Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “National Fossil Act”.
National Fossil Act
A BILL
To amend chapter 3 of title 36, United States Code, to designate the American mastodon as the national fossil mammal and the Tyrannosaurus rex as the national fossil dinosaur of the United States, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 National fossil mammal and dinosaur of the United States
Designation— Chapter 3 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“307. National fossil mammal and dinosaur
“The fossil of—
“(1) the genus Mammut americanum, commonly known as the American mastodon, is the national fossil mammal; and
“(2) the Tyrannosaurus rex is the national fossil dinosaur.”
Conforming amendments— The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 36, United States Code, is amended—
in the chapter heading, by striking “and bird” and inserting “bird, and fossil”; and
by adding at the end the following: