A bill to designate the pedestrian walkway crossing the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park as the "Goodloe E. Byron Memorial Pedestrian Walkway".
Public Law 99-192 · H.R. 3735 · 99th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Dec 19, 1985 · Commemorations
Sponsor: Rep. Marjorie Holt (R-MD-4)
Cosponsors (11): Rep. Bill Emerson, Rep. Royden Dyson,
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Designates the pedestrian walkway located in Washington County, Maryland, and Jefferson County, West Virginia, and crossing the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, as the Goodloe E. Byron Memorial Pedestrian Walkway.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Natural Resources Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: National Parks and Recreation Subcommittee
Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Senate · discharged from, referred toSubcommittee: Public Lands, Reserved Water and Resource Conservation Subcommittee
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 15 actions.
- Dec 19, 1985Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-192.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 13, 1985PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Dec 11, 1985FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Dec 9, 1985CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Public Lands, Reserved Water and Resource Conservation Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Dec 6, 1985FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 4, 1985CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from National Parks and Recreation Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Nov 14, 1985CommitteeCommittee · Referred to National Parks and Recreation Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Nov 12, 1985CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.