{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-249","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 249","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"To redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"To redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"To redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr."}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-01-09","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-05-13","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h124","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"To redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr.","result":"Passed","yea":362,"nay":50,"present":2,"not_voting":19,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll124.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-238.","date":"2025-12-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-01-09","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This bill renames a trail and a park within Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park located in Paterson, New Jersey, in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. Specifically, it renames the Great Falls Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge as the Bill Pascrell, Jr. Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge. It also renames Overlook Park as Bill Pascrell, Jr. Overlook Park."}],"words":57},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Renames the Great Falls Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge and Overlook Park at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Bill Pascrell, Jr.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/249/text/eh#H75D21AA1D8274FE8A8EA19DB6007D10A"}]},"core_areas":["Renaming of facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Designates the Great Falls Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park as the \"Bill Pascrell, Jr. Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/249/text/eh#H75D21AA1D8274FE8A8EA19DB6007D10A"}},{"text":"Designates Overlook Park at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park as \"Bill Pascrell, Jr. Overlook Park\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/249/text/eh#H75D21AA1D8274FE8A8EA19DB6007D10A"}},{"text":"Provides that any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Great Falls Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge is deemed a reference to the renamed bridge, and any reference to Overlook Park is deemed a reference to the renamed park.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/249/text/eh#H75D21AA1D8274FE8A8EA19DB6007D10A"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"political_name","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/249/text/eh#H75D21AA1D8274FE8A8EA19DB6007D10A"},"heading":"Redesignation of Paterson Great Falls NHP facilities","effect":"Renames the Great Falls Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge and Overlook Park at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park with the name \"Bill Pascrell, Jr.\", and treats references in federal records to the old names as references to the new names.","amount":null,"quote":"shall hereafter be known and designated as “Bill Pascrell, Jr. Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge”"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-05-13","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/249/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/249","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/249/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-249.png","v":"5f44eae7adb4","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 249, 119th Congress: To redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. House: 362 Yea, 50 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 13 May 2025."}}