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<dc:title>118 S4227 IS: Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act of 2024</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2024-05-01</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>118th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 4227</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20240501">May 1, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S413">Mr. Padilla</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="S424">Ms. Butler</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSEG00">Committee on Energy and Natural Resources</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act of 2024</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide98c21805aa345898c37de3b828e47b0"><enum>2.</enum><header>Expansion of Joshua Tree National Park</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402 of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/410aaa-22">16 U.S.C. 410aaa–22</external-xref>) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting after <quote>October 1991 or prior,</quote> the following: <quote>and including the approximately 17,842 acres of land depicted on the map entitled <quote>Proposed Joshua Tree National Park Expansion</quote> and dated April 29, 2024,</quote>. </text></section></legis-body></bill> 

