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The bill formally renames a bridge and park to honor a local public figure and creates consistent legal references, at the cost of modest signage/material updates and short-term public confusion.
Local governments, schools, and nearby communities will have the bridge and park formally renamed for Bill Pascrell Jr., preserving local history and honoring a public figure.
Local governments and visitors will benefit from legal clarity because federal references, maps, and signs will automatically apply the new names, reducing future inconsistencies.
Local governments and park services will incur minor costs to update signage, maps, and materials to reflect the new names.
Visitors and local residents may experience temporary confusion while older maps and guides still use the former names during the transition.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Renames two features at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park and treats all federal references to the old names as referring to the new names.
Renames two public-use features at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park: the Great Falls Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge becomes the "Bill Pascrell, Jr. Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge" and Overlook Park becomes the "Bill Pascrell, Jr. Overlook Park." The bill also directs that any federal laws, maps, regulations, documents, papers, or other records that refer to the former names are to be treated as referring to the new names.
Introduced January 9, 2025 by Frank Pallone · Last progress May 14, 2025