[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 2573. 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__. 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 section 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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