IIB 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5194 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mt. Andrea Lawrence 

3 Designation Act of 2010’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds that Andrea Mead Lawrence— 

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

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

8 of winter sports and appreciation for the environ9 ment; 

10 (2) competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics in 

11 St. Moritz, Switzerland, and the 1956 Winter Olym12 pics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, and was the torch 

13 lighter at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Val14 ley, California; 

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

16 and giant slalom races at the 1952 Winter Olympics 

17 in Oslo, Norway, and remains the only United 

18 States double-gold medalist in alpine skiing; 

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

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

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

22 spectacularly beautiful Eastern Sierra of California, 

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

24 life; 


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1 (6) founded the Friends of Mammoth to main2 tain the beauty and serenity of Mammoth Lakes and 

3 the Eastern Sierra; 

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

5 Board of Supervisors, where she worked tirelessly to 

6 protect and restore Mono Lake, Bodie State Historic 

7 Park and other important natural and cultural land8 scapes of the Eastern Sierra; 

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

10 Air Pollution Control District, to reduce air pollution 

11 that had been caused by the dewatering of Owens 

12 Lake; 

13 (9) founded the Andrea Lawrence Institute for 

14 Mountains and Rivers in 2003 to work for environ15 mental protection and economic vitality in the region 

16 she loved so much; 

17 (10) testified in 2008 before the Mono County 

18 Board of Supervisors in favor of the Eastern Sierra 

19 and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act, a bill 

20 that was enacted the day before she died; 

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

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

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

24 and 


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

2 benefit present and future generations. 

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

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

5 northeast of Donahue Peak on the northern border of the 

6 Ansel Adams Wilderness and Yosemite National Park 

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

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

9 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg10 ulation, document, record, or other paper of the United 

11 States to the peak described in subsection (a) shall be con12 sidered to be a reference to ‘‘Mt. Andrea Lawrence’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 

2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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