[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1865 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1865

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
feasibility of establishing the Lower Los Angeles River and San Gabriel 
 River watersheds in the State of California as a unit of the National 
                  Park System, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 20 (legislative day, December 18), 2001

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
feasibility of establishing the Lower Los Angeles River and San Gabriel 
 River watersheds in the State of California as a unit of the National 
                  Park System, 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 ``Lower Los Angeles River and San 
Gabriel River Watersheds Study Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (2) Watershed.--The term ``watershed'' means--
                    (A) the Lower Los Angeles River and its tributaries 
                below the confluence of the Arroyo Seco;
                    (B) the San Gabriel River and its tributaries in 
                Los Angeles County and Orange County, California; and
                    (C) the San Gabriel Mountains located within the 
                territory of the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles 
                Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (as defined in section 
                32603(c)(1)(C) of the State of California Public 
                Resource Code).

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF STUDY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a study on the 
suitability and feasibility of establishing the watershed as a unit of 
the National Park System.
    (b) Applicable Law.--Section 8(c) of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 
1a-5(c)) shall apply to the conduct and completion of the study 
required by subsection (a).
    (c) Consultation With State and Local Governments.--In carrying out 
the study authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult 
with--
            (1) the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and 
        Mountains Conservancy; and
            (2) any other appropriate State or local governmental 
        entity.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Resources of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate a report on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations 
of the study required by section 3(a).
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