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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-421
TO DESIGNATE THE BRIDGE LOCATED IN BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE,
ON THE FOOTHILLS PARKWAY (COMMONLY KNOWN AS BRIDGE 2) AS
THE DEAN STONE BRIDGE
NOVEMBER 21, 2017.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3469]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3469) to designate the bridge located in Blount County,
Tennessee, on the Foothills Parkway (commonly known as Bridge
2) as the Dean Stone Bridge, having considered the same, report
favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill
do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 3469 is to designate the bridge located in
Blount County, Tennessee, on the Foothills Parkway (commonly
known as Bridge 2) as the Dean Stone Bridge.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Dean Stone was born in 1924 outside of Knoxville, Tennessee. A
World War II veteran, Stone worked an astonishing 67 years with
Blount County's The Daily Times following the war, serving as the
editor for nearly half that time. A lifelong advocate for Blount
County and the surrounding Great Smoky Mountains, Stone
chaired the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains Park Commission
for nearly 22 years, served as president of the Blount County
Chamber of Commerce, and published eight books on the region.
This bill proposes to name Bridge 2, an 800-foot engineering
marvel, after Dean Stone. The bridge is located on the Foothills
Parkway, a National Parkway that traverses the foothills near the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Foothills Parkway is
Tennessee's oldest unfinished highway project, and Dean Stone was
a tireless advocate for the project's completion. To quote the bill's
sponsor, John J. Duncan, Jr., Dean Stone was one of the park's
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