[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4688-S4689]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. Cotton):
  S. 1707. A bill to designate the Federal building located at 617 
Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the ``Jacob Trieber Federal 
Building, United States Post Office, and United States Court House''; 
to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, the Honorable Jacob Trieber, of Helena, 
AR, known as a ``genius lawyer and jurist,'' served as the first Jewish 
Federal judge in the United States. Born on October 6, 1853, in 
Raschkow, Prussia, a young Jacob Trieber and his family escaped the 
growing anti-Semitism in Prussia and moved to the United States. In a 
few short years they established their homestead and a family store in 
Helena, AR. In 1873, he began to study law, and 3 years later entered 
the Arkansas Bar. In 1897, he was appointed U.S. Attorney for the 
Eastern District of Arkansas in Little Rock. Three years later, on July 
26, 1900, President William McKinley appointed Jacob Trieber to the 
Federal bench, where for 27 years Judge Trieber served on the U.S. 
Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Judge Trieber was 
committed to equal justice for all, and ruled for equality for African 
Americans and women. Judge Trieber had astounding foresight. Many of 
his rulings were important to civil rights and wildlife conservation. 
Judge Trieber was also committed to his local Arkansas community and 
served as an elected official on the Helena City Council and as the 
Phillips County treasurer. Judge Trieber played an influential role in 
saving the Old State House and establishing the Arkansas State 
Tuberculosis Sanatorium. In honor of Judge Jacob Trieber, Senator 
Cotton and I are introducing this legislation that designates the 
Federal Building in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, the ``Jacob Trieber 
Federal Building, United States Post Office, and Court House.'' Judge 
Trieber's name will appropriately mark this building and stand as a 
symbol of his significant work for not only the people of Arkansas, but 
for the entire United States.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 1707

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

     SECTION 1. JACOB TRIEBER FEDERAL BUILDING, UNITED STATES POST 
                   OFFICE, AND UNITED STATES COURT HOUSE.

       (a) Designation.--The Federal building located at 617 
     Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, shall be known and 
     designated as the ``Jacob Trieber Federal Building, United 
     States Post Office, and United States Court House''.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     Federal building referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
     deemed to be a reference to the ``Jacob Trieber Federal 
     Building, United States Post Office, and United States Court 
     House''.

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