[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 98 (Monday, July 16, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S7690]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Bayh):
  S. 1181. A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2719 South Webster Street in Kokomo, Indiana, as the 
``Elwood Haynes ``Bud'' Hillis Post Office Building''; to the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs.
  Mr. LUGAR. Madam President, I would like to take this opportunity to 
pay tribute to a distinguished Hoosier and tireless public servant, 
former Congressman Bud Hillis.
  My colleague, Mr. Bayh, and I are introducing legislation to honor 
Congressman Hillis by naming the Post Office in Kokomo, Indiana the 
Elwood Haynes ``Bud'' Hillis Post Office.
  Congressman Hillis honorably served the people of Indiana's 5th 
District in the House of Representatives from 1971 to 1986. Congressman 
Hillis was a fair and reasonable voice on national security, trade, and 
veterans' issues. A graduate of Indiana's Culver Military Academy, he 
enlisted in the Army at the age of 18 and fought in the World War II 
European Theater as an infantryman for 27 months. After leaving active 
duty as a first lieutenant, Bud Hillis attended Indiana University and 
the Indiana University School of Law. He went on to practice law in 
Howard County, Indiana, and served as Chairman of the county bar 
association.
  Before being elected to Congress in 1970, Congressman Hillis served 
two terms in the Indiana House of Representatives.
  The 1970s and early 1980's were difficult times for many in Indiana's 
5th District. A downturn in the auto industry during the recession 
brought unemployment in some of the district's more highly 
industrialized communities to over 15 percent. He founded the 
Congressional Auto Task Force and he helped to round up votes in 1979 
to pass legislation that I had sponsored here in the Senate to 
guarantee loans to the struggling Chrysler Corporation, an employer of 
more than 60,000 Hoosiers at the time. In 1983, he worked to protect 
the auto industry from Japanese imports by extending a voluntary 
restraint agreement. He was a strong force on the Congressional Steel 
Caucus and served as Vice President of the executive committee.
  As a member of the Armed Services Committee, Congressman Hillis was a 
dependable ally of the Reagan military build-up that helped to bring an 
end to the Cold War. He supported American service men by backing 
enlistment bonuses for military personnel and was a proponent of 
reinstating draft registration, which had ended with the Vietnam War. 
Further, he was instrumental in development and deployment of the M-1 
tank and the preservation of Grissom Air Force Reserve Base in Peru, 
Indiana.
  Congressman Hillis also took a personal interest with the veterans of 
our Nation. As a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, he was a 
leader in improving health care for veterans and was instrumental in 
the construction of the community-based outpatient clinic in Crown 
Point, IN.
  Congressman Bud Hillis has a distinguished record of service to his 
country and to the people of Indiana. The dedication of the post office 
in Kokomo, Indiana, a city that continues to be involved deeply with 
the American auto industry that Congressman Hillis supported so 
strongly, would be a fitting tribute for such an honorable statesman.
  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. 1181

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

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF ELWOOD HAYNES ``BUD'' HILLIS POST 
                   OFFICE BUILDING.

       (a) In General.--The facility of the United States Postal 
     Service located at 2719 South Webster Street in Kokomo, 
     Indiana, shall be known and designated as the ``Elwood Haynes 
     `Bud' Hillis Post Office Building''.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 
     a reference to the Elwood Haynes ``Bud'' Hillis Post Office 
     Building.
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