[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7303 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7303

 To abolish the Board on Geographic Names and repeal the provisions of 
           the Act of July 25, 1947 establishing such Board.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2024

Mr. Van Drew (for himself, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Moore of Alabama, and 
  Mr. Carl) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To abolish the Board on Geographic Names and repeal the provisions of 
           the Act of July 25, 1947 establishing such Board.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preserve Geographic Names Act''.

SEC. 2. ABOLITION OF BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES.

    (a) In General.--The Board on Geographic Names established by 
section 2 of the Act of July 25, 1947 (61 Stat. 456; 43 U.S.C. 364a), 
is abolished and all functions of such Board are terminated.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The Act of July 25, 1947 (61 Stat. 456; 
43 U.S.C. 364 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in the first section of that Act--
                    (A) by striking ``conjointly with the Board on 
                Geographic Names, as hereinafter provided,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``, except that such authority as 
                relates to the final approval or review of actions of 
                the Board on Geographic Names shall be exercised by 
                him, or his Under or Assistant Secretaries'';
            (2) by striking sections 2 and 3 and redesignating sections 
        4 through 8 as sections 2 through 6, respectively;
            (3) in section 2, as so redesignated by paragraph (2) of 
        this subsection--
                    (A) by striking ``, and he shall provide a place of 
                meeting and staff assistance to the Board. The staff 
                shall be responsible to the Secretary, who shall 
                prescribe its relations to the Board and the committees 
                of the Board''; and
                    (B) by striking ``, upon the recommendation of the 
                Board,'';
            (4) in section 3, as so redesignated by paragraph (2) of 
        this subsection, by striking ``in the name of the Board''; and
            (5) in section 4, as so redesignated by paragraph (2) of 
        this subsection, by striking ``, and the duties of said Board 
        are transferred to the Board herein created, and all 
        departments, bureaus, and agencies of the Federal Government 
        shall refer all geographic names and problems to the said Board 
        for the purpose of eliminating duplication of work, personnel, 
        and authority''.
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