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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4014
To require that new signs installed on Park Service Lands on or adjacent
to the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Northern Virginia,
Maryland, the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, directing motorists
to Ronald Reagan National Airport must comply with the will of Con-
gress, the President, and the American people by prominently including
the full name, ‘‘Ronald Reagan National Airport’’, and for other pur-
poses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 5, 1998
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. Cox of California, and
Mr. BARR of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To require that new signs installed on Park Service Lands
on or adjacent to the George Washington Memorial
Parkway in Northern Virginia, Maryland, the District
of Columbia, or elsewhere, directing motorists to Ronald
Reagan National Airport must comply with the will of
Congress, the President, and the American people by
prominently including the full name, ‘‘Ronald Reagan
National Airport’’, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ronald Reagan Na-
tional Airport Preservation and Protection Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) Ronald Reagan is an American hero deserv-
ing of recognition;
(2) the will of the Congress to honor President
Reagan was clearly expressed when both Houses
overwhelmingly passed legislation changing the name
of ‘‘Washington National Airport’’ to ‘‘Ronald
Reagan Washington National Airport’’ on February
4, 1998;
(3) the will of President Clinton to honor Presi-
dent Ronald Reagan was clearly expressed when he
signed such legislation into law on February 6,
1998, the 87th birthday of President Reagan; and
(4) notwithstanding the fact that the will of the
Congress and the President had been clearly ex-
pressed through passage of such legislation and
signing such legislation into law, the National Park
Service (NPS) has recently announced that it in-
tends to erect new signs on the George Washington
Memorial Parkway directing motorists to Ronald
Reagan National Airport that omit Ronald Reagan’s
name.
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF SIGNS OMITTING RONALD REA-
GAN’S NAME.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Director of the National Park Service—
(1) shall not erect any new signs on, near, or
adjacent to the George Washington Memorial Park-
way in Northern Virginia, Maryland, the District of
Columbia, or elsewhere, displaying the name, ‘‘Na-
tional Airport’’, but omitting the name ‘‘Ronald
Reagan’’;
(2) shall, on or before August 5, 1998, replace
all signs on, near, or adjacent to the George Wash-
ington Memorial Parkway in Northern Virginia,
Maryland, the District of Columbia, or elsewhere,
displaying the name ‘‘National Airport’’ with signs
prominently displaying the name ‘‘Ronald Reagan
National Airport’’; and
(3) shall fund the replacement pursuant to sub-
section (2) of any signs that had been erected after
February 4, 1998, entirely out of the budget of the
Director of the National Park Service.
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