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Union Calendar No. 256 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2270 
[Report No. 114–335] 
To redesignate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, located in the State 
of Washington, as the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Ref-
uge, to establish the Medicine Creek Treaty National Historic Site within 
the wildlife refuge, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2015 
Mr. HECK of Washington (for himself, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. LARSEN of Wash-
ington, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mrs. MCMORRIS ROD-
GERS, Mr. KILMER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Mr. COLE, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. HONDA, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 
BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, and Mr. GRI-
JALVA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
NOVEMBER 16, 2015 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. HUFFMAN, and Mr. RUIZ 
NOVEMBER 16, 2015 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 12, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To redesignate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, lo-
cated in the State of Washington, as the Billy Frank 
Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, to establish the 
Medicine Creek Treaty National Historic Site within the 
wildlife refuge, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Billy Frank Jr. Tell 
Your Story Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF THE NISQUALLY NATIONAL 
WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.—The Nisqually National Wild-
life Refuge, located in the State of Washington, is redesig-
nated as the ‘‘Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife 
Refuge’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any statute, rule, 
regulation, Executive Order, publication, map, paper, or 
other document of the United States to the Nisqually Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge is deemed to refer to the Billy Frank 
Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. 
SEC. 3. MEDICINE CREEK TREATY NATIONAL MEMORIAL, 
WASHINGTON. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Medi-
cine Creek Treaty National Memorial within the Billy 
Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge to commemo-
rate the location of the signing of the Medicine Creek Treaty 
of 1854 between the United States Government and leaders 
of the Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup, and Squaxin Is-
land Indian Tribes. 
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(b) ACREAGE AND ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary 
of the Interior shall establish the boundaries of the Medicine 
Creek Treaty National Memorial and provide for adminis-
tration and interpretation of the memorial by the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall coordinate with representatives of the Muckleshoot, 
Nisqually, Puyallup, and Squaxin Island Indian Tribes in 
providing for the interpretation of the Medicine Creek Trea-
ty National Memorial. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to redesignate 
the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, located in the 
State of Washington, as the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually 
National Wildlife Refuge, to establish the Medicine Creek 
Treaty National Memorial within the wildlife refuge, and 
for other purposes.’’. 
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