[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 119 (Tuesday, September 28, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H7674-H7675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               McINNIS CANYONS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 4827) to amend the Colorado Canyons National Conservation 
Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000 to rename the 
Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area as the McInnis Canyons 
National Conservation Area.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 4827

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

     SECTION 1. MCINNIS CANYONS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA.

       (a) Purpose.--The Colorado Canyons National Conservation 
     Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000 (16 
     U.S.C. 460mmm et seq.) is amended in section 2(b) by striking 
     ``Colorado Canyons'' and inserting ``McInnis Canyons''.
       (b) Definitions.--Section 3 of such Act is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Colorado'' and 
     inserting ``McInnis''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Colorado'' and 
     inserting ``McInnis''.
       (c) Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area.--Section 4 
     of such Act is amended--
       (1) in the heading, by striking ``COLORADO'' and inserting 
     ``McINNIS''; and
       (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``Colorado Canyons'' and 
     inserting ``McInnis Canyons''.
       (d) Advisory Council.--Section 8(a) of such Act is amended 
     by striking ``Colorado Canyons'' and inserting ``McInnis 
     Canyons''.
       (e) Short Title.--Section 1 of such Act is amended by 
     striking ``Colorado'' and inserting ``McInnis''.
       (f) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     ``Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area'' shall be 
     deemed to be a reference to the ``McInnis Canyons National 
     Conservation Area''.
       (g) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
     by this section take effect on January 1, 2005.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Radanovich) and the gentlewoman from Guam (Ms. 
Bordallo) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California (Mr. Radanovich).
  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, this legislation, introduced by the gentleman from 
Oregon (Mr. Walden), would rename the Colorado Canyons National 
Conservation

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Area as the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area.
  Later this year, our colleague, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. 
McInnis), will retire after over 22 years of public service. Throughout 
that time, Scott McInnis has achieved a great deal on behalf of the 
people of Colorado.
  The Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area is 122,000 acres of 
pristine and rugged canyon lands located just outside the Grand 
Junction home of the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. McInnis). Four years 
ago, the gentleman from Colorado was the driving force behind the 
legislation that led to the preservation of these Colorado canyons. Mr. 
Speaker, as the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. McInnis) returns home to 
the State and the people he adores, I can think of no more fitting 
tribute.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge adoption of the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I consume.
  Mr. Speaker, again we have no objection to the consideration of this 
measure.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Radanovich) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4827.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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