[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 106 (Thursday, July 17, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9617-S9618]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       KRIS EGGLE VISITOR CENTER

  The bill (H.R. 1577) to designate the visitor center in Organ Pipe 
Cactus National Monument in Arizona as the ``Kris Eggle Visitor 
Center,'' and for other purposes was considered, ordered to a third 
reading, read the third time, and passed.

                               H.R. 1577

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

     SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION.

       (a) Finding.--Congress finds that in August 2002, Kris 
     Eggle, a 28-year-old park ranger in Organ Pipe Cactus 
     National Monument, was murdered in the line of duty along the 
     border between the United States and Mexico.
       (b) Dedication.--Congress dedicates the visitor center in 
     Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to Kris Eggle and to 
     promoting awareness of the risks taken each day by all public 
     land management law enforcement officers.
       (c) Redesignation.--The visitor center in Organ Pipe Cactus 
     National Monument in

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     Arizona is hereby designated as the ``Kris Eggle Visitor 
     Center''.
       (d) Reference.--Any reference to the visitor center in 
     Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona, in any law, 
     regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the 
     United States shall be considered to be a reference to the 
     ``Kris Eggle Visitor Center''.
       (e) Signage.--The Secretary of the Interior shall post 
     interpretive signs at the visitor center and at the trailhead 
     of the Baker Mine-Milton Mine Loop that--
       (1) describe the important role of public law enforcement 
     officers in protecting park visitors;
       (2) refer to the tragic loss of Kris Eggle in underscoring 
     the importance of these officers;
       (3) refer to the dedication of the trail and the visitor 
     center by Congress; and
       (4) include a copy of this Act and an image of Kris Eggle.

     SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
     necessary to carry out this Act.

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