119-s1870

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1870 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1870

 To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National 
 Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 22, 2025

Mr. Schiff (for himself and 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 adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National 
 Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, 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 ``Rim of the Valley Corridor 
Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

 

Section 507
            (c) of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 460kk
            (c) ) is amended by striking paragraph

    (1) and inserting the 
following:
 ``

    (1) Boundary.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The recreation area shall 
 consist of--
 ``
            (i) the land, water, and interests in 
 land and water generally depicted as the 
 recreation area on the map entitled `Santa 
 Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and 
 Santa Monica Mountains Zone, California, 
 Boundary Map', numbered 80,047-C, and dated 
 August 2001; and
 ``
            (ii) the land, water, and interests in 
 land and water, as generally depicted as `Rim 
 of the Valley Unit Proposed Addition' on the 
 map entitled `Proposed Addition - Rim of the 
 Valley Unit Santa Monica Mountains National 
 Recreation Area', numbered 638/179670x, and 
 dated April 14, 2023.
 ``
        (B) Availability of maps.--The maps described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) shall be on file and available for 
 public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
 National Park Service.
 ``
            (C) Revisions.--After advising the Committee on 
 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
 Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
 Representatives, in writing, of the proposed revision, 
 the Secretary may make minor revisions to the 
 boundaries of the recreation area by publication of a 
 revised drawing or other boundary description in the 
 Federal Register.''.

SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION.

 Any land or interest in land acquired by the Secretary of the 
Interior within the Rim of the Valley Unit shall be administered as 
part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (referred 
to in this Act as the ``National Recreation Area'') in accordance with 
the laws (including regulations) applicable to the National Recreation 
Area.

SEC. 4. UTILITIES AND WATER RESOURCE FACILITIES.

 The addition of the Rim of the Valley Unit to the National 
Recreation Area shall not affect the operation, maintenance, or 
modification of water resource facilities or public utilities within 
the Rim of the Valley Unit, except that any utility or water resource 
facility activities in the Rim of the Valley Unit shall be conducted in 
a manner that reasonably avoids or reduces the impact of the activities 
on resources of the Rim of the Valley Unit.
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