Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation Act of 2011
PL 112-259 (S.925), enacted 01/10/2013

126 STAT. 2415 
PUBLIC LAW 112–249—JAN. 10, 2013 
Public Law 112–259 
112th Congress 
An Act 
To designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence. 
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 ‘‘Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation 
Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that Andrea Mead Lawrence— 
(1) was born in Rutland County, Vermont, on April 19, 
1932, where she developed a life-long love of winter sports 
and appreciation for the environment; 
(2) competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, 
Switzerland, and the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina 
d’Ampezzo, Italy, and was the torch lighter at the 1960 Winter 
Olympics in Squaw Valley, California; 
(3) won 2 Gold Medals in the Olympic special and giant 
slalom races at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, 
and remains the only United States double-gold medalist in 
alpine skiing; 
(4) was inducted into the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame 
in 1958 at the age of 25; 
(5) moved in 1968 to Mammoth Lakes in the spectacularly 
beautiful Eastern Sierra of California, a place that she fought 
to protect for the rest of her life; 
(6) founded the Friends of Mammoth to maintain the 
beauty and serenity of Mammoth Lakes and the Eastern Sierra; 
(7) served for 16 years on the Mono County Board of 
Supervisors, where she worked tirelessly to protect and restore 
Mono Lake, Bodie State Historic Park, and other important 
natural and cultural landscapes of the Eastern Sierra; 
(8) worked, as a member of the Great Basin Air Pollution 
Control District, to reduce air pollution that had been caused 
by the dewatering of Owens Lake; 
(9) founded the Andrea Lawrence Institute for Mountains 
and Rivers in 2003 to work for environmental protection and 
economic vitality in the region she loved so much; 
(10) testified in 2008 before the Mono County Board of 
Supervisors in favor of the Eastern Sierra and Northern San 
Gabriel Wild Heritage Act, a bill that was enacted the day 
before she died; 
Mt. Andrea 
Lawrence 
Designation Act 
of 2011. 
Jan. 10, 2013 
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126 STAT. 2416 
PUBLIC LAW 112–249—JAN. 10, 2013 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 925 (H.R. 1818): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112–505 (Comm. on Natural Resources) accompanying
H.R. 1818. 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 157 (2011): Oct. 18, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 158 (2012): Dec. 19, 20, considered and passed House. 
(11) passed away on March 31, 2009, at 76 years of age, 
leaving 5 children, Cortlandt, Matthew, Deirdre, Leslie, and 
Quentin, and 4 grandchildren; and 
(12) leaves a rich legacy that will continue to benefit 
present and future generations. 
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MT. ANDREA LAWRENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Peak 12,240 (which is located 0.6 miles north-
east of Donahue Peak on the northern border of the Ansel Adams 
Wilderness and Yosemite National Park (UTM coordinates Zone 
11, 304428 E, 4183631 N)) shall be known and designated as 
‘‘Mt. Andrea Lawrence’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, record, or other paper of the United States to the peak 
described in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a reference 
to ‘‘Mt. Andrea Lawrence’’. 
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