PUBLIC LAW 111–284—OCT. 18, 2010 

MOUNT STEVENS AND TED STEVENS 

ICEFIELD DESIGNATION ACT 


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124 STAT. 3050 PUBLIC LAW 111–284—OCT. 18, 2010 

Public Law 111–284 

111th Congress 

An Act 

To designate a mountain and icefield in the State of Alaska as the ‘‘Mount Stevens’’ 

and ‘‘Ted Stevens Icefield’’, respectively. 

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 ‘‘Mount Stevens and Ted Stevens 

Icefield Designation Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

Congress finds that— 

(1) Theodore ‘‘Ted’’ Fulton Stevens, who began serving in 

the Senate 9 years after Alaska was admitted to Statehood, 

represented the people of the State of Alaska with distinction 

in the Senate for over 40 years from 1968 to 2009 and played 

a significant role in the transformation of the State of Alaska 

from an impoverished territory to a full-fledged State through 

the assistance he provided in building energy facilities, hospitals and clinics, roads, docks, airports, water and sewer facilities, schools, and other community facilities in the State of 

Alaska, which earned him recognition as ‘‘Alaskan of the Century’’ from the Alaska Legislature in 2000; 

(2) Ted Stevens distinguished himself as a transport pilot 

during World War II in support of the ‘‘Flying Tigers’’ of the 

United States Army Air Corps, 14th Air Force, earning 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses and other decorations for his skill and 

bravery; 

(3) Ted Stevens, after serving as a United States Attorney 

in the territory of Alaska, came to Washington, District of 

Columbia in 1956 to serve in the Eisenhower Administration 

in the Department of the Interior, where he was a leading 

force in securing the legislation that led to the admission of 

Alaska as the 49th State on January 3, 1959, and then as 

Solicitor of the Department of the Interior; 

(4) in 1961, Ted Stevens returned to the State of Alaska 

and, in 1964, was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives, where he was subsequently elected as Speaker pro tempore and majority leader until his appointment on December 

24, 1968, to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the 

death of Senator E.L. Bartlett; 

(5) Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican Senator 

in the history of the Senate, served as President pro tempore 

of the Senate from 2003 through 2007 and as President pro 

tempore emeritus from 2008 to 2009, and over the course 

Mount Stevens 

and Ted Stevens 

Icefield 

Designation Act. 

Oct. 18, 2010 

[S. 3802] 


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of his career in the Senate, Ted Stevens served as assistant 

Republican leader, Chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics, 

Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, 

Chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, and Chairman of 

the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; 

(6) Ted Stevens worked tirelessly for the enactment of 

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

seq.), which provided for the conveyance of approximately 

44,000,000 acres of land in the State of Alaska to the Aleut, 

Eskimo, and Indian peoples and created Native Corporations 

to secure the long-term economic, cultural, and political 

empowerment of the Native peoples of the State of Alaska; 

(7) Ted Stevens was a leader in shaping the communications policies of the United States, as he helped to establish 

the spectrum auction policy, negotiated the Telecommunications 

Act of 1996, authored the Digital Television Transition and 

Public Safety Act of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 309 note; Public Law 

109–171), and passionately advocated for the connection of 

rural America to the rest of the world and to improve the 

lives of the people of the United States through the use of 

telemedicine and distance learning; 

(8) Ted Stevens was a conservationist who championed 

the safe development of the natural resources of the United 

States, as illustrated by his authorship of the Trans-Alaska 

Pipeline Authorization Act (43 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), which established the 200-mile exclusive 

economic zone and led to a reduction in the dominance of 

foreign fishing fleets in the fisheries of the United States, 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 

Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–479; 120 Stat. 

3575), which established conservation measures designed to 

end overfishing, and the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act (16 U.S.C. 1826a et seq.), which provided for the 

denial of entry into ports of the United States and the imposition of sanctions on vessels carrying out large-scale driftnet 

fishing beyond the exclusive economic zone of any nation; 

(9) Ted Stevens was committed to health and fitness in 

his personal life and in his legislative accomplishments, as 

illustrated by his authorship of the Ted Stevens Amateur and 

Olympic Sports Act (36 U.S.C. 220501 et seq.), his encouragement of providing equality to female athletes through the enactment of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 

U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), and his leadership in improving physical 

education programs in schools through the Carol M. White 

Physical Education Program (20 U.S.C. 7261 et seq.); 

(10) Ted Stevens unconditionally supported the needs of 

the Armed Forces of the United States through visits to soldiers, 

sailors, airmen, marines, and Coast Guardsmen in every major 

military conflict and war zone where United States military 

personnel have been assigned during his service in the Senate, 

including Vietnam, Kuwait, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and in his role as Chairman and Ranking Member of 

the Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations for more than 

20 years; 


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(11) Ted Stevens was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather who worked to promote family-friendly policies in the 

Federal government; 

(12) Ted Stevens was well-respected for reaching across 

the aisle to forge bipartisan alliances and enjoyed many close 

friendships with colleagues in both political parties and with 

his staff, who were deeply loyal to him; and 

(13) the designation of the unnamed highest peak in the 

State of Alaska, along with an icefield in the Chugach National 

Forest in that State, in honor of Ted Stevens would be a 

fitting tribute to his honorable life and legacy. 

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MOUNT STEVENS. 

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

enactment of this Act, the United States Board on Geographic 

Names (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Board’’) shall designate 

the unnamed, 13,895-foot peak in the Alaska Range in Denali 

National Park and Preserve in the State of Alaska, located at 

latitude 62.920469308 and longitude –151.066510314, as the 

‘‘Mount Stevens’’. 

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

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

referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 

to the ‘‘Mount Stevens’’. 

SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF TED STEVENS ICEFIELD. 

(a) DEFINITION OF ICEFIELD.—In this section, the term ‘‘icefield’’ 

means the icefield in the northern Chugach National Forest in 

the State of Alaska— 

(1) comprising approximately 8,340 square miles, as delineated by the map entitled ‘‘Ice Field Name Proposal in Honor 

of Stevens’’ dated September 24, 2010, as prepared by the 

Forest Service and available for inspection at Forest Service 

headquarters in Washington, District of Columbia; and 

(2) including the Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Nelchina, 

Tazlina, Valdez, and Shoup Glaciers. 

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

enactment of this Act, the Board shall designate the icefield as 

the ‘‘Ted Stevens Icefield’’. 

Deadline. 

Deadline. 


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PUBLIC LAW 111–284—OCT. 18, 2010 124 STAT. 3053 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 3802: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010): 

Sept. 27, considered and passed Senate. 

Sept. 29, considered and passed House. 

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

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

shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Ted Stevens Icefield’’. 

Approved October 18, 2010. 


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