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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-610
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY
MODIFICATION ACT
DECEMBER 2, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 5458]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 5458) to modify the boundary of the Rocky Mountain Na-
tional Park, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends
that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 5458 is to modify the boundary of the Rocky
Mountain National Park.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 5458 modifies the boundary of the Rocky Mountain National
Park (RMNP), located in the State of Colorado, to include approxi-
mately 40 acres of non-federal land that former U.S. astronaut
Vance D. Brand hopes to donate to RMNP. The 40-acre tract is lo-
cated adjacent to the eastern boundary of RMNP and would pro-
vide enhanced protections for the park's high-elevation ecosystem.
The parcel would also help increase recreational access and
connectivity by providing a natural buffer between private lands
and three popular trails: Estes Cone, Storm Pass, and Eugenia
Mine Trails.
COMMITTEE ACTION
H.R. 5458 was introduced on December 17, 2019, by Representa-
tive Joe Neguse (D-CO). The bill was referred solely to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. On
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