Rock Creek National Park Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4599
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-12-07
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-12-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Rock Creek National Park Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill redesignates Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock Creek National Park. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4599 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 7, 2017 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 2017 . 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.