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Week Ending November 18, 2005

S.777 A bill to designate Catoctin Mountain Park in the State of Maryland as the "Catoctin Mountain National Recreation Area", and for other purposes.

BRIEF

  The bill changes the name of the 1933 Frederick County, Maryland Recreation Area to distinguish it as part of the National Park System. Camp David, the President’s retreat is nearby.

Sponsor: Senator Paul S Sarbanes (D-MD)

Vote: Passed Senate amended by Unanimous Consent November 16, 2005

Cost to the taxpayers: CBO calculates no significant cost.

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SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings- Congress finds that--

(1) the Catoctin Recreation Demonstration Area, in Frederick County, Maryland--

(A) was established in 1933; and

(B) was transferred to the National Park Service by executive order in 1936;

(2) in 1942, the presidential retreat known as `Camp David' was established in the Catoctin Recreation Demonstration Area;

(3) [Struck out->] in 1952, approximately 5,000 [<-Struck out] in 1954, approximately 4,400 acres of land in the Catoctin Recreation Demonstration Area was transferred to the State of Maryland and designated as Cunningham Falls State Park;

(4) in 1954, the Catoctin Recreation Demonstration Area was renamed `Catoctin Mountain Park';

(5) the proximity of Catoctin Mountain Park, Camp David, and Cunningham Falls State Park and the difference between management of the parks by the Federal and State government has caused longstanding confusion to visitors to the parks;

(6) Catoctin Mountain Park is 1 of 17 units in the National Park System and 1 of 9 units in the National Capital Region that does not have the word `National' in the title; and

(7) the history, uses, and resources of Catoctin Mountain Park make the park appropriate for designation as a national recreation area.

(b) Purpose- It is the purpose of this Act to designate Catoctin Mountain Park as a national recreation area to--

(1) clearly identify the park as a unit of the National Park System; and

(2) distinguish the park from Cunningham Falls State Park.

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