Bills/118th Congress · House

H.R. 6826

Became law

To designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center.

Sponsor

DKweisi Mfume· Maryland

Introduced

December 14, 2023

Policy area

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Latest action

Became Public Law No: 118-175.December 23, 2024

Full text of the bill

Official source on Congress.gov ↗

[118th Congress Public Law 175]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

[[Page 138 STAT. 2604]]

Public Law 118-175
118th Congress

An Act

To designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National 
Monument and Historic Shrine as the Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and 
Education Center. <<NOTE: Dec. 23, 2024 - [H.R. 6826]>> 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: Maryland. 16 USC 437 note.>> DESIGNATION.

(a) Designation.--The visitor and education center at Fort McHenry 
National Monument and Historic Shrine, currently located at 2400 E Fort 
Ave, Baltimore, MD 21230, is designated as the ``Paul S. Sarbanes 
Visitor and Education Center''.
(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other document of the United States to the visitor center 
designated by subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center.

Approved December 23, 2024.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 6826 (S. 3544):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 118-738 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
Dec. 3, considered and passed House.
Dec. 17, considered and passed Senate.

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This bill designates the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore, Maryland, as the 'Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center.' This means that all future references to this center in U.S. laws and documents will use this new name.

Hidden provisions

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine... is designated as the 'Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center.'

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