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House Calendar No. 35 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 532 

[Report No. 118–200] 

To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located 

at 600 East First Street in Rome, Georgia, as the ‘‘Harold L. Murphy 

Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 26, 2023 

Ms. GREENE of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 

Additional sponsor: Mr. LOUDERMILK

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 

Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; referred 

to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 600 East First Street in Rome, Georgia, 

as the ‘‘Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United 

States Courthouse’’. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) Judge Harold L. Murphy was born in 

6 Felton, Georgia, in 1927. 

7 (2) He attended West Georgia College before 

8 serving in the United States Navy during the closing 

9 years of World War II. 

10 (3) He resumed his studies at the University of 

11 Mississippi and the University of Georgia School of 

12 Law, where he graduated in 1949. 

13 (4) He began a law practice in Haralson Coun14 ty, Georgia, and in 1950 was elected to the Georgia 

15 House of Representatives as the youngest Member 

16 at the time. 

17 (5) Judge Murphy served five consecutive terms 

18 before stepping down in 1961 to focus on practicing 

19 law. 

20 (6) In 1971, Judge Murphy was appointed by 

21 Governor Jimmy Carter to the Superior Court for 

22 the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit, and following his 

23 election in 1976, President Carter nominated Judge 

24 Murphy to the United States District Court for the 

25 Northern District of Georgia. 


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1 (7) Judge Murphy was confirmed by the United 

2 States Senate on July 28, 1977. 

3 (8) For 45 years, he served his country on the 

4 Federal bench and became an acclaimed jurist and 

5 legal icon with a stellar reputation that extended far 

6 beyond Georgia. 

7 (9) He always displayed a quick wit and a keen 

8 sense of humor, was kind and empathetic, and treat9 ed all those who appeared before him with courtesy 

10 and respect. 

11 (10) Judge Murphy worked tirelessly and car12 ried a full docket until the age of 90, when he took 

13 senior judge status in the Northern District of Geor14 gia. 

15 (11) He continued to preside over cases until 

16 his death on December 28, 2022. 

17 (12) Judge Murphy received many professional 

18 awards and recognitions, including from the State 

19 Bar of Georgia and the University of Georgia School 

20 of Law. 

21 (13) In 2014, Alabama State University re22 named its graduate school after Judge Murphy in 

23 recognition of his landmark ruling in Knight v. Ala24 bama, a long-running case that the Eleventh Circuit 

25 Court of Appeals asked him to handle involving the 


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1 vestiges of racial segregation then present in the 

2 Alabama University System. 

3 (14) Above all else, Judge Murphy was a loving 

4 and devoted husband and father—and a strong role 

5 model. 

6 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION. 

7 The Federal building and United States courthouse 

8 located at 600 East First Street in Rome, Georgia, shall 

9 be known and designated as the ‘‘Harold L. Murphy Fed10 eral Building and United States Courthouse’’. 

11 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

12 Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 

13 paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal 

14 building and United States courthouse referred to in sec15 tion 2 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Harold 

16 L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Court17 house’’. 


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House Calendar No. 35 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 532 

[Report No. 118–200] 

A BILL 

To designate the Federal building and United 

house’’. phy Federal Building and United States CourtStreet in Rome, Georgia, as the ‘‘Harold L. MurStates courthouse located at 600 East First 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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