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The bill updates the park's name to a more historically accurate designation—improving clarity and federal consistency for visitors and officials—while imposing only minor, short-term costs and potential public confusion during the transition.
Visitors, students, and educators will see a clearer, historically accurate site name that better communicates the battlefield significance of the park.
Federal agencies and state partners will have standardized references (maps and documents) using the new name, reducing long-term legal/administrative inconsistencies.
Tourists and local communities may experience short-term confusion while guides, reservation systems, and third-party resources adopt the new name.
The Park Service and partner organizations (including nonprofits) may incur minor costs to update signage, printed materials, and digital content to reflect the new name.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Redesignates Saratoga National Historical Park as Saratoga National Battlefield Park and treats all prior references as referring to the new name; establishes a short title for the Act.
Redesignates Saratoga National Historical Park as Saratoga National Battlefield Park and provides that any reference in federal laws, maps, regulations, documents, papers, or other records to the old name shall be treated as referring to the new name. The Act also designates a short title for the law. There are no changes to funding levels, programs, or policy beyond the name change and the directive to treat prior references as referring to the new name.
Introduced February 25, 2025 by Elise M. Stefanik · Last progress February 4, 2026