New River Gorge National Park Designation Act

Bill: 115-s-3534
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2018-10-01
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Lakes and rivers

Parks, recreation areas, trails

West Virginia
Latest action: action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-10-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>New River Gorge National Park Designation Act</b></p> <p>This bill redesignates the New River Gorge National River in West Virginia as the &quot;New River Gorge National Park.&quot; </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3534 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 1 (legislative day, September 28), 2018 Mrs. Capito introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To redesignate the New River Gorge National River in the State of West Virginia as the “New River Gorge National Park”.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the New River Gorge National Park Designation Act . 2. Designation of New River Gorge National Park, West Virginia (a) Redesignation The New River Gorge National River established under section 1101 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 460m–15 ) shall be known and designated as the New River Gorge National Park . (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the New River Gorge National River shall be considered to be a reference to the New River Gorge National Park . (c) Effect of redesignation on certain obligations of the Secretary Nothing in this section modifies the obligations of the Secretary under section 1106 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 460m–20 ).