HR 1550

Passed House

Strengthening America’s Turning Point Act

Introduced Feb 25, 2025

Latest action (Jul 23, 2026) Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 492.

Referred to

Energy and Natural Resources Committee Natural Resources Committee

Policy area

Legislative subjects (6)

Geography and mapping Historic sites and heritage areas Military history New York State Parks, recreation areas, trails U.S. history

Summary

Redesignates the Saratoga National Historical Park as the "Saratoga National Battlefield Park."
Updates all references to the park in federal laws, maps, regulations, documents, and records to use the new "Saratoga National Battlefield Park" designation.

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Sponsor (1)

Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY)

1 cosponsor

Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY)

Actions (12)

Jul 23, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 492. · senate
Jul 23, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report. · senate
Feb 4, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. · senate
May 14, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
May 13, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
May 13, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1974) · house
May 13, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1974)
May 13, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1550. · house
May 13, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1974-1975) · house
May 13, 2025 Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. · house
Feb 25, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
Feb 25, 2025 Introduced in House

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Text versions (4)

Reported to Senate · Jul 23, 2026
Referred in Senate · May 14, 2025
Engrossed in House · May 13, 2025
Introduced in House · Feb 25, 2025

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Committee action

What happened to this bill in committee — the meetings where it was considered and every recorded vote taken on it.

Meetings where this bill was on the agenda

Business meeting to consider S.90, to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to finalize and implement certain travel management plans in the State of Utah, S.91, to improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, S.290, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to upgrade existing emergency communications centers in units of the National Park System to Next Generation 9-1-1 systems, S.291, to establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal contributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, S.365, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to allow for additional entities to be eligible to complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado, S.446, to prohibit Big Cypress National Preserve from being designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, S.700 and H.R.837, bills to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona, S.730, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of establishing the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground National Monument, S.790, to redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the "Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center", S.791, to establish the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site in the State of Maryland as an affiliated area of the National Park System, S.815, to designate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the "Rick Boucher Amphitheater", S.1319, to withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State of New Mexico from mineral entry, S.1321, to amend the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide for the transfer of the Moab site to Grand County, Utah, S.1341, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, S.1353, to extend the authority for modifications to the Second Division Memorial in the District of Columbia, S.1413, to authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act, S.1476, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila River system in the State of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, S.1516, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Cahokia Mounds, Emerald Mounds, and Pulcher Mounds in the State of Illinois, S.1518 and H.R.1550, bills to redesignate Saratoga National Historical Park as Saratoga National Battlefield Park, S.1777, to amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park, to redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the "Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center", S.1870, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, S.2102, to establish the Ralph David Abernathy, Sr., National Historic Site, and S.2881, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California.Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeFeb 4, 2026Business meeting

Full text

AN ACT

To redesignate Saratoga National Historical Park as Saratoga National Battlefield Park.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Strengthening America’s Turning Point Act”.

SEC. 2. SARATOGA NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK.

(a) Redesignation.—Saratoga National Historical Park shall hereafter be known and designated as “Saratoga National Battlefield Park”.

(b) References.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to Saratoga National Historical Park shall be deemed to be a reference to Saratoga National Battlefield Park.

Passed the House of Representatives May 13, 2025.

Attest:

Clerk. 119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1550

AN ACT

To redesignate Saratoga National Historical Park as Saratoga National Battlefield Park.

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