,,ib ,house ,calendar ,no4 #ce #aahth   
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #ecb 
,report ,no4 #aah-bjj ,,in ,,the ,,house
 ,,of ,,representatives  ,january #bf1  
#bjbc,ms4 ,greene of ,georgia introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,transportation and
 ,infrastructure  ,september #ah1       
#bjbc;,additional sponsor3 ,mr4         
,loudermilk  ,september #ah1            
#bjbc,reported from the ,committee on   
,transportation and ,infrastructure2    
referred to the ,house ,calendar and    
ordered to be printed  ,a ,,bill  ,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  ,september #ah1 #bjbc     
,referred to the ,house ,calendar and   
ordered to be printed