[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2394]
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SA 216. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 10____. SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
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.''.
(b) 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
section as the ``National Recreation Area'') in accordance
with the laws (including regulations) applicable to the
National Recreation Area.
(c) 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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