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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on November 16, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Billy Frank Jr. Tell Your Story Act
(Sec. 2) This bill redesignates the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state as the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge.
(Sec. 3) The bill establishes, as a unit of the National Park System, the Medicine Creek Treaty National Memorial within the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge to commemorate the location of the signing of the Medicine Creek Treaty of 1854 between the U.S. government and leaders of the Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup, and Squaxin Island Indian Tribes.
The Department of the Interior must: (1) establish the boundaries of the Medicine Creek Treaty National Memorial and to provide for its administration and interpretation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and (2) coordinate with representatives of the Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup, and Squaxin Island Indian Tribes in providing for that interpretation.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 2270 as public Law on Dec 17, 2015. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Nov 30, 2015
Billy Frank Jr. Tell Your Story Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
413 Yea 2 Nay 18 not voting
Crossed both parties 2 of 415 voting members broke with their own party: 2 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 2270 and vote against it. 16 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 2270 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
4 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.