119-s1777

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1777 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1777

 To amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the 
 boundary of Joshua Tree National Park, to redesignate the Cottonwood 
 Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the ``Dianne Feinstein 
 Visitor Center'', and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 15, 2025

 Mr. Padilla introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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 A BILL

 To amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the 
 boundary of Joshua Tree National Park, to redesignate the Cottonwood 
 Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the ``Dianne Feinstein 
 Visitor Center'', and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Joshua Tree National Park Expansion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. 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.

SEC. 3. 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''.

SEC. 4. REDESIGNATION OF THE COTTONWOOD VISITOR CENTER AT JOSHUA TREE 
 NATIONAL PARK AS THE ``DIANNE FEINSTEIN VISITOR CENTER''.

    (a) 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''.

    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the visitor center 
referred to in subsection

    (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
``Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center''.
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