[House Report 113-401]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 113-401
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TO REDESIGNATE MAMMOTH PEAK IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AS ``MOUNT JESSIE
BENTON FREMONT''
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April 4, 2014.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Hastings of Washington, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 1192]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 1192) to redesignate Mammoth Peak in Yosemite
National Park as ``Mount Jessie Benton Fremont'', having
considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment
and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 1192 is to redesignate Mammoth Peak in
Yosemite National Park as ``Mount Jessie Benton Fremont''.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 1192 would redesignate ``Mammoth Peak'' in Yosemite
National Park as ``Mount Jessie Benton Fremont''. The peak is
located at the northern end of the Kuna Crest, close to
California State Route 120.
Born on May 31, 1824, Jessie Benton Fremont was the
daughter of U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton who was a leading
proponent of the nation's westward expansion. In 1941, she
married John C. Fremont, an American military officer, explorer
and later, politician.
Jessie Benton Fremont was a gifted writer and used her
skill to transform her husband's travel and exploration
descriptions into popular narratives that were used by pioneers
to guide their route west. In 1849, she traveled to California
to join her husband at their Mariposa ranch, later returning to
the East Coast to actively support her husband's unsuccessful
1856 presidential campaign.
Mrs. Fremont returned to California in 1858, where she
became more familiar with the Sierra Nevada and recognized a
need to conserve certain areas. She, along with others
including Thomas Starr King and Frederick Law Olmsted, sought
support to federally protect Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa
Grove of Giant Sequoias.
This advocacy eventually led to the ``Yosemite Grant,''
President Abraham Lincoln's landmark legislation that set aside
Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove as a protected area. The
Yosemite Grant eventually led to the establishment of Yosemite
National Park on Oct 1, 1890. H.R. 1192 recognizes Benton
Frmont's contribution to this accomplishment.
Under the legislation, the National Park Service will
continue to manage the proposed ``Mount Jessie Benton Fremont''
within Yosemite National Park.
COMMITTEE ACTION
H.R. 1192 was introduced on March 14, 2013, by Congressman
Tom McClintock (R-CA). The bill was referred to the Committee
on Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. On
February 26, 2014, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill.
On March 13, 2014, the Natural Resources Committee met to
consider the bill. The Subcommittee on Public Lands and
Environmental Regulation was discharged by unanimous consent.
The bill was adopted and ordered favorably reported to the
House of Representatives 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.
COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII
1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(1) 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)(2)(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. 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. 1192--A bill to redesignate Mammoth Peak in Yosemite National Park
as ``Mount Jessie Benton Fremont''
H.R. 1192 would rename Mammoth Peak in Yosemite National
Park in California as Mount Jessie Benton Fremont. CBO
estimates that implementing H.R. 1192 would have no significant
effect on the federal budget. Enacting H.R. 1192 would not
affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go
procedures do not apply.
H.R. 1192 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector
mandates as defined in 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 Martin von
Gnechten. The estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy
Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.
2. Section 308(a) of 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. CBO estimates that
implementing H.R. 1192 would have no significant effect on the
federal budget.
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 redesignate Mammoth Peak in
Yosemite National Park as ``Mount Jessie Benton Fremont''.
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.
COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4
This bill contains no unfunded mandates.
COMPLIANCE WITH H. RES. 5
Directed Rule Making. The Chairman does not believe that
this bill directs any executive branch official to conduct any
specific rule-making proceedings.
Duplication of Existing Programs. This bill does not
establish or reauthorize a program of the federal government
known to be duplicative of another program. Such program was
not included in any report from the Government Accountability
Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-139
or identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance published pursuant to the Federal Program
Information Act (Public Law 95-220, as amended by Public Law
98-169) as relating to other programs.
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.