[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1060 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1060

    To designate the visitors' center at Organ Pipe Cactus National 
       Monument, Arizona, as the ``Kris Eggle Visitors' Center''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2003

  Mr. McCain introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To designate the visitors' center at Organ Pipe Cactus National 
       Monument, Arizona, as the ``Kris Eggle Visitors' Center''.

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

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF KRIS EGGLE VISITORS' CENTER.

    (a) Finding.--Congress finds that in August 2002, Kris Eggle, a 28-
year-old park ranger at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in the 
State of Arizona (referred to in this section as the ``Monument''), was 
killed in the line of duty along the international border between the 
United States and Mexico.
    (b) Dedication.--Congress dedicates the visitors' center at the 
Monument to--
            (1) Kris Eggle; and
            (2) promoting awareness of the risks taken each day by 
        public land management law enforcement officers.
    (c) Redesignation.--The visitors' center at the Monument shall be 
known and designated as the ``Kris Eggle Visitors' Center''.
    (d) References.--Any reference in any law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the visitors' 
center referred to in subsection (c) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ``Kris Eggle Visitors' Center''.
    (e) Signage.--The Secretary of the Interior shall post interpretive 
signs at the visitors' 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 visitors to units of the National Park 
        System;
            (2) refer to the tragic loss of Kris Eggle to underscore 
        the importance of the officers;
            (3) refer to the dedication of the trail and the visitors' 
        center by Congress; and
            (4) include--
                    (A) a copy of this Act; and
                    (B) an image of Kris Eggle.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.
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