HR249-119

What This Bill Does

This commemorative bill renames two facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in New Jersey for former Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. The Great Falls Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge would become the Bill Pascrell, Jr. Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge, and Overlook Park would become Bill Pascrell, Jr. Overlook Park. The bill also provides the standard federal-reference rule: any law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other U.S. record that refers to the old facility names is deemed to refer to the new names. That mechanism avoids needing to amend every existing document one by one.

Who Benefits and How

Bill Pascrell Jr.'s family, Paterson residents, Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park visitors, local civic groups, New Jersey history educators, National Park Service interpretive staff, and community organizations preserving Pascrell's legacy benefit because the redesignation creates a permanent federal commemoration at two visible park facilities and carries the new names into federal maps and records.

Who Bears the Burden and How

National Park Service records staff, Paterson Great Falls park managers, federal map publishers, regulation editors, signage contractors, visitor-information staff, and federal taxpayers bear modest administrative burdens because they must update facility names, signage, maps, visitor materials, and records to reflect the two Bill Pascrell Jr. designations.

Key Provisions

• Provides the new Bill Pascrell, Jr. Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge designation for the Great Falls Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge.
• Provides the new Bill Pascrell, Jr. Overlook Park designation for Overlook Park.
• Requires all references in U.S. laws, maps, regulations, documents, papers, and records to use the new facility names.