[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 187 (Tuesday, December 17, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S7096]
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                          PATSYE CRITES FOREST

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 5575, introduced earlier 
today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 5575) to designate the Patsye Crites forest.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I further ask that the bill be considered read three 
times and passed; and the motion to reconsider be considered made and 
laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 5575) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 5575

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

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF PATSYE CRITES FOREST.

       (a) Designation.--On acquisition by the United States, the 
     approximately 2,693.31 acres of land within the Monongahela 
     National Forest identified on the map prepared by the Forest 
     Service entitled ``Blackwater Canyon'' and dated August 5, 
     2024, shall be known and designated as the ``Patsye Crites 
     Forest''.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     land acquired under subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a 
     reference to the ``Patsye Crites Forest''.

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