[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[S. 774 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 380
116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 774
To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National
Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 13, 2019
Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Ms. Harris) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
December 18, 2019
Reported by Ms. Murkowski, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
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A BILL
To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National
Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rim of the Valley Corridor
Preservation Act''.
<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Congress finds that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation
Area was authorized as a unit of the National Park System on
November 10, 1978;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the Santa Monica Mountains and the Rim of the
Valley Corridor include--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) nationally significant resources,
including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) outstanding examples of
geologic history, including the evolution of
the Transverse Ranges Province;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) a diversity of well-preserved
marine and terrestrial paleontological
resources; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) high biodiversity, including
outstanding examples of native grasslands,
coastal sage scrub, chaparral, dry coniferous
forests, and alluvian fan sage scrub;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) nationally significant cultural
resources that represent a wide range of themes
relating to human use and settlement in the region,
including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) high concentrations of
archeological resources that provide insight
into more than 10,000 years of Tribal history;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) landmarks that represent
topics such as architecture, recreation, and
space exploration; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) expanding the Santa Monica Mountains National
Recreation Area would provide new opportunities for the
National Park Service to serve a broad range of urban
communities, including many communities that are--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) underrepresented in units of the
National Park System; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) underserved by State and local
parks.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION;
ADMINISTRATION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Boundary Adjustment.--Section 507(c)(1) of the
National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460kk(c)(1)) is
amended, in the first sentence, by striking ```Santa Monica Mountains
National Recreation Area and Santa Monica Mountains Zone, California,
Boundary Map', numbered 80,047-C and dated August 2001'' and inserting
```Rim of the Valley Unit--Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation
Area' and dated October 2017''.</DELETED>
SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; ADMINISTRATION.
(a) Boundary Adjustment.--
(1) Maps.--Section 507(c)(1) of the National Parks and
Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460kk(c)(1)) is amended, in
the first sentence, by striking ``and dated August 2001, which
shall'' and inserting ``, and dated August 2001 (referred to in
this section as the `2001 map') and the areas generally
depicted as the `Rim of the Valley Unit Proposed Addition' on
the map entitled `Rim of the Valley Unit, Santa Monica Mountain
National Recreation Area', numbered 638/147,723, and dated
September 2018 (referred to in this section as the `2018 map').
The 2001 map and the 2018 map shall''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--Section 507 of the National
Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460kk) is amended--
(A) in subsection (c)(2)(A), in the fourth
sentence, by striking ``boundary map referred to in
paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``2001 map'';
(B) in subsection (n)(1), by striking ``map
referred to in subsection (c) of this section'' and
inserting ``2001 map''; and
(C) in subsection (o), by striking ``map referred
to in subsection (c) of this section'' and inserting
``2001 map''.
(b) Rim of the Valley Unit.--Section 507 of the National Parks and
Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460kk) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(u) Rim of the Valley Unit.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) State.--The term `State' means the State of
California.
``(B) Unit.--The term `Unit' means the Rim of the
Valley Unit included within the boundaries of the
recreation area, as depicted on the map described in
subsection (c)(1) 2018 map.
``(C) Utility facility.--The term `utility
facility' means--
``(i) electric substations, communication
facilities, towers, poles, and lines;
``(ii) ground wires;
``(iii) communications circuits;
``(iv) other utility structures; and
``(v) related infrastructure.
``(D) Water resource facility.--The term `water
resource facility' means--
``(i) irrigation and pumping facilities;
``(ii) dams and reservoirs;
``(iii) flood control facilities;
``(iv) water conservation works, including
debris protection facilities, sediment
placement sites, rain gauges, and stream
gauges;
``(v) water quality, recycled water, and
pumping facilities;
``(vi) conveyance distribution systems;
``(vii) water treatment facilities;
``(viii) aqueducts;
``(ix) canals;
``(x) ditches;
``(xi) pipelines;
``(xii) wells;
``(xiii) hydropower projects;
``(xiv) transmission facilities; and
``(xv) other ancillary facilities,
groundwater recharge facilities, water
conservation, water filtration plants, and
other water diversion, conservation,
groundwater recharge, storage, and carriage
structures.
``(2) Boundaries.--Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall update the
general management plan for the recreation area developed under
subsection (t) to reflect the boundaries designated on the map
referred to in subsection (c)(1) 2018 map to include the area
known as the `Rim of the Valley Unit'.
``(3) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights,
the Secretary shall administer the Unit and any land or
interest in land acquired by the United States located within
the boundaries of the Unit--
``(A) as part of the recreation area; and
``(B) in accordance with--
``(i) this section; and
``(ii) applicable laws (including
regulations).
``(4) Acquisition of land.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary may acquire non-
Federal land within the boundaries of the Unit only
through exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing
seller.
``(B) Use of eminent domain.--Nothing in this
subsection authorizes the use of eminent domain to
acquire land or interests in land within the boundaries
of the Unit.
``(5) Outside activities.--The fact that certain activities
or land uses can be seen or heard from within the Unit shall
not preclude the activities or land uses outside the boundary
of the Unit.
``(6) Effect of subsection.--Nothing in this subsection or
the application of the applicable management plan to the Unit--
``(A) modifies any provision of Federal, State, or
local law with respect to public access to, or use of,
non-Federal land;
``(B) creates any liability, or affects any
liability under any other law, of any private property
owner or other owner of non-Federal land with respect
to any person injured on private property or other non-
Federal land;
``(C) affects the ownership, management, or other
rights relating to any non-Federal land (including any
interest in any non-Federal land);
``(D) requires any unit of local government to
participate in any program administered by the
Secretary;
``(E) alters, modifies, or diminishes any right,
responsibility, power, authority, jurisdiction, or
entitlement of the State, any political subdivision of
the State, or any State or local agency under existing
Federal, State, or local law (including regulations);
``(F) requires the creation of protective
perimeters or buffer zones around the Unit;
``(G) requires or promotes the use of, or
encourages trespass on, land, facilities, or rights-of-
way owned by non-Federal entities, including water
resource facilities and public utilities, without the
written consent of the owner of the land;
``(H) affects the operation, maintenance,
modification, construction, or expansion of any water
resource facility or utility facility located within or
adjacent to the Unit;
``(I) terminates the fee title to land, or the
customary operation, maintenance, repair, and
replacement activities on or under the land, granted to
public agencies that are authorized under Federal or
State law;
``(J) interferes with, obstructs, hinders, or
delays the exercise of any right to, or access to any
water resource facility or other facility or property
necessary or useful to access any water right to
operate any public water or utility system; or
``(K) requires initiation or reinitiation of
consultation with the Director of the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service under, or the application of
provisions of, the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), or division A of
subtitle III of title 54, United States Code, relating
to any action or activity affecting water, water
rights, water management, or water resource facilities
within the Unit.
``(7) Utility facilities; water resource facilities.--A
utility facility or water resource facility shall conduct
activities in a manner that reasonably avoids or reduces the
impact of the activities on the resources of the Unit.''.
Calendar No. 380
116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 774
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National
Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for
other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
December 18, 2019
Reported with amendments