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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1818 

To designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2011 

Mr. MCKEON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Mt. Andrea Lawrence 

5 Designation Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that Andrea Mead Lawrence— 

8 (1) was born in Rutland County, Vermont, on 

9 April 19, 1932, where she developed a life-long love 

10 of winter sports and appreciation for the environ11 ment; 


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1 (2) competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics in 

2 St. Moritz, Switzerland, and the 1956 Winter Olym3 pics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, and was the torch 

4 lighter at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Val5 ley, California; 

6 (3) won 2 Gold Medals in the Olympic special 

7 and giant slalom races at the 1952 Winter Olympics 

8 in Oslo, Norway, and remains the only United 

9 States double-gold medalist in alpine skiing; 

10 (4) was inducted into the U.S. National Ski 

11 Hall of Fame in 1958 at the age of 25; 

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

13 spectacularly beautiful Eastern Sierra of California, 

14 a place that she fought to protect for the rest of her 

15 life; 

16 (6) founded the Friends of Mammoth to main17 tain the beauty and serenity of Mammoth Lakes and 

18 the Eastern Sierra; 

19 (7) served for 16 years on the Mono County 

20 Board of Supervisors, where she worked tirelessly to 

21 protect and restore Mono Lake, Bodie State Historic 

22 Park and other important natural and cultural land23 scapes of the Eastern Sierra; 

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

25 Air Pollution Control District, to reduce air pollution 


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1 that had been caused by the dewatering of Owens 

2 Lake; 

3 (9) founded the Andrea Lawrence Institute for 

4 Mountains and Rivers in 2003 to work for environ5 mental protection and economic vitality in the region 

6 she loved so much; 

7 (10) testified in 2008 before the Mono County 

8 Board of Supervisors in favor of the Eastern Sierra 

9 and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act, a bill 

10 that was enacted the day before she died; 

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

12 years of age, leaving 5 children, Cortlandt, Matthew, 

13 Deirdre, Leslie, and Quentin, and 4 grandchildren; 

14 and 

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

16 benefit present and future generations. 

17 SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MT. ANDREA LAWRENCE. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Peak 12,240 (located 0.6 miles 

19 northeast of Donahue Peak on the northern border of the 

20 Ansel Adams Wilderness and Yosemite National Park 

21 (UTM coordinates Zone 11, 304428 E, 4183631 N)) shall 

22 be known and designated as ‘‘Mt. Andrea Lawrence’’. 

23 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg24 ulation, document, record, or other paper of the United 


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1 States to the peak described in subsection (a) shall be con2 sidered to be a reference to ‘‘Mt. Andrea Lawrence’’. 

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