[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4913]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2574. 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__. 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 of 
     Agriculture 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 of Agriculture 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 of Agriculture 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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