[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12903-12904]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        TOM STAGG FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE

  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 471, S. 2754.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2754) to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in 
     Shreveport, Louisiana, as the ``Tom Stagg Federal Building 
     and United States Courthouse.''

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works with amendments, as follows:
  (The parts of the bill intended to be stricken are shown in boldface 
brackets and the parts of the bill intended to be inserted are shown in 
italic.)

                                S. 2754

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

     SECTION 1. TOM STAGG [FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES 
                   COURTHOUSE] UNITED STATES COURT HOUSE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) the Honorable Thomas Eaton Stagg, Jr., served as judge 
     of the United States District Court for the Western District 
     of Louisiana from 1974 until his death in 2015;
       (2) Judge Stagg served as Chief Judge of the United States 
     District Court for the Western District of Louisiana from 
     1984 through 1992;
       (3) Judge Stagg served as Senior Judge of the United States 
     District Court for the Western District of Louisiana from 
     1992 through 2015;
       (4) Judge Stagg exemplified all that is respectable and 
     dignified in the judiciary and was a mentor and role model 
     for all attorneys within and beyond the Western District of 
     Louisiana; and
       (5) the naming of the Federal building and United States 
     courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, 
     Louisiana, after Judge Stagg would honor his name and the 
     legacy he left to all citizens of the Western District of 
     Louisiana.
       (b) Designation.--The Federal building and United States 
     courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, 
     Louisiana, shall be known and designated as the ``Tom

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     Stagg [Federal Building and United States Courthouse] United 
     States Court House''.
       (c) 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 
     subsection (b) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Tom 
     Stagg [Federal Building and United States Courthouse] United 
     States Court House''.

  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
committee-reported amendments be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be 
read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendments were agreed to.
  The bill (S. 2754), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2754

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

     SECTION 1. TOM STAGG UNITED STATES COURT HOUSE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) the Honorable Thomas Eaton Stagg, Jr., served as judge 
     of the United States District Court for the Western District 
     of Louisiana from 1974 until his death in 2015;
       (2) Judge Stagg served as Chief Judge of the United States 
     District Court for the Western District of Louisiana from 
     1984 through 1992;
       (3) Judge Stagg served as Senior Judge of the United States 
     District Court for the Western District of Louisiana from 
     1992 through 2015;
       (4) Judge Stagg exemplified all that is respectable and 
     dignified in the judiciary and was a mentor and role model 
     for all attorneys within and beyond the Western District of 
     Louisiana; and
       (5) the naming of the Federal building and United States 
     courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, 
     Louisiana, after Judge Stagg would honor his name and the 
     legacy he left to all citizens of the Western District of 
     Louisiana.
       (b) Designation.--The Federal building and United States 
     courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, 
     Louisiana, shall be known and designated as the ``Tom Stagg 
     United States Court House''.
       (c) 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 
     subsection (b) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Tom 
     Stagg United States Court House''.

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