Rock Creek National Park Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3619
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-09-25
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-09-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Rock Creek National Park Act of 2015</b></p> <p> Redesignates the Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock Creek National Park. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3619 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 25, 2015 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To redesignate Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock Creek National Park.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rock Creek National Park Act of 2015 . 2. Redesignation of Rock Creek Park as Rock Creek National Park (a) Redesignation In recognition of its nationally significant natural, cultural, and historical resources, and important recreational opportunities, Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia, established by the Act of September 27, 1890 (26 Stat. 492), is redesignated as Rock Creek National Park . (b) Conforming amendments Title 40, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 8104(b), by striking Rock Creek Park and inserting Rock Creek National Park ; and (2) in section 8501(a)(3)(B), by striking Rock Creek Park and inserting Rock Creek National Park . (c) References Any reference in any law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia is deemed to be a reference to Rock Creek National Park.