[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S1045]
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                       B-47 RIDGE DESIGNATION ACT

  Mr. CRAMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 343, S. 490.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 490) to designate a mountain ridge in the State 
     of Montana as ``B-47 Ridge''.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause 
and insert in lieu thereof the following:

                                 S. 490

       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 ``B-47 Ridge Designation 
     Act''.

     SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF B-47 RIDGE, MONTANA.

       (a) Designation.--
       (1) In general.--The unnamed mountain ridge located at 
     4514'40.89"N, 11043'38.75"W that runs south and west of 
     Emigrant Peak in the Absaroka Range in the State of Montana, 
     which is the approximate site of a crash of a B-47, shall be 
     known and designated as ``B-47 Ridge''.
       (2) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     ridge described in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a 
     reference to ``B-47 Ridge''.
       (b) Authorization for Plaque.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize 
     the installation and maintenance of a plaque on B-47 Ridge 
     that--
       (A) memorializes the 1962 crash of the B-47 aircraft at the 
     site; and
       (B) may include the names of the victims of the crash.
       (2) Authorized terms and conditions.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture may include any terms and conditions in the 
     authorization for a plaque under paragraph (1) that the 
     Secretary of Agriculture determines to be necessary.
       (3) Funding.--No Federal funds may be used to design, 
     procure, install, or maintain the plaque authorized under 
     paragraph (1).

  Mr. CRAMER. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
amendment be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be considered read a 
third time and passed; and the motions to reconsider be considered made 
and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment, in the nature of a substitute, was 
agreed to.
  The bill (S. 490), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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