[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3641 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3641

 To establish Pinnacles National Park in the State of California as a 
       unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 13, 2011

 Mr. Farr (for himself and Mr. Denham) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish Pinnacles National Park 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 ``Pinnacles National Park Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Pinnacles National Monument was established by 
        Presidential Proclamation 796 on January 16, 1908, for the 
        purposes of protecting its rock formations, and expanded by 
        Presidential Proclamation 1660 of May 7, 1923; Presidential 
        Proclamation 1704 of July 2, 1924; Presidential Proclamation 
        1948 of April 13, 1931; Presidential Proclamation 2050 of July 
        11, 1933; Presidential Proclamation 2528 of December 5, 1941; 
        Public Law 94-567; and Presidential Proclamation 7266 of 
        January 11, 2000.
            (2) While the extraordinary geology of Pinnacles National 
        Monument has attracted and enthralled visitors for well over a 
        century, the expanded Monument now serves a critical role in 
        protecting other important natural and cultural resources and 
        ecological processes. This expanded role merits recognition 
        through legislation.
            (3) Pinnacles National Monument provides the best remaining 
        refuge for floral and fauna species representative of the 
        central California coast and Pacific coast range, including 32 
        species holding special Federal or State status, not only 
        because of its multiple ecological niches but also because of 
        its long-term protected status with 14,500 acres of 
        Congressionally designated wilderness.
            (4) Pinnacles National Monument encompasses a unique blend 
        of California heritage from prehistoric and historic Native 
        Americans to the arrival of the Spanish, followed by 18th and 
        19th century settlers, including miners, cowboys, vaqueros, 
        ranchers, farmers, and homesteaders.
            (5) Pinnacles National Monument is the only National Park 
        System site within the ancestral home range of the California 
        Condor. The reintroduction of the condor to its traditional 
        range in California is important to the survival of the 
        species, and as a result, the scientific community with centers 
        at the Los Angeles Zoo and San Diego Zoo in California and 
        Buenos Aires Zoo in Argentina looks to Pinnacles National 
        Monument as a leader in California Condor recovery, and as an 
        international partner for condor recovery in South America.
            (6) The preservation, enhancement, economic and tourism 
        potential and management of the central California coast and 
        Pacific coast range's important natural and cultural resources 
        requires cooperation and partnerships among local property 
        owners, Federal, State, and local government entities and the 
        private sector.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK.

    (a) Establishment and Purpose.--There is hereby established 
Pinnacles National Park in the State of California for the purposes 
of--
            (1) preserving and interpreting for the benefit of future 
        generations the chaparral, grasslands, blue oak woodlands, and 
        majestic valley oak savanna ecosystems of the area, the area's 
        geomorphology, riparian watersheds, unique flora and fauna, and 
        the ancestral and cultural history of native Americans, 
        settlers and explorers; and
            (2) interpreting the recovery program for the California 
        Condor and the international significance of the program.
    (b) Boundaries.--The boundaries of Pinnacles National Park are as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ``Pinnacles National Park 
Proposed Designation Change'', numbered 114/111,724, and dated December 
2011. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
    (c) Abolishment of Current Pinnacles National Monument.--
            (1) In general.--In light of the establishment of Pinnacles 
        National Park, Pinnacles National Monument is hereby abolished 
        and the lands and interests therein are incorporated within and 
        made part of Pinnacles National Park. Any funds available for 
        purposes of the monument shall be available for purposes of the 
        park.
            (2) References.--Any references in law (other than in this 
        Act), regulation, document, record, map or other paper of the 
        United States to Pinnacles National Monument shall be 
        considered a reference to Pinnacles National Park.
    (d) Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior shall administer 
Pinnacles National Park in accordance with this Act and laws generally 
applicable to units of the National Park System, including the National 
Park Service Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 1, 2-4).
    (e) Land Acquisition.--The Secretary of the Interior may acquire 
land or interests in land within the boundaries of Pinnacles National 
Park by donation, transfer, purchase with donated or appropriated 
funds, or exchange.

SEC. 4. REDESIGNATION OF PINNACLES WILDERNESS AS HAIN WILDERNESS AND 
              EXPANSION OF WILDERNESS.

    (a) Redesignation.--Subsection (i) of the first section of Public 
Law 94-567 (90 Stat. 2693; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended by striking 
``Pinnacles Wilderness'' and inserting ``Hain Wilderness''. Any 
reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record 
of the United States to the Pinnacles Wilderness shall be deemed to be 
a reference to the Hain Wilderness.
    (b) Expansion.--Certain lands comprising approximately 2,905 acres, 
as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Proposed Wilderness Additions 
to the Proposed Pinnacles National Park'', numbered 114/106, 106, and 
dated November 2010, are hereby designated as wilderness and, 
therefore, as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System and are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part 
of the Hain Wilderness, as redesignated by subsection (a).

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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