[Senate Report 115-111]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Calendar No. 148
115th Congress } { Report
SENATE
1st Session } { 115-111
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TO DESIGNATE A MOUNTAIN IN THE JOHN MUIR WILDERNESS OF THE SIERRA
NATIONAL FOREST AS ``SKY POINT''
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June 14, 2017.--Ordered to be printed
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Ms. Murkowski, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 381]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (H.R. 381) to designate a mountain in the
John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as ``Sky
Point,'' having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of H.R. 381 is to designate a mountain in the
John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as ``Sky
Point.''
BACKGROUND AND NEED
H.R. 381 honors Marine Staff Sergeant Sky Mote, who was
killed in Afghanistan on August 10, 2012. The bill would
designate a mountain peak in the John Muir Wilderness, under
which the Mote family gathered to camp every year, as ``Sky
Point.''
Sky Mote enlisted in the Marine Corps upon graduation from
Union Mine High School in El Dorado, California. Staff Sergeant
Mote's nine years of service included a deployment to Iraq and
two deployments to Afghanistan. Staff Sergeant Mote was awarded
the Navy Cross, the Purple Heart, the Navy-Marine Corps
Commendation Medal, a Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal, two
Combat Action Ribbons, and three Good Conduct Medals.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
H.R. 381 was introduced in the House of Representatives by
Representative McClintock on January 9, 2017, and referred to
the Committee on Natural Resources. On January 30, 2017, the
House of Representatives agreed to the bill by a voice vote.
H.R. 381 was received in the Senate on January 31, 2017, and
referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
In the 114th Congress, Representative McClintock introduced
a similar measure, H.R. 979, on February 13, 2015. The
Committee on Natural Resources reported the bill on April 15,
2015 (H. Rept. 114-81) and the House of Representatives agreed
to the bill by voice vote on June 1, 2015. H.R. 979 was
received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources on June 2, 2015.
The measure was also included in S. 2012, the North
American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016, the
House amendment to the Senate-passed S. 2012, the Energy Policy
Modernization Act, which passed the House on May 25, 2016.
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources met in open
business session on March 30, 2017, and ordered H.R. 381
favorably reported.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, in open
business session on March 30, 2017, by a voice vote of a quorum
present, recommends that the Senate pass H.R. 381.
SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS
Section 1. Findings
Section 1 contains Congressional findings providing a
narrative of Staff Sergeant Mote's life and military heroism
during battle in Afghanistan.
Section 2. Sky Point
Section 2(a) designates the mountain in the John Muir
Wilderness, as described by its respective coordinates, as
``Sky Point.''
Subsection (b) requires all laws, maps, and other official
documentation to reference the mountain as ``Sky Point.''
COST AND BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS
The following estimate of the costs of this measure has
been provided by the Congressional Budget Office:
H.R. 381 designates a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness
of the Sierra National Forest as ``Sky Point,'' as ordered
reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources on March 30, 2017.
CBO estimates that enacting this legislation would have no
significant effect on the federal budget and would not affect
direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go
procedures do not apply.
CBO estimates that enacting the legislation would not
increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of
the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
H.R. 381 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 Jeff LaFave.
REGULATORY IMPACT EVALUATION
In compliance with paragraph 11(b) of rule XXVI of the
Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee makes the following
evaluation of the regulatory impact which would be incurred in
carrying out H.R. 381. The bill is not a regulatory measure in
the sense of imposing Government-established standards or
significant economic responsibilities on private individuals
and businesses.
No personal information would be collected in administering
the program. Therefore, there would be no impact on personal
privacy.
Little, if any, additional paperwork would result from the
enactment of H.R. 381, as ordered reported.
CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING
H.R. 381, as ordered reported, does not contain any
congressionally directed spending items, limited tax benefits,
or limited tariff benefits as defined in rule XLIV of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS
Executive Communications for H.R. 381 were not requested by
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in the 115th
Congress.
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW
In compliance with paragraph 12 of rule XXVI of the
Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee notes that no
changes in existing law are made by the bill as ordered
reported.
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