119-s2881

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2881 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2881

To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain 
 Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 September 18 (legislative day, September 16), 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 provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain 
 Federal land in the State of California, 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. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN FEDERAL 
 LAND IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction.--

    (1) National forest system land.--Administrative 
 jurisdiction over the approximately 160 acres of National 
 Forest System land more particularly described as T.1 S., R.19 
 E., 

sec. 24, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
 and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, Mount Diablo Meridian, Tuolumne County, 
 California, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
 ``Ackerson Meadow Land Interchange'' and dated February 24, 
 2022, is transferred to the Secretary of the Interior to be 
 managed as part of Yosemite National Park, in accordance with 
 laws applicable to the National Park System.

    (2) National park system land.--Administrative jurisdiction 
 over the approximately 170 acres of National Park System land 
 more particularly described as the SE\1/4\ of 

sec. 23 and the 
 land to the north and west of Road 1S25 within the NW\1/4\SE\1/
 4\NW\1/4\ of 

sec. 24, T.1 S., R. 19 E., Mount Diablo Meridian, 
 Tuolumne County, California, as generally depicted on the map 
 entitled ``Ackerson Meadow Land Interchange'' and dated 
 February 24, 2022, is transferred to the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to be managed as part of Stanislaus National Forest 
 in accordance with laws applicable to the National Forest 
 System.

    (b) Corrections.--

    (1) Minor adjustments.--The Secretary of Agriculture and 
 the Secretary of the Interior may, by mutual agreement, make 
 minor corrections and adjustments to the Federal land 
 transferred under subsection

    (a) to facilitate land management, 
 including making a correction or adjustment to any applicable 
 survey.

    (2) Publications.--Any correction or adjustment made under 
 paragraph

    (1) shall be effective on the date of publication of 
 a notice of the correction or adjustment in the Federal 
 Register.
            (c) Hazardous Substances.--

    (1) Notice.--The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 
 of the Interior shall, with respect to the land described in 
 paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) of subsection

    (a) , respectively--
        (A) identify any known sites containing hazardous 
 substances; and
        (B) provide to the head of the Federal agency to 
 which the land is being transferred under subsection

    (a) notice of any site containing hazardous substances, 
 as identified under subparagraph
        (A) .

    (2) Cleanup obligations.--To the same extent as on the day 
 before the date of enactment of this Act, with respect to any 
 Federal liability--
        (A) the Secretary of Agriculture shall remain 
 responsible for any cleanup of hazardous substances on 
 the Federal land described in subsection

    (a)

    (1) ; and
        (B) the Secretary of the Interior shall remain 
 responsible for any cleanup of hazardous substances on 
 the Federal land described in subsection

    (a)

    (2) .
            (d) Effect on Existing Rights and Authorizations.--Nothing in this 
section affects--

    (1) any valid existing rights; or

    (2) the validity or terms and conditions of any existing 
 withdrawal, right-of-way, easement, lease, license, or permit 
 on the land to which administrative jurisdiction is transferred 
 under this section, except that beginning on the date of 
 enactment of this Act, the head of the agency to which 
 administrative jurisdiction over the land is transferred shall 
 be responsible for administering the interests or 
 authorizations in accordance with applicable law.
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