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[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.