[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 138 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 138

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                        March 19, 2007.
Whereas the concept in the United States of setting aside a nationally 
        significant place for the future enjoyment of its citizens was first 
        implemented 175 years ago in Hot Springs, Arkansas, with the creation of 
        the Hot Springs Reservation, which protected 47 area hot springs;
Whereas the Act that created the Hot Springs Reservation, entitled ``An Act 
        authorizing the governor of the territory of Arkansas to lease the salt 
        springs, in said territory, and for other purposes'', approved April 20, 
        1832 (4 Stat. 505), required that ``the hot springs in said territory, 
        together with four sections of land, including said springs, as near the 
        centre thereof as may be, shall be reserved for the future disposal of 
        the United States, and shall not be entered, located, or appropriated, 
        for any other purpose whatever'';
Whereas the Hot Springs Reservation was the first protected area in the Nation;
Whereas the Act creating the Hot Springs Reservation preceded both the 
        establishment of the Department of the Interior in 1849 and the 
        establishment of Yellowstone National Park as the first national park in 
        1872;
Whereas the Hot Springs Reservation was renamed Hot Springs National Park in 
        1921 and became America's 18th national park; and
Whereas the tradition of preservation and conservation that developed into the 
        National Park System, which now includes 390 units, began with the Act 
        that created the Hot Springs Reservation: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That on this 175th anniversary of the Act of Congress that 
created the Hot Springs Reservation, the House of Representatives recognizes the 
important contribution of the Hot Springs Reservation and Hot Springs National 
Park to the history of conservation in the United States.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.