[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 1209 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1209

   To provide for the continued administration of Santa Rosa Island, 
 Channel Islands National Park, in accordance with the laws (including 
 regulations) and policies of the National Park Service, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2007

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and 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 provide for the continued administration of Santa Rosa Island, 
 Channel Islands National Park, in accordance with the laws (including 
 regulations) and policies of the National Park Service, 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 ``Channel Islands National Park 
Management Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) Channel Islands National Monument was designated in 
        1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt under the authority of 
        the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 note);
            (2) the Monument was expanded to include additional islands 
        and redesignated as Channel Islands National Park in 1980 to 
        protect the nationally significant natural, scenic, wildlife, 
        marine, ecological, archaeological, cultural, and scientific 
        values of the Channel Islands in California;
            (3) Santa Rosa Island was acquired by the United States in 
        1986 for approximately $29,500,000 for the purpose of restoring 
        the native ecology of the Island and making the Island 
        available to the public for recreational uses;
            (4) Santa Rosa Island contains numerous prehistoric and 
        historic artifacts and provides important habitat for several 
        threatened and endangered species;
            (5) under a court-approved settlement, the nonnative elk 
        and deer populations are scheduled to be removed from the Park 
        by 2011 and the Island is to be restored to management 
        consistent with other National Parks; and
            (6) there have been recent proposals to remove Santa Rosa 
        Island from the administration of the National Park Service or 
        to direct the management of the Island in a manner inconsistent 
        with existing legal requirements and the sound management of 
        Park resources.

SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT OF SANTA ROSA ISLAND, CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall manage Santa Rosa Island, Channel 
Islands National Park (referred to in this section as the ``Park'')--
            (1) in accordance with--
                    (A) the National Park Service Organic Act (16 
                U.S.C. 1 et seq.);
                    (B) title II of Public Law 96-199 (16 U.S.C. 410ff 
                et seq.); and
                    (C) any other laws generally applicable to units of 
                the National Park System; and
            (2) in a manner that ensures that--
                    (A) the natural, scenic and cultural resources of 
                Santa Rosa Island are protected, restored, and 
                interpreted for the public; and
                    (B) visitors to the Park are provided with a safe 
                and enjoyable Park experience.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1077(c) of Public Law 109-364 
(120 Stat. 2406) is repealed.
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