[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 182 (Monday, December 7, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H13534-H13535]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           PRESERVING ORANGE COUNTY'S ROCKS AND SMALL ISLANDS

  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 86) to eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide 
management consistency by bringing the rocks and small islands along 
the coast of Orange County, California, and meet the original 
Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small 
islands, and for other purposes, as amended.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                H.R. 86

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. PRESERVATION OF ROCKS AND SMALL ISLANDS ALONG THE 
                   COAST OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

       (a) California Coastal National Monument.--The Act of 
     February 18, 1931, entitled ``An Act to reserve for public 
     use rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and small islands along the 
     seacoast of Orange County, California'' is amended by 
     striking ``temporarily reserved'' and all that follows 
     through ``United States'' and inserting ``part of the 
     California Coastal National Monument and shall be 
     administered as such''.
       (b) Repeal of Reservation.--Section 31 of the Act of May 
     28, 1935, entitled ``An Act to authorize the Secretary of 
     Commerce to dispose of certain lighthouse reservations, and 
     for other purposes'' is hereby repealed.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
Guam (Ms. Bordallo) and the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Brown) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Guam.


                             General Leave

  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks 
and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Guam?
  There was no objection.
  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 86, introduced by our colleague from 
California Representative Campbell, would correct a situation in which 
two acts from the 1930s are inadvertently preventing certain rocks, 
pinnacles, reefs, small islands, and lighthouses off the coast of 
Orange County from being included in the California Coastal National 
Monument.

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  President Clinton, in 2000, created the California Coastal National 
Monument, which spans the entire 1,100 miles of the California coast 
and encompasses more than 20,000 small islands, rocks, exposed reefs, 
and pinnacles; however, the act designating the monument included only 
unreserved and unappropriated rocks and islands. Under the 1930s acts, 
these natural and cultural sites off the coast of Orange County were 
already reserved.
  H.R. 86 would strike the reservation language in one act and repeal 
another act to provide that these areas finally be permanently 
protected as part of the California Coastal National Monument.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the passage of H.R. 86.
  I reserve the balance of time.
  Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as 
I may consume.
  H.R. 86, introduced by Congressman John Campbell, will remove an 
unused lighthouse reservation currently in place for certain rocks and 
small islands along the coast of Orange County, California. This bill 
would add them to the California Coastal National Monument. The 
lighthouse reservation has been in place since 1935 to provide 
locations for searchlights and other coastal defense equipment; 
however, we have been assured that there is no longer a need for this 
reservation.
  Congressman Campbell's legislation will provide for consistency in 
the management of geological features along the coast of Orange County, 
and I support this bill.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I urge Members to support this bill, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentlewoman from Guam (Ms. Bordallo) that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, H.R. 86, as amended.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX and the 
Chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be 
postponed.

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