H.R.6055 and S.3867 Apparently Rise Again
Text of H.R.6055:
A BILL To designate the United States courthouse located at 555 Independence Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the `Rush H. Limbaugh, Sr., United States Courthouse'.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RUSH H. LIMBAUGH, SR., FEDERAL COURTHOUSE.
(a) Designation- The United States courthouse located at 555 Independence Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, shall be known and designated as the `Rush H. Limbaugh, Sr., United States Courthouse'.
(b) 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 subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the `Rush H. Limbaugh, Sr., United States Courthouse'.
It was introduced by Rep Emerson, Jo Ann [MO-8] on 9/12/2006. S.3867, almost identical in form, was sponsored by Sen Bond, Christopher S. [MO]. It passed the Senate September 30 (legislative day, September 29), 2006.
Apparently Bond has reintroduced the same bill this session. Because an official link to the bills noted above will "time out" quickly, I give you instead a link to Thomas, where you can confirm the above if you search by bill number. The text and number of the new variant are not yet listed, though a TRN blogger asserts it is S.247.
I leave you with this question: Why don't we just auction off naming rights to government buildings? At least the treasury would get something in return. Instead, we get ridiculous political backscratching like this.
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