[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 131 (Monday, September 27, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7559-S7560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
MOUNT STEVENS AND TED STEVENS ICEFIELD DESIGNATION ACT
Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources be discharged from further
consideration of S. 3802 and the Senate proceed to its immediate
consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk
will report the bill by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 3802) to designate a mountain, and icefield in
the State of Alaska as the ``Mount Stevens'' and ``Ted
Stevens Icefield,'' respectively.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the substitute
amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be
read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the
table, and any statements be printed in the Record.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment (No. 4666) was agreed to, as follows:
(Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mount Stevens and Ted
Stevens Icefield Designation Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) Theodore ``Ted'' Fulton Stevens, who began serving in
the Senate 9 years after Alaska was admitted to Statehood,
represented the people of the State of Alaska with
distinction in the Senate for over 40 years from 1968 to 2009
and played a significant role in the transformation of the
State
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of Alaska from an impoverished territory to a full-fledged
State through the assistance he provided in building energy
facilities, hospitals and clinics, roads, docks, airports,
water and sewer facilities, schools, and other community
facilities in the State of Alaska, which earned him
recognition as ``Alaskan of the Century'' from the Alaska
Legislature in 2000;
(2) Ted Stevens distinguished himself as a transport pilot
during World War II in support of the ``Flying Tigers'' of
the United States Army Air Corps, 14th Air Force, earning 2
Distinguished Flying Crosses and other decorations for his
skill and bravery;
(3) Ted Stevens, after serving as a United States Attorney
in the territory of Alaska, came to Washington, District of
Columbia in 1956 to serve in the Eisenhower Administration in
the Department of the Interior, where he was a leading force
in securing the legislation that led to the admission of
Alaska as the 49th State on January 3, 1959, and then as
Solicitor of the Department of the Interior;
(4) in 1961, Ted Stevens returned to the State of Alaska
and, in 1964, was elected to the Alaska House of
Representatives, where he was subsequently elected as Speaker
pro tempore and majority leader until his appointment on
December 24, 1968, to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Senator E.L. Bartlett;
(5) Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican Senator in
the history of the Senate, served as President pro tempore of
the Senate from 2003 through 2007 and as President pro
tempore emeritus from 2008 to 2009, and over the course of
his career in the Senate, Ted Stevens served as assistant
Republican leader, Chairman of the Select Committee on
Ethics, Chairman of the Committee on Rules and
Administration, Chairman of the Committee on Governmental
Affairs, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, and
Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation;
(6) Ted Stevens worked tirelessly for the enactment of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.),
which provided for the conveyance of approximately 44,000,000
acres of land in the State of Alaska to the Aleut, Eskimo,
and Indian peoples and created Native Corporations to secure
the long-term economic, cultural, and political empowerment
of the Native peoples of the State of Alaska;
(7) Ted Stevens was a leader in shaping the communications
policies of the United States, as he helped to establish the
spectrum auction policy, negotiated the Telecommunications
Act of 1996, authored the Digital Television Transition and
Public Safety Act of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 309 note; Public Law
109-171), and passionately advocated for the connection of
rural America to the rest of the world and to improve the
lives of the people of the United States through the use of
telemedicine and distance learning;
(8) Ted Stevens was a conservationist who championed the
safe development of the natural resources of the United
States, as illustrated by his authorship of the Trans-Alaska
Pipeline Authorization Act (43 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), which established the 200-mile
exclusive economic zone and led to a reduction in the
dominance of foreign fishing fleets in the fisheries of the
United States, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-479;
120 Stat. 3575), which established conservation measures
designed to end overfishing, and the High Seas Driftnet
Fisheries Enforcement Act (16 U.S.C. 1826a et seq.), which
provided for the denial of entry into ports of the United
States and the imposition of sanctions on vessels carrying
out large-scale driftnet fishing beyond the exclusive
economic zone of any nation;
(9) Ted Stevens was committed to health and fitness in his
personal life and in his legislative accomplishments, as
illustrated by his authorship of the Ted Stevens Amateur and
Olympic Sports Act (36 U.S.C. 220501 et seq.), his
encouragement of providing equality to female athletes
through the enactment of title IX of the Education Amendments
of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), and his leadership in
improving physical education programs in schools through the
Carol M. White Physical Education Program (20 U.S.C. 7261 et
seq.);
(10) Ted Stevens unconditionally supported the needs of the
Armed Forces of the United States through visits to soldiers,
sailors, airmen, marines, and Coast Guardsmen in every major
military conflict and war zone where United States military
personnel have been assigned during his service in the
Senate, including Vietnam, Kuwait, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and
Afghanistan, and in his role as Chairman and Ranking Member
of the Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations for more than
20 years;
(11) Ted Stevens was a devoted husband, father, and
grandfather who worked to promote family-friendly policies in
the Federal government;
(12) Ted Stevens was well-respected for reaching across the
aisle to forge bipartisan alliances and enjoyed many close
friendships with colleagues in both political parties and
with his staff, who were deeply loyal to him; and
(13) the designation of the unnamed highest peak in the
State of Alaska, along with an icefield in the Chugach
National Forest in that State, in honor of Ted Stevens would
be a fitting tribute to his honorable life and legacy.
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MOUNT STEVENS.
(a) Designation.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the United States Board on Geographic
Names (referred to in this Act as the ``Board'') shall
designate the unnamed, 13,895-foot peak in the Alaska Range
in Denali National Park and Preserve in the State of Alaska,
located at latitude 62.920469308 and longitude -
151.066510314, as the ``Mount Stevens''.
(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the
peak referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a
reference to the ``Mount Stevens''.
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF TED STEVENS ICEFIELD.
(a) Definition of Icefield.--In this section, the term
``icefield'' means the icefield in the northern Chugach
National Forest in the State of Alaska--
(1) comprising approximately 8,340 square miles, as
delineated by the map entitled ``Ice Field Name Proposal in
Honor of Stevens'' dated September 24, 2010, as prepared by
the Forest Service and available for inspection at Forest
Service headquarters in Washington, District of Columbia; and
(2) including the Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Nelchina,
Tazlina, Valdez, and Shoup Glaciers.
(b) Designation.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Board shall designate the icefield
as the ``Ted Stevens Icefield''.
(c) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the
icefield shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Ted
Stevens Icefield''.
The bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third
reading, was read the third time, and passed.
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