[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1577 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  1st Session

                               H. R. 1577

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                                 AN ACT

To designate the visitor center in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument 
    in Arizona as the ``Kris Eggle Visitor Center'', and for other 
                               purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
108th CONGRESS
  1st Session<greek-th>
                                H. R. 1577

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To designate the visitor center in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument 
    in Arizona as the ``Kris Eggle Visitor Center'', and for other 
                               purposes.

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

 SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION.

    (a) (a) Finding.--Congress finds that in August 2002, Kris Eggle, a 
28-year-old park ranger in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, was 
murdered in the line of duty along the border between the United States 
and Mexico.
    (b)  Dedication.--Congress dedicates the visitor center in Organ 
Pipe Cactus National Monument to Kris Eggle and to promoting awareness 
of the risks taken each day by all public land management law 
enforcement officers.
    (c) Redesignation.--The visitor center in Organ Pipe Cactus 
National Monument in Arizona is hereby designated as the ``Kris Eggle 
Visitor Center''.
    (d)  Reference.--Any reference to the visitor center in Organ Pipe 
Cactus National Monument in Arizona, in any law, regulation, map, 
document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be 
considered to be a reference to the ``Kris Eggle Visitor Center''.
    (e) Signage.--The Secretary of the Interior shall post interpretive 
signs at the visitor center and at the trailhead of the Baker Mine-
Milton Mine Loop that--
            (1) describe the important role of public law enforcement 
        officers in protecting park visitors;
            (2) refer to the tragic loss of Kris Eggle in underscoring 
        the importance of these officers;
            (3) refer to the dedication of the trail and the visitor 
        center by Congress; and
            (4) include a copy of this Act and an image of Kris Eggle.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 14, 2003.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.