Title: Don Young Recognition Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Don Young Recognition Act
This bill designates (1) the volcanic peak known as Mount Cerberus as Mount Young; (2) the Jobs Corps center located at 800 East Lynn Martin Drive in Palmer, Alaska, as the Don Young Alaska Job Corps Center; and (3) the federal office building located at 101 12th Avenue in Fairbanks, Alaska, as the Don Young Federal Office Building.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5066 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5066

    To designate Mount Young in the State of Alaska, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2022

 Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment 
                            and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
    To designate Mount Young in the State of Alaska, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Don Young Recognition Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) on June 9, 1933, Donald Edwin Young was born to James 
        Young and Nora (Bucy) Young in Meridian, California;
            (2) Don Young earned--
                    (A) an associate degree from Yuba Junior College; 
                and
                    (B) a bachelor's degree in teaching from Chico 
                State University;
            (3) from 1955 to 1957, Don Young began decades of service 
        to the United States when he served in the Army as part of the 
        41st Tank Battalion;
            (4) in 1959, Don Young moved to Alaska and found his true 
        home in the village of Fort Yukon, which is located 7 miles 
        above the Arctic Circle;
            (5) Don Young met and married the first love of his life, 
        Lula ``Lu'' Young, in Fort Yukon;
            (6) Don and Lu Young had--
                    (A) 2 wonderful daughters, Joni and Dawn (Sister); 
                and
                    (B) 14 grandchildren;
            (7) Don Young--
                    (A) taught fifth grade at a school run by the 
                Bureau of Indian Affairs during the winter; and
                    (B) during the warmer months, worked--
                            (i) in construction, mining, fishing, and 
                        trapping; and
                            (ii) as a tugboat captain;
            (8) Don Young--
                    (A) was elected mayor of Fort Yukon in 1964; and
                    (B) served as mayor of Fort Yukon until 1967;
            (9) Don Young was elected to and served in--
                    (A) the Alaska House of Representatives from 1967 
                to 1970; and
                    (B) the Alaska State Senate from 1970 to 1973;
            (10) Don Young--
                    (A) was elected to the House of Representatives in 
                1973 in a special election; and
                    (B) served 24 additional consecutive terms in the 
                House of Representatives;
            (11) Representative Don Young served as--
                    (A) the Chair of the Committee on Natural Resources 
                of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001; and
                    (B) the Chair of Committee on Transportation and 
                Infrastructure of the House of Representatives from 
                2001 to 2007;
            (12) Representative Don Young was a champion for Alaska 
        Natives, including as Chair of the Subcommittee on Indian, 
        Insular and Alaska Native Affairs of the Committee on Natural 
        Resources of the House of Representatives;
            (13) Representative Don Young--
                    (A) fiercely defended Alaska and Alaskans as the 
                sole Representative for the largest State in the United 
                States; and
                    (B) devoted himself to fulfilling the immense 
                promise of his home State;
            (14) Representative Don Young was a leader in strengthening 
        the role of Alaska in providing for the national defense of the 
        United States through his--
                    (A) support for--
                            (i) the Coast Guard;
                            (ii) the Alaskan Command; and
                            (iii) the ballistic missile defense; and
                    (B) steadfast commitment to the leadership of the 
                United States in the Arctic;
            (15) Representative Don Young--
                    (A) sponsored not fewer than 85 bills that were 
                enacted into Federal law; and
                    (B) sponsored and cosponsored many more measures 
                that were part of broader legislation;
            (16) legislative achievements by Representative Don Young 
        span the policy spectrum, from authorizing the construction of 
        the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System to important amendments and 
        the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
        seq.);
            (17) Representative Don Young authored and advocated for 
        generational laws, including--
                    (A) the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
                Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) in 1975;
                    (B) the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
                Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) in 1976;
                    (C) the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement 
                Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-57; 111 Stat. 1252) in 
                1997;
                    (D) SAFETEA-LU (Public Law 109-59; 119 Stat. 1144) 
                in 2005;
                    (E) the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
                Reauthorization Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-132; 121 
                Stat. 1360) in 2007; and
                    (F) the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
                (Public Law 117-58; 135 Stat. 429) in 2021;
            (18) Representative Don Young--
                    (A) formed strong relationships and friendships 
                with Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle; 
                and
                    (B) proudly worked with 10 different Presidents;
            (19) in 2015, Representative Don Young married his second 
        love, Anne Garland Walton, in the United States Capitol;
            (20) on December 5, 2017, Representative Don Young became 
        the 45th Dean of the House of Representatives, reflecting his 
        status as the most senior Member of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (21) Representative Don Young was the longest-serving 
        Republican in the history of Congress; and
            (22) Representative Don Young ultimately served the 49th 
        State with dedication and distinction for 49 years and 13 days, 
        which is more than \3/4\ of the period during which Alaska has 
        been a State.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MOUNT YOUNG, ALASKA.

    (a) Designation.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Board on Geographic Names shall designate 
the 2,598-foot volcanic peak known as ``Mount Cerberus'' located at 
51.93569N, 179.5848E, on Semisopochnoi Island in the State of Alaska 
as ``Mount Young''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the mountain peak 
described in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to 
``Mount Young''.

SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF DON YOUNG ALASKA JOB CORPS CENTER.

    (a) Designation.--The Job Corps center located at 800 East Lynn 
Martin Drive in Palmer, Alaska, shall be known and designated as the 
``Don Young Alaska Job Corps Center''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Job Corps center 
described in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
``Don Young Alaska Job Corps Center''.

SEC. 5. DESIGNATION OF DON YOUNG FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDING.

    (a) Designation.--The Federal office building located at 101 12th 
Avenue in Fairbanks, Alaska, shall be known and designated as the ``Don 
Young Federal Office Building''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal office 
building described in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ``Don Young Federal Office Building''.
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