[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 21, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S4651]
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        CENTENNIAL OF ESTABLISHMENT OF CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Energy Committee 
be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 273 and that the 
Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 273) recognizing the centennial of 
     the establishment of the Crater Lake National Park.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution and 
the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the 
table, and that any statements relating to the resolution be printed in 
the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 273) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 273

       Whereas Crater Lake, at 1,943 feet deep, is the deepest 
     lake in the United States;
       Whereas Crater Lake is a significant natural feature, the 
     creation of which, through the eruption of Mount Mazama 7,700 
     years ago, dramatically affected the landscape of an area 
     that extends from southern Oregon into Canada;
       Whereas legends of the formation of Crater Lake have been 
     passed down through generations of the Klamath Tribe, Umpqua 
     Tribe, and other Indian tribes;
       Whereas on June 12, 1853, while in search of the legendary 
     Lost Cabin gold mine, John Wesley Hillman, Henry Klippel, and 
     Isaac Skeeters discovered Crater Lake;
       Whereas William Gladstone Steele dedicated 17 years to 
     developing strong local support for the conservation of 
     Crater Lake, of which Steele said, ``All ingenuity of nature 
     seems to have been exerted to the fullest capacity to build a 
     grand awe-inspiring temple the likes of which the world has 
     never seen before'';
       Whereas on May 22, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt 
     signed into law a bill establishing Crater Lake as the 
     Nation's sixth national park, mandating that Crater Lake 
     National Park be ``dedicated and set apart forever as a 
     public park or pleasure ground for the benefit of the people 
     of the United States'' (32 Stat. 202);
       Whereas Crater Lake National Park is a monument to the 
     beauty of nature and the importance of providing public 
     access to the natural treasures of the United States; and
       Whereas May 22, 2002, marks the 100th anniversary of the 
     designation of Crater Lake as a national park: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate recognizes May 22, 2002, as the 
     centennial of the establishment of Crater Lake National Park.

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