,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ai1 #bjba,mr4
 ,hill 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,westerman1   
,mr4 ,womack1 and ,mr4 ,crawford7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to redesignate  
the ,tyler ,bend ,visitor ,center       
located on ,tyler ,bend ,road in ,st4   
,joe1 ,arkansas1 as the ,dr4 ,neil      
,compton ,visitor ,center1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,dr4 ,neil ,compton 
,conservation ,act4  #b4 ,findings      
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,dr4 ,neil ,compton1 of ,benton ,county1
 ,arkansas1 was born on ,august #a1     
#aiab1 in ,falling ,springs ,flats4     
7#b7 ,dr4 ,neil ,compton1 from #aidb to 
#aidf served in the ,united ,sates      
,naval ,reserve with the rank of        
,lieutenant ,junior ,grade1 ,medical    
,corps1 and retired in #aigb with the   
rank of ,captain4  7#c7 ,dr4 ,compton1  

the ,founder of ,ozark ,society1 was    
credited with saving the ,buffalo ,river
 from being dammed in two places by the 
,army ,corps of ,engineers4  7#d7 ,dr4  
,compton received numerous awards for   
his conservation work1 including the    
coveted ,american ,motors ,conservation 
,award on ,may #bj1 #aifd1 as well as   
the ,distinguished ,arkansas            
,conservationist award from the ,sears  
,roebuck ,foundation and the ,national  
and ,arkansas ,wildlife ,federation1    
both of which were presented on         
,november #ag1 #aiff4  7#e7 ,in l#ihb1  
,dr4 ,compton wrote ,the ,high ,ozarks3 
,a ,vision of ,eden1 featuring          
photographs he made during his favorite 
,ozark explorations4 ,this was followed 
in #aiib by ,the ,battle for the        
,buffalo ,river3 ,a ,conservation       
,crisis in the ,ozarks1 published by the
 ,university of ,arkansas ,press1 which 
was nominated for the ,national ,book   
,award1 and ,the ,buffalo ,river in     
,black and ,white 7,ozark ,society      

,books1 #aiig74  7#f7 ,fifty years ago1 
,dr4 ,compton played an integral part in
 having the ,buffalo ,national ,river   
named the first national river in #aigb 
during the #iast ,congress4  #c4        
,redesignation  7a7 ,in general ,the    
,tyler ,bend ,visitor ,center located on
 ,tyler ,bend ,road in ,st4 ,joe1       
,arkansas1 shall be known and           
redesignated as the ,dr4 ,neil ,compton 
,visitor ,center4  7b7 ,references ,any 
reference in a law1 map1 regulation1    
document1 paper1 or other record of the 
,united ,states to the visitor center   
referred to in subsection 7a7 shall be  
deemed to be a reference to the ,dr4    
,neil ,compton ,visitor ,center4  #d4   
,informational display ,the ,secretary  
of the ,interior may display information
 at the ,dr4 ,neil ,compton ,visitor    
,center to educate the public about the 
contributions of ,dr4 ,neil ,compton to 
the history of the ,buffalo ,national   
,river4