Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “National Fossil Act”.
National Fossil Act
AN ACT
To amend chapter 3 of title 36, United States Code, to designate the mastodon as the national fossil of the United States.
Sec. 2 National fossil of the United States
Designation— Chapter 3 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“306. National fossil
“The fossil of the genus Mammut, commonly known as the mastodon, is the national fossil.”
Conforming amendments— The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 36, United States Code, is amended—
by striking the chapter heading and inserting “National anthem, motto, floral emblem, march, tree, and fossil”; and
by adding at the end the following: