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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-992
YELLOWSTONE GATEWAY PROTECTION ACT
OCTOBER 23, 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. 4644]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4644) to withdraw certain National Forest System land
in the Emigrant Crevice area located in the Custer Gallatin Na-
tional Forest, Park County, Montana, from the mining and mineral
leasing laws of the United States, and for other purposes, 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. 4644 is to withdraw certain National Forest
System land in the Emigrant Crevice area located in the Custer
Gallatin National Forest, Park County, Montana, from the mining
and mineral leasing laws of the United States.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The National Park System contains 417 areas covering nearly 84
million acres in every State, the territories, and the District of Co-
lumbia.1 These federal lands serve as recreational destinations for
individuals around the U.S. and the world. National park visitors
generate and support significant economic activity within park
gateway economies. As the Department of the Interior's Fiscal Year
2019 Budget Request notes, visitors to our national parks spend
more than $18.4 billion in local communities, supporting nearly
I National Park Service. Main Site, https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/national-park-system.htm.
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