[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3574 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3574

 To amend chapter 3 of title 36, United States Code, to designate the 
         mastodon as the national fossil of the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 10, 2024

 Mr. Braun (for himself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 3 of title 36, United States Code, to designate the 
         mastodon as the national fossil of the United States.

    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 ``National Fossil Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL FOSSIL OF THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Designation.--Chapter 3 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 306. National fossil
    ``The fossil of the genus Mammut, commonly known as the mastodon, 
is the national fossil.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The table of sections for chapter 3 of 
title 36, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking the chapter heading and inserting 
        ``NATIONAL ANTHEM, MOTTO, FLORAL EMBLEM, MARCH, TREE, AND 
        FOSSIL''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

``306. National fossil.''.
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