[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3619 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3619

  To redesignate Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock 
                          Creek National Park.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2015

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To redesignate Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock 
                          Creek National Park.

    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 ``Rock Creek National Park Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF ROCK CREEK PARK AS ROCK CREEK NATIONAL PARK.

    (a) Redesignation.--In recognition of its nationally significant 
natural, cultural, and historical resources, and important recreational 
opportunities, Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia, established 
by the Act of September 27, 1890 (26 Stat. 492), is redesignated as 
``Rock Creek National Park''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Title 40, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in section 8104(b), by striking ``Rock Creek Park'' and 
        inserting ``Rock Creek National Park''; and
            (2) in section 8501(a)(3)(B), by striking ``Rock Creek 
        Park'' and inserting ``Rock Creek National Park''.
    (c) References.--Any reference in any law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to Rock Creek 
Park in the District of Columbia is deemed to be a reference to Rock 
Creek National Park.
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