[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 182 (Thursday, November 14, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6613-S6614]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        WHITE HORSE HILL NATIONAL GAME PRESERVE DESIGNATION ACT

  Mr. CRAMER. Mr. President, Sullys Hill is a national game preserve 
that is located entirely within the Spirit Lake Nation in North Dakota. 
I have a bill, S. 2099, that I want to ask to be voted on shortly. If 
enacted, my bill would change the game preserve's name from ``Sullys 
Hill'' to the English translation of its traditional Dakota name, 
``White Horse Hill.''
  The name change has the full support of the Spirit Lake Nation and 
all of the leadership of the local, State, and national government in 
North Dakota, including the entire North Dakota congressional 
delegation: my colleague, Senator Hoeven, chairman of the Indian 
Affairs Committee, and Congressman Kelly Armstrong, who has an 
identical bill introduced in the House.
  In 1904, the game preserve was named after GEN Alfred Sully. 
Unfortunately, General Sully gained notoriety by committing several 
massacres of Native Americans, most notably on September 3, 1863, in 
the Dakota Territory. As reprisal for the Dakota conflict of 1862, his 
troops destroyed a village of over 500 teepees that lodged the Yankton, 
Dakota, and Lakota people, killing hundreds of Native Americans. Many 
of the descendants of his victims live on the very Tribal lands that 
surround this hill.
  With the issues that our Federal Government is dealing with today, 
changing the name of a game preserve in North Dakota may seem like a 
small matter, but let me assure you, Mr. President and colleagues, this 
is no small matter to the people of the Spirit Lake Nation. I am sorry 
it has taken us so long to correct this wrong. It has taken us over 100 
years to correct this mistake.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the 
immediate consideration of Calendar No. 223, S. 2099.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2099) to redesignate the Sullys Hill National 
     Game Preserve in the State of North Dakota as the White Horse 
     Hill National Game Preserve.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works.
  Mr. CRAMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2099) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2099

       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 ``White Horse Hill National 
     Game Preserve Designation Act''.

     SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF WHITE HORSE HILL NATIONAL GAME 
                   PRESERVE, NORTH DAKOTA.

       (a) Redesignation.--The first section of the Act of March 
     3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1509, chapter 439; 16 U.S.C. 674a), is 
     amended by striking ``Sullys Hill National Game Preserve'' 
     and inserting ``White Horse Hill National Game Preserve''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2 of the Act of March 3, 
     1931 (46 Stat. 1509, chapter 439; 16 U.S.C. 674b), is amended 
     by striking ``Sullys Hill National Game Preserve'' and 
     inserting ``White Horse Hill National Game Preserve''.
       (c) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other

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     record of the United States to the Sullys Hill National Game 
     Preserve shall be considered to be a reference to the ``White 
     Horse Hill National Game Preserve''.

  Mr. CRAMER. Thank you, Mr. President.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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