I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 620 
To designate the Rachel Carson Nature Trail, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2013 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To designate the Rachel Carson Nature Trail, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Rachel Carson Nature 
Trail Designation Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that Rachel Carson— 
(1) was born on May 27, 1907, on a farm in 
Springdale, Pennsylvania, graduated magna cum 
laude with a bachelor’s degree in biology from the 
Pennsylvania College for Women (later Chatham 
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College), and was awarded a full scholarship that en-
abled her to obtain a master’s degree in marine zool-
ogy from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore; 
(2) was a world-renowned environmental sci-
entist, writer, and educator; 
(3) worked as a writer, editor, and ultimately 
Editor-in-Chief for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice’s publications department; 
(4) published the groundbreaking book Silent 
Spring in September 1962, which was translated 
into more than a dozen foreign languages and in-
spired the environmental movement; 
(5) used the National Park Service’s Glover 
Archbold Park in the District of Columbia for her 
observations and study of nature and the environ-
ment; 
(6) accomplished much of her professional work 
at the United States Department of the Interior in 
the District of Columbia; 
(7) performed research on pesticides, the find-
ings of which were sustained by a Science Advisory 
Committee appointed during President John F. Ken-
nedy’s administration, and resulted in State legisla-
tures enacting pesticide-regulating legislation; 
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(8) was inducted into the American Academy of 
Arts and Letters and received many other honors; 
(9) passed away on April 14, 1964, in Silver 
Spring, Maryland; and 
(10) leaves a rich legacy that will continue to 
benefit present and future generations well beyond 
the 50th anniversary of Silent Spring in September 
2012. 
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THE RACHEL CARSON TRAIL. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The trail located in Glover 
Archbold Park in the District of Columbia from Canal 
Road to Van Ness Street, designated by the National Park 
Service as Reservation 351 and 450, shall be designated 
and known as the ‘‘Rachel Carson Nature Trail’’. 
(b) REFERENCE.—Any reference in any law, regula-
tions, document, record, map, paper, or other record of 
the United States to the trail referred to in subsection (a) 
is deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Rachel Carson Nature 
Trail’’. 
(c) SIGNAGE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
post signs on or near the Rachel Carson Nature Trail that 
include one or more of the following: 
(1) Information on Rachel Carson and her con-
tributions to the environmental movement. 
(2) Images of Rachel Carson. 
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(3) References to Rachel Carson’s efforts to 
educate others about the importance of environ-
mental protection, conservation, and sustainability. 
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