[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2189-S2190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DASCHLE (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
  S. 341. A bill to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 515 9th Street in Rapid City, South Dakota, as 
the ``Andrew W. Bogue Federal Building and United States Courthouse''; 
to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, today I am introducing legislation on 
behalf of Senator Tim Johnson and myself to name the Rapid City United 
States Courthouse and Federal Building in honor of Judge Andrew W. 
Bogue, Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court of the District of South 
Dakota.
  The administration of justice in western South Dakota is nearly 
synonymous with the name of Judge Bogue. He is almost single-handedly 
responsible for establishing the Federal district court in Rapid City, 
and worked tirelessly to see the Courthouse and Federal Building 
constructed there to provide a new home for the administration of 
justice in the area.
  Judge Bogue was the first resident judge in the western division of 
the U.S. District Court District of South Dakota. Before he came along, 
judges had to travel into the division from other parts of the State, 
and court was held in the ancient Deadwood Territorial Courthouse or in 
makeshift courtrooms throughout the 11-county region. Faced with the 
logistical hassles of court operations, attorneys were less likely to 
use the court system.
  After Judge Bogue took the bench, he helped transform the justice 
system in western South Dakota. First, he oversaw the establishment of 
a new district seat in Rapid City, the population center. Then he 
worked alongside South Dakota's congressional delegation to secure 
funding for the construction of the Rapid City Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse.
  During the course of his career as a Federal judge, Bogue has 
presided over many high-profile cases, including cases stemming from 
American Indian Movement, AIM, uprisings in the 1970s. He has 
maintained a reputation for being fair, objective, and compassionate.
  Before rising to the U.S. District Court bench, Andrew Bogue was 
educated at South Dakota State University. After serving our Nation 
with the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II, he returned home 
to complete a law degree at the University of South Dakota and to marry 
his lovely wife Liz. He was admitted to the South Dakota Bar in 1947.
  Andrew Bogue again answered the call to defend our country during the 
Korean War, serving in the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General's corps. 
Upon his return, he practiced as a private attorney and a State's 
Attorney before becoming a South Dakota circuit court judge. He joined 
the Federal bench on May 1, 1970, and was elevated to Chief Judge in 
1980. He took senior status in 1985.
  It is right and fitting that the Rapid City Federal Building and 
Courthouse be named for the individual whose legacy pervades its halls. 
The legislation Senator Johnson and I introduce today began with an 
outpouring of support from Judge Bogue's colleagues. The Pennington 
County Bar Association and the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court Judges 
and Magistrate Judges have

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passed resolutions supporting this initiative. I am proud to offer this 
legislation in honor of a great South Dakotan.
  I ask unanimous consent that the text of this legislation be printed 
in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                 S. 341

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

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF ANDREW W. BOGUE FEDERAL BUILDING 
                   AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE.

       The Federal building and United States courthouse located 
     at 515 9th Street in Rapid City, South Dakota, shall be known 
     and designated as the ``Andrew W. Bogue 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 Andrew W. Bogue Federal 
     Building and United States Courthouse.
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