who serve in this courthouse will uphold those same ideals.
  On February 28, 2001, the House unanimously passed an identical 
measure, H.R. 558, introduced by my colleagues, Congressmen Patrick 
Toomey and Tim Holden. I am hopeful that the Senate will also see fit 
to pass my bill, and I urge my colleagues to join me in honoring Judge 
Edward N. Cahn.
  I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                 S. 757

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

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF EDWARD N. CAHN FEDERAL BUILDING AND 
                   UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE.

       The Federal building and United States courthouse located 
     at 504 West Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania, shall 
     be known and designated as the ``Edward N. Cahn Federal 
     Building and United States Courthouse''.

     SEC. 2. 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 section 1 shall 
     be deemed to be a reference to the ``Edward N. Cahn Federal 
     Building and United States Courthouse''.

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