[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 126 (Tuesday, September 25, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S9809]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. Craig):
  S. 1459. A bill to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 550 West Fort Street in Boise, Idaho, as the 
``James A. McClure Federal Building and United States Courthouse''; to 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  Mr. CRAPO. Madam President, I rise today to introduce legislation 
naming the Federal building and United States courthouse in Boise, ID, 
for our former colleague Senator James A. McClure.
  Jim McClure ably served Idaho for 24 years in the United States 
Congress, including 18 years here in the Senate. At the time of his 
retirement from the Senate in 1991, Jim McClure was one of the most 
senior members of the Republican Conference, serving as its Chairman 
from 1981 to 1985. Prior to entering Congress in 1967, Jim McClure also 
served 6 years in the Idaho State Senate.
  Throughout his service in Congress, Jim McClure was widely recognized 
for his expertise on energy and natural resource issues, especially in 
the areas of mining, forestry, public land, water, and natural resource 
law. As Chairman of both the Senate Interior Appropriations 
Subcommittee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Jim 
McClure was a key legislator behind the establishment of the Hells 
Canyon National Recreation Area in western Idaho and eastern Oregon. 
Jim McClure also led the drive for the creation of the Frank Church 
River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho, and he was instrumental in 
helping to assist and improve Idaho's rural economy and standard of 
living.
  Known for his ardent support of second amendment rights and hard-line 
stance on foreign policy and defense issues, Jim McClure was an 
influential voice in working with several administrations on arms 
control issues. In 1990, he was a part of a four-member Senate 
delegation that visited Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to express 
concern about Iraq's development of chemical, biological, and nuclear 
weapons.
  Having retired from the Senate more than 10 years ago, Jim McClure 
has continued to be active in working with Congress on behalf of many 
important groups in Idaho and throughout the country. His civic-
mindedness has also been illustrated through his service as a Trustee 
for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
  As former Prosecuting Attorney for Payette County, ID, as well as 
former City Attorney for Payette, the renaming of this courthouse for 
Jim McClure is an appropriate tribute to his service to Idaho and to 
the Nation. I invite my colleagues to join Senator Craig and me in 
honoring Senator James A. McClure through this legislation. Mr. 
President, 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. 1459

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

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF JAMES A. MCCLURE FEDERAL BUILDING 
                   AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE.

       The Federal building and United States courthouse located 
     at 550 West Fort Street in Boise, Idaho, shall be known and 
     designated as the ``James A. McClure 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 James A. McClure Federal 
     Building and United States Courthouse.
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