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The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources met in open
business session on October 2, 2018, and ordered H.R. 2156 favor-
ably reported, as amended.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, in
open business session on October 2, 2018, by a majority voice vote
of a quorum present, recommends that the Senate pass H.R. 2156,
if amended as described herein.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
During its consideration of H.R. 2156, the Committee adopted an
amendment in the nature of a substitute. The substitute amend-
ment deleted the findings in section 2 and moved the definitions
from section 8 to the new section 2. The substitute amendment also
updated the map.
SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS
Section 1. Short title
Section 1 contains the short title.
Section 2. Definitions
Section 2 contains key definitions.
Section 3. Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial
Subsection (a) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary)
to establish a Memorial at the Saint Francis Dam site in Los Ange-
les County, California, in honor of the victims of the March 12,
1928 disaster.
Subsection (b) requires the Memorial to be known as the ‘‘Saint
Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial’’ and managed by the
U.S. Forest Service.
Subsection (c) authorizes the Secretary to accept, hold, admin-
ister, invest, and spend any gift, devise, or bequest of real or per-
sonal property made to the Secretary for purposes of developing,
designing, constructing, and managing the Memorial.
Section 4. Recommendations for Memorial
Subsection (a) requires the Secretary, within three years of en-
actment, to submit to Congress recommendations regarding the
Memorial’s planning, design, construction, and long-term manage-
ment; the proposed boundaries; a visitor center and educational fa-
cilities; and ensuring public access.
Subsection (b) requires the Secretary to consult with appropriate
Federal agencies; State, Tribal, and local governments, including
the Santa Clarita City Council; and the public in preparing the rec-
ommendations required under subsection (a).
Section 5. Establishment of Saint Francis Dam Disaster National
Monument
Subsection (a) establishes a national monument on approxi-
mately 353 acres of National Forest System land administered by
the Secretary in Los Angeles County, California, as generally de-
picted on the September 12, 2018 map entitled ‘‘Proposed Saint

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