[House Report 116-503]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


116th Congress  }                                             {    Report
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session     }                                             {   116-503

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                       B-47 RIDGE DESIGNATION ACT

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 September 14, 2020.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 1267]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred 
the bill (H.R. 1267) to designate a mountain ridge in the State 
of Montana as `` B-47 Ridge'', having considered the same, 
reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that 
the bill do pass.

                          PURPOSE OF THE BILL

    The purpose of H.R. 1267 is to designate a mountain ridge 
in the State of Montana as ``B-47 Ridge.''

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    On July 23, 1962, a B-47 Bomber left Dyess Air Force Base 
in Texas for a routine training mission over Montana but 
crashed into the southwestern slope of Emigrant Peak in the 
Gallatin National Forest, killing all four Air Force officers 
on board.\1\
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    In honor of the Air Force crew that lost their lives in the 
crash, H.R. 1267 designates a currently unnamed mountain ridge 
off the southwest side of Emigrant Peak as ``B-47 Ridge'' and 
authorizes the instillation of a plaque on the ridge. The 
legislation stipulates that no federal funds may be expended 
for the design, procurement, installation, or maintenance of 
the plaque.

                            COMMITTEE ACTION

    H.R. 1267 was introduced on February 14, 2019, by 
Representative Greg Gianforte (R-MT). The bill was referred 
solely to the Committee on Natural Resources, and within the 
Committee to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and 
Public Lands. On June 18, 2020, the Subcommittee held a hearing 
on the bill. On July 29, 2020, the Natural Resources Committee 
met to consider the bill. The Subcommittee was discharged by 
unanimous consent. No amendments were offered, and the bill was 
adopted and ordered favorably reported to the House of 
Representatives by unanimous consent.

                                HEARINGS

    For the purposes of section 103(i) of H. Res. 6 of the 
116th Congress--the following hearing was used to develop or 
consider H.R. 1267: legislative hearing by the Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands held on June 18, 
2020.

            COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

    Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause3(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.

      COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII AND CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT

    1. Cost of Legislation and the Congressional Budget Act. 
With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(2) and (3) of 
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
sections 308(a) and 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, the Committee has received the following estimate for the 
bill from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office:

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                 Washington, DC, September 2, 2020.
Hon. Raul M. Grijalva,
Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 1267, the B-47 
Ridge Designation Act.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Janani 
Shankaran.
            Sincerely,
                                         Phillip L. Swagel,
                                                          Director.
    Enclosure.

    
    

    H.R. 1267 would designate a mountain ridge in the Gallatin 
National Forest in Montana as B-47 Ridge and would permit the 
installation of a plaque that memorializes the crash of a U.S. 
Air Force B-47 aircraft at the site. The bill would prohibit 
the use of federal funds to design, install, or maintain the 
plaque.
    CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1267 would have no 
significant effect on spending subject to appropriation.
    On January 15, 2020, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for S. 
490, the B-47 Ridge Designation Act, as reported by the Senate 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on December 17, 2019. 
The two bills are similar and CBO's estimates of their 
budgetary effects are the same.
    The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Janani 
Shankaran. The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, 
Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.
    2. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by 
clause3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goals and 
objectives of this bill are to designate a mountain ridge in 
the State of Montana as ``B-47 Ridge.''

                           EARMARK STATEMENT

    This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks, 
limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined 
under clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives.

                 UNFUNDED MANDATES REFORM ACT STATEMENT

    This bill contains no unfunded mandates.

                           EXISTING PROGRAMS

    This bill does not establish or reauthorize a program of 
the federal government known to be duplicative of another 
program.

                  APPLICABILITY TO LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

    The Committee finds that the legislation does not relate to 
the terms and conditions of employment or access to public 
services or accommodations within the meaning of section 
102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act.

               PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL, OR TRIBAL LAW

    Any preemptive effect of this bill over state, local, or 
tribal law is intended to be consistent with the bill's 
purposes and text and the Supremacy Clause of Article VI of the 
U.S. Constitution.

                        CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

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

        SUPPLEMENTAL, MINORITY, ADDITIONAL, OR DISSENTING VIEWS

    None.