B–47 Ridge Designation Act

Bill: 116-hr-1267
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-02-14
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Accidents

Aviation and airports

Military personnel and dependents

Montana

Monuments and memorials
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 403.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>B-47 Ridge Designation Act</b></p> <p>This bill designates the mountain ridge that runs south and west of Emigrant Peak in the Absaroka Range in Montana, which is where an Air Force B-47 strategic bomber crashed while on a training mission in 1962, as the "B-47 Ridge."</p> <p>The bill permits the installing of a plaque on the ridge in memory of such crash. </p>

action_date: 2020-09-14
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><b>B-47 Ridge Designation Act</b></p> <p>This bill designates the mountain ridge that runs south and west of Emigrant Peak in the Absaroka Range in Montana, which is where an Air Force B-47 strategic bomber crashed while on a training mission in 1962, as the "B-47 Ridge."</p> <p>The bill permits the installing of a plaque on the ridge in memory of such crash. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1267 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 14, 2019 Mr. Gianforte introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To designate a mountain ridge in the State of Montana as B–47 Ridge .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the B–47 Ridge Designation Act . 2. Designation of B–47 Ridge, Montana (a) Designation (1) In general The unnamed mountain ridge located at 45°14′40.89″N, 110°43′38.75″W that runs south and west of Emigrant Peak in the Absaroka Range in the State of Montana, which is the approximate site of a crash of a B–47, shall be known and designated as B–47 Ridge . (2) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the ridge described in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to B–47 Ridge . (b) Authorization for plaque (1) In general A plaque that memorializes the crash of the B–47 (including denoting the names of the victims of the crash) may be installed on B–47 Ridge. (2) Funding No Federal funds may be used to design, procure, install, or maintain the plaque authorized under paragraph (1).

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 403 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 1267 [Report No. 116–503] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 14, 2019 Mr. Gianforte introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources September 14, 2020 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources ; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To designate a mountain ridge in the State of Montana as B–47 Ridge .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the B–47 Ridge Designation Act . 2. Designation of B–47 Ridge, Montana (a) Designation (1) In general The unnamed mountain ridge located at 45°14′40.89″N, 110°43′38.75″W that runs south and west of Emigrant Peak in the Absaroka Range in the State of Montana, which is the approximate site of a crash of a B–47, shall be known and designated as B–47 Ridge . (2) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the ridge described in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to B–47 Ridge . (b) Authorization for plaque (1) In general A plaque that memorializes the crash of the B–47 (including denoting the names of the victims of the crash) may be installed on B–47 Ridge. (2) Funding No Federal funds may be used to design, procure, install, or maintain the plaque authorized under paragraph (1).

September 14, 2020 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed