[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2270 Introduced in House (IH)]
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2270
To redesignate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, located in the
State of Washington, as the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife
Refuge, to establish the Medicine Creek Treaty National Historic Site
within the wildlife refuge, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 12, 2015
Mr. Heck of Washington (for himself, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Larsen of
Washington, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Newhouse, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers,
Mr. Kilmer, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr.
Cole, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Honda, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New
Mexico, Mr. Young of Alaska, and Mr. Grijalva) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To redesignate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, located in the
State of Washington, as the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife
Refuge, to establish the Medicine Creek Treaty National Historic Site
within the wildlife refuge, and for other purposes.
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 ``Billy Frank Jr. Tell Your Story
Act''.
SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF THE NISQUALLY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
(a) Redesignation.--The Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, located
in the State of Washington, is redesignated as the ``Billy Frank Jr.
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge''.
(b) References.--Any reference in any statute, rule, regulation,
Executive Order, publication, map, paper, or other document of the
United States to the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is deemed to
refer to the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge.
SEC. 3. MEDICINE CREEK TREATY NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, WASHINGTON.
(a) Establishment.--There is established as a unit of the National
Park System the Medicine Creek Treaty National Historic Site within the
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge to commemorate the
location of the signing of the Medicine Creek Treaty of 1854 between
the United States Government and leaders of the Muckleshoot, Nisqually,
Puyallup and Squaxin Island Indian Tribes.
(b) Acreage and Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior
shall establish the boundaries of the Medicine Creek Treaty National
Historic Site and provide for administration and interpretation of the
historic site.
(c) Coordination.--The Secretary of the Interior shall coordinate
with representatives of the Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup and
Squaxin Island Indian Tribes in providing for the interpretation of the
Medicine Creak Treaty National Historic Site.
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