[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1936 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1936

To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the oak tree as the 
                  national tree of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2001

 Mr. Goodlatte (for himself, Mr. Goss, and Mr. Osborne) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the oak tree as the 
                  national tree of the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL TREE.

    (a) Designation.--Chapter 3 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 305. National tree
    ``The tree genus Quercus, commonly known as the oak tree, is the 
national tree.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Title 36 is amended--
            (1) in the table of contents for part A of subtitle I, by 
        striking ``, and March'' and inserting ``March, and Tree'';
            (2) in the chapter head for chapter 3, by striking ``, AND 
        MARCH'' and inserting ``MARCH, AND TREE''; and
            (3) in the table of sections for chapter 3, by adding at 
        the end the following:

``305. National tree.''.
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