[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.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.
                                 <all>