Renames the National Park Service site previously dedicated as a memorial to Robert E. Lee to “Arlington House National Historic Site.” It requires that any law, regulation, map, or other U.S. record that mentions the site be treated as referring to the new name and repeals the two earlier joint resolutions that named or dedicated the site. The change is nominal and administrative: it updates the official name and legal references for the property, but does not create new programs, funding, or operational duties for the National Park Service.
Redesignates the site owned and administered by the National Park Service that was dedicated as a memorial to Robert E. Lee (pursuant to the joint resolution of June 29, 1955, and the joint resolution of June 30, 1972) so that, after enactment, it shall be known as the "Arlington House National Historic Site."
States that any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the site described in paragraph (1) shall be considered a reference to the Arlington House National Historic Site.
Repeals the joint resolution of June 29, 1955 (69 Stat. 190) and the joint resolution of June 30, 1972 (86 Stat. 401).
Primary effect is administrative. The National Park Service must update official materials (signs, maps, publications, web pages, records) to reflect the new site name; those updates are routine but may involve modest costs absorbed in regular agency operations. Federal agencies and offices that reference the site in laws, regulations, maps, or documents will treat existing citations as applying to the new name, reducing the need for technical statutory edits. Visitors, local tourism businesses, and local communities will see a change in the site’s official name on maps and promotional materials; the site’s services, boundaries, and management remain unchanged. The repeal of prior joint resolutions removes earlier statutory namings and centralizes the new official name in federal records. Because the measure contains no appropriation, any physical replacements (signage, printed materials) must be funded from existing agency budgets or local partners. The renaming may also influence public discussion, historical interpretation, and advocacy groups; that symbolic impact is political and social rather than legal or budgetary.
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Last progress February 27, 2025 (12 months ago)
Introduced on February 27, 2025 by Donald Sternoff Beyer
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