1.This Act may be cited as
the Sacramento River National
Recreation Area Act of 2011
.
2.In this Act:
(1)The term Advisory Council means the
Sacramento River National Recreation Area Advisory Council established by
section 5(a).
(2)The term management plan means the management
plan for the Recreation Area prepared under section 4(c).
(3)The term Recreation Area means the Sacramento
River National Recreation Area.
(4)The
term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(5)The
term State means the State of California.
3.Establishment of
Sacramento River National Recreation Area
(a)To conserve, protect, and enhance the landscape described
in subsection (b) in order to promote the outstanding recreational, ecological,
geological, scenic, cultural, and historic resources, fish and wildlife values,
and other resources of the landscape, there is established the Sacramento River
National Recreation Area in the State, to be managed by the Secretary.
(b)The
Recreation Area shall consist of approximately 17,869 acres of Federal land in
Tehama County and Shasta County, California, adjacent to the Sacramento River,
lower Battle Creek, and lower Paynes Creek, as generally depicted on the map
entitled Sacramento River National Recreation Area
and dated
February 2, 2010.
(c)
(1)As soon as practicable, but not later than 3 years, after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a map and legal
description of the Recreation Area to—
(A)the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and
(B)the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.
(2)The
map and legal description submitted under paragraph (1) shall have the same
force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may
correct any clerical and typographical errors in the map and legal
description.
(3)Copies
of the map submitted under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for
public inspection in—
(A)the Office of the
Director of the Bureau of Land Management; and
(B)the appropriate
office of the Bureau of Land Management in California.
(d)Inclusion in
National Landscape Conservation SystemThe Recreation Area shall
be included in the National Landscape Conservation System.
4.
(a)The Secretary shall manage the Recreation Area to further
the purposes described in section 3(a), in accordance with—
(1)this Act;
(2)the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
(3)any other
applicable law.
(b)The
Secretary shall only allow uses of the Recreation Area that would further the
purposes for which the area is designated, as described in section 3(a).
(c)Recreation area
management plan
(1)Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall submit a comprehensive plan for the long-range
protection and management of the Recreation Area to—
(A)the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and
(B)the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.
(2)The management plan—
(A)shall describe
the appropriate uses and management of the Recreation Area in accordance with
this Act;
(B)may incorporate
any appropriate decisions, as determined by the Secretary, in accordance with
this Act, that are contained in any management or activity plan for the area
completed before the date of enactment of this Act;
(C)may incorporate
appropriate wildlife habitat management plans or other plans prepared for the
land within or adjacent to the Recreation Area before the date of enactment of
this Act, in accordance with this Act;
(D)shall include a
monitoring and enforcement strategy;
(E)shall be prepared
in consultation with—
(i)the
Sacramento River National Recreation Area Advisory Council;
(ii)appropriate
Federal, State, and local agencies (including Tehama County and Shasta County,
California);
(iii)adjacent
landowners; and
(iv)other
stakeholders; and
(F)may use
information developed under any studies of land within or adjacent to the
Recreation Area carried out before the date of enactment of this Act.
(d)
(1)The Secretary may acquire land adjacent to the National
Recreation Area by purchase from willing sellers, donation, or exchange.
(2)Any
land acquired under paragraph (1) shall be managed in accordance with—
(A)the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);
(B)this Act;
and
(C)any other
applicable law (including regulations).
(3)The Secretary may acquire, through voluntary sale,
donation, exchange, or easement, land or interest in land to improve public
safety in providing access to the Recreation Area.
(e)
(1)Access to
private property
(A)The Secretary shall provide landowners adequate access to
inholdings within the Recreation Area.
(B)For
access purposes, private land adjacent to the Recreation Area to which there is
no other practicable access except through the Recreation Area shall be managed
as an inholding.
(2)Nothing in this Act affects the ownership, management,
or other rights relating to any non-Federal land (including any interest in any
non-Federal land).
(3)Nothing in this Act creates a protective perimeter or
buffer zone around any area designated as a Recreation Area by this Act.
(4)Nothing in this Act affects any easements, rights-of-way,
and other valid rights in existence on the date of enactment of this
Act.
(f)Nothing in this Act—
(1)shall constitute
or be construed to constitute either an express or implied reservation by the
United States of any water or water rights with respect to the land designated
as a National Recreation Area by section 3(a); or
(2)shall affect any
water rights existing on the date of enactment of this Act.
(g)Nothing in this Act—
(1)limits hunting or
fishing; or
(2)affects the
authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of the State to manage, control, or
regulate fish and resident wildlife under State law (including regulations),
including the regulation of hunting or fishing on public land managed by the
Bureau of Land Management.
(h)Except in cases in which motorized vehicles are needed
for administrative purposes or to respond to an emergency, the use of motorized
vehicles on public land in the Recreation Area shall be permitted only on
routes designated by the management plan for the use of motorized
vehicles.
(i)
(1)Nothing in this Act restricts the use of motorized boats
on the Sacramento River.
(2)Tehama
County and Shasta County, California, and the California Department of Boating
and Waterways shall retain authority to regulate motorized boating for the
purpose of ensuring public safety and environmental protection.
(j)In
the Recreation Area, the grazing of livestock in areas in which grazing is
allowed as of the date of enactment of this Act shall be allowed to continue,
consistent with—
(1)this Act;
(2)the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
(3)any regulations
promulgated by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land
Management.
(k)Subject
to valid existing rights, all Federal land within the Recreation Area is
withdrawn from—
(1)all forms of
entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;
(2)location, entry,
and patenting under the mining laws; and
(3)operation of the
mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.
5.Sacramento River
National Recreation Area Advisory Council
(a)There
is established an advisory council to be known as the Sacramento River
National Recreation Area Advisory Council
.
(b)The
purposes of the Advisory Council are—
(1)to ensure public
involvement in the management of the Recreation Area;
(2)to provide advice
and recommendations to the Secretary relating to the development,
implementation, and amendment of the management plan; and
(3)to improve
collaborative relationships among persons and entities interested in the
management of the Recreation Area.
(c)The Advisory Council shall consist of 11 members, of
whom—
(1)3 members shall
be appointed by the Secretary, based on recommendations from the Board of
Supervisors of Tehama County, to represent Tehama County, California;
(2)1 member shall be
appointed by the Secretary, based on recommendations from the Board of
Supervisors of Shasta County, to represent Shasta County, California;
(3)1 member shall be
appointed by the Secretary to represent the conservation community that is
carrying out conservation activities in or near the Recreation Area;
(4)1 member shall be
appointed by the Secretary from the livestock grazing community in or near the
Recreation Area;
(5)1 member shall be
appointed by the Secretary to represent Indian tribes in or near the Recreation
Area; and
(6)4 members shall
be appointed by the Secretary to represent different sectors of the recreation
community that are carrying out activities in or near the Recreation
Area.
(d)
(1)Except as provided in paragraph (3), a member of the
Advisory Council shall be appointed to a term of 4 years.
(2)A
member of the Advisory Council may be reappointed to additional 4-year
terms.
(3)Of the members initially appointed to the Advisory
Council—
(A)5 shall be
appointed for a term of 2 years; and
(B)6 shall be
appointed for a term of 4 years.
(e)
(1)The Advisory Council shall elect a member of the Advisory
Council to serve as chairperson of the Advisory Council.
(2)The
chairperson of the Advisory Council shall serve for a term of 1 year.
(3)The
chairperson may be reelected for additional 1-year terms.
(f)Consultation
With SecretaryThe Secretary shall consult with the Advisory
Council on a periodic basis to discuss matters relating to the development and
implementation of the management plan for the Recreation Area.
(g)
(1)The Advisory Council shall meet—
(A)at the call of
the Secretary; but
(B)not less
than—
(i)4
times annually while the management plan is being developed, unless a majority
of members of the Advisory Council determine the meetings to be unnecessary;
and
(ii)not less than
annually after the management plan is completed.
(2)All meetings of the Advisory Council shall be open to the
public.
(3)During meetings, the Advisory Council shall provide
interested persons a reasonable opportunity to comment on the management of the
Recreation Area.
(4)The
Secretary shall provide appropriate notice of the time, date, and location of
each meeting of the Advisory Council.
(h)Members
of the Advisory Council shall serve without pay.
(i)
(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Advisory Council
shall terminate on the date that is 20 years after the date of enactment of
this Act.
(2)The
Secretary may, at the request of the Advisory Council, extend the authority of
the Advisory Council beyond the date specified in paragraph (1).
6.Authorization of
appropriationsThere are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act such sums as are
necessary.