#aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #ecb  ,,an ,,act  ,to designate the 
,federal building and ,united ,states   
courthouse located at #fjj ,east ,first 
,street in ,rome1 ,georgia1 as the      
,harold ,l4 ,murphy ,federal ,building  
and ,united ,states ,courthouse4  #a4   
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,judge ,harold ,l4 ,murphy was    
born in ,felton1 ,georgia1 in #aibg4    
7#b7 ,he attended ,west ,georgia        
,college before serving in the ,united  
,states ,navy during the closing years  
of ,world ,war ,,ii4  7#c7 ,he resumed  
his studies at the ,university of       
,mississippi and the ,university of     
,georgia ,school of ,law1 where he      
graduated in #aidi4  7#d7 ,he began a   
law practice in ,haralson ,county1      
,georgia1 and in #aiej was elected to   
the ,georgia ,house of ,representatives 
as the youngest ,member at the time4    
7#e7 ,judge ,murphy served five         
consecutive terms before stepping down  
in #aifa to focus on practicing law4    

7#f7 ,in #aiga1 ,judge ,murphy was      
appointed by ,governor ,jimmy ,carter to
 the ,superior ,court for the           
,tallapoosa ,judicial ,circuit1 and     
following his election in #aigf1        
,president ,carter nominated ,judge     
,murphy to the ,united ,states ,district
 ,court for the ,northern ,district of  
,georgia4  7#g7 ,judge ,murphy was      
confirmed by the ,united ,states ,senate
 on ,july #bh1 #aigg4  7#h7 ,for #de    
years1 he served his country on the     
,federal bench and became an acclaimed  
jurist and legal icon with a stellar    
reputation that extended far beyond     
,georgia4  7#i7 ,he always displayed a  
quick wit and a keen sense of humor1 was
 kind and empathetic1 and treated all   
those who appeared before him with      
courtesy and respect4  7#aj7 ,judge     
,murphy worked tirelessly and carried a 
full docket until the age of #ij1 when  
he took senior judge status in the      
,northern ,district of ,georgia4  7#aa7 
,he continued to preside over cases     

until his death on ,december #bh1 #bjbb4
  7#ab7 ,judge ,murphy received many    
professional awards and recognitions1   
including from the ,state ,bar of       
,georgia and the ,university of ,georgia
 ,school of ,law4  7#ac7 ,in #bjad1     
,alabama ,state ,university renamed its 
graduate school after ,judge ,murphy in 
recognition of his landmark ruling in   
,knight v4 ,alabama1 a long-running case
 that the ,eleventh ,circuit ,court of  
,appeals asked him to handle involving  
the vestiges of racial segregation then 
present in the ,alabama ,university     
,system4  7#ad7 ,above all else1 ,judge 
,murphy was a loving and devoted husband
 and father--and a strong role model4   
#b4 ,designation ,the ,federal building 
and ,united ,states courthouse located  
at #fjj ,east ,first ,street in ,rome1  
,georgia1 shall be known and designated 
as the ,harold ,l4 ,murphy ,federal     
,building and ,united ,states           
,courthouse4  #c4 ,references ,any      
reference in a law1 map1 regulation1    

document1 paper1 or other record of the 
,united ,states to the ,federal building
 and ,united ,states courthouse referred
 to in section #b shall be deemed to be 
a reference to the ,harold ,l4 ,murphy  
,federal ,building and ,united ,states  
,courthouse4  ,passed the ,house of     
,representatives ,march #aa1            
#bjbd4;,clerk4