Senate Unanimously Passes Peters' Bipartisan Legislation to Designate the Mastodon as America's National Fossil
August 05, 2024
August 05, 2024
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release:
DETROIT, MI Bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) to designate the Mastodon as the United States' first-ever national fossil has unanimously passed the Senate. Currently, nearly every state has a designated state fossil including Michigan which named the Mastodon as its state fossil in 2002. The National Fossil Act aims to highlight the Mastodon's importance to Americ . . .
DETROIT, MI Bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) to designate the Mastodon as the United States' first-ever national fossil has unanimously passed the Senate. Currently, nearly every state has a designated state fossil including Michigan which named the Mastodon as its state fossil in 2002. The National Fossil Act aims to highlight the Mastodon's importance to Americ . . .