[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3045 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3045

To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain 
    Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 16, 2023

  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 provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain 
    Federal land in the State of California, 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. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN FEDERAL 
              LAND IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction.--
            (1) National forest system land.--Administrative 
        jurisdiction over the approximately 160 acres of National 
        Forest System land more particularly described as T.1 S., R.19 
        E., sec. 24, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
        and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, Mount Diablo Meridian, Tuolumne County, 
        California, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
        ``Ackerson Meadow Land Interchange'' and dated February 24, 
        2022, is transferred to the Secretary of the Interior to be 
        managed as part of Yosemite National Park, in accordance with 
        laws applicable to the National Park System.
            (2) National park system land.--Administrative jurisdiction 
        over the approximately 170 acres of National Park System land 
        more particularly described as the SE\1/4\ of sec. 23 and the 
        land to the north and west of Road 1S25 within the NW\1/4\SE\1/
        4\NW\1/4\ of sec. 24, T.1 S., R. 19 E., Mount Diablo Meridian, 
        Tuolumne County, California, as generally depicted on the map 
        entitled ``Ackerson Meadow Land Interchange'' and dated 
        February 24, 2022, is transferred to the Secretary to be 
        managed as part of Stanislaus National Forest in accordance 
        with laws applicable to the National Forest System.
    (b) Corrections.--
            (1) Minor adjustments.--The Secretary and the Secretary of 
        the Interior may, by mutual agreement, make minor corrections 
        and adjustments to the Federal land transferred under 
        subsection (a) to facilitate land management, including making 
        a correction or adjustment to any applicable survey.
            (2) Publications.--Any correction or adjustment made under 
        paragraph (1) shall be effective on the date of publication of 
        a notice of the correction or adjustment in the Federal 
        Register.
    (c) Hazardous Substances.--
            (1) Notice.--The Secretary and the Secretary of the 
        Interior shall, with respect to the land described in 
        paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), respectively--
                    (A) identify any known sites containing hazardous 
                substances; and
                    (B) provide to the head of the Federal agency to 
                which the land is being transferred under subsection 
                (a) notice of any site containing hazardous substances, 
                as identified under subparagraph (A).
            (2) Cleanup obligations.--To the same extent as on the day 
        before the date of enactment of this Act, with respect to any 
        Federal liability--
                    (A) the Secretary shall remain responsible for any 
                cleanup of hazardous substances on the Federal land 
                described in subsection (a)(1); and
                    (B) the Secretary of the Interior shall remain 
                responsible for any cleanup of hazardous substances on 
                the Federal land described in subsection (a)(2).
    (d) Effect on Existing Rights and Authorizations.--Nothing in this 
section affects--
            (1) any valid existing rights; or
            (2) the validity or terms and conditions of any existing 
        withdrawal, right-of-way, easement, lease, license, or permit 
        on the land to which administrative jurisdiction is transferred 
        under this section, except that beginning on the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the head of the agency to which 
        administrative jurisdiction over the land is transferred shall 
        be responsible for administering the interests or 
        authorizations in accordance with applicable law.
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