[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1271 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1271

    To designate certain mountain peaks in the State of Colorado as 
                 ``Fowler Peak'' and ``Boskoff Peak''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 25, 2017

Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Gardner) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To designate certain mountain peaks in the State of Colorado as 
                 ``Fowler Peak'' and ``Boskoff Peak''.

    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 ``Fowler and Boskoff Peaks Designation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) Charlie Fowler was--
                    (A) one of the most experienced mountain climbers 
                in North America, having successfully climbed many of 
                the highest peaks in the world;
                    (B) an author, guide, filmmaker, photographer, and 
                wilderness advocate;
                    (C) the recipient of the 2004 Robert and Miriam 
                Underhill Award from the American Alpine Club, an award 
                that--
                            (i) honors outstanding mountaineering 
                        achievement; and
                            (ii) is awarded annually to climbers who 
                        have ``demonstrated the highest level of skill 
                        in mountaineering and who, through the 
                        application of this skill, courage, and 
                        perseverance, have achieved outstanding success 
                        in the various fields of mountaineering''; and
                    (D) a summiter of several 8,000-meter peaks, 
                specifically--
                            (i) Everest;
                            (ii) Cho Oyu; and
                            (iii) Shishapangma;
            (2) Christine Boskoff--
                    (A) was one of the leading female alpinists in the 
                United States, having climbed 6 of the 14 mountain 
                peaks in the world that are higher than 8,000 meters, 
                specifically--
                            (i) Everest;
                            (ii) Cho Oyu;
                            (iii) Gasherbrum II;
                            (iv) Lhotse;
                            (v) Shishapangma; and
                            (vi) Broad Peak;
                    (B) gave countless hours to nonprofit organizations 
                that supported--
                            (i) the rights of porters and Sherpas;
                            (ii) the education of women; and
                            (iii) global literacy and gender equality; 
                        and
                    (C) was recognized by the education communities in 
                the United States and Nepal as a role model for 
                students;
            (3) Charlie Fowler and Christine Boskoff were long-time 
        residents of San Miguel County, Colorado, and champions for the 
        pristine backcountry of Colorado;
            (4) Charlie Fowler and Christine Boskoff died in an 
        avalanche in November 2006 while attempting to summit Genyen 
        Peak in Tibet;
            (5) 2 unnamed 13,000-foot peaks located west of Wilson Peak 
        on the boundary of San Miguel and Dolores Counties, Colorado, 
        offer spectacular recreational climbing and hiking 
        opportunities; and
            (6) the local community in the vicinity of the peaks 
        described in paragraph (5) and fellow climbers propose to honor 
        and commemorate Charlie Fowler and Christine Boskoff by naming 
        the peaks after Charlie Fowler and Christine Boskoff.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF FOWLER PEAK AND BOSKOFF PEAK, COLORADO.

    (a) Designation of Fowler Peak.--
            (1) In general.--The 13,498-foot mountain peak, located at 
        37.8569N, by -108.0117W, in the Uncompahgre National Forest 
        in the State of Colorado, shall be known and designated as 
        ``Fowler Peak''.
            (2) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
        document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
        peak described in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a 
        reference to ``Fowler Peak''.
    (b) Designation of Boskoff Peak.--
            (1) In general.--The 13,123-foot mountain peak, located at 
        37.85549N, by -108.03112W, in the Uncompahgre National Forest 
        in the State of Colorado, shall be known and designated as 
        ``Boskoff Peak''.
            (2) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
        document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
        peak described in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a 
        reference to ``Boskoff Peak''.
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