[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4222 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4222

To adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve in the State of 
  California to include the land within the Castle Mountains National 
                               Monument.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 1, 2024

  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 Mojave National Preserve in the State of 
  California to include the land within the Castle Mountains National 
                               Monument.

    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 ``Mojave National Preserve Boundary 
Adjustment Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION OF CASTLE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL MONUMENT LAND TO THE 
              MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Boundary Adjustment.--The boundary of the Mojave National 
Preserve established by section 502 of the California Desert Protection 
Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa-42) (referred to in this Act as the 
``Preserve'') is adjusted to include the Federal land described in 
subsection (b).
    (b) Description of Federal Land.--The Federal land referred to in 
subsection (a) is the approximately 20,920 acres of land designated as 
the Castle Mountains National Monument by Presidential Proclamation 
Number 9394, dated February 12, 2016 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note), as 
depicted on the map accompanying the proclamation.
    (c) Availability of Map.--The map referred to in subsection (b) 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
offices of the National Park Service.
    (d) Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior (acting through 
the Director of the National Park Service) shall administer the Federal 
land added to the Preserve by subsection (a)--
            (1) as part of the Preserve; and
            (2) in accordance with applicable laws (including 
        regulations).
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