PUBLIC LAW 112–259—JAN. 10, 2013 126 STAT. 2415 

Public Law 112–259 

112th Congress 

An Act 

To designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence. 

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 ‘‘Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation 

Act of 2011’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

Congress finds that Andrea Mead Lawrence— 

(1) was born in Rutland County, Vermont, on April 19, 

1932, where she developed a life-long love of winter sports 

and appreciation for the environment; 

(2) competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, 

Switzerland, and the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina 

d’Ampezzo, Italy, and was the torch lighter at the 1960 Winter 

Olympics in Squaw Valley, California; 

(3) won 2 Gold Medals in the Olympic special and giant 

slalom races at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, 

and remains the only United States double-gold medalist in 

alpine skiing; 

(4) was inducted into the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame 

in 1958 at the age of 25; 

(5) moved in 1968 to Mammoth Lakes in the spectacularly 

beautiful Eastern Sierra of California, a place that she fought 

to protect for the rest of her life; 

(6) founded the Friends of Mammoth to maintain the 

beauty and serenity of Mammoth Lakes and the Eastern Sierra; 

(7) served for 16 years on the Mono County Board of 

Supervisors, where she worked tirelessly to protect and restore 

Mono Lake, Bodie State Historic Park, and other important 

natural and cultural landscapes of the Eastern Sierra; 

(8) worked, as a member of the Great Basin Air Pollution 

Control District, to reduce air pollution that had been caused 

by the dewatering of Owens Lake; 

(9) founded the Andrea Lawrence Institute for Mountains 

and Rivers in 2003 to work for environmental protection and 

economic vitality in the region she loved so much; 

(10) testified in 2008 before the Mono County Board of 

Supervisors in favor of the Eastern Sierra and Northern San 

Gabriel Wild Heritage Act, a bill that was enacted the day 

before she died; 

Mt. Andrea 

Lawrence 

Designation Act 

of 2011. 

Jan. 10, 2013 

[S. 925] 


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126 STAT. 2416 PUBLIC LAW 112–259—JAN. 10, 2013 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 925 (H.R. 1818): 

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112–505 (Comm. on Natural Resources) accompanying

H.R. 1818. 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 

Vol. 157 (2011): Oct. 18, considered and passed Senate. 

Vol. 158 (2012): Dec. 19, 20, considered and passed House. 

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(11) passed away on March 31, 2009, at 76 years of age, 

leaving 5 children, Cortlandt, Matthew, Deirdre, Leslie, and 

Quentin, and 4 grandchildren; and 

(12) leaves a rich legacy that will continue to benefit 

present and future generations. 

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MT. ANDREA LAWRENCE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Peak 12,240 (which is located 0.6 miles northeast of Donahue Peak on the northern border of the Ansel Adams 

Wilderness and Yosemite National Park (UTM coordinates Zone 

11, 304428 E, 4183631 N)) shall be known and designated as 

‘‘Mt. Andrea Lawrence’’. 

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

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

described in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a reference 

to ‘‘Mt. Andrea Lawrence’’. 

Approved January 10, 2013. 


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