[House Report 111-356]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


111th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    111-356

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                TO RENAME THE OCMULGEE NATIONAL MONUMENT

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December 7, 2009.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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  Mr. Rahall, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 3603]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

  The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the 
bill (H.R. 3603) to rename the Ocmulgee National Monument, 
having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an 
amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.

  The amendment is as follows:
  Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION.

  The Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon, Georgia, shall be known and 
redesignated as the ``Ocmulgee Mounds National Monument''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

  Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the Ocmulgee National Monument shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the ``Ocmulgee Mounds National Monument''.

                          PURPOSE OF THE BILL

    The purpose of H.R. 3603 is to rename the Ocmulgee National 
Monument.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    H.R. 3603, would rename Ocmulgee National Monument as 
Ocmulgee Mounds National Monument. The monument, near Macon, 
Georgia, was established in 1934 to protect a collection of 
Native American mounds including a large ceremonial center that 
encompassed burial and residential mounds, a large earthen 
temple and political meeting chambers.
    H.R. 3603 would add ``Mounds'' to the name of the monument 
to more accurately reflect the Monument's resources. The bill 
has wide support in the community; supporters believe the name 
change will help potential visitors better understand the 
nature of the monument and help increase visitation.

                            COMMITTEE ACTION

    H.R. 3603 was introduced by Representative Jim Marshall (D-
GA) on September 17, 2009. The bill was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. At a 
November 5, 2009, hearing before the Subcommittee, a 
representative of the Department of the Interior testified that 
the department supports the bill.
    On November 18, 2009, the Subcommittee was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 3603 and the full Natural 
Resources Committee met to consider the bill. Subcommittee 
Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) offered an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute to make technical changes to the bill. 
The amendment was adopted by unanimous consent and the bill was 
ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as 
amended, by unanimous consent.

            COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

    Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of 
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Natural Resources' oversight findings and 
recommendations are reflected in the body of this report.

                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

    Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United 
States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.

                    COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII

    1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives requires an estimate and 
a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be 
incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(3)(B) 
of that rule provides that this requirement does not apply when 
the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted 
cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    2. Congressional Budget Act. As required by clause 3(c)(2) 
of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this 
bill does not contain any new budget authority, spending 
authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in 
revenues or tax expenditures.
    3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by 
clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or 
objective of this bill is to rename the Ocmulgee National 
Monument.
    4. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate. Under clause 
3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate 
for this bill from the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office:

H.R. 3603--A bill to rename the Ocmulgee National Monument

    H.R. 3603 would change the name of the Ocmulgee National 
Monument in Macon, Georgia, to the Ocmulgee Mounds National 
Monument. CBO estimates that implementing the bill would have 
no significant cost because revising federal maps and signs to 
reflect the new name would be done in conjunction with 
scheduled reprinting and other routine maintenance. Enacting 
the bill would have no effect on direct spending or revenues.
    The legislation contains no intergovernment or private-
sector mandates as defined the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and 
would not affect the budgets of State, local, or tribal 
governments.
    The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Mathew Pickford. 
The estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant 
Director for Budget Analysis.

                    COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4

    This bill contains no unfunded mandates.

                           EARMARK STATEMENT

    H.R. 3603 does not contain any congressional earmarks, 
limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined in 
clause 9 of rule XXI.

                PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

    This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or 
tribal law.

                        CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

    If enacted, this bill would make no changes in existing 
law.

                                  
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