A bill to designate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the "Rick Boucher Amphitheater".
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill is a facility-naming measure for the Blue Ridge Parkway. It names the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center, located at 700 Foothills Road in Galax, Virginia, the Rick Boucher Amphitheater and treats future references in federal laws, maps, regulations, documents, and records as references to the renamed amphitheater.
Who Benefits and How
The Galax community benefits from a federal designation honoring Rick Boucher at a visible music and public-lands venue. Blue Ridge Music Center visitors benefit from a clear official name for the amphitheater. Rick Boucher's family and supporters benefit from formal recognition of his public service. National Park Service records staff benefit from a statutory rule for future references to the facility.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The National Park Service must update signage, maps, documents, and facility records. Blue Ridge Parkway administrators must implement the new official name in visitor materials. Federal records offices must use the Rick Boucher Amphitheater designation in future references. Federal taxpayers may bear modest signage and administrative update costs.
Key Provisions
- Establishes Rick Boucher Amphitheater as the official name for the Blue Ridge Music Center outdoor amphitheater.
- Provides that federal legal, map, regulation, document, paper, and record references use the new name.
- Requires future federal references to the Galax, Virginia amphitheater to use the Rick Boucher Amphitheater name.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Designates the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the Rick Boucher Amphitheater and updates federal references to that name.
Key Policy Areas
Public Lands, Commemoration
Primary Purpose
Designates the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the Rick Boucher Amphitheater and updates federal references to that name.
Policy Domains
Bill provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Galax community
- Blue Ridge Music Center visitors
- Rick Boucher family
- National Park Service records staff
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- National Park Service
- Blue Ridge Parkway administrators
- Federal records offices
- Federal taxpayers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Mark R. Warner
D-VA | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
ReportedCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported …
Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Kaine) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "facility"
- → Blue Ridge Music Center outdoor amphitheater
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