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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-580
TO UPDATE THE MAP OF, AND MODIFY THE MAXIMUM
ACREAGE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION IN, THE
FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT
FEBRUARY 26, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 835]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 835) to update the map of, and modify the maximum
acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds Na-
tional Monument, 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. 835 is to update the map of, and modify the
maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil
Beds National Monument.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument was designated
in Teller County, Colorado, in 1969 to preserve one of the richest
fossil deposits in the world and interpret its geological significance
and its paleontological resources.1 The Monument features detailed
fossils of insects, plants and giant petrified redwood stumps, teach-
ing visitors about prehistoric Colorado. The Monument offers a va-
1Learn about the Park. Florissant Fossil Beds. National Parks Service. https://www.nps.gov/
flfo/learn/index.htm.
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