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
S. 815 would name the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center, 700 Foothills Road in Galax, Virginia, the Rick Boucher Amphitheater. The facility is within the Blue Ridge Parkway, a unit of the National Park System. References to this amphitheater in United States laws, maps, regulations, documents and other records would be treated as references to the newly named amphitheater. The introduced and Senate-reported versions contain identical operative language.
Who Benefits and How
Visitors to the Blue Ridge Music Center and organizations presenting its cultural programs would use a consistent commemorative name for the existing venue. The National Park Service and users of federal records receive legal clarity that references continue to identify the same amphitheater. These are naming and administrative effects, not a material financial transfer. The bill does not provide concert subsidies, contracts, ticket-sale support or new park services, and a tourism or attendance increase cannot be inferred from the designation.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The National Park Service would administer the designation as part of its existing responsibilities. Updating signs or reference materials could involve routine administrative costs, but the bill specifies no replacement timetable, reporting requirement or additional appropriation. Existing federal references remain valid rather than needing amendment to preserve their meaning. Visitors, performers and neighboring residents face no new fee, access restriction, eligibility condition or private compliance duty under this text. The name change does not alter ownership, boundaries or management authority.
Key Provisions
- Designates the existing outdoor amphitheater at 700 Foothills Road in Galax as the Rick Boucher Amphitheater.
- Provides that references in federal laws, maps, regulations and other records identify the renamed amphitheater.
- Provides no new funding, land acquisition, admission charge or operating mandate for the Blue Ridge Music Center.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Designate the existing outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the Rick Boucher Amphitheater and preserve federal reference continuity.
Key Policy Areas
National Parks, Cultural Heritage
Primary Purpose
Designate the existing outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the Rick Boucher Amphitheater and preserve federal reference continuity.
Policy Domains
A bill to designate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the "Rick Boucher Amphitheater".
Identified Gains
- Blue Ridge Music Center visitors
- Blue Ridge cultural program organizations
- National Park Service
Identified Costs
- National Park Service
Sponsors
Mark R. Warner
D-VA | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
ReportedPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. …
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee …
Reported by Mr. Lee, without amendment
Committee 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
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "facility"
- → Outdoor amphitheater at Blue Ridge Music Center, Galax, Virginia
- "new_name"
- → Rick Boucher Amphitheater
- "park_administrator"
- → National Park Service
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The outdoor amphitheater at 700 Foothills Road, Galax, Virginia, within the Blue Ridge Parkway; not the entire Music Center or Parkway.
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