[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H7384-H7385]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         MOUNT STEVENS AND TED STEVENS ICEFIELD DESIGNATION ACT

  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Natural Resources be discharged from further consideration of the 
bill (S. 3802) to designate a mountain and icefield in the State of 
Alaska as the ``Mount Stevens'' and ``Ted Stevens Icefield'', 
respectively, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Minnesota?
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, and 
I shall not object, I want to thank the gentleman for bringing this 
resolution up. This is in recognition of Senator Ted Stevens, who 
yesterday we laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery, for his service to the 
United States of America; and the Air Force at that time, flying for 
the Flying Tigers; receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross; serving in 
the Senate for 40 years; and serving this Nation with great honor. This 
is just a small tribute to his service to the great State of Alaska by 
naming a mountain and actually a glacier field after Ted Stevens and 
the great efforts he did for the State of Alaska.
  It is an honor to have this done tonight, and I thank the gentleman 
for bringing this legislation up, and I thank the Senate.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Minnesota?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                S. 3802

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

     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 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 
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     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 was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third 
time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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