[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5881 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5881

     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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 3, 2023

  Mr. Schiff (for himself, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Sherman, Mr. 
 Lieu, Ms. Chu, Ms. Barragan, and Mr. Levin) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on 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 as follows:
            (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--
                            (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 related to human use 
                and settlement in the region--
                            (i) high concentrations of archeological 
                        resources that provide insight into more than 
                        10,000 years of Native American history; and
                            (ii) landmarks that represent topics such 
                        as architecture, recreation, and space 
                        exploration.
            (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 that are underrepresented in 
        national parks and underserved by State and local parks.

SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    (a) Boundary Adjustment.--Section 507(c) of the National Parks and 
Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460kk(c)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Boundary.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The recreation area shall 
                consist of--
                            ``(i) the land, water, and interests in 
                        land and water generally depicted as the 
                        recreation area on the map entitled `Santa 
                        Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and 
                        Santa Monica Mountains Zone, California, 
                        Boundary Map', numbered 80,047-C, and dated 
                        August 2001; and
                            ``(ii) the land, water, and interests in 
                        land and water, as generally depicted as 
                        `Proposed Addition' on the map entitled `Rim of 
                        the Valley Unit--Santa Monica Mountains 
                        National Recreation Area', numbered 638/
                        147,723, and dated April 2023.
                    ``(B) Availability of maps.--The maps described in 
                subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available for 
                public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
                National Park Service.
                    ``(C) Revisions.--After advising the Committee on 
                Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
                Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
                Representatives, in writing, of the proposed revision, 
                the Secretary may make minor revisions to the 
                boundaries of the recreation area by publication of a 
                revised drawing or other boundary description in the 
                Federal Register.''.

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION.

    Any land or interest in land acquired by the Secretary of the 
Interior within the Rim of the Valley Unit shall be administered as 
part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (referred 
to in this Act as the ``National Recreation Area'') in accordance with 
the laws (including regulations) applicable to the National Recreation 
Area.

SEC. 5. UTILITIES AND WATER RESOURCE FACILITIES.

    The addition of the Rim of the Valley Unit to the National 
Recreation Area shall not affect the operation, maintenance, or 
modification of water resource facilities or public utilities within 
the Rim of the Valley Unit, except that any utility or water resource 
facility activities in the Rim of the Valley Unit shall be conducted in 
a manner that reasonably avoids or reduces the impact of the activities 
on resources of the Rim of the Valley Unit.
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