[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2577. 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___. EXPANSION OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK.

       Section 402 of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 
     (16 U.S.C. 410aaa-22) is amended, in the first sentence, by 
     inserting after ``October 1991 or prior,'' the following: 
     ``and including the approximately 17,842 acres of land 
     depicted on the map entitled `Proposed Joshua Tree National 
     Park Expansion' and dated April 29, 2024,''.
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