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[S. 931 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.931

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
 the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven


                                 An Act


 
 To designate the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness and the Ernest F. 
                           Coe Visitor Center.

    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 ``Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness 
and Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Designation Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
        (1)(A) Marjory Stoneman Douglas, through her book, ``The 
    Everglades: River of Grass'' (published in 1947), defined the 
    Everglades for the people of the United States and the world;
        (B) Mrs. Douglas's book was the first to stimulate widespread 
    understanding of the Everglades ecosystem and ultimately served to 
    awaken the desire of the people of the United States to restore the 
    ecosystem's health;
        (C) in her 107th year, Mrs. Douglas is the sole surviving 
    member of the original group of people who devoted decades of 
    selfless effort to establish the Everglades National Park;
        (D) when the water supply and ecology of the Everglades, both 
    within and outside the park, became threatened by drainage and 
    development, Mrs. Douglas dedicated the balance of her life to the 
    defense of the Everglades through extraordinary personal effort and 
    by inspiring countless other people to take action;
        (E) for these and many other accomplishments, the President 
    awarded Mrs. Douglas the Medal of Freedom on Earth Day, 1994; and
        (2)(A) Ernest F. Coe (1886-1951) was a leader in the creation 
    of Everglades National Park;
        (B) Mr. Coe organized the Tropic Everglades National Park 
    Association in 1928 and was widely regarded as the father of 
    Everglades National Park;
        (C) as a landscape architect, Mr. Coe's vision for the park 
    recognized the need to protect south Florida's diverse wildlife and 
    habitats for future generations;
        (D) Mr. Coe's original park proposal included lands and waters 
    subsequently protected within the Everglades National Park, the Big 
    Cypress National Preserve, and the Florida Keys National Marine 
    Sanctuary; and
        (E)(i) Mr. Coe's leadership, selfless devotion, and commitment 
    to achieving his vision culminated in the authorization of the 
    Everglades National Park by Congress in 1934;
        (ii) after authorization of the park, Mr. Coe fought tirelessly 
    and lobbied strenuously for establishment of the park, finally 
    realizing his dream in 1947; and
        (iii) Mr. Coe accomplished much of the work described in this 
    paragraph at his own expense, which dramatically demonstrated his 
    commitment to establishment of Everglades National Park.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to commemorate the 
vision, leadership, and enduring contributions of Marjory Stoneman 
Douglas and Ernest F. Coe to the protection of the Everglades and the 
establishment of Everglades National Park.

SEC. 3. MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS WILDERNESS.

    (a) Redesignation.--Section 401(3) of the National Parks and 
Recreation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-625; 92 Stat. 3490; 16 U.S.C. 
1132 note) is amended by striking ``to be known as the Everglades 
Wilderness'' and inserting ``to be known as the Marjory Stoneman 
Douglas Wilderness, to commemorate the vision and leadership shown by 
Mrs. Douglas in the protection of the Everglades and the establishment 
of the Everglades National Park''.
    (b) Notice of Redesignation.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
provide such notification of the redesignation made by the amendment 
made by subsection (a) by signs, materials, maps, markers, interpretive 
programs, and other means (including changes in signs, materials, maps, 
and markers in existence before the date of enactment of this Act) as 
will adequately inform the public of the redesignation of the 
wilderness area and the reasons for the redesignation.
    (c) References.--Any reference in any law, regulation, document, 
record, map, or other paper of the United States to the ``Everglades 
Wilderness'' shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Marjory 
Stoneman Douglas Wilderness''.

SEC. 4. ERNEST F. COE VISITOR CENTER.

    (a) Designation.--Section 103 of the Everglades National Park 
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r-7) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center.--On completion of construction 
of the main visitor center facility at the headquarters of Everglades 
National Park, the Secretary shall designate the visitor center 
facility as the `Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center', to commemorate the 
vision and leadership shown by Mr. Coe in the establishment and 
protection of Everglades National Park.''.

SEC. 5. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    Section 103 of the Everglades National Park Protection and 
Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r-7) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``personnally-owned'' and 
    inserting ``personally-owned''; and
        (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``Visitor Center'' and 
    inserting ``Marjory Stoneman Douglas Visitor Center''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.