[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 164 (Wednesday, December 19, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H7319-H7320]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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MT. ANDREA LAWRENCE DESIGNATION ACT OF 2011
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules
and pass the bill (S. 925) to designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The text of the bill is as follows:
S. 925
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 ``Mt. Andrea Lawrence
Designation Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that Andrea Mead Lawrence--
(1) was born in Rutland County, Vermont, on April 19, 1932,
where she developed a life-long love of winter sports and
appreciation for the environment;
(2) competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz,
Switzerland, and the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina
d'Ampezzo, Italy, and was the torch lighter at the 1960
Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California;
(3) won 2 Gold Medals in the Olympic special and giant
slalom races at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, and
remains the only United States double-gold medalist in alpine
skiing;
(4) was inducted into the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame in
1958 at the age of 25;
(5) moved in 1968 to Mammoth Lakes in the spectacularly
beautiful Eastern Sierra of California, a place that she
fought to protect for the rest of her life;
(6) founded the Friends of Mammoth to maintain the beauty
and serenity of Mammoth Lakes and the Eastern Sierra;
(7) served for 16 years on the Mono County Board of
Supervisors, where she worked tirelessly to protect and
restore Mono Lake, Bodie State Historic Park, and other
important natural and cultural landscapes of the Eastern
Sierra;
(8) worked, as a member of the Great Basin Air Pollution
Control District, to reduce air pollution that had been
caused by the dewatering of Owens Lake;
(9) founded the Andrea Lawrence Institute for Mountains and
Rivers in 2003 to work for environmental protection and
economic vitality in the region she loved so much;
(10) testified in 2008 before the Mono County Board of
Supervisors in favor of the Eastern Sierra and Northern San
Gabriel Wild Heritage Act, a bill that was enacted the day
before she died;
(11) passed away on March 31, 2009, at 76 years of age,
leaving 5 children, Cortlandt, Matthew, Deirdre, Leslie, and
Quentin, and 4 grandchildren; and
(12) leaves a rich legacy that will continue to benefit
present and future generations.
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MT. ANDREA LAWRENCE.
(a) In General.--Peak 12,240 (which is located 0.6 miles
northeast of Donahue Peak on the northern border of the Ansel
Adams Wilderness and Yosemite National Park (UTM coordinates
Zone 11, 304428 E, 4183631 N)) shall be known and designated
as ``Mt. Andrea Lawrence''.
(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation,
document, record, or other paper of the United States to the
peak described in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a
reference to ``Mt. Andrea Lawrence''.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from
Washington (Mr. Hastings) and the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva)
each will control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Washington.
General Leave
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that
all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their
remarks and to include extraneous material on the bill under
consideration.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Washington?
There was no objection.
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as
I may consume.
S. 925 will designate an unnamed mountain near Yosemite National Park
in California as Mt. Andrea Lawrence in honor of the late Olympic skier
and local community leader in that area.
Similar legislation passed the House by voice vote in the last
Congress, legislation which was not taken up in the other body. I, once
again, urge my colleagues to support this simple bill. Its companion
measure in the House, I might add, is authored by our colleague from
California (Mr. McKeon).
With that, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
The bill designates an unnamed mountain peak at the northern border
of the Ansel Adams Wilderness and Yosemite National Park in California
as Mt. Andrea Lawrence.
Andrea Lawrence, a former Olympic skier and inductee into the U.S.
National Ski Hall of Fame, was a community leader in northern
California who worked to protect these special places and communities
in the eastern Sierras.
We applaud Senator Boxer and Congressman McKeon for this legislation,
and we support its passage.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. McKEON. Mr. Speaker, I speak in favor of S. 925, to name a peak
in the Eastern Sierra in honor of Andrea Mead Lawrence. This
legislation is a companion bill to my House version, H.R. 1818. I would
like to thank Senator Boxer for working with me to ensure the legacy of
a great woman who called the Eastern Sierra home. Let me also express
my appreciation to the leaders of the Committee on Natural Resources,
Chairman Hastings and Ranking Member Markey who worked to help bring
this legislation to the floor today, as well as Majority Leader Cantor
for allowing this bill to move.
Andrea Mead Lawrence was a remarkable woman. I was honored to know
and work with her for the protection of the Eastern Sierra, a cause she
championed for much of her life. Born in Rutland County, Vermont on
April 19, 1932, she developed a life-long love of winter sports and
appreciation for the environment. A skilled skier, she competed in the
1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland as well as the 1956
Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. She also served as the
torch lighter at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California.
In the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, she won two Gold Medals in
the Olympic special and giant slalom races. For her significant
accomplishments, she was inducted into the U.S. National Ski Hall of
Fame in 1958, at the age of 25.
These remarkable achievements at a young age, however, were just the
beginning of a life of service to her community and environmental
preservation. In 1968, Andrea moved to Mammoth Lakes in the
spectacularly beautiful Eastern Sierra of California. It was in this
special region she spent the rest of her life working to protect the
area's natural treasures.
Never one to rest on her accomplishments, she founded the Friends of
Mammoth to maintain the beauty and serenity of Mammoth Lakes and the
Eastern Sierra. She served for 16 years on the Mono County Board of
Supervisors, where she worked tirelessly to protect and restore Mono
Lake, Bodie State Historic Park, and other important natural and
cultural landscapes of the Eastern Sierra. As a member of the Great
Basin Air Pollution Control
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District, she worked to reduce air pollution caused by the dewatering
of Owens Lake. In 2003, she founded the Andrea Lawrence Institute for
Mountains and Rivers to protect the environment and the economic
vitality of this important region.
In 2008, she testified before the Mono County Board of Supervisors in
favor of the Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act,
a bill enacted the day before she died on March 31, 2009 at the age of
76. Andrea left a rich legacy of a family of five children and four
grandchildren, as well as a distinguished record in skiing. Her
tireless efforts have left a better legacy for the people who live and
recreate in the Eastern Sierra.
Andrea Mead Lawrence's life philosophy is summed up in her quote
``Your life doesn't stop by winning medals. It's only the beginning.
And if you have the true Olympic spirit, you have to put it back into
the world in meaningful ways.'' Mr. Speaker, it is very fitting to name
Peak 12,240 ``Mt. Andrea Lawrence''; both in her honor, and as a
visible point of inspiration for future generations.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings) that the House suspend the
rules and pass the bill, S. 925.
The question was taken.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a
quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not
present.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further
proceedings on this question will be postponed.
The point of no quorum is considered withdrawn.
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