3.0.0 4575 2023-01-11T13:26:31Z 2023-01-11T13:26:31Z House H HR 2014-05-06 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. COOK:H.R. 4575.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United StatesConstitution[Page H3447]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2014-05-09T21:08:05Z Referred to 2014-05-06T16:02:00Z 2014-05-09 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. Committee 2014-05-06 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2014-05-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-05-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001094 Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] Paul Cook R CA 8 N Public Lands and Natural Resources California Government buildings, facilities, and property Land transfers Parks, recreation areas, trails Travel and tourism Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2014-05-06 Introduced in House 2014-05-12T21:37:07Z Amends the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire up to five acres of land and interests in land, and improvements on it, outside the boundaries of Joshua Tree National Park in California, in the unincorporated village of Joshua Tree, California, for the purpose of operating a visitor center.

Instructs the Secretary to modify the boundary of the Park to include the acquired land as a noncontiguous parcel.

Allows the lands and facilities acquired under this Act to: (1) include the property currently owned by the Joshua Tree National Park Association and commonly referred to as the "Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center"; (2) be administered as part of the Park; and (3) be acquired only with the owner's consent by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or by exchange.

]]> To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land to operate a visitor center for Joshua Tree National Park, and for other purposes. Display Title To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land to operate a visitor center for Joshua Tree National Park, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land to operate a visitor center for Joshua Tree National Park, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2014-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr4575ih/xml/BILLS-113hr4575ih.xml 2014-05-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.