This joint resolution would change the name of the site in Arlington National Cemetery that is administered by the National Park Service and dedicated as a memorial to Robert E. Lee. After enactment, the site would be known as the "Arlington House National Historic Site." The resolution says any reference in laws, regulations, maps, documents, papers, or other records to the current name will be taken to mean the new name. It also repeals the joint resolutions that first dedicated the site in 1955 and that amended that dedication in 1972. The resolution was introduced in the Senate by Senator Timothy Kaine, read twice, and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
If this resolution becomes law, the site will have a new official name: Arlington House National Historic Site. Official federal documents and legal references that now use the Robert E. Lee Memorial name would be treated as referring to the new name. The bill text does not change the site's location or say that management, public access, or site protections are being changed; it refers to a redesignation and to updating references.
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