S. 5066 

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two 

An Act 

To designate Mount Young in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Don Young Recognition Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

Congress finds that— 

(1) on June 9, 1933, Donald Edwin Young was born to 

James Young and Nora (Bucy) Young in Meridian, California; 

(2) Don Young earned— 

(A) an associate degree from Yuba Junior College; and 

(B) a bachelor’s degree in teaching from Chico State 

University; 

(3) from 1955 to 1957, Don Young began decades of service 

to the United States when he served in the Army as part 

of the 41st Tank Battalion; 

(4) in 1959, Don Young moved to Alaska and found his 

true home in the village of Fort Yukon, which is located 7 

miles above the Arctic Circle; 

(5) Don Young met and married the first love of his life, 

Lula ‘‘Lu’’ Young, in Fort Yukon; 

(6) Don and Lu Young had— 

(A) 2 wonderful daughters, Joni and Dawn (Sister); 

and 

(B) 14 grandchildren; 

(7) Don Young— 

(A) taught fifth grade at a school run by the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs during the winter; and 

(B) during the warmer months, worked— 

(i) in construction, mining, fishing, and trapping; 

and 

(ii) as a tugboat captain; 

(8) Don Young— 

(A) was elected mayor of Fort Yukon in 1964; and 

(B) served as mayor of Fort Yukon until 1967; 

(9) Don Young was elected to and served in— 

(A) the Alaska House of Representatives from 1967 

to 1970; and 

(B) the Alaska State Senate from 1970 to 1973; 

(10) Don Young— 

(A) was elected to the House of Representatives in 

1973 in a special election; and 
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(B) served 24 additional consecutive terms in the House 

of Representatives; 

(11) Representative Don Young served as— 

(A) the Chair of the Committee on Natural Resources 

of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001; and 

(B) the Chair of Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure of the House of Representatives from 2001 

to 2007; 

(12) Representative Don Young was a champion for Alaska 

Natives, including as Chair of the Subcommittee on Indian, 

Insular and Alaska Native Affairs of the Committee on Natural 

Resources of the House of Representatives; 

(13) Representative Don Young— 

(A) fiercely defended Alaska and Alaskans as the sole 

Representative for the largest State in the United States; 

and 

(B) devoted himself to fulfilling the immense promise 

of his home State; 

(14) Representative Don Young was a leader in strengthening the role of Alaska in providing for the national defense 

of the United States through his— 

(A) support for— 

(i) the Coast Guard; 

(ii) the Alaskan Command; and 

(iii) the ballistic missile defense; and 

(B) steadfast commitment to the leadership of the 

United States in the Arctic; 

(15) Representative Don Young— 

(A) sponsored not fewer than 85 bills that were enacted 

into Federal law; and 

(B) sponsored and cosponsored many more measures 

that were part of broader legislation; 

(16) legislative achievements by Representative Don Young 

span the policy spectrum, from authorizing the construction 

of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System to important amendments 

and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 

et seq.); 

(17) Representative Don Young authored and advocated 

for generational laws, including— 

(A) the Indian Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) in 1975; 

(B) the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) in 1976; 

(C) the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement 

Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–57; 111 Stat. 1252) in 1997; 

(D) SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1144) 

in 2005; 

(E) the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

Reauthorization Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–132; 121 

Stat. 1360) in 2007; and 

(F) the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public 

Law 117–58; 135 Stat. 429) in 2021; 

(18) Representative Don Young— 

(A) formed strong relationships and friendships with 

Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle; and 

(B) proudly worked with 10 different Presidents; 
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(19) in 2015, Representative Don Young married his second 

love, Anne Garland Walton, in the United States Capitol; 

(20) on December 5, 2017, Representative Don Young 

became the 45th Dean of the House of Representatives, 

reflecting his status as the most senior Member of the House 

of Representatives; 

(21) Representative Don Young was the longest-serving 

Republican in the history of Congress; and 

(22) Representative Don Young ultimately served the 49th 

State with dedication and distinction for 49 years and 13 days, 

which is more than 3⁄4 of the period during which Alaska 

has been a State. 

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MOUNT YOUNG, ALASKA. 

(a) DESIGNATION.—Not later than 30 days after the date of 

enactment of this Act, the Board on Geographic Names shall designate the 2,598-foot volcanic peak known as ‘‘Mount Cerberus’’ 

located at 51.93569°N, 179.5848°E, on Semisopochnoi Island in 

the State of Alaska as ‘‘Mount Young’’. 

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 

document, paper, or other record of the United States to the mountain peak described in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a 

reference to ‘‘Mount Young’’. 

SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF DON YOUNG ALASKA JOB CORPS CENTER. 

(a) DESIGNATION.—The Job Corps center located at 800 East 

Lynn Martin Drive in Palmer, Alaska, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Don Young Alaska Job Corps Center’’. 

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 

document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Job 

Corps center described in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 

a reference to the ‘‘Don Young Alaska Job Corps Center’’. 

SEC. 5. DESIGNATION OF DON YOUNG FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDING. 

(a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal office building located at 101 

12th Avenue in Fairbanks, Alaska, shall be known and designated 

as the ‘‘Don Young Federal Office Building’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 

document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal 

office building described in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 

a reference to the ‘‘Don Young Federal Office Building’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.