Alaska mountain officially named Denali in routine federal designation
S. 573 — A bill to designate a mountain in the State of Alaska as Denali. · Filed by Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) · 4 cosponsors · Introduced Feb 13, 2025 · Hearing held
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What it does
This bill officially designates a specific mountain in Alaska (located at coordinates 63°04′12″ N, 151°00′18″ W) as 'Denali.' It requires all federal laws, maps, regulations, and documents to refer to the mountain by this name going forward.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to officially name a mountain in Alaska. It is a purely administrative/nomenclatural act with no regulatory, financial, or policy content.
Who it affects
This is a straightforward naming designation with no adverse civic consequences. It clarifies official nomenclature for a geographic feature, which aids clarity in maps, documents, and public communication. No costs to citizens or restrictions on rights.
Named in the bill
State of Alaska, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Sullivan
Where it stands
4 cosponsors: 3 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Feb 13, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Feb 13, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources”
- Dec 9, 2025 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 lobbying clients named this bill on 2 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. Those filings disclosed $159,430 in lobbying spend. A filing names 28 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 41% of bills with at least one filing.
Lisa Murkowski, the sponsor, reported $378,300 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- National Parks Conservation Association — $139,430 on 1 filing
- Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks — $20,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jan 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (940 characters) on Oct 26, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,580 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jan 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-26.
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