[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3258-S3259]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6044. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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. 1094. EXPANSION OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK.

       (a) Boundary Adjustment.--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 20,149 acres of land generally depicted on the 
     map entitled `Joshua Tree National Park Proposed Boundary 
     Addition', numbered 156/193,676, and dated June 2024''.
       (b) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction.--
     Administrative jurisdiction over the land described in the 
     amendment made by subsection (a) is transferred from the 
     Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service.
       (c) Land Acquisition.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of 
     the Interior may acquire land and interests in land within 
     the boundary of the Joshua Tree National Park by--
       (A) donation;
       (B) purchase from a willing seller;
       (C) exchange; or
       (D) transfer.
       (2) Limitation.--Any land or interest land within the 
     boundary of the Joshua Tree National Park that is owned by 
     the State of California or a political subdivision of the 
     State of California may only be acquired by the Secretary of 
     the Interior by donation or exchange.
       (d) Technical Correction.--Section 1433(a) of the John D. 
     Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act 
     (Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 700) is amended by striking 
     ``156/149,375'' each place it appears and inserting ``156/
     149,375A''.
       (e) Redesignation of the Cottonwood Visitor Center at 
     Joshua Tree National Park as the ``Dianne Feinstein Visitor 
     Center''.--
       (1) Redesignation.--The Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua 
     Tree National Park, or any successor to that visitor center, 
     shall be known and designated as the ``Dianne Feinstein 
     Visitor Center''.
       (2) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     visitor center referred to in paragraph (1) shall be deemed 
     to be a reference to the ``Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center''.

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