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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 113–401 

TO REDESIGNATE MAMMOTH PEAK IN YOSEMITE 

NATIONAL PARK AS ‘‘MOUNT JESSIE BENTON FRE ́ MONT’’ 

APRIL 4, 2014.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Natural 

Resources, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 1192] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the 

bill (H.R. 1192) to redesignate Mammoth Peak in Yosemite National Park as ‘‘Mount Jessie Benton Fre ́mont’’, having considered 

the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of H.R. 1192 is to redesignate Mammoth Peak in 

Yosemite National Park as ‘‘Mount Jessie Benton Fre ́mont’’. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

H.R. 1192 would redesignate ‘‘Mammoth Peak’’ in Yosemite National Park as ‘‘Mount Jessie Benton Fre ́mont’’. The peak is located 

at the northern end of the Kuna Crest, close to California State 

Route 120. 

Born on May 31, 1824, Jessie Benton Fre ́mont was the daughter 

of U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton who was a leading proponent 

of the nation’s westward expansion. In 1941, she married John C. 

Fre ́mont, an American military officer, explorer and later, politician. 

Jessie Benton Fre ́mont was a gifted writer and used her skill to 

transform her husband’s travel and exploration descriptions into 

popular narratives that were used by pioneers to guide their route 

west. In 1849, she traveled to California to join her husband at 

their Mariposa ranch, later returning to the East Coast to actively 

support her husband’s unsuccessful 1856 presidential campaign. 

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Mrs. Fre ́mont returned to California in 1858, where she became 

more familiar with the Sierra Nevada and recognized a need to 

conserve certain areas. She, along with others including Thomas 

Starr King and Frederick Law Olmsted, sought support to federally 

protect Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias. 

This advocacy eventually led to the ‘‘Yosemite Grant,’’ President 

Abraham Lincoln’s landmark legislation that set aside Yosemite 

Valley and Mariposa Grove as a protected area. The Yosemite 

Grant eventually led to the establishment of Yosemite National 

Park on Oct 1, 1890. H.R. 1192 recognizes Benton Frmont’s contribution to this accomplishment. 

Under the legislation, the National Park Service will continue to 

manage the proposed ‘‘Mount Jessie Benton Fre ́mont’’ within Yosemite National Park. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

H.R. 1192 was introduced on March 14, 2013, by Congressman 

Tom McClintock (R–CA). The bill was referred to the Committee on 

Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee 

on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. On February 26, 

2014, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill. On March 13, 

2014, the Natural Resources Committee met to consider the bill. 

The Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation 

was discharged by unanimous consent. The bill was adopted and 

ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by 

unanimous consent. 

COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 

Natural Resources’ oversight findings and recommendations are reflected in the body of this report. 

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII

1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of 

the House of Representatives requires an estimate and a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(2)(B) of that rule provides 

that this requirement does not apply when the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Under clause 

3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 

section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate for this bill from the 

Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

H.R. 1192—A bill to redesignate Mammoth Peak in Yosemite National Park as ‘‘Mount Jessie Benton Fre ́mont’’ 

H.R. 1192 would rename Mammoth Peak in Yosemite National 

Park in California as Mount Jessie Benton Fre ́mont. CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1192 would have no significant effect on the federal budget. Enacting H.R. 1192 would not affect dimstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with HEARINGS

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rect spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do 

not apply. 

H.R. 1192 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would 

not affect the budgets of state local, or tribal governments. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Martin von Gnechten. 

The estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. 

2. Section 308(a) of Congressional Budget Act. As required by 

clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

this bill does not contain any new budget authority, spending authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or 

tax expenditures. CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1192 

would have no significant effect on the federal budget. 

3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by 

clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or objective 

of this bill is to redesignate Mammoth Peak in Yosemite National 

Park as ‘‘Mount Jessie Benton Fre ́mont’’. 

EARMARK STATEMENT

This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks, limited 

tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined under clause 9(e), 

9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104–4

This bill contains no unfunded mandates. 

COMPLIANCE WITH H. RES. 5

Directed Rule Making. The Chairman does not believe that this 

bill directs any executive branch official to conduct any specific 

rule-making proceedings. 

Duplication of Existing Programs. This bill does not establish or 

reauthorize a program of the federal government known to be duplicative of another program. Such program was not included in 

any report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress 

pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111–139 or identified in the 

most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance published pursuant to the Federal Program Information Act (Public Law 95–220, 

as amended by Public Law 98–169) as relating to other programs. 

PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or tribal law. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

If enacted, this bill would make no changes in existing law. 

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