3.0.0 177 2026-09-11T08:05:49Z 2026-09-11T08:05:49Z House H HR 2025-01-03 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/177 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. McCLINTOCK:H.R. 177.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2The single subject of this legislation is:Uses of Hetch Hetchy reservoir.[Page H42]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii13 Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee Referred to 2026-09-10T14:44:58Z Referred To 2025-01-03T16:24:20Z 2026-09-10 hsii13 Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries. Committee 2025-01-03 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2025-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001177 Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] Tom McClintock R CA 5 N C000059 Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] Ken Calvert R CA 41 2025-01-03 True L000578 Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] Doug LaMalfa R CA 1 2025-01-03 True V000129 Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] David Valadao R CA G. 22 2025-01-03 True Public Lands and Natural Resources California 2025-03-19T14:59:29Z Congressional oversight 2025-03-19T14:59:53Z Fires 2025-03-19T14:59:35Z Forests, forestry, trees 2025-03-19T14:59:40Z Lakes and rivers 2025-03-19T15:00:12Z Land use and conservation 2025-03-19T14:59:59Z Outdoor recreation 2025-03-19T14:59:46Z Parks, recreation areas, trails 2025-03-19T15:00:06Z Public Lands and Natural Resources 2025-03-10T19:42:10Z 00 2025-01-03 Introduced in House 2025-03-18T19:04:09Z Yosemite National Park Equal Access and Fairness Act

This bill modifies the Raker Act, which allowed San Francisco to dam the Hetch Hetchy Valley within Yosemite National Park, to (1) increase the annual rent San Francisco pays to the National Park Service (NPS), and (2) direct the NPS to expand public access to the reservoir and lake created by the dam.

Specifically, the bill increases rent paid by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for the use of the park from $30,000 to $2 million per year. That amount must be adjusted annually to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. The commission may not recoup such sums from wholesale water or power customers. The bill allows collected rent to be used by the Department of the Interior for wildfire mitigation activities in the park and other national parks in California.

The bill also requires the NPS to administer the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and Lake Eleanor Basin areas for public recreation, benefit, and use in a manner that will preserve scenic, historic, scientific, or otherwise important features.

]]> Yosemite National Park Equal Access and Fairness Act Display Title 45 Yosemite National Park Equal Access and Fairness Act 2025-02-04T07:53:28Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Yosemite National Park Equal Access and Fairness Act 2025-02-04T07:53:27Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the Act of December 19, 1913 (38 Stat. 242), to expand access to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and Lake Eleanor Basin areas for recreational purposes, and for other purposes. 2025-02-04T07:48:27Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-01-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr177ih/xml/BILLS-119hr177ih.xml 2026-09-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries. 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.