House Calendar No. 275
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3576
[Report No. 104–781]
A BILL
To designate the United States courthouse located
at 401 South Michigan Street in South Bend, In-
diana, as the ‘‘Robert Kurtz Rodibaugh United
States Courthouse’’.
SEPTEMBER 10, 1996
Reported with amendments, referred to the House
Calendar, and ordered to be printed
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House Calendar No. 275
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3576
[Report No. 104–781]
To designate the United States courthouse located at 401 South Michigan
Street in South Bend, Indiana, as the ‘‘Robert Kurtz Rodibaugh United
States Courthouse’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 4, 1996
Mr. ROEMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
SEPTEMBER 10, 1996
Additional sponsors: Mr. JACOBS, Mr. HAMILTON, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr.
MYERS of Indiana, and Mr. MCINTOSH
SEPTEMBER 10, 1996
Reported with amendments, referred to the House Calendar and ordered to
be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
To designate the United States courthouse located at 401
South Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana, as the
‘‘Robert Kurtz Rodibaugh United States Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1)
the
Honorable
Judge
Robert
Kurtz
Rodibaugh has served the citizens and legal commu-
nity of the northern district of Indiana wisely, effi-
ciently, and honorably since his initial appointment
as a referee in bankruptcy in November 1960 and
throughout his lengthy career as a bankruptcy
judge;
(2) during his tenure Judge Rodibaugh has
overseen the growth of the bankruptcy court from
one small courtroom with a part-time referee and a
clerk’s office of 4 employees in South Bend, Indiana,
to 4 different courtrooms in the cities of South
Bend, Fort Wayne, Gary, and Lafayette, Indiana,
with 4 full-time judges and a clerk’s office of over
40 employees;
(3) Judge Rodibaugh has fulfilled his duties as
a referee in bankruptcy and bankruptcy judge with
patience, fairness, dedication, and legal scholarship
which is most worthy of recognition; and
(4) Judge Rodibaugh’s high standards have
benefited the many law clerks and judicial personnel
who have served under his tutelage, the lawyers who
have practiced before the bankruptcy court, as well
as the citizens residing in the northern district of In-
diana.
SEC.
2.
ROBERT
KURTZ
RODIBAUGH
UNITED
STATES
COURTHOUSE.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The United States courthouse
located at 401 South Michigan Street in South Bend, In-
diana, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Robert
Kurtz Rodibaugh United States Courthouse’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the United States courthouse referred to in sub-
section (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Rob-
ert Kurtz Rodibaugh United States Courthouse’’.
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States courthouse located at 401 South
Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana, shall be known
and designated as the ‘‘Robert K. Rodibaugh United States
Bankruptcy Courthouse’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ‘‘Robert K. Rodibaugh United States
Bankruptcy Courthouse’’.
Amend the title so as to read as follows: ‘‘A bill to
designate the United States courthouse located at 401
South Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana, as the
‘Robert 
K. 
Rodibaugh 
United 
States 
Bankruptcy
Courthouse’.’’.