November 29, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6321 going to sit there forever. For 1 year, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there reer besides politician and lawyer: they get together, work it out amongst objection to the request of the gen- actor. themselves, and come back with rec- tleman from California? He came to Memphis one time, I re- ommendations to us so that we can do There was no objection. member specifically, to speak to the our job well, which is to support the Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I yield Chamber. And he had a droll way about people actually suppressing these fires myself such time as I may consume. him. He said—and I guess he said it and maintaining the safety of our com- Mr. Speaker, H.R. 6135 would des- other places, as well—sometimes when munities. ignate the Federal building and United I am in Washington, I miss the reality Again, I rise in support of this bill. States courthouse at 719 Church Street and the sincerity of Hollywood. Well, I Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance in Nashville, Tennessee, as the Fred D. laughed when Fred said it. I think of my time. Thompson Federal Building and United about it often here. Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I yield States Courthouse. When he ran for office, Fred took a myself the balance of my time. I would like to thank the gentle- little red truck and used it to cam- Mr. Speaker, in conclusion, this is a woman from Tennessee (Mrs. BLACK- paign. He drove that truck around the great bill. I urge my colleagues to join BURN) for her leadership on this legisla- State. People identified with it. He was me in supporting this important piece tion. ahead of his time. It was kind of like of legislation. Senator Thompson was an accom- Donald Trump eating McDonald’s, I Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance plished lawyer, actor, U.S. Senator, think. He related to the common man of my time. and a great friend. We spent numerous with that truck. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The occasions together here in the Wash- I thought about Fred as I was flying question is on the motion offered by ington, D.C., area as he got to know up here. I just did get here in time. I the gentleman from California (Mr. new Members when we came in 2010. I was on one of the last of those regional DENHAM) that the House suspend the have appreciated his counsel, his jets, which was kind of like Fred’s rules and pass the bill, S. 546, as friendship, and I look forward to seeing truck with wings on it. But we made it. amended. this bill passed. I want to thank Fred Thompson for The question was taken; and (two- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of all he did as an attorney, as an actor, thirds being in the affirmative) the my time. and as a friend to me. He was bipar- rules were suspended and the bill, as Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, I yield tisan. He was always friendly to me. He amended, was passed. such time as he may consume to the was a courteous gentleman. I came here when Fred won the Na- A motion to reconsider was laid on gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. tional Conference of State Legislatures the table. COHEN). Award for looking out for States’ f Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to rise on this occasion to have rights. He was the only member of the Senate to vote on a bill that the NCSL FRED D. THOMPSON FEDERAL the courthouse in Nashville named for was in favor of. And he was right. BUILDING AND UNITED STATES a distinguished American, a friend of There was a province that belonged to COURTHOUSE mine, Senator Fred Thompson, who is the States that the Federal Govern- Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I move the only University of Memphis grad- ment usurped because it was so won- to suspend the rules and pass the bill uate to serve in the United States Sen- derful to do and sets good brownie (H.R. 6135) to designate the Federal ate. points back home. But Fred didn’t do building and United States courthouse Fred was an outstanding attorney that. He stayed with his position that located at 719 Church Street in Nash- and Federal employee. He made Ten- States’ rights should be first and those ville, Tennessee, as the ‘‘Fred D. nessee proud when he was counsel to areas of tort liability should have re- Thompson Federal Building and United the Watergate Committee. In a phe- mained with the States. I came to see States Courthouse’’. nomenal fashion, he gave people a good Fred get that award. The Clerk read the title of the bill. feeling about bipartisanship when a Re- Fred had a wonderful wife and a won- The text of the bill is as follows: publican such as Fred Thompson stood derful family. One of his sons was a H.R. 6135 up and raised the questions that needed good friend of my mine. He still is. I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- to be raised to end the illegal and am honored to be a sponsor of this bill. resentatives of the United States of America in crime-ridden episodes of Richard Nixon I am sorry that Fred left us, suc- Congress assembled, that were exposed in Watergate. cumbing to cancer last year, but it is SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. Despite the fact that Richard Nixon appropriate that we name the U.S. The Federal building and United States was a Republican, Fred Thompson saw courthouse located at 719 Church Street in courthouse and Federal building in to it that when the President acted in Nashville after this great American. Nashville, Tennessee, shall be known and an untowardly fashion, diminishing the designated as the ‘‘Fred D. Thompson Fed- Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I yield eral Building and United States Court- Constitution, diminishing our govern- such time as she may consume to the house’’. ment, all Americans should stand up gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. SEC. 2. REFERENCES. and oppose such. Fred did it in an ad- BLACKBURN). Any reference in a law, map, regulation, miral way, and Richard Nixon resigned Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I document, paper, or other record of the eventually, and Gerald Ford helped want to thank the gentleman from United States to the Federal building and save our country. Vice Presidents can California for his work in moving this United States courthouse referred to in sec- do that. legislation forward and also my col- tion 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to Fred served as an Assistant U.S. At- league from Tennessee for joining me the ‘‘Fred D. Thompson Federal Building and torney. He was a mentee of Senator on this bill. It is such an honor to bring United States Courthouse’’. Howard Baker, a great Member of the it forward and to push for the naming The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- United States Senate and a great of the Federal courthouse in Nashville ant to the rule, the gentleman from American. He was also a private-prac- as the Fred D. Thompson Federal California (Mr. DENHAM) and the gen- ticing attorney who had a case con- Building and United States Court- tleman from Massachusetts (Mr. CAPU- cerning pardons. It was a Democrat house. ANO) each will control 20 minutes. was doing things that were illegal. Ray You know, it is so interesting. Fred The Chair recognizes the gentleman Blanton from Tennessee was giving learned a lot about life and about the from California. pardons that were improper. Marie law working in the current Federal GENERAL LEAVE Ragghianti stepped forward. building. As that building has been Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I ask Fred Thompson wrote a book about outgrown and the need for a new one is unanimous consent that all Members Marie exposing illegal pardons. Some- in the works, it is so exciting to know may have 5 legislative days in which to body who did the script thought Fred that Fred’s name will be emblazoned revise and extend their remarks and in- could make a good actor. And Fred on that building. It is exciting for all of clude extraneous materials on H.R. made a good actor. He did a lot of TV the residents of Lawrence County, Ten- 6135. series and movies and had another ca- nessee. That is where Fred grew up.

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And that is where mission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of sider in weighing such changes; and I got to know the Thompson family. the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- (B) submit to Congress a report on the tives, the Clerk received the following mes- b 1530 study conducted under subparagraph (A). sage from the Secretary of the Senate on No- (2) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study I know this is a very exciting day for vember 29, 2016, at 1:48 p.m.: under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General them, to know that this is actually That the Senate passed S. 2873. shall focus on the benefits to crime victims taking place, that the House is com- With best wishes, I am, that would result if the restitution provi- pleting their work and we are sending Sincerely, sions under sections 3663 and 3663A of title KAREN L. HAAS. this on to the Senate for Senators 18, United States Code, were expanded— (A) to apply to victims who have suffered CORKER and ALEXANDER to do their f harm, injury, or loss that would not have oc- part of the work on this building. JUSTICE FOR ALL curred but for the defendant’s related con- Many people did know Fred Thomp- REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2016 duct; son as an actor, and one of the things Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I (B) in the case of an offense resulting in you would hear people talk about is move to suspend the rules and pass the bodily injury resulting in the victim’s death, Fred was a ‘‘character actor.’’ But that bill (S. 2577) to protect crime victims’ to allow the court to use its discretion to award an appropriate sum to reflect the in- unassuming manner, the way he valued rights, to eliminate the substantial and embodied integrity, that was just come lost by the victim’s surviving family backlog of DNA and other forensic evi- members or estate as a result of the victim’s Fred. That was how he lived his life, dence samples to improve and expand and he was a great ‘‘character actor’’ death; the forensic science testing capacity of (C) to require that the defendant pay to because he really played himself. Federal, State, and local crime labora- the victim an amount determined by the Whether it was ‘‘Marie,’’ whether it tories, to increase research and devel- court to restore the victim to the position he was the ‘‘Hunt for Red October,’’ opment of new testing technologies, to or she would have been in had the defendant whether you were watching him on the develop new training programs regard- not committed the offense; and small screen or the big screen, he was (D) to require that the defendant com- ing the collection and use of forensic pensate the victim for any injury, harm, or exactly who he appeared to be, very un- evidence, to provide post-conviction assuming, very dedicated, very smart, loss, including emotional distress, that oc- testing of DNA evidence to exonerate curred as a result of the offense. and a wonderful attorney. the innocent, to support accreditation Of course, his public service did start SEC. 3. REDUCING THE RAPE KIT BACKLOG. efforts of forensic science laboratories as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Nash- (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made and medical examiner offices, to ad- ville in the old Federal courthouse, and available to the Attorney General for a DNA dress training and equipment needs, to Analysis and capacity enhancement program that did grow. The Watergate Com- improve the performance of counsel in and for other local, State, and Federal foren- mittee, as Congressman COHEN has State capital cases, and for other pur- sic activities under the heading ‘‘STATE AND mentioned, was where Fred really poses, as amended. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT’’ under the heading made a mark and where he became ex- FFICE OF USTICE ROGRAMS The Clerk read the title of the bill. ‘‘O J P ’’ under the heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE’’ in tremely close to Senator Howard The text of the bill is as follows: Baker, who was such a role model for fiscal years 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021— S. 2577 so many generations of Tennesseans (1) not less than 75 percent of such and Americans. How exciting it would Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- amounts shall be provided for grants for ac- resentatives of the United States of America in tivities described under paragraphs (1), (2), be for Senator Baker to be here to Congress assembled, and (3) of section 2(a) of the DNA Analysis know Fred’s name was going to be on SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. that courthouse in Nashville. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice for 14135(a)); and This is the right move for the right All Reauthorization Act of 2016’’. (2) not less than 5 percent of such amounts person. I encourage all of my col- SEC. 2. CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS. shall be provided for grants for law enforce- leagues to join in passage of this legis- (a) RESTITUTION DURING SUPERVISED RE- ment agencies to conduct audits of their lation. LEASE.—Section 3583(d) of title 18, United backlogged rape kits under section 2(a)(7) of Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, I yield States Code, is amended in the first sentence the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act back the balance of my time. by inserting ‘‘, that the defendant make res- of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135(a)(7)) to create and op- Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, given titution in accordance with sections 3663 and erate associated tracking systems and to 3663A, or any other statute authorizing a prioritize testing in those cases in which the Senator Thompson’s dedication to the statute of limitation will soon expire. law and public service, I believe it is sentence of restitution,’’ after ‘‘supervision’’. (b) COLLECTION OF RESTITUTION FROM DE- (b) REPORTING.— more than fitting to name this court- FENDANT’S ESTATE.—Section 3613(b) of title (1) REPORT BY GRANT RECIPIENTS.—With re- house and Federal building in Nashville 18, United States Code, is amended by adding spect to amounts made available to the At- after him. at the end the following: ‘‘The liability to torney General for a DNA Analysis and ca- I yield back the balance of my time. pay restitution shall terminate on the date pacity enhancement program and for other The SPEAKER pro tempore. The that is the later of 20 years from the entry of local, State, and Federal forensic activities question is on the motion offered by judgment or 20 years after the release from under the heading ‘‘STATE AND LOCAL LAW EN- the gentleman from California (Mr. imprisonment of the person ordered to pay FORCEMENT’’ under the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF restitution. In the event of the death of the JUSTICE PROGRAMS’’ under the heading ‘‘DE- DENHAM) that the House suspend the PARTMENT OF JUSTICE’’, the Attorney rules and pass the bill, H.R. 6135. person ordered to pay restitution, the indi- vidual’s estate will be held responsible for General shall require recipients of the The question was taken; and (two- any unpaid balance of the restitution amounts to report on the effectiveness of the thirds being in the affirmative) the amount, and the lien provided in subsection activities carried out using the amounts, in- rules were suspended and the bill was (c) of this section shall continue until the es- cluding any information the Attorney Gen- passed. tate receives a written release of that liabil- eral needs in order to submit the report re- A motion to reconsider was laid on ity.’’. quired under paragraph (2). the table. (c) VICTIM INTERPRETERS.—Rule 28 of the (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is month after the last day of each even-num- f amended in the first sentence by inserting bered fiscal year, the Attorney General shall COMMUNICATION FROM THE before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of CLERK OF THE HOUSE including an interpreter for the victim’’. the Senate and the Committee on the Judici- (d) GAO STUDY.— ary of the House of Representatives a report The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days that includes, for each recipient of amounts fore the House the following commu- after the date of enactment of this Act, the described in paragraph (1)— nication from the Clerk of the House of Comptroller General of the United States (A) the amounts distributed to the recipi- Representatives: shall— ent;

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