[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 11 (Monday, January 29, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S652-S653]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. WARNER:
  S. 202. A bill to rename Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts 
as ``Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts''; to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, today I rise to introduce a bill to rename 
the Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts as the ``Wolf Trap 
National Park for the Performing Arts''. Wolf Trap is the only unit of 
the National Park System dedicated to the performing arts. It provides 
an unrivaled setting for live performances in the rolling countryside 
of Virginia outside of Washington, D.C.
  To provide this unique experience, the National Park Service 
collaborates with the Wolf Trap Foundation in a public/private 
partnership to offer cultural, natural, and educational experiences to 
the community and to the nation. The National Park Service maintains 
the grounds and buildings of Wolf Trap Farm Park. The Wolf Trap 
Foundation, a ``501(c)(3)'' not-for-profit organization, creates and 
selects the programming, develops all education programs, handles 
ticket sales, marketing, publicity and public relations, and raises 
funds to support these programs. The Park Service has an annual budget 
of just over $3 million to maintain the facility while the Wolf Trap 
Foundation has an annual budget of $22 million, 60% of which is 
generated through ticket sales with the rest raised through private 
donations.
  Wolf Trap offers a wide variety of educational programs including the 
nationally acclaimed Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the 
Arts for preschoolers, scholarships and performance opportunities for 
talented high school musicians, pre-performance preview lectures, the 
America's Promise mentoring program, the Mars Millennium project 
partnership with Buzz Aldrin Elementary School, the Folk Masters Study 
Units for teachers who want to incorporate the folk arts into their 
curriculum, a highly competitive internship program for college 
students, and master classes for people with all skill levels and 
interest. Wolf Trap has also gained world-wide recognition for its 
summer residency program for young opera singers, the Wolf Trap Opera 
Company.
  This legislation recognizes Wolf Trap's status as one of the crown 
jewels in the National Park System. Including Wolf Trap with the 
already designated National Parks is intended to

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raise awareness of the unique roll this facility plays in the nation's 
natural, cultural and educational life. I urge my colleagues to join me 
in recognizing the many achievements of Wolf Trap.
  I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                 S. 202

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. RENAMING.

       The Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the establishment 
     of the Wolf Trap Farm Park in Fairfax County, Virginia, and 
     for other purposes'', Public Law 89-671 (16 U.S.C. 284) is 
     amended in the first section and in section 11(2) by striking 
     ``Wolf Trap Farm Park'' and inserting ``Wolf Trap National 
     Park for the Performing Arts''. Any reference to such park in 
     any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of 
     the United States shall be considered to be a reference to 
     the ``Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts''.

     SEC. 2. USE OF NAME.

       The Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the establishment 
     of the Wolf Trap Farm Park in Fairfax County, Virginia, and 
     for other purposes'', Public Law 89-671 (16 U.S.C. 284) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``Sec. 14. Any reference to the park other than by the name 
     `Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts' shall be 
     prohibited.''.

     SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.

       Any laws, rules, or regulations that are applicable solely 
     to units of the National Park System that are designated as a 
     ``National Park'' shall not apply to ``Wolf Trap National 
     Park for the Performing Arts'' nor to any other units 
     designated as a ``National Park for the Performing Arts''.

     SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

       Section 4(c)(3) of ``An Act to provide for the 
     establishment of the Wolf Trap Farm Park in Fairfax County, 
     Virginia, and for other purposes'', Public Law 89-671 (16 
     U.S.C. 284) is amended by striking ``Funds'' and inserting 
     ``funds''.
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