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<meta><dc:title>Public Law 115–109: To designate a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as “Sky Point”.</dc:title>
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<preface><centerRunningHead>PUBLIC LAW 115–109—JAN. 10, 2018</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/131/2268">131 STAT. 2268</page>
<dc:type>Public Law</dc:type><docNumber>115–109</docNumber>
<congress value="115">115th Congress</congress>
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<docTitle class="centered fontsize12" style="-uslm-lc:I658005">An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658011">To designate a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as “Sky Point”.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8" id="x2e400524-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658076"><approvedDate date="2018-01-10">Jan. 10, 2018</approvedDate></p><p class="centered fontsize8" id="x2e400525-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658076">[<ref href="/us/bill/115/hr/381">H.R. 381</ref>]<?GPOvSpace 08?></p></sidenote></officialTitle>
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<enactingFormula style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><i>  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x2e400526-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">California.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x2e400527-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1132">16 USC 1132 note</ref>.</p><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="x2e400528-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Sky Mote.</p></sidenote>
<section id="d314126e94" identifier="/us/pl/115/109/s1" style="-uslm-lc:I658146"><num class="bold" value="1">SECTION 1. </num><heading>FINDINGS.</heading><chapeau class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="x2e405349-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Congress finds the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y2e40534a-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/109/s1/1" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Staff Sergeant Sky Mote, USMC, grew up in El Dorado, California.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y2e40534b-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/109/s1/2" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>Staff Sergeant Mote graduated from Union Mine High School.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y2e40534c-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/109/s1/3" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Upon graduation, Staff Sergeant Mote promptly enlisted in the Marine Corps.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y2e40534d-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/109/s1/4" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Staff Sergeant Mote spent 9 years serving his country in the United States Marine Corps, including a deployment to Iraq and two deployments to Afghanistan.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y2e40534e-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/109/s1/5" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>By his decisive actions, heroic initiative, and resolute dedication to duty, Staff Sergeant Mote gave his life to protect fellow Marines on August 10, 2012, by gallantly rushing into action during an attack by a rogue Afghan policeman inside the base perimeter in Helmand province.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y2e40534f-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/109/s1/6" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>Staff Sergeant Mote was awarded the Navy Cross, a Purple Heart, the Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal, a Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal, two Combat Action Ribbons and three Good Conduct Medals.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y2e407a60-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/109/s1/7" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>The Congress of the United States, in acknowledgment of this debt that cannot be repaid, honors Staff Sergeant Mote for his ultimate sacrifice and recognizes his service to his country, faithfully executed to his last, full measure of devotion.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="fontsize10" id="y2e407a61-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/109/s1/8" style="-uslm-lc:I658122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>A presently unnamed peak in the center of Humphrey Basin holds special meaning to the friends and family of Sky Mote, as their annual hunting trips set up camp beneath this point; under the stars, the memories made beneath this rounded peak will be cherished forever.</content></paragraph>
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<section id="d314126e142" identifier="/us/pl/115/109/s2" style="-uslm-lc:I658141"><num class="fontsize12" value="2">SEC. 2. </num><heading>SKY POINT.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y2e407a62-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/109/s2/a" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Designation</inline>.—</heading><content>The mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest in California, located at 37°15′16.10091″N 118°43′39.54102″W, shall be known and designated as “Sky Point”.<page identifier="/us/stat/131/2269">131 STAT. 2269</page></content></subsection>
<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="y2e407a63-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" identifier="/us/pl/115/109/s2/b" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">References</inline>.—</heading><content>Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States to the mountain described in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a reference to “Sky Point”.</content></subsection>
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<actionDescription style="-uslm-lc:I658030">Approved</actionDescription> <date date="2018-01-10">January 10, 2018</date>.</action>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658031"><inline class="underline">LEGISLATIVE HISTORY</inline>—<ref href="/us/bill/115/hr/381">H.R. 381</ref>:</heading>
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<headingText style="-uslm-lc:I658032">SENATE REPORTS:</headingText> ┐No. <ref href="/us/srpt/115/111">115–111</ref> (<committee>Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources</committee>).
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658032">CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017):</heading>
<p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="x2e407a64-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Jan. 30, considered and passed House.</p><p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="x2e407a65-e83a-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Dec. 21, considered and passed Senate.</p></note>
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