B–47 Ridge Designation Act

B-47 Ridge Designation Act

This bill designates the mountain ridge that runs south and west of Emigrant Peak in the Absaroka Range in Montana, which is where an Air Force B-47 strategic bomber crashed while on a training mission in 1962, as the "B-47 Ridge."

The bill permits the installing of a plaque on the ridge in memory of such crash.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1267 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1267

    To designate a mountain ridge in the State of Montana as ``B-47 
                                Ridge''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2019

Mr. Gianforte introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To designate a mountain ridge in the State of Montana as ``B-47 
                                Ridge''.

    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 ``B-47 Ridge Designation Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF B-47 RIDGE, MONTANA.

    (a) Designation.--
            (1) In general.--The unnamed mountain ridge located at 
        4514'40.89"N, 11043'38.75"W that runs south and west of 
        Emigrant Peak in the Absaroka Range in the State of Montana, 
        which is the approximate site of a crash of a B-47, shall be 
        known and designated as ``B-47 Ridge''.
            (2) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
        document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
        ridge described in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a 
        reference to ``B-47 Ridge''.
    (b) Authorization for Plaque.--
            (1) In general.--A plaque that memorializes the crash of 
        the B-47 (including denoting the names of the victims of the 
        crash) may be installed on B-47 Ridge.
            (2) Funding.--No Federal funds may be used to design, 
        procure, install, or maintain the plaque authorized under 
        paragraph (1).
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