[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17796-17797]
[From the U.S. 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).

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  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 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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