[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4912]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2571. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 H 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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