III 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 160 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 18, 2007 Mrs. Lincoln (for herself and Mr. Pryor) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Recognizing the importance of Hot Springs National Park on the 175th anniversary of the enactment of the Act that authorized the establishment of Hot Springs Reservation.

Whereas, in 1803, the 47 hot springs that eventually received protection under the first section of the Act of April 20, 1832 (4 Stat. 505, chapter 70) formally became the property of the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase; Whereas, with the establishment of the Hot Springs Reservation, the concept in the United States of setting aside a nationally significant place for the future enjoyment of the citizens of the United States was first carried out 175 years ago in Hot Springs, Arkansas; Whereas the Hot Springs Reservation protected 47 hot springs in the area of Hot Springs, Arkansas; Whereas, in the first section of the Act of April 20, 1832 (4 Stat. 505, chapter 70), Congress 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 United States; Whereas the Act that authorized the establishment of the Hot Springs Reservation was enacted before the establishment of the Department of the Interior in 1849, and before the establishment of Yellowstone National Park as the first national park of the United States in 1872; Whereas, in 1921, the Hot Springs Reservation was renamed Hot Springs National Park and became the 18th national park of the United States; and Whereas the tradition of preservation and conservation that inspired the development of the National Park System, which now includes 390 units, began with the Act that authorized the establishment of the Hot Springs Reservation: Now, therefore, be it

That on 175th anniversary of the Act of Congress that authorized the establishment of the Hot Springs Reservation, the Senate recognizes the important contributions of the Hot Springs Reservation and the Hot Springs National Park to the history of conservation in the United States.