[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3802 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.3802
One Hundred Eleventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten
An Act
To designate a mountain and icefield in the State of Alaska as the
``Mount Stevens'' and ``Ted Stevens Icefield'', respectively.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mount Stevens and Ted Stevens
Icefield Designation Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) Theodore ``Ted'' Fulton Stevens, who began serving in the
Senate 9 years after Alaska was admitted to Statehood, represented
the people of the State of Alaska with distinction in the Senate
for over 40 years from 1968 to 2009 and played a significant role
in the transformation of the State of Alaska from an impoverished
territory to a full-fledged State through the assistance he
provided in building energy facilities, hospitals and clinics,
roads, docks, airports, water and sewer facilities, schools, and
other community facilities in the State of Alaska, which earned him
recognition as ``Alaskan of the Century'' from the Alaska
Legislature in 2000;
(2) Ted Stevens distinguished himself as a transport pilot
during World War II in support of the ``Flying Tigers'' of the
United States Army Air Corps, 14th Air Force, earning 2
Distinguished Flying Crosses and other decorations for his skill
and bravery;
(3) Ted Stevens, after serving as a United States Attorney in
the territory of Alaska, came to Washington, District of Columbia
in 1956 to serve in the Eisenhower Administration in the Department
of the Interior, where he was a leading force in securing the
legislation that led to the admission of Alaska as the 49th State
on January 3, 1959, and then as Solicitor of the Department of the
Interior;
(4) in 1961, Ted Stevens returned to the State of Alaska and,
in 1964, was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives, where
he was subsequently elected as Speaker pro tempore and majority
leader until his appointment on December 24, 1968, to the Senate to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator E.L. Bartlett;
(5) Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican Senator in the
history of the Senate, served as President pro tempore of the
Senate from 2003 through 2007 and as President pro tempore emeritus
from 2008 to 2009, and over the course of his career in the Senate,
Ted Stevens served as assistant Republican leader, Chairman of the
Select Committee on Ethics, Chairman of the Committee on Rules and
Administration, Chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs,
Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, and Chairman of the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation;
(6) Ted Stevens worked tirelessly for the enactment of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), which
provided for the conveyance of approximately 44,000,000 acres of
land in the State of Alaska to the Aleut, Eskimo, and Indian
peoples and created Native Corporations to secure the long-term
economic, cultural, and political empowerment of the Native peoples
of the State of Alaska;
(7) Ted Stevens was a leader in shaping the communications
policies of the United States, as he helped to establish the
spectrum auction policy, negotiated the Telecommunications Act of
1996, authored the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety
Act of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 309 note; Public Law 109-171), and
passionately advocated for the connection of rural America to the
rest of the world and to improve the lives of the people of the
United States through the use of telemedicine and distance
learning;
(8) Ted Stevens was a conservationist who championed the safe
development of the natural resources of the United States, as
illustrated by his authorship of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Authorization Act (43 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.),
which established the 200-mile exclusive economic zone and led to a
reduction in the dominance of foreign fishing fleets in the
fisheries of the United States, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law
109-479; 120 Stat. 3575), which established conservation measures
designed to end overfishing, and the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries
Enforcement Act (16 U.S.C. 1826a et seq.), which provided for the
denial of entry into ports of the United States and the imposition
of sanctions on vessels carrying out large-scale driftnet fishing
beyond the exclusive economic zone of any nation;
(9) Ted Stevens was committed to health and fitness in his
personal life and in his legislative accomplishments, as
illustrated by his authorship of the Ted Stevens Amateur and
Olympic Sports Act (36 U.S.C. 220501 et seq.), his encouragement of
providing equality to female athletes through the enactment of
title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et
seq.), and his leadership in improving physical education programs
in schools through the Carol M. White Physical Education Program
(20 U.S.C. 7261 et seq.);
(10) Ted Stevens unconditionally supported the needs of the
Armed Forces of the United States through visits to soldiers,
sailors, airmen, marines, and Coast Guardsmen in every major
military conflict and war zone where United States military
personnel have been assigned during his service in the Senate,
including Vietnam, Kuwait, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan,
and in his role as Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee
on Defense Appropriations for more than 20 years;
(11) Ted Stevens was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather
who worked to promote family-friendly policies in the Federal
government;
(12) Ted Stevens was well-respected for reaching across the
aisle to forge bipartisan alliances and enjoyed many close
friendships with colleagues in both political parties and with his
staff, who were deeply loyal to him; and
(13) the designation of the unnamed highest peak in the State
of Alaska, along with an icefield in the Chugach National Forest in
that State, in honor of Ted Stevens would be a fitting tribute to
his honorable life and legacy.
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MOUNT STEVENS.
(a) Designation.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the United States Board on Geographic Names
(referred to in this Act as the ``Board'') shall designate the unnamed,
13,895-foot peak in the Alaska Range in Denali National Park and
Preserve in the State of Alaska, located at latitude 62.920469308 and
longitude -151.066510314, as the ``Mount Stevens''.
(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the peak referred to in
subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Mount
Stevens''.
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF TED STEVENS ICEFIELD.
(a) Definition of Icefield.--In this section, the term ``icefield''
means the icefield in the northern Chugach National Forest in the State
of Alaska--
(1) comprising approximately 8,340 square miles, as delineated
by the map entitled ``Ice Field Name Proposal in Honor of Stevens''
dated September 24, 2010, as prepared by the Forest Service and
available for inspection at Forest Service headquarters in
Washington, District of Columbia; and
(2) including the Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Nelchina, Tazlina,
Valdez, and Shoup Glaciers.
(b) Designation.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Board shall designate the icefield as the
``Ted Stevens Icefield''.
(c) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the icefield shall be
deemed to be a reference to the ``Ted Stevens Icefield''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.