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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-630
TO DESIGNATE THE MOUNTAIN AT THE DEVILS TOWER
NATIONAL MONUMENT, WYOMING, AS DEVILS TOWER,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
APRIL 11, 2018.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 401]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 401) to designate the mountain at the Devils Tower Na-
tional Monument, Wyoming, as Devils Tower, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 401 is to designate the mountain at the Dev-
ils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, as Devils Tower.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Devils Tower National Monument, a part of the Black Hills
mountains, is in Crook County, Wyoming, and consists of 1,347
acres. The geological formation known as Devils Tower within the
Monument rises 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River. Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt established Devils Tower as the nation's
first national monument on September 24, 1906.
The name Devils Tower has unique origins. American Indian
tribes who lived in the Black Hills region had their own names for
the formation. The most common and widely used during the time
of United States exploration of the Black Hills (1855-75) was Bears
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