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Calendar No. 343 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 490 

To designate a mountain ridge in the State of Montana as ‘‘B–47 Ridge’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2019 

Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

DECEMBER 17, 2019 

Reported by Ms. MURKOWSKI, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To designate a mountain ridge in the State of Montana 

as ‘‘B–47 Ridge’’. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘B–47 Ridge Designa5 tion Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF B–47 RIDGE, MONTANA. 

7 (a) DESIGNATION.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The unnamed mountain 

2 ridge located at 45°14′40.89′′N, 110°43′38.75′′W 

3 that runs south and west of Emigrant Peak in the 

4 Absaroka Range in the State of Montana, which is 

5 the approximate site of a crash of a B–47, shall be 

6 known and designated as ‘‘B–47 Ridge’’. 

7 (2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, 

8 map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of 

9 the United States to the ridge described in para10 graph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to ‘‘B– 

11 47 Ridge’’. 

12 (b) AUTHORIZATION FOR PLAQUE.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—A plaque that memorializes 

14 the crash of the B–47 (including denoting the names 

15 of the victims of the crash) may be installed on B– 

16 47 Ridge. 

17 (2) FUNDING.—No Federal funds may be used 

18 to design, procure, install, or maintain the plaque 

19 authorized under paragraph (1). 

20 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

21 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘B–47 Ridge Designation 

22 Act’’. 

23 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF B–47 RIDGE, MONTANA. 

24 (a) DESIGNATION.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The unnamed mountain ridge 

2 located at 45°14′40.89′′N, 110°43′38.75′′W that runs 

3 south and west of Emigrant Peak in the Absaroka 

4 Range in the State of Montana, which is the approxi5 mate site of a crash of a B–47, shall be known and 

6 designated as ‘‘B–47 Ridge’’. 

7 (2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, 

8 regulation, document, paper, or other record of the 

9 United States to the ridge described in paragraph (1) 

10 shall be deemed to be a reference to ‘‘B–47 Ridge’’. 

11 (b) AUTHORIZATION FOR PLAQUE.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture 

13 may authorize the installation and maintenance of a 

14 plaque on B–47 Ridge that— 

15 (A) memorializes the 1962 crash of the B– 

16 47 aircraft at the site; and 

17 (B) may include the names of the victims of 

18 the crash. 

19 (2) AUTHORIZED TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

20 Secretary of Agriculture may include any terms and 

21 conditions in the authorization for a plaque under 

22 paragraph (1) that the Secretary of Agriculture deter23 mines to be necessary. 


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1 (3) FUNDING.—No Federal funds may be used to 

2 design, procure, install, or maintain the plaque au3 thorized under paragraph (1). 


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Calendar No. 343 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 490 

A BILL 

To designate a mountain ridge in the State of 

Montana as ‘‘B–47 Ridge’’. 

DECEMBER 17, 2019 

Reported with an amendment 


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