[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1769 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1769

     To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National 
  Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2021

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mr. Padilla) 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 adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National 
  Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, 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 ``Rim of the Valley Corridor 
Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area was 
        authorized as a unit of the National Park System on November 
        10, 1978;
            (2) the Santa Monica Mountains and the Rim of the Valley 
        Corridor include--
                    (A) nationally significant resources, including--
                            (i) outstanding examples of geologic 
                        history, including the evolution of the 
                        Transverse Ranges Province;
                            (ii) a diversity of well-preserved marine 
                        and terrestrial paleontological resources; and
                            (iii) high biodiversity, including 
                        outstanding examples of native grasslands, 
                        coastal sage scrub, chaparral, dry coniferous 
                        forests, and alluvian fan sage scrub; and
                    (B) nationally significant cultural resources that 
                represent a wide range of themes relating to human use 
                and settlement in the region, including--
                            (i) high concentrations of archeological 
                        resources that provide insight into more than 
                        10,000 years of Tribal history; and
                            (ii) landmarks that represent topics such 
                        as architecture, recreation, and space 
                        exploration; and
            (3) expanding the Santa Monica Mountains National 
        Recreation Area would provide new opportunities for the 
        National Park Service to serve a broad range of urban 
        communities, including many communities that are--
                    (A) underrepresented in units of the National Park 
                System; and
                    (B) underserved by State and local parks.

SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Boundary Adjustment.--Section 507(c)(1) of the National Parks 
and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460kk(c)(1)) is amended, in the 
first sentence, by striking ```Santa Monica Mountains National 
Recreation Area and Santa Monica Mountains Zone, California, Boundary 
Map', numbered 80,047-C and dated August 2001'' and inserting ```Rim of 
the Valley Unit--Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area' and 
dated October 2017''.
    (b) Rim of the Valley Unit.--Section 507 of the National Parks and 
Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460kk) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(u) Rim of the Valley Unit.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) State.--The term `State' means the State of 
                California.
                    ``(B) Unit.--The term `Unit' means the Rim of the 
                Valley Unit included within the boundaries of the 
                recreation area, as depicted on the map described in 
                subsection (c)(1).
                    ``(C) Utility facility.--The term `utility 
                facility' means--
                            ``(i) electric substations, communication 
                        facilities, towers, poles, and lines;
                            ``(ii) ground wires;
                            ``(iii) communications circuits;
                            ``(iv) other utility structures; and
                            ``(v) related infrastructure.
                    ``(D) Water resource facility.--The term `water 
                resource facility' means--
                            ``(i) irrigation and pumping facilities;
                            ``(ii) dams and reservoirs;
                            ``(iii) flood control facilities;
                            ``(iv) water conservation works, including 
                        debris protection facilities, sediment 
                        placement sites, rain gauges, and stream 
                        gauges;
                            ``(v) water quality, recycled water, and 
                        pumping facilities;
                            ``(vi) conveyance distribution systems;
                            ``(vii) water treatment facilities;
                            ``(viii) aqueducts;
                            ``(ix) canals;
                            ``(x) ditches;
                            ``(xi) pipelines;
                            ``(xii) wells;
                            ``(xiii) hydropower projects;
                            ``(xiv) transmission facilities; and
                            ``(xv) other ancillary facilities, 
                        groundwater recharge facilities, water 
                        conservation, water filtration plants, and 
                        other water diversion, conservation, 
                        groundwater recharge, storage, and carriage 
                        structures.
            ``(2) Boundaries.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
        enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall update the 
        general management plan for the recreation area developed under 
        subsection (t) to reflect the boundaries designated on the map 
        referred to in subsection (c)(1) to include the area known as 
        the `Rim of the Valley Unit'.
            ``(3) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
        the Secretary shall administer the Unit and any land or 
        interest in land acquired by the United States located within 
        the boundaries of the Unit--
                    ``(A) as part of the recreation area; and
                    ``(B) in accordance with--
                            ``(i) this section; and
                            ``(ii) applicable laws (including 
                        regulations).
            ``(4) Acquisition of land.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may acquire non-
                Federal land within the boundaries of the Unit only 
                through exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing 
                seller.
                    ``(B) Use of eminent domain.--Nothing in this 
                subsection authorizes the use of eminent domain to 
                acquire land or interests in land within the boundaries 
                of the Unit.
            ``(5) Outside activities.--The fact that certain activities 
        or land uses can be seen or heard from within the Unit shall 
        not preclude the activities or land uses outside the boundary 
        of the Unit.
            ``(6) Effect of subsection.--Nothing in this subsection or 
        the application of the applicable management plan to the Unit--
                    ``(A) modifies any provision of Federal, State, or 
                local law with respect to public access to, or use of, 
                non-Federal land;
                    ``(B) creates any liability, or affects any 
                liability under any other law, of any private property 
                owner or other owner of non-Federal land with respect 
                to any person injured on private property or other non- 
                Federal land;
                    ``(C) affects the ownership, management, or other 
                rights relating to any non-Federal land (including any 
                interest in any non-Federal land);
                    ``(D) requires any unit of local government to 
                participate in any program administered by the 
                Secretary;
                    ``(E) alters, modifies, or diminishes any right, 
                responsibility, power, authority, jurisdiction, or 
                entitlement of the State, any political subdivision of 
                the State, or any State or local agency under existing 
                Federal, State, or local law (including regulations);
                    ``(F) requires the creation of protective 
                perimeters or buffer zones around the Unit;
                    ``(G) requires or promotes the use of, or 
                encourages trespass on, land, facilities, or rights-of-
                way owned by non-Federal entities, including water 
                resource facilities and public utilities, without the 
                written consent of the owner of the land;
                    ``(H) affects the operation, maintenance, 
                modification, construction, or expansion of any water 
                resource facility or utility facility located within or 
                adjacent to the Unit;
                    ``(I) terminates the fee title to land, or the 
                customary operation, maintenance, repair, and 
                replacement activities on or under the land, granted to 
                public agencies that are authorized under Federal or 
                State law;
                    ``(J) interferes with, obstructs, hinders, or 
                delays the exercise of any right to, or access to any 
                water resource facility or other facility or property 
                necessary or useful to access any water right to 
                operate any public water or utility system; or
                    ``(K) requires initiation or reinitiation of 
                consultation with the Director of the United States 
                Fish and Wildlife Service under, or the application of 
                provisions of, the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
                U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the National Environmental Policy 
                Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), or division A of 
                subtitle III of title 54, United States Code, relating 
                to any action or activity affecting water, water 
                rights, water management, or water resource facilities 
                within the Unit.
            ``(7) Utility facilities; water resource facilities.--A 
        utility facility or water resource facility shall conduct 
        activities in a manner that reasonably avoids or reduces the 
        impact of the activities on the resources of the Unit.''.
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