Legislative Committee
June 27, 2023

Legislative Committee – June 27, 2023

Assembly Bill 474 – State Threat Assessment Center: Transnational Criminal Organizations

Recommendation

Legislative Committee recommend to support Assembly Bill 474.

Summary

Authored by Assembly Member Freddie Rodriguez (D-52-Pomona), Assembly Bill 474 requires the State Threat Assessment Center and the California Office of Emergency Services to prioritize, to the greatest extent possible, cooperation with state and local efforts to disrupt and dismantle criminal networks trafficking opioid drugs that pose a threat to California.

Background

The State Threat Assessment Center serves as California's information-sharing clearinghouse of strategic threat analysis and situational awareness reporting to statewide leadership and the public safety community in support of efforts to prevent, prepare for, mitigate, and respond to all crimes that pose a threat to California citizens.

Transnational Criminal Organizations continue to pose a threat to California, public health, and economic security. According to the United States Treasury Department, drug-related crime generated over $100 billion in proceeds in the United States. The opioid epidemic has become a nationwide issue, affecting communities across the country, including the City of Santa Clarita.

In 2021, more than 71,000 people died from a synthetic opioid-related drug overdose, including fentanyl, in the United States, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine, making it a major contributor to drug overdose deaths. Based on preliminary 2021 data from the CDC, there were 6,843 opioid-related overdose deaths in California; 5,722 of these deaths were related to fentanyl. Moreover, in 2021, there were 224 fentanyl-related overdose deaths among teenagers, ages 15–19 years old, in California.

In 2022, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported 32 overdoses in the Santa Clarita Valley as a result of fentanyl.

The Santa Clarita City Council supported similar legislation, Senate Bill 13 (Ochoa Bogh) Senate Bill 44 (Umberg) and Assembly Bill 367 (Maienschein) at the March 14, 2023, regular City Council meeting.

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Additionally, the recommendation to support Assembly Bill 474 is consistent with the City of Santa Clarita 2023 Executive and Legislative Platform. Specifically, Component 2 under the “State” section advises that the City Council, “Support legislative efforts to address the negative impacts of AB 109, Proposition 47, and Proposition 57 on local governments and provide local law enforcement with the appropriate tools to reduce criminal activity.”

Supporters

California State Sheriffs’ Association
Peace Officers’ Research Association of California
League of California Cities

Opponents

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Oakland Privacy
San Francisco Public Defenders

Bill Status

Assembly Bill 474 passed the Assembly (78-0-2) on May 25, 2023, and is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Public Safety Committee on June 27, 2023. Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo voted in support of the bill on the Assembly Floor.

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ASSEMBLY BILL No. 474
Introduced by Assembly Member Rodriguez
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Waldron)
February 7, 2023
An act to add Section 8685.11 to the Go vernment Code, relating to state government.
legislative counsel’s digest
AB 474, as introduced, Rodriguez. State Threat Assessment Center:
transnational criminal organizations.

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, creates, within the office of the Go vernor, the Office of Emer gency Services, which is responsible for addressing natural, technological, or human-caused disasters and emer gencies, including responsibility for acti vities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of emergencies and disasters to people and property.

This bill w ould find and declare that the State Threat Assessment Center (STAC) serves as California’s information-sharing clearinghouse of strate gic threat analysis and situational a wareness reporting for statewide leadership and the public safety community, as specified, and that the STAC is California’s state primary fusion center, as designated by the Governor, and is operated by the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Office of Emergency Services, and the Department of Justice. The bill would make other findings and declarations related to drug trafficking and transnational criminal organizations.

The bill w ould require the ST AC and the Office of Emer gency Services to prioritize, to the greatest extent possible, cooperation with state and local ef forts to illuminate, disrupt, de grade, and dismantle

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.​ State-mandated local program: no.​
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
line 1 SECTION 1. The Le gislature finds and declares all of the line 2 following:
line 3 (a)  The State Threat Assessment Center (ST AC) serv es as line 4 California’s information-sharing clearinghouse of strategic threat line 5 analysis and situational a wareness reporting for state wide line 6 leadership and the public safety community in support of ef forts line 7 to prevent, prepare for , mitigate, and respond to all crimes and line 8 hazards impacting California citizens and critical infrastructure line 9 while preserving ci vil liberties, indi vidual pri vacy, and line 10 constitutional rights.
line 11 (b)  The STAC is California’ s state primary fusion center , as line 12 designated by the Governor, and is operated by the Department of line 13 the California Highway Patrol, the Office of Emergency Services, line 14 and the Department of Justice.
line 15 (c)  Transnational criminal or ganizations (TCOs) continue to line 16 pose a threat to California, public health, and our economic line 17 security.
line 18 (d)  According to the United States Department of the Treasury, line 19 it is estimated that drug-related crime alone generated o ver $100 line 20 billion in proceeds in the United States.
line 21 (e)  There were 7,175 deaths related to any opioid overdoses in line 22 California in 2021, of which 5,961 were related to fentan yl, line 23 according to the State Department of Public Health. line 24 (f)  Mexico-based TCO criminal activity is not limited to drug line 25 trafficking, as the y eng age in a wide v ariety of other criminal line 26 activity. TCOs also f acilitated and profited from smuggling line 27 migrants into the United States, and their illicit trade acti vity led line 28 to the seizure of o ver $2.14 billion in intellectual property line 29 violations in federal fiscal year 2021, according to the United States line 30 Department of Homeland Security.
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line 3 8685.11. (a)  The State Threat Assessment Center with the line 4 Office of Emergency Services shall prioritize, to the greatest extent line 5 possible, cooperation with state and local ef forts to illuminate, line 6 disrupt, de grade, and dismantle criminal netw orks trafficking line 7 opioid drugs that pose a threat to California.
line 8 (b)  In carrying out this section, the State Threat Assessment line 9 Center shall support state and local interagenc y task forces line 10 established to combat ille gal opioid trafficking in California. line 11 Support pro vided by the State Threat Assessment Center shall line 12 include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
line 13 (1)  Preparing and disseminating intelligence products for public line 14 safety entities.
line 15 (2)  Analyzing tactics and trends or transnational criminal line 16 organizations operating in California.
line 17 (3)  Sharing information with go vernment decisionmakers and line 18 state and local public safety officials regarding the extent to which line 19 transnational criminal or ganizations are trafficking opioids and line 20 pose other public safety threats in California.

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Legislative Committee – June 27, 2023

Assembly Bill 701 – Controlled Substances: Fentanyl

Recommendation

Legislative Committee recommend support of Assembly Bill 701.

Summary

Authored by Assembly Member Carlos Villapudua (D-13-Stockton), Assembly Bill 701 would add fentanyl to the list of substances subject to weight enhancements that increase the penalty and fine for trafficking, ensuring that possession of large amounts of fentanyl is punishable to the same extent as substances containing heroin, cocaine base, and cocaine.

Background

The opioid epidemic has become a nationwide issue, affecting communities across the country, including the City of Santa Clarita. In 2021, more than 71,000 people died from a synthetic opioid-related drug overdose in the United States, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine, making it a major contributor to drug overdose deaths. Based on preliminary 2021 data from the CDC, there were 6,843 opioid-related overdose deaths in California; 5,722 of these deaths were related to fentanyl. Moreover, in 2021, there were 224 fentanyl-related overdose deaths among teenagers, ages 15–19 years old, in California.

In 2022, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported 32 overdoses in the Santa Clarita Valley as a result of fentanyl.

The Santa Clarita City Council supported similar legislation, Senate Bill 13 (Ochoa Bogh) Senate Bill 44 (Umberg) and Assembly Bill 367 (Maienschein) at the March 14, 2023, regular City Council meeting.

Additionally, the recommendation to support Senate Bill 701 is consistent with the City of Santa Clarita 2023 Executive and Legislative Platform. Specifically, Component 2 under the “State” section advises that the City Council, “Support legislative efforts to address the negative impacts of AB 109, Proposition 47, and Proposition 57 on local governments and provide local law enforcement with the appropriate tools to reduce criminal activity.”

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California District Attorneys Association (Sponsor)
California Association of Highway Patrolmen
California State Sheriffs’ Association
Orange County Sheriff’s Department

Opponents

California Public Defenders Association
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Friends Committee on Legislation of California

Bill Status

Assembly Bill 701 passed the Assembly (78-0-2) on May 25, 2023, and is pending a hearing in the Senate Public Safety Committee. Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo voted in support of the bill on the Assembly Floor.

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ASSEMBLY BILL No. 701
Introduced by Assembly Member Villapudua Members Villapudua and Petrie-Norris
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bains, Ortega, and Blanca Rubio) February 13, 2023
An act to amend Sections 11370.4 and 11372 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances.
legislative counsel’s digest
AB 701, as introduced, Villapudua. Controlled substances: fentanyl.

Existing law classifies controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions and penalties on the use of those substances placed in Schedule I. Existing law classifies the drug fentanyl in Schedule II. Existing law prohibits a person from possessing for sale or purchasing for purposes of sale specified controlled substances, including fentanyl, and provides for imprisonment in a county jail for 2, 3, or 4 years for a violation of this pro vision. Existing la w also imposes an additional term, and authorizes a trial court to impose a specified fine, upon a person who is con victed of a violation of, or of a conspiracy to violate, specified pro visions of la w with respect to a substance containing heroin, cocaine base, and cocaine, if the substance exceeds a specified weight.

This bill w ould impose that additional term upon, and authorize a fine ag ainst, a defendant who violates those la ws with respect to a substance containing fentanyl. By increasing the penalty for a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.​ State-mandated local program: yes.​
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
line 1 SECTION 1. Section 11370.4 of the Health and Safety Code line 2 is amended to read:
line 3 11370.4. (a)   Any (1)   A person convicted of a violation of, line 4 or of a conspirac y to violate, Section 11351, 11351.5, or 11352 line 5 with respect to a substance containing heroin, fentanyl, cocaine line 6 base as specified in paragraph (1) of subdi vision (f) of Section line 7 11054, or cocaine as specified in paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) line 8 of Section 11055 shall receive an additional term as follows:
line 9 (1)  Where
line 10 (A)  If the substance exceeds one kilogram by weight, the person line 11 shall receive an additional term of three years. line 12 (2)  Where
line 13 (B)  If the substance e xceeds four kilograms by weight, the line 14 person shall receive an additional term of five years. line 15 (3)  Where
line 16 (C)  If the substance exceeds 10 kilograms by weight, the person line 17 shall receive an additional term of 10 years.
line 18 (4)  Where
line 19 (D)  If the substance exceeds 20 kilograms by weight, the person line 20 shall receive an additional term of 15 years.
line 21 (5)  Where
line 22 (E)  If the substance exceeds 40 kilograms by weight, the person line 23 shall receive an additional term of 20 years.
line 24 (6)  Where
line 25 (F)  If the substance exceeds 80 kilograms by weight, the person line 26 shall receive an additional term of 25 years.
line 27 The
line 28 (2)  The conspirac y enhancements pro vided for in this line 29 subdivision shall not be imposed unless the trier of fact finds that line 30 the defendant conspirator w as substantially in volved in the 99 — 2 — AB 701

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line 3 (b)  Any (1)  A person con victed of a violation of, or of line 4 conspiracy to violate, Section 11378, 11378.5, 11379, or 11379.5 line 5 with respect to a substance containing methamphetamine, line 6 amphetamine, phencyclidine (PCP) and its analogs shall recei ve line 7 an additional term as follows:
line 8 (1)  Where
line 9 (A)  If the substance exceeds one kilogram by weight, or 30 liters line 10 by liquid volume, the person shall recei ve an additional term of line 11 three years.
line 12 (2)  Where
line 13 (B)  If the substance exceeds four kilograms by weight, or 100 line 14 liters by liquid volume, the person shall receive an additional term line 15 of five years.
line 16 (3)  Where
line 17 (C)  If the substance e xceeds 10 kilograms by weight, or 200 line 18 liters by liquid volume, the person shall receive an additional term line 19 of 10 years.
line 20 (4)  Where
line 21 (D)  If the substance e xceeds 20 kilograms by weight, or 400 line 22 liters by liquid volume, the person shall receive an additional term line 23 of 15 years.
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line 25 (2)  In computing the quantities in volved in this subdi vision, line 26 plant or vegetable material seized shall not be included. line 27 The
line 28 (3)  The conspirac y enhancements pro vided for in this line 29 subdivision shall not be imposed unless the trier of fact finds that line 30 the defendant conspirator w as substantially in volved in the line 31 planning, direction, e xecution, or financing of the underlying line 32 offense.
line 33 (c)  The additional terms pro vided in this section shall not be line 34 imposed unless the alle gation that the weight of the substance line 35 containing heroin, fentanyl, cocaine base as specified in paragraph line 36 (1) of subdi vision (f) of Section 11054, cocaine as specified in line 37 paragraph (6) of subdi vision (b) of Section 11055, line 38 methamphetamine, amphetamine, or phencyclidine (PCP) and its line 39 analogs exceeds the amounts pro vided in this section is char ged 99 AB 701 — 3 —

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line 3 (d)  The additional terms pro vided in this section shall be in line 4 addition to any other punishment provided by law. line 5 (e)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court may line 6 strike the additional punishment for the enhancements pro vided line 7 in this section if it determines that there are circumstances in line 8 mitigation of the additional punishment and states on the record line 9 its reasons for striking the additional punishment. line 10 SEC. 2. Section 11372 of the Health and Safety Code is line 11 amended to read:
line 12 11372. (a)   In addition to the term of imprisonment provided line 13 by law for persons convicted of violating Section 11350, 11351, line 14 11351.5, 11352, 11353, 11355, 11359, 11360, or 11361, the trial line 15 court may impose a fine not e xceeding twenty thousand dollars line 16 ($20,000) for each offense. In no event A fine shall a fine not be line 17 levied in lieu of or in substitution for the term of imprisonment line 18 provided by law for any of these offenses.
line 19 (b)  Any A person recei ving an additional term pursuant to line 20 subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdi vision (a) of Section line 21 11370.4, may, in addition, be fined by an amount not e xceeding line 22 one million dollars ($1,000,000) for each offense. line 23 (c)  Any A person recei ving an additional term pursuant to line 24 subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) (1) of subdivision (a) of Section line 25 11370.4, may, in addition, be fined by an amount not to e xceed line 26 four million dollars ($4,000,000) for each offense. line 27 (d)  Any A person recei ving an additional term pursuant to line 28 subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) (1) of subdivision (a) of Section line 29 11370.4, may, in addition, be fined by an amount not to e xceed line 30 eight million dollars ($8,000,000) for each offense. line 31 (e)  The court shall mak e a finding, prior to the imposition of line 32 the fines authorized by subdivisions (b) to (e), (d), inclusive, that line 33 there is a reasonable e xpectation that the fine, or a substantial line 34 portion thereof, could be collected within a reasonable period of line 35 time, taking into consideration the defendant’ s income, earning line 36 capacity, and financial resources.
line 37 SEC. 3. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to line 38 Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because line 39 the only costs that may be incurred by a local agenc y or school line 40 district will be incurred because this act creates a ne w crime or 99 — 4 — AB 701

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Legislative Committee – June 27, 2023

Assembly Bill 1308 – Planning and Zoning Law: Single-Family Residences:

Parking Requirements
1 Recommendation

Legislative Committee recommend to oppose Assembly Bill 1308.

Summary

Authored by Assembly Members Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-65-Fullerton), Assembly Bill 1308 prohibits local governments from increasing the minimum parking required as a condition of approval for a project that remodels, renovates, or adds to a single-family residence.

Background

Under current law, local governments have the authority to adopt minimum parking standards and impose those standards on developments built within their jurisdiction, as long as they are consistent with state law standards. Chapter 17.42, Residential Use Types, of the City of Santa Clarita’s (City) Municipal Code, includes the following parking standards:

a. Single-family units – two enclosed parking spaces per unit b. Two-family units – two enclosed parking spaces per unit c. Studio units – one enclosed parking space per unit
d. One-bedroom units – two enclosed parking spaces per unit e. Two-bedroom units – two enclosed parking spaces per unit f. Guest parking – one parking space per each two units g. Mobile home park – two spaces per unit, plus one guest per two units In addition to the City’s minimum parking standards on new developments, the City reserves the authority to require additional parking as a condition of approval on renovations, remodels, or additions to an existing single-family residence. A case in which the City were to require additional parking as a condition of approval for a renovation, remodel, or addition to an existing single-family residence is if the proposed project converts the garage into a bedroom or other use. This bill would preempt the City from imposing the aforementioned action.

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The City imposes minimum on-site parking requirements to ensure that residents and customers have adequate and reasonable access to homes and businesses. Additionally, the standards serve as a safeguard to prevent congestion of vehicle parking that may cause unsafe conditions for surrounding residents and businesses and access challenges for emergency personnel, especially in the event of an emergency evacuation.

The City Council opposed similar bills in the 2021-22 State Legislation Session, including Assembly Bill 1401 (Friedman) and Assembly Bill 2097 (Friedman).

Additionally, the recommendation to oppose Assembly Bill 1308 is consistent with the City of Santa Clarita 2023 Executive and Legislative Platform. Specifically, Component 1 under the “State” section advises that the City Council, “Oppose legislation that would interfere with, limit or eliminate the decision-making authority of municipalities in the area of local land use.”

Supporters

California YIMBY
San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association

Opponents

City of Newport Beach

Bill Status

Assembly Bill 1308 passed the Assembly (71-3-6) on May 25, 2023, and passed the Senate Governance and Finance Committee (6-2) on June 21, 2023. Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo voted is support of the bill on the Assembly Floor. Assembly Bill 1308 is pending a committee hearing in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 30, 2023
california legislature—2023–24 regular session
ASSEMBLY BILL No. 1308
Introduced by Assembly Members Quirk-Silva and Friedman February 16, 2023
An act to add Section 65863.3 to the Go vernment Code, relating to land use.
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AB 1308, as amended, Quirk-Silva. Planning and Zoning La w:
single-family residences: parking requirements.

The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the legislative body of any county or city to adopt ordinances that re gulate the use of b uildings, structures, and land as between industry , business, residences, open space, and other purposes.

This bill would prohibit a public agency, as defined, from imposing a new increasing the minimum parking requirement on that applies to a single-family r esidence as a condition of appr oval of a project to remodel, reno vate, or add to a single-f amily residence, e xcept as specified. By imposing additional duties on local officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The bill w ould include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of state wide concern rather than a municipal af fair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimb urse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state.

Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
line 1 SECTION 1. Section 65863.3 is added to the Government line 2 Code, immediately following Section 65863.2, to read:
line 3 65863.3. (a)  A public agency shall not impose a new increase line 4 the minimum parking requirement on that applies to a single-family line 5 residence as a condition of appr oval of a project to remodel, line 6 renovate, or add to a single-f amily residence pro vided that the line 7 project does not cause the single-family residence to exceed a any line 8 maximum size limit imposed by the applicable zoning regulations, line 9 including, but not limited to, height, lot coverage, and floor-to-area line 10 ratio restriction imposed by the public agency. ratio. line 11 (b)  For purposes of this section, “public agency” means the state line 12 or any state agency, board or commission, an y city, county, city line 13 and county, including charter cities, or special district, or an y line 14 agency, board, or commission of the city, county, city and county, line 15 special district, joint po wers authority , or other political line 16 subdivision.
line 17 (c)  The Legislature finds and declares that the imposition of line 18 mandatory parking minimums can increase the cost of housing, line 19 limit the number of available units, lead to an oversupply of parking line 20 spaces, and increased greenhouse g as emissions. Therefore, this line 21 section shall be interpreted in f avor of the prohibition of the line 22 imposition of mandatory parking minimums as outlined in this line 23 section.
line 24 (d)  This section shall not be construed to allow a local agency line 25 to impose parking r estrictions that are more restrictive than the line 26 requirements a local agency is authorized to impose under Section line 27 65852.2, if the single-family r esidence is on the same lot as an line 28 accessory dwelling unit.
line 29 SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that to lo wer the line 30 cost of housing production by reducing unnecessary parking line 31 requirements is a matter of statewide concern and is not a municipal line 32 affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the line 33 California Constitution. Therefore, Section 1 of this act adding line 34 Section 65863.3 to the Go vernment Code applies to all cities, line 35 including charter cities.
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Legislative Committee – June 27, 2023

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 92 – Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Hagop “Jake” Kuredjian Memorial Highway
1 Recommendation

Legislative Committee recommend support of Assembly Concurrent Resolution 92.

Summary

Authored by Assembly Member Pilar Schiavo (D-40-Santa Clarita), Assembly Concurrent Resolution 92 dedicates a portion of Interstate 5, between the Pico-Lyons Overcrossing and the McBean Parkway Overcrossing, as the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Hagop “Jake” Kuredjian Memorial Highway.

Background

Deputy Hagop “Jake” Kuredjian was a 17-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and served as a motorcycle deputy for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. On August 31, 2001, Deputy Kuredjian was killed in the line of duty, responding to a shootout in the Santa Clarita Valley.

Additionally, this bill would request the California Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from non-state sources sufficient to cover the cost, erect those signs.

On the day of his funeral, which was attended by an estimated 4,000 mourners, including Governor Gray Davis, Deputy Kuredjian was remembered as a hero who had an unwavering and selfless dedication to protecting the public. In 1989, Deputy Kuredjian was presented with the Gold Meritorious Conduct Medal for rescuing a woman from a cliff in Malibu, CA.

A memorial garden and plaque honoring Deputy Kuredjian is located on the corner of Stevenson Ranch Parkway and Poe Parkway in Stevenson Ranch and an annual memorial is held at the site by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Supporters

Unknown at this time.

Opponents

Unknown at this time.

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Assembly Concurrent Resolution 92 was introduced on June 5, 2023, and is scheduled to be heard in the Assembly Committee on Transportation on July 5, 2023.

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Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 92
Introduced by Assembly Member Schiavo
June 5, 2023
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 92—Relative to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Hagop “Jake” Kuredjian Memorial Highway. legislative counsel’s digest
ACR 92, as introduced, Schiavo. Los Angeles County Sherif f’s Deputy Hagop “Jake” Kuredjian Memorial Highway.

This measure would designate the portion of Interstate 5 between the Pico-Lyons Overcrossing and the McBean P arkway Overcrossing in the City of Santa Clarita as the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Hagop “Jake” Kuredjian Memorial Highway. The measure would also request that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to co ver the cost, to erect those signs.

Fiscal committee: yes.​
line 1 WHEREAS, Of all the promises America offers, none is more line 2 elusive or precious than the right to be free from crime and line 3 violence; and
line 4 WHEREAS, Californians are indebted every day to our peace line 5 officers, and we pay special tribute to their bravery and dedication line 6 and share in their pain when one of their members is killed in the line 7 line of duty; and
line 8 WHEREAS, The men and women of law enforcement have the line 9 unenviable task of guaranteeing the public’ s safety and it is as

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Communication: Assembly Concurrent Resolution 92 - Bill Text (ITEM 4 ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 92: Los Angeles County line 1 difficult and dangerous as it is important, as e videnced by the line 2 death, at 40 years of age, of Deputy Hagop “Jak e” Kuredjian of line 3 the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, who was tragically line 4 shot and killed on August 31, 2001, in the City of Santa Clarita; line 5 and
line 6 WHEREAS, Deputy Kuredjian faithfully served the residents line 7 of the County of Los Angeles as a deputy sheriff; and line 8 WHEREAS, Deputy Kuredjian stated that the reason he became line 9 a law enforcement officer was to be a peacekeeper and community line 10 guardian; and
line 11 WHEREAS, Deputy K uredjian w orked to serv e those that line 12 needed his service, help those who needed help, and protect those line 13 that couldn’t protect themselves, and, as a deputy sheriff, he was line 14 praised by his peers, supervisors, and members of the community line 15 for his tireless ef forts to protect people, pre vent incidents, and line 16 serve as a leader; and
line 17 WHEREAS, It is appropriate to recognize the hazardous work, line 18 serious responsibility , and strong commitment that Deputy line 19 Kuredjian willingly accepted during his 17 years as a la w line 20 enforcement officer; and
line 21 WHEREAS, Deputy Kuredjian is remembered as a dedicated line 22 and devoted son to Anahid, and role model for his brothers Raffi line 23 and Garo, and a man who committed his life, beliefs, and career line 24 to the County of Los Angeles and the safety of its residents; now, line 25 therefore, be it
line 26 Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate line 27 thereof concurring , That the Le gislature hereby designates the line 28 portion of Interstate 5 between the Pico-L yons Ov ercrossing, line 29 53-1783, at postmile R50.326, and the McBean P arkway line 30 Overcrossing, 53-2057, at postmile R51.442, in the City of Santa line 31 Clarita in the County of Los Angeles as the Los Angeles County line 32 Sheriff’s Deputy Hagop “Jak e” K uredjian Memorial Highw ay; line 33 and be it further
line 34 Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested line 35 to determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the line 36 signing requirements for the state highw ay system, showing this line 37 special designation and, upon recei ving donations from nonstate line 38 sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it line 39 further
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Communication: Assembly Concurrent Resolution 92 - Bill Text (ITEM 4 ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 92: Los Angeles County line 1 Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies line 2 of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author line 3 for appropriate distribution.

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Communication: Assembly Concurrent Resolution 92 - Bill Text (ITEM 4 ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 92: Los Angeles County

Legislative Committee – June 27, 2023

Senate Bill 450 – Housing Development: Approvals
1 Recommendation

Legislative Committee recommend to oppose Senate Bill 450.

Summary

Authored by Senator Toni Atkins (D-39-San Diego), Senate Bill 450 preempts local land use authority, including prohibiting a local agency to deny a proposed housing development or lot split if a building official determines that the proposed project or lot split would have an adverse impact upon the physical environment.

Senate Bill 450 amends a bill that was signed into law during the 2021-22 State Legislative Session that makes the approval of a proposed duplex or lot split on a single-family residential lot a streamlined ministerial process. Projects under a streamlined ministerial review are not subject to an appeals process, public hearing, and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review. The City Council opposed the legislation, Senate Bill 9 (Atkins), citing concerns with regard to the bill’s preemption of local zoning, design standards, parking, and overall application standards related to specific residential developments.

Specifically, this bill:
• Removes the ability for a local agency to deny a proposed duplex or lot split because the local agency has found that it would have a specific, adverse impact on the physical environment. • Provides that an application for a duplex or a lot split must be considered and approved or denied by the local agency within 60 days from the date the local agency receives a completed application. Further provides that:
o If a local agency denies an application for a duplex or lot split, the permitting agency must provide, in writing, a full set of comments to the application, with a list of items that are defective or deficient, and a description of how the application can be remedied by the applicant; and
o If the local agency has not approved or denied the application within 60 days, the application is deemed approved.

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Communication: Senate Bill 450 - Staff Report (ITEM 5 SENATE BILL 450: Housing Development: Approvals) 2 • Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to notify a local government if it has taken an action in violation of SB 9, and authorizes HCD to notify the Attorney General (AG) if the local government is in violation of SB 9.

The recommendation to oppose Senate Bill 450 is consistent with the City of Santa Clarita 2023 Executive and Legislative Platform. Specifically, Component 1 under the “State” section advises that the City Council, “Oppose legislation that would interfere with, limit or eliminate the decision-making authority of municipalities in the area of local land use.”

Bill Status

Senate Bill 450 passed the Senate (30-7-3) on May 24, 2023, and passed the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development (7-1) on June 21, 2023. Senator Scott Wilk voted in opposition to the bill on the Senate Floor. Senate Bill 450 is pending a committee hearing in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations.

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Communication: Senate Bill 450 - Staff Report (ITEM 5 SENATE BILL 450: Housing Development: Approvals) AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 16, 2023
SENATE BILL No. 450
Introduced by Senator Atkins
February 13, 2023
An act to amend Section 65589.5 Sections 65585, 65852.21, and 66411.7 of the Government Code, relating to housing. land use. legislative counsel’s digest
SB 450, as amended, Atkins. Housing Accountability Act: standards, forms, and definitions. Housing development: approvals. (1)  The Planning and Zoning Law pr ovides for the cr eation of accessory dwelling units by local or dinance, or, if a local a gency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial approval, in accordance with specified standards and conditions.

Existing law r equires a pr oposed housing de velopment containing no more than 2 residential units within a single-family residential zone to be considered ministerially, without discretionary review or hearing, if the pr oposed housing de velopment meets certain r equirements, including that the pr oposed housing de velopment does not allow for the demolition of mor e than 25% of the e xisting exterior structur al walls, except as pr ovided. Existing law authorizes a local a gency to impose objective zoning standar ds, objective subdivision standar ds, and objective design standards, as defined, except as specified, on the proposed housing development. Existing law authorizes a local agency to deny a pr oposed housing de velopment if specified conditions ar e met, including that the b uilding official mak es a written finding that the pr oposed housing de velopment pr oject would have a specific, adverse impact upon public health and safety or the physical environment, as provided.

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Communication: Senate Bill 450 - Bill Text (ITEM 5 SENATE BILL 450: Housing Development: Approvals) This bill would r emove the r equirement that a pr oposed housing development does not allow for the demolition of more than 25% of the existing exterior structural walls to be consider ed ministerially. The bill would pr ohibit a local a gency fr om imposing objective zoning standards, objective subdivision standar ds, and objective design standards that do not apply uniformly to de velopment within the underlying zone. This bill would remove the authorization for a local agency to deny a proposed housing development if the building official makes a written finding that the proposed housing development project would have a specific, adverse impact upon the physical environment.

The bill would r equire the local a gency to consider and appr ove or deny the pr oposed housing de velopment application within 60 days from the date the local agency receives the completed application, and would deem the application appr oved after that time . The bill would require a permitting a gency, if it denies an application, to pr ovide a full set of comments to the applicant with a list of items that are defective or deficient and a description of how the application can be remedied by the applicant.
(2)  The Subdivision Map Act vests the authority to r egulate and control the design and impr ovement of subdivisions in the le gislative body of a local a gency and sets forth pr ocedures governing the local agency’s processing, approval, conditional appr oval or disappr oval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps, and the modification of those maps.

Existing law requires a local agency to ministerially approve a parcel map for an urban lot split that meets certain r equirements. Existing law authorizes a local a gency to impose objective zoning standar ds, objective subdivision standar ds, and objective design standar ds, as defined, except as specified. Existing law authorizes a local agency to deny an urban lot split if specified conditions ar e met, including that the building official makes a written finding that the proposed housing development project would have a specific, adverse impact upon public health and safety or the physical environment, as provided.

This bill would specify that objective zoning standar ds, objective subdivision standards, and objective design standar ds imposed by a local agency must be related to the design or improvements of a parcel.

This bill would remove the authorization for a local a gency to deny a proposed housing development if the building official makes a written finding that the pr oposed housing de velopment project would have a specific, adverse impact upon the physical environment. The bill would 98 — 2 — SB 450

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Communication: Senate Bill 450 - Bill Text (ITEM 5 SENATE BILL 450: Housing Development: Approvals) require the local agency to consider and approve or deny the proposed housing development application within 60 days from the date the local agency r eceives the completed application, and would deem the application approved after that time. The bill would require a permitting agency, if it denies an application, to provide a full set of comments to the applicant with a list of items that ar e defective or deficient and a description of how the application can be remedied by the applicant. (3)  The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a compr ehensive, long-term g eneral plan for the physical development of the county or city and r equires that g eneral plan to include, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. Existing law requires a planning a gency to submit a copy of its dr aft housing element or amendments to its housing element to the department for review, and requires the department to notify the city , city, county, or city and county if the department finds that the housing element or the amendment does not substantially comply with or is in violation of specified statutes.

This bill would add the proposed housing development and urban lot split provisions described above to the list of statutes the department is required to notify a city, county, or city and county of when reviewing a housing element or amendment.
(4)  By increasing the duties of local a gencies with respect to land use regulations, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (5)  The bill would include findings that c hanges proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. (6)  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state .

Statutory pr ovisions establish pr ocedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Existing law, the Housing Accountability Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, prohibits, among other things, a local agency from disapproving a housing de velopment project that complies with applicable, objective general plan, zoning, and subdi vision standards and criteria, or from imposing a condition that it be developed at a lower density, unless the local agenc y bases its decision on written findings supported by the preponderance of the e vidence on the record that specified conditions exist, as provided.
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Communication: Senate Bill 450 - Bill Text (ITEM 5 SENATE BILL 450: Housing Development: Approvals) Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, in part, sets forth procedural requirements for the adoption, publication, re view, and implementation of regulations by state agencies, and for review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law.

This bill would authorize the Department of Housing and Community Development to review, adopt, amend, and repeal the standards, forms, or definitions to implement the Housing Accountability Act without compliance with those procedural requirements, as provided.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.​ State-mandated local program: no yes.​
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
line 1 SECTION 1. Section 65585 of the Government Code is line 2 amended to read:
line 3 65585. (a)  In the preparation of its housing element, each city line 4 and county shall consider the guidelines adopted by the department line 5 pursuant to Section 50459 of the Health and Safety Code. Those line 6 guidelines shall be advisory to each city or county in the line 7 preparation of its housing element.
line 8 (b)  (1)  At least 90 days prior to adoption of a re vision of its line 9 housing element pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 65588, or line 10 at least 60 days prior to the adoption of a subsequent amendment line 11 to this element, the planning agency shall submit a draft element line 12 revision or draft amendment to the department. The local line 13 government of the planning agenc y shall mak e the first draft line 14 revision of a housing element available for public comment for at line 15 least 30 days and, if an y comments are recei ved, the local line 16 government shall take at least 10 b usiness days after the 30-day line 17 public comment period to consider and incorporate public line 18 comments into the draft re vision prior to submitting it to the line 19 department. F or an y subsequent draft re vision, the local line 20 government shall post the draft revision on its internet website and line 21 shall email a link to the draft re vision to all indi viduals and line 22 organizations that ha ve previously requested notices relating to line 23 the local government’s housing element at least seven days before line 24 submitting the draft revision to the department. line 25 (2)  The planning agenc y staf f shall collect and compile the line 26 public comments regarding the housing element recei ved by the line 27 city, county, or city and county , and pro vide these comments to 98 — 4 — SB 450

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Communication: Senate Bill 450 - Bill Text (ITEM 5 SENATE BILL 450: Housing Development: Approvals) line 1 each member of the legislative body before it adopts the housing line 2 element.
line 3 (3)  The department shall review the draft and report its written line 4 findings to the planning agency within 90 days of its receipt of the line 5 first draft submittal for each housing element revision pursuant to line 6 subdivision (e) of Section 65588 or within 60 days of its receipt line 7 of a subsequent draft amendment or an adopted revision or adopted line 8 amendment to an element. The department shall not re view the line 9 first draft submitted for each housing element re vision pursuant line 10 to subdivision (e) of Section 65588 until the local government has line 11 made the draft available for public comment for at least 30 days line 12 and, if comments were recei ved, has tak en at least 10 b usiness line 13 days to consider and incorporate public comments pursuant to line 14 paragraph (1).
line 15 (c)  In the preparation of its findings, the department may consult line 16 with any public agenc y, group, or person. The department shall line 17 receive and consider an y written comments from an y public line 18 agency, group, or person re garding the draft or adopted element line 19 or amendment under review.
line 20 (d)  In its written findings, the department shall determine line 21 whether the draft element or draft amendment substantially line 22 complies with this article.
line 23 (e)  Prior to the adoption of its draft element or draft amendment, line 24 the le gislative body shall consider the findings made by the line 25 department. If the department’s findings are not a vailable within line 26 the time limits set by this section, the le gislative body may act line 27 without them.
line 28 (f)  If the department finds that the draft element or draft line 29 amendment does not substantially comply with this article, the line 30 legislative body shall take one of the following actions:
line 31 (1)  Change the draft element or draft amendment to substantially line 32 comply with this article.
line 33 (2)  Adopt the draft element or draft amendment without changes. line 34 The legislative body shall include in its resolution of adoption line 35 written findings which e xplain the reasons the le gislative body line 36 believes that the draft element or draft amendment substantially line 37 complies with this article despite the findings of the department. line 38 (g)  Promptly follo wing the adoption of its element or line 39 amendment, the planning agenc y shall submit a cop y to the line 40 department.
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Communication: Senate Bill 450 - Bill Text (ITEM 5 SENATE BILL 450: Housing Development: Approvals) line 1 (h)  The department shall, within 90 days, re view adopted line 2 housing elements or amendments and report its findings to the line 3 planning agency.
line 4 (i)  (1)  (A)  The department shall re view any action or f ailure line 5 to act by the city, county, or city and county that it determines is line 6 inconsistent with an adopted housing element or Section 65583, line 7 including any failure to implement any program actions included line 8 in the housing element pursuant to Section 65583. The department line 9 shall issue written findings to the city, county, or city and county line 10 as to whether the action or f ailure to act substantially complies line 11 with this article, and provide a reasonable time no longer than 30 line 12 days for the city , county, or city and county to respond to the line 13 findings before taking any other action authorized by this section, line 14 including the action authorized by subparagraph (B). line 15 (B)  If the department finds that the action or f ailure to act by line 16 the city, county, or city and county does not substantially comply line 17 with this article, and if it has issued findings pursuant to this section line 18 that an amendment to the housing element substantially complies line 19 with this article, the department may re voke its findings until it line 20 determines that the city, county, or city and county has come into line 21 compliance with this article.
line 22 (2)  The department may consult with an y local go vernment, line 23 public agency, group, or person, and shall recei ve and consider line 24 any written comments from any public agency, group, or person, line 25 regarding the action or f ailure to act by the city , county, or city line 26 and county described in paragraph (1), in determining whether the line 27 housing element substantially complies with this article. line 28 (j)  The department shall notify the city , county, or city and line 29 county and may notify the office of the Attorney General that the line 30 city, county, or city and county is in violation of state la w if the line 31 department finds that the housing element or an amendment to this line 32 element, or an y action or f ailure to act described in subdi vision line 33 (i), does not substantially comply with this article or that any local line 34 government has taken an action in violation of the following:
line 35 (1)  Housing Accountability Act (Section 65589.5). line 36 (2)  Section 65863.
line 37 (3)  Chapter 4.3 (commencing with Section 65915). line 38 (4)  Section 65008.
line 39 (5)  Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (Chapter 654, Statutes of 2019, line 40 Sections 65941.1, 65943, and 66300).
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Communication: Senate Bill 450 - Bill Text (ITEM 5 SENATE BILL 450: Housing Development: Approvals) line 1 (6)  Section 8899.50.
line 2 (7)  Section 65913.4.
line 3 (8)  Article 11 (commencing with Section 65650). line 4 (9)  Article 12 (commencing with Section 65660). line 5 (10)  Section 65913.11.
line 6 (11)  Section 65400.
line 7 (12)  Section 65863.2.
line 8 (13)  Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 65912.100). line 9 (14)  Section 65852.21.
line 10 (15)  Section 66411.7.
line 11 (k)  Commencing July 1, 2019, prior to the Attorney General line 12 bringing any suit for a violation of the pro visions identified in line 13 subdivision (j) related to housing element compliance and seeking line 14 remedies available pursuant to this subdi vision, the department line 15 shall offer the jurisdiction the opportunity for tw o meetings in line 16 person or via telephone to discuss the violation, and shall provide line 17 the jurisdiction written findings re garding the violation. This line 18 paragraph does not af fect any action filed prior to the ef fective line 19 date of this section. The requirements set forth in this subdivision line 20 do not apply to an y suits brought for a violation or violations of line 21 paragraphs (1) and (3) to (9), inclusive, of subdivision (j). line 22 (l)  In any action or special proceeding brought by the Attorney line 23 General relating to housing element compliance pursuant to a line 24 notice or referral under subdivision (j), the Attorney General may line 25 request, upon a finding of the court that the housing element does line 26 not substantially comply with the requirements of this article line 27 pursuant to this section, that the court issue an order or judgment line 28 directing the jurisdiction to bring its housing element into line 29 substantial compliance with the requirements of this article. The line 30 court shall retain jurisdiction to ensure that its order or judgment line 31 is carried out. If a court determines that the housing element of line 32 the jurisdiction substantially complies with this article, it shall line 33 have the same force and effect, for purposes of eligibility for any line 34 financial assistance that requires a housing element in substantial line 35 compliance and for purposes of an y incentives pro vided under line 36 Section 65589.9, as a determination by the department that the line 37 housing element substantially complies with this article. line 38 (1)  If the jurisdiction has not complied with the order or line 39 judgment after 12 months, the court shall conduct a status line 40 conference. Following the status conference, upon a determination 98 SB 450 — 7 —

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Communication: Senate Bill 450 - Bill Text (ITEM 5 SENATE BILL 450: Housing Development: Approvals) line 1 that the jurisdiction f ailed to comply with the order or judgment line 2 compelling substantial compliance with the requirements of this line 3 article, the court shall impose fines on the jurisdiction, which shall line 4 be deposited into the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund. Any line 5 fine le vied pursuant to this paragraph shall be in a minimum line 6 amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per month, but shall not line 7 exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per month, except line 8 as pro vided in paragraphs (2) and (3). In the e vent that the line 9 jurisdiction fails to pay fines imposed by the court in full and on line 10 time, the court may require the Controller to intercept any available line 11 state and local funds and direct such funds to the Building Homes line 12 and Jobs Trust Fund to correct the jurisdiction’ s failure to pay . line 13 The intercept of the funds by the Controller for this purpose shall line 14 not violate any provision of the California Constitution. line 15 (2)  If the jurisdiction has not complied with the order or line 16 judgment after three months follo wing the imposition of fees line 17 described in paragraph (1), the court shall conduct a status line 18 conference. Following the status conference, if the court finds that line 19 the fees imposed pursuant to paragraph (1) are insufficient to bring line 20 the jurisdiction into compliance with the order or judgment, the line 21 court may multiply the fine determined pursuant to paragraph (1) line 22 by a factor of three. In the e vent that the jurisdiction f ails to pay line 23 fines imposed by the court in full and on time, the court may line 24 require the Controller to intercept an y available state and local line 25 funds and direct such funds to the Building Homes and Jobs Trust line 26 Fund to correct the jurisdiction’ s failure to pay. The intercept of line 27 the funds by the Controller for this purpose shall not violate an y line 28 provision of the California Constitution.
line 29 (3)  If the jurisdiction has not complied with the order or line 30 judgment six months follo wing the imposition of fees described line 31 in paragraph (1), the court shall conduct a status conference. Upon line 32 a determination that the jurisdiction failed to comply with the order line 33 or judgment, the court may impose the following:
line 34 (A)  If the court finds that the fees imposed pursuant to line 35 paragraphs (1) and (2) are insufficient to bring the jurisdiction into line 36 compliance with the order or judgment, the court may multiply line 37 the fine determined pursuant to paragraph (1) by a f actor of six. line 38 In the event that the jurisdiction fails to pay fines imposed by the line 39 court in full and on time, the court may require the Controller to line 40 intercept any available state and local funds and direct such funds 98 — 8 — SB 450

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Communication: Senate Bill 450 - Bill Text (ITEM 5 SENATE BILL 450: Housing Development: Approvals) line 1 to the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund to correct the line 2 jurisdiction’s f ailure to pay . The intercept of the funds by the line 3 Controller for this purpose shall not violate an y provision of the line 4 California Constitution.
line 5 (B)  The court may order remedies available pursuant to Section line 6 564 of the Code of Civil Procedure, under which the agent of the line 7 court may tak e all go vernmental actions necessary to bring the line 8 jurisdiction’s housing element into substantial compliance pursuant line 9 to this article in order to remedy identified deficiencies. The court line 10 shall determine whether the housing element of the jurisdiction line 11 substantially complies with this article and, once the court makes line 12 that determination, it shall have the same force and effect, for all line 13 purposes, as the department’ s determination that the housing line 14 element substantially complies with this article. An agent appointed line 15 pursuant to this paragraph shall ha ve e xpertise in planning in line 16 California.
line 17 (4)  This subdivision does not limit a court’s discretion to apply line 18 any and all remedies in an action or special proceeding for a line 19 violation of any law identified in subdivision (j). line 20 (m)  In determining the application of the remedies a vailable line 21 under subdivision (l), the court shall consider whether there are line 22 any mitigating circumstances delaying the jurisdiction from coming line 23 into compliance with state housing la w. The court may consider line 24 whether a city, county, or city and county is making a good f aith line 25 effort to come into substantial compliance or is facing substantial line 26 undue hardships.
line 27 (n)  Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the office line 28 of the Attorney General to bring a suit to enforce state la w in an line 29 independent capacity. The office of the Attorney General may seek line 30 all remedies available under law including those set forth in this line 31 section.
line 32 (o)  Notwithstanding Sections 11040 and 11042, if the Attorney line 33 General declines to represent the department in an y action or line 34 special proceeding brought pursuant to a notice or referral under line 35 subdivision (j) the department may appoint or contract with other line 36 counsel for purposes of representing the department in the action line 37 or special proceeding.
line 38 (p)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the statute of line 39 limitations set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 338 of the Code line 40 of Civil Procedure shall apply to any action or special proceeding 98 SB 450 — 9 —

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Communication: Senate Bill 450 - Bill Text (ITEM 5 SENATE BILL 450: Housing Development: Approvals) line 1 brought by the Office of the Attorney General or pursuant to a line 2 notice or referral under subdi vision (j), or by the department line 3 pursuant to subdivision (o).
line 4 SEC. 2. Section 65852.21 of the Government Code is amended line 5 to read:
line 6 65852.21. (a)  A proposed housing de velopment containing line 7 no more than two residential units within a single-family residential line 8 zone shall be considered ministerially, without discretionary review line 9 or a hearing, if the proposed housing development meets all of the line 10 following requirements:
line 11 (1)  The parcel subject to the proposed housing development is line 12 located within a city, the boundaries of which include some portion line 13 of either an urbanized area or urban cluster , as designated by the line 14 United States Census Bureau, or, for unincorporated areas, a legal line 15 parcel wholly within the boundaries of an urbanized area or urban line 16 cluster, as designated by the United States Census Bureau. line 17 (2)  The parcel satisfies the requirements specified in line 18 subparagraphs (B) to (K), inclusive, of paragraph (6) of subdivision line 19 (a) of Section 65913.4.
line 20 (3)  Notwithstanding any provision of this section or an y local line 21 law, the proposed housing de velopment w ould not require line 22 demolition or alteration of any of the following types of housing:
line 23 (A)  Housing that is subject to a recorded covenant, ordinance, line 24 or la w that restricts rents to le vels af fordable to persons and line 25 families of moderate, low, or very low income.
line 26 (B)  Housing that is subject to any form of rent or price control line 27 through a public entity’s valid exercise of its police power. line 28 (C)  Housing that has been occupied by a tenant in the last three line 29 years.
line 30 (4)  The parcel subject to the proposed housing development is line 31 not a parcel on which an o wner of residential real property has line 32 exercised the o wner’s rights under Chapter 12.75 (commencing line 33 with Section 7060) of Di vision 7 of Title 1 to withdra w line 34 accommodations from rent or lease within 15 years before the date line 35 that the development proponent submits an application. line 36 (5)  The proposed housing de velopment does not allo w the line 37 demolition of more than 25 percent of the e xisting e xterior line 38 structural walls, unless the housing de velopment meets at least line 39 one of the following conditions:
line 40 (A)  If a local ordinance so allows.
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Communication: Senate Bill 450 - Bill Text (ITEM 5 SENATE BILL 450: Housing Development: Approvals) line 1 (B)  The site has not been occupied by a tenant in the last three line 2 years.
line 3 (6)
line 4 (5)  The development is not located within a historic district or line 5 property included on the State Historic Resources In ventory, as line 6 defined in Section 5020.1 of the Public Resources Code, or within line 7 a site that is designated or listed as a city or county landmark or line 8 historic property or district pursuant to a city or county ordinance. line 9 (b)  (1)  Notwithstanding any local law and except as provided line 10 in paragraph (2), par agraphs (2) and (3), a local agenc y may line 11 impose objective zoning standards, objective subdivision standards, line 12 and objective design re view standards that do not conflict with line 13 this section.
line 14 (2)  (A)  The local agenc y shall not impose objecti ve zoning line 15 standards, objective subdivision standards, and objecti ve design line 16 standards that would have the effect of physically precluding the line 17 construction of up to two units or that would physically preclude line 18 either of the two units from being at least 800 square feet in floor line 19 area.
line 20 (B)  (i)  Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), no setback shall be line 21 required for an existing structure or a structure constructed in the line 22 same location and to the same dimensions as an existing structure. line 23 (ii)  Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in all other circumstances line 24 not described in clause (i), a local agenc y may require a setback line 25 of up to four feet from the side and rear lot lines. line 26 (3)  A local agency shall not impose objective zoning standards, line 27 objective subdivision standar ds, and objective design standar ds line 28 that do not apply uniformly to development within the underlying line 29 zone.
line 30 (c)  In addition to any conditions established in accordance with line 31 subdivision (b), a local agenc y may require any of the following line 32 conditions when considering an application for tw o residential line 33 units as provided for in this section:
line 34 (1)  Off-street parking of up to one space per unit, except that a line 35 local agency shall not impose parking requirements in either of line 36 the following instances:
line 37 (A)  The parcel is located within one-half mile walking distance line 38 of either a high-quality transit corridor, as defined in subdivision line 39 (b) of Section 21155 of the Public Resources Code, or a major 98 SB 450 — 11 —

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Communication: Senate Bill 450 - Bill Text (ITEM 5 SENATE BILL 450: Housing Development: Approvals) line 1 transit stop, as defined in Section 21064.3 of the Public Resources line 2 Code.
line 3 (B)  There is a car share vehicle located within one block of the line 4 parcel.
line 5 (2)  For residential units connected to an onsite w astewater line 6 treatment system, a percolation test completed within the last 5 line 7 years, or, if the percolation test has been recertified, within the last line 8 10 years.
line 9 (d)  Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a local agenc y may deny line 10 a proposed housing de velopment project if the b uilding official line 11 makes a written finding, based upon a preponderance of the line 12 evidence, that the proposed housing de velopment project w ould line 13 have a specific, adv erse impact, as defined and determined in line 14 paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 65589.5, upon public line 15 health and safety or the physical environment and for which there line 16 is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific, line 17 adverse impact.
line 18 (e)  A local agency shall require that a rental of any unit created line 19 pursuant to this section be for a term longer than 30 days. line 20 (f)  Notwithstanding Section 65852.2 or 65852.22, a local agency line 21 shall not be required to permit an accessory dwelling unit or a line 22 junior accessory dwelling unit on parcels that use both the authority line 23 contained within this section and the authority contained in Section line 24 66411.7.
line 25 (g)  Notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of line 26 subdivision (b), an application shall not be rejected solely because line 27 it proposes adjacent or connected structures pro vided that the line 28 structures meet building code safety standards and are sufficient line 29 to allow separate conveyance.
line 30 (h)  (1)  An application for a pr oposed housing de velopment line 31 pursuant to this section shall be considered and approved or denied line 32 within 60 days from the date the local agency receives a completed line 33 application. If the local a gency has not appr oved or denied the line 34 completed application within 60 days, the application shall be line 35 deemed approved.
line 36 (2)  If a permitting agency denies an application for a proposed line 37 housing development pursuant to par agraph (1), the permitting line 38 agency shall, within the time period described in par agraph (1), line 39 return in writing a full set of comments to the applicant with a list 98 — 12 — SB 450

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line 4 (i)  Local agencies shall include units constructed pursuant to line 5 this section in the annual housing element report as required by line 6 subparagraph (I) of paragraph (2) of subdi vision (a) of Section line 7 65400.
line 8 (i)
line 9 (j)  For purposes of this section, all of the following apply:
line 10 (1)  A housing development contains two residential units if the line 11 development proposes no more than two new units or if it proposes line 12 to add one new unit to one existing unit.
line 13 (2)  The terms “objecti ve zoning standards, ” “objecti ve line 14 subdivision standards,” and “objecti ve design re view standards” line 15 mean standards that in volve no personal or subjecti ve judgment line 16 by a public official and are uniformly v erifiable by reference to line 17 an e xternal and uniform benchmark or criterion a vailable and line 18 knowable by both the development applicant or proponent and the line 19 public official prior to submittal. These standards may be embodied line 20 in alternative objective land use specifications adopted by a local line 21 agency, and may include, b ut are not limited to, housing o verlay line 22 zones, specific plans, inclusionary zoning ordinances, and density line 23 bonus ordinances.
line 24 (3)  “Local agency” means a city , county, or city and county , line 25 whether general law or chartered.
line 26 (j)
line 27 (k)  A local agenc y may adopt an ordinance to implement the line 28 provisions of this section. An ordinance adopted to implement this line 29 section shall not be considered a project under Di vision 13 line 30 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. line 31 (k)
line 32 (l)  Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede or in line 33 any way alter or lessen the effect or application of the California line 34 Coastal Act of 1976 (Di vision 20 (commencing with Section line 35 30000) of the Public Resources Code), except that the local agency line 36 shall not be required to hold public hearings for coastal line 37 development permit applications for a housing de velopment line 38 pursuant to this section.
line 39 SEC. 3. Section 66411.7 of the Government Code is amended line 40 to read:
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Communication: Senate Bill 450 - Bill Text (ITEM 5 SENATE BILL 450: Housing Development: Approvals) line 1 66411.7. (a)  Notwithstanding an y other pro vision of this line 2 division and an y local la w, a local agenc y shall ministerially line 3 approve, as set forth in this section, a parcel map for an urban lot line 4 split only if the local agenc y determines that the parcel map for line 5 the urban lot split meets all the following requirements:
line 6 (1)  The parcel map subdi vides an existing parcel to create no line 7 more than tw o ne w parcels of approximately equal lot area line 8 provided that one parcel shall not be smaller than 40 percent of line 9 the lot area of the original parcel proposed for subdivision. line 10 (2)  (A)  Except as pro vided in subparagraph (B), both ne wly line 11 created parcels are no smaller than 1,200 square feet. line 12 (B)  A local agency may by ordinance adopt a smaller minimum line 13 lot size subject to ministerial approval under this subdivision. line 14 (3)  The parcel being subdi vided meets all the follo wing line 15 requirements:
line 16 (A)  The parcel is located within a single-family residential zone. line 17 (B)  The parcel subject to the proposed urban lot split is located line 18 within a city , the boundaries of which include some portion of line 19 either an urbanized area or urban cluster , as designated by the line 20 United States Census Bureau, or, for unincorporated areas, a legal line 21 parcel wholly within the boundaries of an urbanized area or urban line 22 cluster, as designated by the United States Census Bureau. line 23 (C)  The parcel satisfies the requirements specified in line 24 subparagraphs (B) to (K), inclusive, of paragraph (6) of subdivision line 25 (a) of Section 65913.4.
line 26 (D)  The proposed urban lot split would not require demolition line 27 or alteration of any of the following types of housing:
line 28 (i)  Housing that is subject to a recorded co venant, ordinance, line 29 or la w that restricts rents to le vels af fordable to persons and line 30 families of moderate, low, or very low income.
line 31 (ii)  Housing that is subject to any form of rent or price control line 32 through a public entity’s valid exercise of its police power. line 33 (iii)  A parcel or parcels on which an o wner of residential real line 34 property has e xercised the o wner’s rights under Chapter 12.75 line 35 (commencing with Section 7060) of Di vision 7 of Title 1 to line 36 withdraw accommodations from rent or lease within 15 years line 37 before the date that the de velopment proponent submits an line 38 application.
line 39 (iv)  Housing that has been occupied by a tenant in the last three line 40 years.
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line 12 (b)  An application for a parcel map for an urban lot split shall line 13 be approved in accordance with the following requirements:
line 14 (1)  (A)  A local agency shall approve or deny an application for line 15 a parcel map for an urban lot split ministerially without line 16 discretionary review.
line 17 (B)  An application for an urban lot split shall be consider ed line 18 and approved or denied within 60 days fr om the date the local line 19 agency receives a completed application. If the local a gency has line 20 not approved or denied the completed application within 60 days, line 21 the application shall be deemed approved.
line 22 (C)  If a permitting agency denies an application for an urban line 23 lot split pursuant to subparagraph (B), the permitting agency shall, line 24 within the time period described in paragraph (1), return in writing line 25 a full set of comments to the applicant with a list of items that are line 26 defective or deficient and a description of how the application can line 27 be remedied by the applicant.
line 28 (2)  A local agenc y shall appro ve an urban lot split only if it line 29 conforms to all applicable objecti ve requirements of the line 30 Subdivision Map Act (Di vision 2 (commencing with Section line 31 66410)), except as otherwise expressly provided in this section. line 32 (3)  Notwithstanding Section 66411.1, a local agenc y shall not line 33 impose regulations that require dedications of rights-of-way or the line 34 construction of offsite improvements for the parcels being created line 35 as a condition of issuing a parcel map for an urban lot split pursuant line 36 to this section.
line 37 (c)  (1)  Except as pro vided in paragraph (2), notwithstanding line 38 any local la w, a local agenc y may impose objecti ve zoning line 39 standards, objective subdivision standards, and objecti ve design line 40 review standards that are related to the design or to improvements 98 SB 450 — 15 —

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line 27 (1)  Easements required for the provision of public services and line 28 facilities.
line 29 (2)  A requirement that the parcels have access to, provide access line 30 to, or adjoin the public right-of-way.
line 31 (3)  Off-street parking of up to one space per unit, except that a line 32 local agency shall not impose parking requirements in either of line 33 the following instances:
line 34 (A)  The parcel is located within one-half mile walking distance line 35 of either a high-quality transit corridor as defined in subdi vision line 36 (b) of Section 21155 of the Public Resources Code, or a major line 37 transit stop as defined in Section 21064.3 of the Public Resources line 38 Code.
line 39 (B)  There is a car share vehicle located within one block of the line 40 parcel.
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line 8 (2)  This subdivision shall not apply to an applicant that is a line 9 “community land trust,” as defined in clause (ii) of subparagraph line 10 (C) of paragraph (11) of subdi vision (a) of Section 402.1 of the line 11 Revenue and Taxation Code, or is a “qualified nonprofit line 12 corporation” as described in Section 214.15 of the Re venue and line 13 Taxation Code.
line 14 (3)  A local agency shall not impose additional owner occupancy line 15 standards, other than provided for in this subdivision, on an urban line 16 lot split pursuant to this section.
line 17 (h)  A local agency shall require that a rental of any unit created line 18 pursuant to this section be for a term longer than 30 days. line 19 (i)  A local agency shall not require, as a condition for ministerial line 20 approval of a parcel map application for the creation of an urban line 21 lot split, the correction of nonconforming zoning conditions. line 22 (j)  (1)  Notwithstanding an y pro vision of Section 65852.2, line 23 65852.21, 65852.22, 65915, or this section, a local agenc y shall line 24 not be required to permit more than two units on a parcel created line 25 through the exercise of the authority contained within this section. line 26 (2)  For the purposes of this section, “unit” means any dwelling line 27 unit, including, but not limited to, a unit or units created pursuant line 28 to Section 65852.21, a primary dwelling, an accessory dwelling line 29 unit as defined in Section 65852.2, or a junior accessory dwelling line 30 unit as defined in Section 65852.22.
line 31 (k)  Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdi vision (c), an line 32 application shall not be rejected solely because it proposes adjacent line 33 or connected structures provided that the structures meet building line 34 code safety standards and are sufficient to allo w separate line 35 conveyance.
line 36 (l)  Local agencies shall include the number of applications for line 37 parcel maps for urban lot splits pursuant to this section in the line 38 annual housing element report as required by subparagraph (I) of line 39 paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400. 98 SB 450 — 17 —

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line 3 (1)  “Objective zoning standards, ” “objecti ve subdi vision line 4 standards,” and “objective design review standards” mean standards line 5 that involve no personal or subjective judgment by a public official line 6 and are uniformly v erifiable by reference to an e xternal and line 7 uniform benchmark or criterion a vailable and knowable by both line 8 the development applicant or proponent and the public official line 9 prior to submittal. These standards may be embodied in alternative line 10 objective land use specifications adopted by a local agenc y, and line 11 may include, but are not limited to, housing overlay zones, specific line 12 plans, inclusionary zoning ordinances, and density bonus line 13 ordinances.
line 14 (2)  “Local agency” means a city , county, or city and county , line 15 whether general law or chartered.
line 16 (n)  A local agenc y may adopt an ordinance to implement the line 17 provisions of this section. An ordinance adopted to implement this line 18 section shall not be considered a project under Di vision 13 line 19 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. line 20 (o)  Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede or in line 21 any way alter or lessen the effect or application of the California line 22 Coastal Act of 1976 (Di vision 20 (commencing with Section line 23 30000) of the Public Resources Code), except that the local agency line 24 shall not be required to hold public hearings for coastal line 25 development permit applications for urban lot splits pursuant to line 26 this section.
line 27 SEC. 4. The Legislature finds and declares that ensuring access line 28 to affordable housing is a matter of statewide concern and is not line 29 a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI line 30 of the California Constitution. Therefore, Sections 2 and 3 of this line 31 act amending Sections 65852.21 and 66411.7 of the Government line 32 Code apply to all cities, including charter cities. line 33 SEC. 5. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to line 34 Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because line 35 a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service line 36 charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or line 37 level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section line 38 17556 of the Government Code.
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Legislative Committee – June 27, 2023

House Resolution 2887 – Helping Invest in Key Environments Act Recommendation

Legislative Committee recommend to support House Resolution 2887.

Summary

Authored by Representative Mike Garcia (R-CA-27), House Resolution 2887, also known as the Helping Invest in Key Environments (HIKE) Act, proposes to expand the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) to include portions of the proposed Rim of the Valley Unit.

In 2008, Congress passed the Rim of the Valley Corridor Study Act. This bill directed the National Park Service to conduct a special resource study of the Rim of the Valley Corridor, which includes the mountains encircling the Santa Clarita, San Fernando, La Crescenta, Simi, and Conejo Valleys. The study sought to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating all or a portion of the Rim of the Valley Corridor as a unit of the existing SMMNRA, and how these areas could be better managed and preserved.

The National Park Service began the study in 2010 and transmitted its final report to Congress and the public in February 2016. In the study, the National Park Service recommended to Congress to more than double the size of SMMNRA to include a very significant portion of the Rim of the Valley study area.

The current size of SMMNRA is approximately 154,000 acres. The HIKE Act proposes to add approximately 119,000 acres of the proposed Rim of the Valley Unit to the SMMNRA, including lands within the Upper Santa Clara River area. In broad terms, the Santa Clarita Valley lands included within the legislation are those areas located between State Route 14 and the Angeles National Forest (southern unit) in the Newhall, Canyon Country, Soledad Canyon, and Agua Dulce areas.

This bill will enable the National Park Service to better protect natural resources and habitats, and provide members of the community with improved access to nature for recreational and educational purposes.

The Santa Clarita City Council supported two companion bills that were substantially similar to this bill, House Resolution 1075 (Schiff) and S. 1769 (Feinstein), during the 117th Congress.

Additionally, the recommendation to support House Resolution 2887 is consistent with the City of Santa Clarita 2023 Executive and Legislative Platform. Specifically, Component 1 under the “Federal” section advises that the City Council, “Support legislation seeking to implement the Packet Pg. 47
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Rim of the Valley Corridor Special Resource Study; containing boundary adjustments that include portions of the Santa Clarita Valley, but does not eliminate or limit current authority of the City of Santa Clarita.”

Bill Status

House Resolution 2887 is pending its first hearing in the House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources.

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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2887
To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 26, 2023
Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Invest in Key 4
Environments Act’’ or the ‘‘HIKE Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 6
Section 507(c) of the National Parks and Recreation 7
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460kk(c)) is amended by striking 8 paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 9
‘‘(1) BOUNDARY.— 10
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL .—The recreation area 1
shall consist of— 2
‘‘(i) the land, water, and interests in 3
land and water generally depicted as the 4
recreation area on the map entitled ‘Santa 5
Monica Mountains National Recreation 6
Area and Santa Monica Mountains Zone, 7
California, Boundary Map’, numbered 8
80,047–C, and dated August 2001; and 9
‘‘(ii) the land, water, and interests in 10
land and water, as generally depicted as 11
‘Proposed Addition’ on the map entitled 12
‘Rim of the Valley Unit—Santa Monica 13
Mountains National Recreation Area’, 14
numbered 638/147,723, and dated March, 15
2022. 16
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS .—The maps 17
described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file 18
and available for public inspection in the appro-19
priate offices of the National Park Service. 20
‘‘(C) REVISIONS.—After advising the Com-21
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 22
Senate and the Committee on Natural Re-23
sources of the House of Representatives, in 24
writing, of the proposed revision, the Secretary 25
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may make minor revisions to the boundaries of 1
the recreation area by publication of a revised 2
drawing or other boundary description in the 3
Federal Register.’’. 4
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION. 5
Any land or interest in land acquired by the Secretary 6 of the Interior within the Rim of the Valley Unit shall 7 be administered as part of the Santa Monica Mountains 8 National Recreation Area (referred to in this Act as the 9 ‘‘National Recreation Area’’) in accordance with the laws 10 (including regulations) applicable to the National Recre-11 ation Area. 12
SEC. 4. UTILITIES AND WATER RESOURCE FACILITIES. 13
The addition of the Rim of the Valley Unit to the 14
National Recreation Area shall not affect the operation, 15 maintenance, or modification of water resource facilities 16 or public utilities within the Rim of the Valley Unit, except 17 that any utility or water resource facility activities in the 18 Rim of the Valley Unit shall be conducted in a manner 19 that reasonably avoids or reduces the impact of the activi-20 ties on resources of the Rim of the Valley Unit. 21
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House Resolution 3681 – San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act Recommendation

Legislative Committee recommend to support House Resolution 3681.

Summary

Authored by Representative Judy Chu (D-CA-28), House Resolution 3681, also known as the San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act, proposes to expand the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by adding approximately 109,000 acres of the western Angeles National Forest, including federally owned open space areas directly east of the City of Santa Clarita (City).

Additionally, the bill designates 31,000 acres of national forest land as newly protected wilderness areas and adds 46 miles of rivers to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

The national monument boundary adjustment would supplement the 364,177 acres of land contained within the Angeles National Forest and San Bernardino National Forest that was designated by President Obama on October 10, 2014, as the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.

A key purpose of the proposed legislation is "to conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations the ecological, scenic, wildlife, recreational, cultural, historical, natural, educational, and scientific resources of the recreation area." Within three years after enactment, House Resolution 3681 specifies that a management plan shall be developed consistent with the purposes identified in the bill.

Beginning in 2004 and completed in 2013, the National Park Service conducted the "San Gabriel Watershed and Mountains Special Resource Study" to assess the feasibility of creating a national recreation area within the San Gabriel Mountains. The study determined that the San Gabriel Mountains possess nationally significant ecological and cultural resources, are suitable to be included within the national park system, and would be feasible due to the opportunities for collaborative management with various federal, state, regional, and local stakeholders in the area.

House Resolution 3681 is an implementation vehicle for key findings of the "San Gabriel Watershed and Mountains Special Resource Study."

Specific to the City, the "San Gabriel Watershed and Mountains Special Resource Study" recognizes the importance of the Upper Santa Clara River area. This recognition is critical to the City, as a proposed 56-million-ton sand and gravel mine is located within the Upper Santa Clara River area referenced in the study. The study highlights the Santa Clara River as "the last unchannelized riparian and wildlife corridor in the region, providing primary east-west biological connection between the mountains and the ocean. Protecting this corridor is a high priority for local and state agencies as well as conservation groups." Packet Pg. 52
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While the proposed mining area and surface estate owned by the City are not within the proposed boundaries of the expansion of the national monument, the property is directly adjacent to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. Furthermore, the United States Forest Service has expressed interest in the City owned property for a potential visitor’s center site and northern gateway entry into the national monument.

House Resolution 3681 would have no effect on state and local jurisdiction of the proposed area.

The legislation seeks to ensure that local property rights and land use are respected and not negatively impacted.

Representative Chu and supporters of House Resolution 3681 believe that expansion of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument will attract additional federal and private funding to the area to protect and enhance the resources. For example, according to Representative Chu, since designation of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in 2014, an additional $3 million federal dollars and $4 million in private funding was secured. It is anticipated that significant financial resources may be directed to the national monument in the future.

House Resolution 3681 is substantially similar to legislation supported by the Santa Clarita City Council in previous Congresses.

Additionally, the recommendation to support House Resolution 3681 is consistent with the City of Santa Clarita 2023 Executive and Legislative Platform. Specifically, Component 10 under the “Federal” section advises that the City Council, “Support legislation to increase funding for, creating enhancements to, or expanding the boundaries of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.”

Bill Status

House Resolution 3681 is pending its first hearing in the House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources.

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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3681
To modify the boundaries of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in the State of California to include additional National Forest System land, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 25, 2023
Ms. C HU (for herself, Mrs. N APOLITANO, Ms. B ARRAGA´N, Mr. B ERA, Ms.

BROWNLEY, Mr. C ARBAJAL, Mr. C A´RDENAS, Mr. D ESAULNIER, Ms.

ESHOO, Mr. G ARAMENDI, Mr. R OBERT GARCIA of California, Mr. G OMEZ, Mr. H UFFMAN, Ms. K AMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. K HANNA, Ms. L EE of Cali- fornia, Ms. L OFGREN, Mr. M ULLIN, Ms. P ORTER, Mr. S CHIFF, Mr.

SHERMAN, Mr. S WALWELL, Ms. S A´NCHEZ, Mr. T AKANO, Ms. W ATERS, and Mr. N ADLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To modify the boundaries of the San Gabriel Mountains
National Monument in the State of California to include additional National Forest System land, and for other
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
(a) S HORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act’’. 5
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 1
this Act is as follows: 2
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Definitions.

Sec. 3. National monument boundary modification.

Sec. 4. Designation of wilderness areas and additions.

Sec. 5. Administration of wilderness areas and additions.

Sec. 6. Designation of wild and scenic rivers.

Sec. 7. Water rights.

Sec. 8. Reauthorization of existing water facilities in Pleasant View Ridge Wil- derness.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
3 In this Act: 4
(1) S ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 5
the Secretary of Agriculture. 6
(2) W ILDERNESS AREA OR ADDITION .—The 7
term ‘‘wilderness area or addition’’ means any wil-8
derness area or wilderness addition designated by 9
section 4(a). 10
SEC. 3. NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY MODIFICATION. 11
(a) I N GENERAL.—The San Gabriel Mountains Na-12
tional Monument established by Presidential Proclamation 13 9194 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note) (referred to in this section 14 as the ‘‘Monument’’) is modified to include the approxi-15 mately 109,167 acres of additional National Forest Sys-16 tem land depicted as the ‘‘Proposed San Gabriel Moun-17 tains National Monument Expansion’’ on the map entitled 18 ‘‘Proposed San Gabriel Mountains National Monument 19
Expansion’’ and dated June 26, 2019. 20
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(b) A DMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin-1
ister the Monument (including the land added to the 2
Monument by subsection (a)), in accordance with— 3
(1) Presidential Proclamation Number 9194 4
(79 Fed. Reg. 62303); 5
(2) the laws generally applicable to the Monu-6
ment; and 7
(3) this Act. 8
(c) M ANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than 3 years 9
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 10 consult with the State, local governments, and interested 11 members of the public to update the San Gabriel Moun-12 tains National Monument Plan to provide management di-13 rection and protection for the land added to the Monu-14 ment by subsection (a). 15
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS AND ADDI-16
TIONS. 17
(a) D ESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder-18
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following parcels 19 of National Forest System land in the State are des-20
ignated as wilderness and as components of the National 21 Wilderness Preservation System: 22
(1) CONDOR PEAK WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-23
eral land in the Angeles National Forest, comprising 24 approximately 8,207 acres, as generally depicted on 25
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the map entitled ‘‘Condor Peak Wilderness—Pro-1
posed’’ and dated June 6, 2019, which shall be 2
known as the ‘‘Condor Peak Wilderness’’. 3
(2) S AN GABRIEL WILDERNESS ADDITIONS .— 4
Certain Federal land in the Angeles National Forest, 5
comprising approximately 2,032 acres, as generally 6
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘San Gabriel Wilder-7
ness Additions’’ and dated June 6, 2019, which is 8
incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the 9
San Gabriel Wilderness designated by Public Law 10
90–318 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 82 Stat. 131). 11
(3) S HEEP MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS ADDI -12
TIONS.—Certain Federal land in the Angeles Na-13
tional Forest, comprising approximately 13,726 14
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 15
‘‘Sheep Mountain Wilderness Additions’’ and dated 16
June 6, 2019, which is incorporated in, and consid-17
ered to be a part of, the Sheep Mountain Wilderness 18
designated by section 101(a)(29) of the California 19
Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Pub-20
lic Law 98–425; 98 Stat. 1623). 21
(4) YERBA BUENA WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-22
eral land in the Angeles National Forest, comprising 23 approximately 6,694 acres, as generally depicted on 24
the map entitled ‘‘Yerba Buena Wilderness—Pro-25
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posed’’ and dated June 6, 2019, which shall be 1
known as the ‘‘Yerba Buena Wilderness’’. 2
(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 3
(1) I N GENERAL .—As soon as practicable after 4
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 5
shall file a map and a legal description of the wilder-6 ness areas and additions with— 7
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 8
Resources of the Senate; and 9
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 10
of the House of Representatives. 11
(2) F ORCE OF LAW .—The map and legal de-12
scription filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 13
same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex-14 cept that the Secretary may correct any clerical or 15
typographical error in the map or legal description. 16 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY .—The map and legal 17
description filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file 18 and available for public inspection in the appropriate 19 offices of the Forest Service. 20
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS AND AD-21
DITIONS. 22
(a) I N GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 23
the wilderness areas and additions shall be administered 24 by the Secretary in accordance with this section and the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:10 Jun 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3681.IH H3681pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB Packet Pg. 58 Communication: H.R. 3681 - Bill Text (ITEM 7 HOUSE RESOLUTION 3681: San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act) 6 •HR 3681 IH
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any 1 reference in that Act to the effective date of that Act shall 2 be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment 3 of this Act. 4
(b) F IRE MANAGEMENT AND RELATED ACTIVI-5
TIES.— 6
(1) IN GENERAL .—The Secretary may carry out 7
such activities in a wilderness area or addition as 8
are necessary for the control of fire, insects, or dis-9 eases in accordance with— 10
(A) section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act 11
(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)); and 12
(B) House Report 98–40 of the 98th Con-13
gress. 14
(2) FUNDING PRIORITIES .—Nothing in this Act 15
limits funding for fire or fuels management in a wil-16 derness area or addition. 17
(3) R EVISION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL 18
FIRE MANAGEMENT PLANS .—As soon as practicable 19
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-20
retary shall amend, as applicable, any local fire man-21 agement plan that applies to a wilderness area or 22
addition. 23
(4) A DMINISTRATION.—In accordance with 24
paragraph (1) and any other applicable Federal law, 25
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to ensure a timely and efficient response to a fire 1
emergency in a wilderness area or addition, the Sec-2
retary shall— 3
(A) not later than 1 year after the date of 4
enactment of this Act, establish agency ap-5
proval procedures (including appropriate delega-6
tions of authority to the Forest Supervisor, Dis-7
trict Manager, or other agency officials) for re-8
sponding to fire emergencies; and 9
(B) enter into agreements with appropriate 10
State or local firefighting agencies. 11
(c) G RAZING.—The grazing of livestock in a wilder-12
ness area or addition, if established before the date of en-13 actment of this Act, shall be administered in accordance 14 with— 15
(1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 16
U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 17
(2) the guidelines contained in Appendix A of 18
the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular 19
Affairs of the House of Representatives accom-20
panying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 21
101–405). 22
(d) FISH AND WILDLIFE.— 23
(1) I N GENERAL .—In accordance with section 24
4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 25
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1133(d)(7)), nothing in this Act affects the jurisdic-1 tion or responsibility of the State with respect to 2
fish or wildlife on public land in the State. 3
(2) MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES .— 4
(A) I N GENERAL .—In support of the pur-5
poses and principles of the Wilderness Act (16 6
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Secretary may con-7
duct any management activity that the Sec-8
retary determines to be necessary to maintain 9
or restore a fish or wildlife population or habi-10
tat in a wilderness area or addition, if the activ-11
ity is conducted in accordance with— 12
(i) applicable wilderness management 13
plans; and 14
(ii) appropriate policies, such as the 15
policies established in Appendix B of the 16
report of the Committee on Interior and 17
Insular Affairs of the House of Represent-18
atives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 19
101st Congress (H. Rept. 101–405). 20
(B) I NCLUSIONS.—A management activity 21
under subparagraph (A) may include the occa-22
sional and temporary use of motorized vehicles, 23
if the use, as determined by the Secretary, 24
would maintain or improve wilderness char-25
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acter, is impossible to accomplish by non-1
motorized methods, and is in accordance with 2
memoranda of understanding between the Fed-3
eral agencies and the California State Depart-4
ment of Fish and Wildlife. 5
(C) E XISTING ACTIVITIES .—In accordance 6
with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 7
U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) and other appropriate poli-8
cies (such as the policies established in Appen-9
dix B of the report of the Committee on Inte-10
rior and Insular Affairs of the House of Rep-11
resentatives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 12
101st Congress (H. Rept. 101–405)), the State 13
may use aircraft (including helicopters) in a 14
wilderness area or addition to survey, capture, 15
transplant, monitor, or provide water for a wild-16
life population, including bighorn sheep, if the 17
activity, as determined by the Secretary is im-18
possible to accomplish without use of aircraft, 19
and is in accordance with memoranda of under-20
standing between the Federal agencies and the 21
California State Department of Fish and Wild-22
life. 23
(e) BUFFER ZONES.— 24
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(1) I N GENERAL .—Nothing in this Act estab-1
lishes any protective perimeter or buffer zone around 2 a wilderness area or addition. 3
(2) ACTIVITIES OR USES UP TO BOUNDARIES .— 4
The fact that a nonwilderness activity or use can be 5
seen or heard from within a wilderness area or addi-6
tion shall not preclude the activity or use up to the 7 boundary of the wilderness area or addition. 8
(f) MILITARY ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this Act pre-9
cludes— 10
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 11
a wilderness area or addition; 12
(2) the designation of a new unit of special air-13
space over a wilderness area or addition; or 14
(3) the use or establishment of a military flight 15
training route over a wilderness area or addition. 16
(g) H ORSES.—Nothing in this Act precludes horse-17
back riding in, or the entry of recreational or commercial 18 saddle or pack stock into, a wilderness area or addition— 19 (1) in accordance with section 4(d)(5) of the 20
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(5)); and 21
(2) subject to such terms and conditions as the 22
Secretary determines to be necessary. 23
(h) L AW ENFORCEMENT.—Nothing in this Act pre-24
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within a wilderness area or addition, in accordance with 1 the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 2
(i) W ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 3
the wilderness areas and additions are withdrawn from— 4 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-5
posal under the public land laws; 6
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 7
laws; and 8
(3) operation of the mineral materials and geo-9
thermal leasing laws. 10
(j) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTER-11
ESTS.—Any land within the boundary of a wilderness area 12 or addition that is acquired by the United States shall— 13 (1) become part of the wilderness area or addi-14
tion in which the land is located; and 15
(2) be managed in accordance with this section, 16
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), and 17
any other applicable law (including regulations). 18
(k) C LIMATOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION.—In ac-19
cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) 20 and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary 21 may prescribe, the Secretary may authorize the installa-22 tion and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or cli-23 matological collection devices in a wilderness area or addi-24 tion if the Secretary determines that the device and access 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:10 Jun 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3681.IH H3681pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB Packet Pg. 64 Communication: H.R. 3681 - Bill Text (ITEM 7 HOUSE RESOLUTION 3681: San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act) 12 •HR 3681 IH
to the device is essential to a flood warning, flood control, 1 or water reservoir operation activity. 2
(l) A UTHORIZED EVENT.—The Secretary may au-3
thorize the Angeles Crest 100 competitive running event 4 to continue in substantially the same manner in which the 5 event was operated and permitted in 2015 within the land 6 added to the Sheep Mountain Wilderness by section 7
4(a)(3) and the Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness Area des-8 ignated by section 1802(8) of the Omnibus Public Land 9 Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public 10
Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1054), if the event is authorized 11 and conducted in a manner compatible with the preserva-12 tion of the areas as wilderness. 13
SEC. 6. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS. 14
(a) D ESIGNATION.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and 15
Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by add-16 ing at the end the following: 17
‘‘(231) EAST FORK SAN GABRIEL RIVER , CALI-18
FORNIA.—The following segments of the East Fork 19
San Gabriel River, to be administered by the Sec-20
retary of Agriculture in the following classes: 21
‘‘(A) The 10-mile segment from the con-22
fluence of the Prairie Fork and Vincent Gulch 23
to 100 yards upstream of the Heaton Flats 24
trailhead and day use area, as a wild river. 25
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‘‘(B) The 2.7-mile segment from 100 yards 1
upstream of the Heaton Flats trailhead and day 2
use area to 100 yards upstream of the con-3
fluence with Williams Canyon, as a recreational 4
river. 5
‘‘(232) NORTH FORK SAN GABRIEL RIVER , 6
CALIFORNIA.—The 4.3-mile segment of the North 7
Fork San Gabriel River from the confluence with 8
Cloudburst Canyon to 0.25 miles upstream of the 9
confluence with the West Fork San Gabriel River, to 10
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as 11
a recreational river. 12
‘‘(233) WEST FORK SAN GABRIEL RIVER , CALI-13
FORNIA.—The following segments of the West Fork 14
San Gabriel River, to be administered by the Sec-15
retary of Agriculture in the following classes: 16
‘‘(A) The 6.7-mile segment from 0.25 17
miles downstream of its source near Red Box 18
Gap in sec. 14, T. 2 N., R. 12 W., to the con-19
fluence with the unnamed tributary 0.25 miles 20
downstream of the power lines in sec. 22, T. 2 21
N., R. 11 W., as a recreational river. 22
‘‘(B) The 1.6-mile segment of the West 23
Fork from 0.25 miles downstream of the 24
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powerlines in sec. 22, T. 2 N., R. 11 W., to the 1
confluence with Bobcat Canyon, as a wild river. 2
‘‘(234) LITTLE ROCK CREEK , CALIFORNIA.— 3
The following segments of Little Rock Creek and 4
tributaries, to be administered by the Secretary of 5
Agriculture in the following classes: 6
‘‘(A) The 10.3-mile segment from its 7
source on Mt. Williamson in sec. 6, T. 3 N., R. 8
9 W., to 100 yards upstream of the confluence 9
with the South Fork Little Rock Creek, as a 10
wild river. 11
‘‘(B) The 6.6-mile segment from 100 yards 12
upstream of the confluence with the South Fork 13
Little Rock Creek to the confluence with 14
Santiago Canyon, as a recreational river. 15
‘‘(C) The 1-mile segment of Cooper Can-16
yon Creek from 0.25 miles downstream of 17
Highway 2 to 100 yards downstream of Cooper 18
Canyon Campground, as a scenic river. 19
‘‘(D) The 1.3-mile segment of Cooper Can-20
yon Creek from 100 yards downstream of Coo-21
per Canyon Campground to the confluence with 22
Little Rock Creek, as a wild river. 23
‘‘(E) The 1-mile segment of Buckhorn 24
Creek from 100 yards downstream of the 25
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Buckhorn Campground to its confluence with 1
Cooper Canyon Creek, as a wild river.’’. 2
(b) W ATER RESOURCE FACILITIES; W ATER USE.— 3
(1) WATER RESOURCE FACILITIES .— 4
(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 5
(i) WATER RESOURCE FACILITY .—The 6
term ‘‘water resource facility’’ means— 7
(I) an irrigation or pumping fa-8
cility; 9
(II) a dam or reservoir; 10
(III) a flood control facility; 11
(IV) a water conservation works 12
(including a debris protection facility); 13
(V) a sediment placement site; 14
(VI) a rain gauge or stream 15
gauge; 16
(VII) a water quality facility; 17
(VIII) a recycled water facility or 18
water pumping, conveyance, or dis-19
tribution system; 20
(IX) a water storage tank or res-21
ervoir; 22
(X) a water treatment facility; 23
(XI) an aqueduct, canal, ditch, 24
pipeline, well, hydropower project, or 25
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transmission or other ancillary facil-1
ity; 2
(XII) a groundwater recharge fa-3
cility; 4
(XIII) a water filtration plant; 5
and 6
(XIV) any other water diversion, 7
conservation, storage, or carriage 8
structure. 9
(ii) W ILD AND SCENIC RIVER SEG -10
MENT.—The term ‘‘wild and scenic river 11
segment’’ means a component of the na-12
tional wild and scenic rivers system des-13
ignated by paragraph (231), (232), (233), 14
or (234) of section 3(a) of the Wild and 15
Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as 16
added by subsection (a)). 17
(B) N O EFFECT ON EXISTING WATER RE -18
SOURCE FACILITIES .—Nothing in this section 19
alters, modifies, or affects— 20
(i) the use, operation, maintenance, 21
repair, construction, destruction, reconfig-22
uration, expansion, relocation, or replace-23
ment of a water resource facility down-24
stream of a wild and scenic river segment, 25
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subject to the condition that the physical 1
structures of such a facility or reservoir 2
shall not be located within the wild and 3
scenic river segment; or 4
(ii) access to a water resource facility 5
downstream of a wild and scenic river seg-6
ment. 7
(C) N O EFFECT ON NEW WATER RE -8
SOURCE FACILITIES .—Nothing in this section 9
precludes the establishment of a new water re-10
source facility (including instream sites, routes, 11
and areas) downstream of a wild and scenic 12
river segment. 13
(2) LIMITATION.—Any new reservation of water 14
or new use of water pursuant to existing water 15
rights held by the United States to advance the pur-16
poses of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 17
(16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.) shall be for nonconsump-18
tive instream use only within the wild and scenic 19
river segments (as defined in paragraph (1)(A)). 20
(3) EXISTING LAW .—Nothing in this section af-21
fects the implementation of the Endangered Species 22
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 23
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SEC. 7. WATER RIGHTS. 1
(a) S TATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 2
Act, and no action carried out pursuant to this Act— 3
(1) constitutes an express or implied reservation 4
of any water or water right, or authorizes an expan-5
sion of water use pursuant to existing water rights 6
held by the United States, with respect to— 7
(A) the San Gabriel Mountains National 8
Monument; 9
(B) the wilderness areas and additions des-10
ignated by section 4; and 11
(C) the components of the national wild 12
and scenic rivers system designated by para-13
graphs (231), (232), (233), or (234) of section 14
3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 15
U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as added by section 6(a)) and 16
land adjacent to the components; 17
(2) affects, alters, modifies, or conditions any 18
water right in the State in existence on the date of 19 enactment of this Act, including any water rights 20
held by the United States; 21
(3) establishes a precedent with respect to any 22
designation of wilderness or wild and scenic rivers 23
after the date of enactment of this Act; 24
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(4) affects, alters, or modifies the interpretation 1
of, or any designation, decision, adjudication, or ac-2 tion carried out pursuant to, any other Act; or 3
(5) limits, alters, modifies, or amends any inter-4
state compact or equitable apportionment decree 5
that apportions water among or between the State 6
and any other State. 7
(b) S TATE WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall com-8
ply with applicable procedural and substantive require-9 ments under State law to obtain and hold any water rights 10 not in existence on the date of enactment of this Act with 11 respect to— 12
(1) the San Gabriel Mountains National Monu-13
ment; 14
(2) the wilderness areas and additions des-15
ignated by section 4; and 16
(3) the components of the national wild and 17
scenic rivers system designated by paragraphs (231), 18 (232), (233), or (234) of section 3(a) of the Wild 19
and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as 20
added by section 6(a)). 21
SEC. 8. REAUTHORIZATION OF EXISTING WATER FACILI-22
TIES IN PLEASANT VIEW RIDGE WILDERNESS. 23
(a) A UTHORIZATION FOR CONTINUED USE.—The 24
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tion to the owners of a water transport or diversion facility 1 (in this section referred to as a ‘‘facility’’) located on Na-2 tional Forest System land in the Pleasant View Ridge Wil-3 derness for the continued operation, maintenance, and re-4 construction of the facility if the Secretary determines 5 that— 6
(1) the facility was in existence on the date on 7
which the land upon which the facility is located was 8 designated as part of the National Wilderness Pres-9
ervation System (in this section referred to as ‘‘the 10 date of designation’’); 11
(2) the facility has been in substantially contin-12
uous use to deliver water for the beneficial use on 13
the owner’s non-Federal land since the date of des-14
ignation; 15
(3) the owner of the facility holds a valid water 16
right for use of the water on the owner’s non-Fed-17
eral land under California State law, with a priority 18 date that predates the date of designation; and 19
(4) it is not practicable or feasible to relocate 20
the facility to land outside of the wilderness and 21
continue the beneficial use of water on the non-Fed-22
eral land recognized under State law. 23
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 24
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(1) R EQUIRED TERMS AND CONDITIONS .—In a 1
special use authorization issued under subsection 2
(a), the Secretary may— 3
(A) allow use of motorized equipment and 4
mechanized transport for operation, mainte-5
nance, or reconstruction of a facility, if the Sec-6
retary determines that— 7
(i) the use is the minimum necessary 8
to allow the facility to continue delivery of 9
water to the non-Federal land for the ben-10
eficial uses recognized by the water right 11
held under California State law; and 12
(ii) the use of non-motorized equip-13
ment and non-mechanized transport is im-14
practicable or infeasible; and 15
(B) prohibit use of the facility for the di-16
version or transport of water in excess of the 17
water right recognized by the State of Cali-18
fornia on the date of designation. 19
(2) D ISCRETIONARY TERMS AND CONDI -20
TIONS.—In a special use authorization issued under 21
subsection (a), the Secretary may require or allow 22
modification or relocation of the facility in the wil-23 derness, as the Secretary determines necessary, to 24
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tion 2 of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131) if the 1
beneficial use of water on the non-Federal land is 2
not diminished. 3
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S. 1466 – Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act
Recommendation

Legislative Committee recommend to support S. 1466.

Summary

Authored by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), S. 1466, also known as the Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act, proposes to expand the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) to include portions of the proposed Rim of the Valley Unit.

In 2008, Congress passed the Rim of the Valley Corridor Study Act. This bill directed the National Park Service to conduct a special resource study of the Rim of the Valley Corridor, which includes the mountains encircling the Santa Clarita, San Fernando, La Crescenta, Simi, and Conejo Valleys. The study sought to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating all or a portion of the Rim of the Valley Corridor as a unit of the existing SMMNRA, and how these areas could be better managed and preserved.

The National Park Service began the study in 2010 and transmitted its final report to Congress and the public in February 2016. In this study, the National Park Service recommended to Congress to more than double the size of SMMNRA to include a very significant portion of the Rim of the Valley study area.

The current size of SMMNRA is approximately 154,000 acres. The Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act proposes to add approximately 119,000 acres of the proposed Rim of the Valley Unit to SMMNRA, including lands within the Upper Santa Clara River area. In broad terms, the Santa Clarita Valley lands included within the legislation are those areas located between State Route 14 and the Angeles National Forest (southern unit) in the Newhall, Canyon Country, Soledad Canyon, and Agua Dulce areas.

This bill will enable the National Park Service to better protect natural resources and habitats, and provide members of the community with improved access to nature for recreational and educational purposes.

The Santa Clarita City Council supported two companion bills that were substantially similar to this bill, House Resolution 1075 (Schiff) and S. 1769 (Feinstein), during the 117th Congress.

Additionally, the recommendation to support S. 1466 is consistent with the City of Santa Clarita 2023 Executive and Legislative Platform. Specifically, Component 1 under the “Federal” section advises that the City Council, “Support legislation seeking to implement the Rim of the Valley Corridor Special Resource Study; containing boundary adjustments that include portions of the Packet Pg. 76
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Santa Clarita Valley, but does not eliminate or limit current authority of the City of Santa Clarita.”

Bill Status

S. 1466 passed the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (11-8) on May 17, 2023, and is pending inclusion in a larger legislation package to be considered by the U.S.

Senate.

Packet Pg. 77
Communication: S. 1466 - Staff Report (ITEM 8 S. 1466: Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act) II
118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION S. 1466
To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 4, 2023
Mr. P ADILLA (for himself, Mrs. F EINSTEIN, and Mr. P ADILLA)) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rim of the Valley Cor-4
ridor Preservation Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 6
Section 507(c) of the National Parks and Recreation 7
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460kk(c)) is amended by striking 8 paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 9
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‘‘(1) BOUNDARY.— 1
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL .—The recreation area 2
shall consist of— 3
‘‘(i) the land, water, and interests in 4
land and water generally depicted as the 5
recreation area on the map entitled ‘Santa 6
Monica Mountains National Recreation 7
Area and Santa Monica Mountains Zone, 8
California, Boundary Map’, numbered 9
80,047–C, and dated August 2001; and 10
‘‘(ii) the land, water, and interests in 11
land and water, as generally depicted as 12
‘Proposed Addition’ on the map entitled 13
‘Rim of the Valley Unit—Santa Monica 14
Mountains National Recreation Area’, 15
numbered 638/147,723, and dated April 16
2023. 17
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS .—The maps 18
described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file 19
and available for public inspection in the appro-20
priate offices of the National Park Service. 21
‘‘(C) REVISIONS.—After advising the Com-22
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 23
Senate and the Committee on Natural Re-24
sources of the House of Representatives, in 25
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writing, of the proposed revision, the Secretary 1
may make minor revisions to the boundaries of 2
the recreation area by publication of a revised 3
drawing or other boundary description in the 4
Federal Register.’’. 5
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION. 6
Any land or interest in land acquired by the Secretary 7 of the Interior within the Rim of the Valley Unit shall 8 be administered as part of the Santa Monica Mountains 9 National Recreation Area (referred to in this Act as the 10 ‘‘National Recreation Area’’) in accordance with the laws 11 (including regulations) applicable to the National Recre-12 ation Area. 13
SEC. 4. UTILITIES AND WATER RESOURCE FACILITIES. 14
The addition of the Rim of the Valley Unit to the 15
National Recreation Area shall not affect the operation, 16 maintenance, or modification of water resource facilities 17 or public utilities within the Rim of the Valley Unit, except 18 that any utility or water resource facility activities in the 19 Rim of the Valley Unit shall be conducted in a manner 20 that reasonably avoids or reduces the impact of the activi-21 ties on resources of the Rim of the Valley Unit. 22
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S. 1776 – Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California Lands Act
Recommendation

Legislative Committee recommend to support S. 1776

Summary

Authored by U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), S. 1776, also known as the Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California (PUBLIC) Lands Act, would restore and expand protections for over 1 million acres of California’s public lands, including identical companion language as House Resolution 3681 related to expanding the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by approximately 109,000 acres, designating 31,000 acres of national forest land as newly protected wilderness areas, and adding 46 miles of rivers to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

The national monument boundary adjustment would supplement the 364,177 acres of land contained within the Angeles National Forest and San Bernardino National Forest that was designated by President Obama on October 10, 2014, as the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.

A key purpose of the proposed legislation is "to conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations the ecological, scenic, wildlife, recreational, cultural, historical, natural, educational, and scientific resources of the recreation area." Within three years after enactment, S. 1776 specifies that a management plan shall be developed, consistent with the purposes identified in the bill.

Beginning in 2004 and completed in 2013, the National Park Service conducted the "San Gabriel Watershed and Mountains Special Resource Study" to assess the feasibility of creating a national recreation area within the San Gabriel Mountains. The study determined that the San Gabriel Mountains possess nationally significant ecological and cultural resources, are suitable to be included within the national park system, and would be feasible due to the opportunities for collaborative management with various federal, state, regional, and local stakeholders in the area.

S. 1776 is an implementation vehicle for key findings of the "San Gabriel Watershed and Mountains Special Resource Study."

Specific to the City of Santa Clarita (City), the "San Gabriel Watershed and Mountains Special Resource Study" recognizes the importance of the Upper Santa Clara River area. This recognition is critical to the City, as a proposed 56-million-ton sand and gravel mine is located within the Upper Santa Clara River area referenced in the study. The study highlights the Santa Clara River as "the last unchannelized riparian and wildlife corridor in the region, providing Packet Pg. 81
Communication: S. 1776 - Staff Report (ITEM 9 S. 1776: Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California (PUBLIC) Lands primary east-west biological connection between the mountains and the ocean. Protecting this corridor is a high priority for local and state agencies as well as conservation groups." While the proposed mining area and surface estate owned by the City are not within the proposed boundaries of the expansion of the national monument, the property is directly adjacent to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. Furthermore, the United States Forest Service has expressed interest in the City owned property for a potential visitor’s center site and northern gateway entry into the national monument.

S. 1776 would have no effect on state and local jurisdiction of the proposed area. The legislation seeks to ensure that local property rights and land use are respected and not negatively impacted.

S. 1776 is substantially similar to legislation supported by the Santa Clarita City Council in previous Congresses.

Additionally, the recommendation to support S. 1776 is consistent with the City of Santa Clarita 2023 Executive and Legislative Platform. Specifically, Component 10 under the “Federal” section advises that the City Council, “Support legislation to increase funding for, creating enhancements to, or expanding the boundaries of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.”

Bill Status

S. 1776 is pending its first hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Packet Pg. 82
Communication: S. 1776 - Staff Report (ITEM 9 S. 1776: Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California (PUBLIC) Lands II
118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION S. 1776
To provide for the protection of and investment in certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 31 (legislative day, M AY 30), 2023
Mr. P ADILLA (for himself and Mrs. F EINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Nat- ural Resources
A BILL
To provide for the protection of and investment in certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
(a) S HORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Invest-5 ing in California Lands Act’’ or the ‘‘PUBLIC Lands 6
Act’’. 7
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 8
this Act is as follows: 9
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WILDERNESS, RECREATION,

AND WORKING FORESTS
Sec. 101. Definitions.

Subtitle A—Restoration and Economic Development
Sec. 111. South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area.

Sec. 112. Redwood National and State Parks restoration.

Sec. 113. California Public Land Remediation Partnership.

Sec. 114. Trinity Lake visitor center.

Sec. 115. Del Norte County visitor center.

Sec. 116. Land and resource management plans.

Sec. 117. Annual fire management plans.

Sec. 118. Study; partnerships related to overnight accommodations.

Subtitle B—Recreation
Sec. 121. Horse Mountain Special Management Area.

Sec. 122. Bigfoot National Recreation Trail.

Sec. 123. Elk Camp Ridge Recreation Trail.

Sec. 124. Trinity Lake Trail.

Sec. 125. Trails study.

Sec. 126. Construction of mountain bicycling routes.

Sec. 127. Partnerships.

Subtitle C—Conservation
Sec. 131. Designation of wilderness.

Sec. 132. Administration of wilderness.

Sec. 133. Designation of potential wilderness.

Sec. 134. Designation of wild and scenic rivers.

Sec. 135. Sanhedrin Special Conservation Management Area.

Sec. 136. Release of wilderness study area.

Subtitle D—Miscellaneous
Sec. 141. Maps and legal descriptions.

Sec. 142. Updates to land and resource management plans.

Sec. 143. Pacific Gas and Electric Company utility facilities and rights-of-way.

TITLE II—CENTRAL COAST HERITAGE PROTECTION
Sec. 201. Definitions.

Sec. 202. Designation of wilderness.

Sec. 203. Designation of the Machesna Mountain Potential Wilderness.

Sec. 204. Administration of wilderness.

Sec. 205. Designation of Wild and Scenic Rivers.

Sec. 206. Designation of the Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness.

Sec. 207. Designation of scenic areas.

Sec. 208. Condor National Scenic Trail.

Sec. 209. Forest Service study.

Sec. 210. Nonmotorized recreation opportunities.

Sec. 211. Use by members of Indian Tribes.

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TITLE III—SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS FOOTHILLS AND RIVERS

PROTECTION
Sec. 301. Definitions.

Sec. 302. National monument boundary modification.

Sec. 303. Designation of wilderness areas and additions.

Sec. 304. Administration of wilderness areas and additions.

Sec. 305. Designation of wild and scenic rivers.

Sec. 306. Water rights.

Sec. 307. Reauthorization of existing water facilities in Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness.

TITLE I—NORTHWEST CALI-1
FORNIA WILDERNESS, RECRE-2
ATION, AND WORKING FOR-3
ESTS 4
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 5
In this title: 6
(1) S ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 7
means— 8
(A) with respect to land under the jurisdic-9
tion of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec-10
retary of Agriculture; and 11
(B) with respect to land under the jurisdic-12
tion of the Secretary of the Interior, the Sec-13
retary of the Interior. 14
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 15
of California. 16
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Subtitle A—Restoration and 1
Economic Development 2
SEC. 111. SOUTH FORK TRINITY-MAD RIVER RESTORATION 3
AREA. 4
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 5
(1) COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOPED .—The term 6
‘‘collaboratively developed’’ means, with respect to a 7 restoration project, the development and implemen-8
tation of the restoration project through a collabo-9
rative process that— 10
(A) includes— 11
(i) appropriate Federal, State, and 12
local agencies; and 13
(ii) multiple interested persons rep-14
resenting diverse interests; and 15
(B) is transparent and nonexclusive. 16
(2) P LANTATION.—The term ‘‘plantation’’ 17
means a forested area that has been artificially es-18
tablished by planting or seeding. 19
(3) R ESTORATION.—The term ‘‘restoration’’ 20
means the process of assisting the recovery of an 21
ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or de-22
stroyed by establishing the composition, structure, 23
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resilience, and health under current and future con-1
ditions. 2
(4) R ESTORATION AREA .—The term ‘‘restora-3
tion area’’ means the South Fork Trinity-Mad River 4
Restoration Area established by subsection (b). 5
(5) S HADED FUEL BREAK .—The term ‘‘shaded 6
fuel break’’ means a vegetation treatment that— 7
(A) effectively addresses all slash gen-8
erated by a project; and 9
(B) retains, to the maximum extent prac-10
ticable— 11
(i) adequate canopy cover to suppress 12
plant regrowth in the forest understory fol-13
lowing treatment; 14
(ii) the longest living trees that pro-15
vide the most shade over the longest period 16
of time; 17
(iii) the healthiest and most vigorous 18
trees with the greatest potential for crown 19
growth in— 20
(I) plantations; and 21
(II) natural stands adjacent to 22
plantations; and 23
(iv) mature hardwoods. 24
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(6) S TEWARDSHIP CONTRACT .—The term 1
‘‘stewardship contract’’ means an agreement or con-2
tract entered into under section 604 of the Healthy 3
Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c). 4
(7) W ILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE .—The term 5
‘‘wildland-urban interface’’ has the meaning given 6
the term in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Res-7
toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511). 8
(b) E STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 9
rights, there is established the South Fork Trinity-Mad 10 River Restoration Area, comprising approximately 11
871,414 acres of Federal land administered by the Forest 12 Service and the Bureau of Land Management, as gen-13
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘South Fork Trinity- 14 Mad River Restoration Area’’ and dated May 15, 2020. 15 (c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the restoration area 16
are— 17
(1) to establish, restore, and maintain fire-resil-18
ient late successional forest structures characterized 19 by large trees and multistoried canopies, as eco-20
logically appropriate, in the restoration area; 21
(2) to protect late successional reserves in the 22
restoration area; 23
(3) to enhance the restoration of Federal land 24
in the restoration area; 25
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(4) to reduce the threat posed by wildfires to 1
communities in or in the vicinity of the restoration 2
area; 3
(5) to protect and restore aquatic habitat and 4
anadromous fisheries; 5
(6) to protect the quality of water within the 6
restoration area; and 7
(7) to allow visitors to enjoy the scenic, rec-8
reational, natural, cultural, and wildlife values of the 9 restoration area. 10
(d) MANAGEMENT.— 11
(1) I N GENERAL .—The Secretary shall manage 12
the restoration area— 13
(A) in a manner— 14
(i) consistent with the purposes de-15
scribed in subsection (c); and 16
(ii) in the case of the Forest Service, 17
that prioritizes the restoration of the res-18
toration area over other nonemergency 19
vegetation management projects on the 20
portions of the Six Rivers and Shasta- 21
Trinity National Forests in Humboldt and 22
Trinity Counties, California; 23
(B) in accordance with an agreement en-24
tered into by the Chief of the Forest Service 25
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and the Director of the United States Fish and 1
Wildlife Service— 2
(i) for cooperation to ensure the time-3
ly consultation required under section 7 of 4
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 5
U.S.C. 1536) on restoration projects with-6
in the restoration area; and 7
(ii) to maintain and exchange infor-8
mation on planning schedules and prior-9
ities with respect to the restoration area on 10
a regular basis; 11
(C) in accordance with— 12
(i) the laws (including regulations) 13
and rules applicable to the National Forest 14
System, with respect to land managed by 15
the Forest Service; 16
(ii) the Federal Land Policy and Man-17
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 18
seq.), with respect to land managed by the 19
Bureau of Land Management; 20
(iii) this title; and 21
(iv) any other applicable law (includ-22
ing regulations); and 23
(D) in a manner consistent with congres-24
sional intent that consultation for restoration 25
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projects within the restoration area be com-1
pleted in a timely and efficient manner. 2
(2) CONFLICT OF LAWS .— 3
(A) I N GENERAL .—The establishment of 4
the restoration area shall not modify the man-5
agement status of any land or water that is 6
designated as a component of the National Wil-7
derness Preservation System or the National 8
Wild and Scenic Rivers System, including land 9
or water designated as a component of the Na-10
tional Wilderness Preservation System or the 11
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System by this 12
title (including an amendment made by this 13
title). 14
(B) R ESOLUTION OF CONFLICT .—If there 15
is a conflict between a law applicable to a com-16
ponent described in subparagraph (A) and this 17
section, the more restrictive provision shall con-18
trol. 19
(3) USES.— 20
(A) I N GENERAL .—The Secretary shall 21
only allow uses of the restoration area that the 22
Secretary determines would further the pur-23
poses described in subsection (c). 24
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(B) P RIORITY.—The Secretary shall give 1
priority to restoration activities within the res-2
toration area. 3
(C) L IMITATION.—Nothing in this section 4
limits the ability of the Secretary to plan, ap-5
prove, or prioritize activities outside of the res-6
toration area. 7
(4) WILDLAND FIRE .— 8
(A) I N GENERAL .—Nothing in this section 9
prohibits the Secretary, in cooperation with 10
Federal, State, and local agencies, as appro-11
priate, from conducting wildland fire operations 12
in the restoration area, consistent with the pur-13
poses of this section. 14
(B) P RIORITY.—To the maximum extent 15
practicable, the Secretary may use prescribed 16
burning and managed wildland fire to achieve 17
the purposes of this section. 18
(5) ROAD DECOMMISSIONING .— 19
(A) D EFINITION OF DECOMMISSION .—In 20
this paragraph, the term ‘‘decommission’’ 21
means, with respect to a road— 22
(i) to reestablish vegetation on the 23
road; and 24
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(ii) to restore any natural drainage, 1
watershed function, or other ecological 2
process that is disrupted or adversely im-3
pacted by the road by removing or 4
hydrologically disconnecting the road 5
prism. 6
(B) DECOMMISSIONING.—To the maximum 7
extent practicable, the Secretary shall decom-8
mission any unneeded National Forest System 9
road or any unauthorized road identified for de-10
commissioning within the restoration area— 11
(i) subject to appropriations; 12
(ii) consistent with the analysis re-13
quired under subparts A and B of part 14
212 of title 36, Code of Federal Regula-15
tions (or successor regulations); and 16
(iii) in accordance with existing law. 17
(C) A DDITIONAL REQUIREMENT .—In mak-18
ing determinations with respect to the decom-19
missioning of a road under subparagraph (B), 20
the Secretary shall consult with— 21
(i) appropriate State, Tribal, and local 22
governmental entities; and 23
(ii) members of the public. 24
(6) VEGETATION MANAGEMENT .— 25
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(A) I N GENERAL .—Subject to subpara-1
graphs (B), (C), and (D), the Secretary may 2
carry out any vegetation management projects 3
in the restoration area that the Secretary deter-4
mines to be necessary— 5
(i) to maintain or restore the charac-6
teristics of ecosystem composition and 7
structure; 8
(ii) to reduce wildfire risk to the com-9
munity by promoting forests that are fire 10
resilient; 11
(iii) to improve the habitat of threat-12
ened species, endangered species, or sen-13
sitive species; 14
(iv) to protect or improve water qual-15
ity; or 16
(v) to enhance the restoration of land 17
within the restoration area. 18
(B) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS .— 19
(i) S HADED FUEL BREAKS .—In car-20
rying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary 21
shall prioritize, as practicable, the estab-22
lishment in the restoration area of a net-23
work of shaded fuel breaks within— 24
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(I) any portion of the wildland- 1
urban interface that is within 150 feet 2
of private property contiguous to Fed-3
eral land; 4
(II) on the condition that the 5
Secretary includes vegetation treat-6
ments within a minimum of 25 feet of 7
a road that is open to motorized vehi-8
cles as of the date of enactment of 9
this Act if practicable, feasible, and 10
appropriate as part of any shaded fuel 11
break— 12
(aa) 150 feet of the road; or 13
(bb) as topography or other 14
conditions require, 275 feet of 15
the road, if the combined total 16
width of the shaded fuel breaks 17
for both sides of the road does 18
not exceed 300 feet; or 19
(III) 150 feet of any plantation. 20
(ii) P LANTATIONS; RIPARIAN RE -21
SERVES.—The Secretary may carry out 22
vegetation management projects— 23
(I) in an area within the restora-24
tion area in which a fish or wildlife 25
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habitat is significantly compromised 1
as a result of past management prac-2
tices (including plantations); and 3
(II) in designated riparian re-4
serves in the restoration area, as the 5
Secretary determines to be nec-6
essary— 7
(aa) to maintain the integ-8
rity of fuel breaks; or 9
(bb) to enhance fire resil-10
ience. 11
(C) A PPLICABLE LAW .—The Secretary 12
shall carry out vegetation management projects 13
in the restoration area— 14
(i) in accordance with— 15
(I) this section; and 16
(II) applicable law (including reg-17
ulations); 18
(ii) after providing an opportunity for 19
public comment; and 20
(iii) subject to appropriations. 21
(D) B EST AVAILABLE SCIENCE .—The Sec-22
retary shall use the best available science in 23
planning and carrying out vegetation manage-24
ment projects in the restoration area. 25
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(7) GRAZING.— 1
(A) E XISTING GRAZING .—The grazing of 2
livestock in the restoration area, where estab-3
lished before the date of enactment of this Act, 4
shall be permitted to continue— 5
(i) subject to such reasonable regula-6
tions, policies, and practices as the Sec-7
retary considers to be necessary; 8
(ii) in accordance with applicable law 9
(including regulations); and 10
(iii) in a manner consistent with the 11
purposes described in subsection (c). 12
(B) T ARGETED NEW GRAZING .—The Sec-13
retary may issue annual targeted grazing per-14
mits for the grazing of livestock in an area of 15
the restoration area in which the grazing of 16
livestock is not authorized before the date of en-17
actment of this Act to control noxious weeds, 18
aid in the control of wildfire within the 19
wildland-urban interface, or provide other eco-20
logical benefits— 21
(i) subject to such reasonable regula-22
tions, policies, and practices as the Sec-23
retary considers to be necessary; and 24
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(ii) in a manner consistent with the 1
purposes described in subsection (c). 2
(C) B EST AVAILABLE SCIENCE .—The Sec-3
retary shall use the best available science in de-4
termining whether to issue targeted grazing 5
permits under subparagraph (B) within the res-6
toration area. 7
(e) W ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 8
the restoration area is withdrawn from— 9
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-10
posal under the public land laws; 11
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 12
laws; and 13
(3) disposition under all laws relating to min-14
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 15
(f) U SE OF STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTS.—To the 16
maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall— 17
(1) use stewardship contracts to carry out this 18
section; and 19
(2) use revenue derived from stewardship con-20
tracts under paragraph (1) to carry out restoration 21
and other activities within the restoration area, in-22 cluding staff and administrative costs to support 23
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(g) C OLLABORATION.—In developing and carrying 1
out restoration projects in the restoration area, the Sec-2 retary shall consult with collaborative groups with an in-3 terest in the restoration area. 4
(h) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—A collaboratively de-5
veloped restoration project within the restoration area may 6 be carried out in accordance with the provisions for haz-7 ardous fuel reduction projects in sections 104, 105, and 8 106 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 9 U.S.C. 6514, 6515, 6516), as applicable. 10
(i) M ULTIPARTY MONITORING.—The Secretary of 11
Agriculture shall— 12
(1) in collaboration with the Secretary of the 13
Interior and interested persons, use a multiparty 14
monitoring, evaluation, and accountability process to 15 assess the positive or negative ecological, social, and 16 economic effects of restoration projects within the 17
restoration area; and 18
(2) incorporate the monitoring results into the 19
management of the restoration area. 20
(j) A VAILABLE AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary shall 21
use any available authorities to secure the funding nec-22 essary to fulfill the purposes of the restoration area. 23 (k) FOREST RESIDUES UTILIZATION.— 24
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(1) I N GENERAL .—In accordance with applica-1
ble law (including regulations) and this section, the 2 Secretary may use forest residues from restoration 3
projects, including shaded fuel breaks, in the res-4
toration area for research and development of 5
biobased products that result in net carbon seques-6
tration. 7
(2) P ARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying out para-8
graph (1), the Secretary may enter into partnerships 9
with institutions of higher education, nongovern-10
mental organizations, industry, Tribes, and Federal, 11 State, and local governmental agencies. 12
SEC. 112. REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS RES-13
TORATION. 14
(a) P ARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of 15
the Interior may carry out initiatives to restore degraded 16 redwood forest ecosystems in Redwood National and State 17 Parks in partnership with the State, local agencies, and 18 nongovernmental organizations. 19
(b) APPLICABLE LAW.—In carrying out an initiative 20
under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall 21 comply with applicable law. 22
SEC. 113. CALIFORNIA PUBLIC LAND REMEDIATION PART-23
NERSHIP. 24
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 25
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(1) P ARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘partnership’’ 1
means the California Public Land Remediation Part-2
nership established by subsection (b). 3
(2) PRIORITY LAND .—The term ‘‘priority land’’ 4
means Federal land in the State that is determined 5
by the partnership to be a high priority for remedi-6
ation. 7
(3) REMEDIATION.— 8
(A) I N GENERAL .—The term ‘‘remedi-9
ation’’ means to facilitate the recovery of land 10
or water that has been degraded, damaged, or 11
destroyed by illegal marijuana cultivation or an-12
other illegal activity. 13
(B) I NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘remedi-14
ation’’ includes— 15
(i) the removal of trash, debris, or 16
other material; and 17
(ii) establishing the composition, 18
structure, pattern, and ecological processes 19
necessary to facilitate terrestrial or aquatic 20
ecosystem sustainability, resilience, or 21
health under current and future conditions. 22
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Cali-23
fornia Public Land Remediation Partnership. 24
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(c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the partnership are 1
to support coordination of activities among Federal, State, 2 Tribal, and local authorities and the private sector in the 3 remediation of priority land in the State affected by illegal 4 marijuana cultivation or another illegal activity. 5
(d) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the partnership 6
shall include the following: 7
(1) The Secretary of Agriculture (or a designee) 8
to represent the Forest Service. 9
(2) The Secretary of the Interior (or a des-10
ignee) to represent— 11
(A) the United States Fish and Wildlife 12
Service; 13
(B) the Bureau of Land Management; and 14
(C) the National Park Service. 15
(3) The Director of the Office of National Drug 16
Control Policy (or a designee). 17
(4) The Secretary of the State Natural Re-18
sources Agency (or a designee) to represent the Cali-19 fornia Department of Fish and Wildlife. 20
(5) A designee of the California State Water 21
Resources Control Board. 22
(6) A designee of the California State Sheriffs’ 23
Association. 24
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(7) 1 member to represent federally recognized 1
Indian Tribes, to be appointed by the Secretary of 2
Agriculture. 3
(8) 1 member to represent nongovernmental or-4
ganizations with an interest in Federal land remedi-5
ation, to be appointed by the Secretary of Agri-6
culture. 7
(9) 1 member to represent local governmental 8
interests, to be appointed by the Secretary of Agri-9
culture. 10
(10) A law enforcement official from each of 11
the following: 12
(A) The Department of the Interior. 13
(B) The Department of Agriculture. 14
(11) A subject matter expert to provide exper-15
tise and advice on methods needed for remediation 16
efforts, to be appointed by the Secretary of Agri-17
culture. 18
(12) A designee of the National Guard 19
Counterdrug Program. 20
(13) Any other members that are determined to 21
be appropriate by the partnership. 22
(e) DUTIES.—To further the purposes of this section 23
and subject to subsection (f), the partnership shall— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1776.IS S1776pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB Packet Pg. 103 Communication: S. 1776 - Bill Text (ITEM 9 S. 1776: Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California (PUBLIC) Lands 22 •S 1776 IS
(1) identify priority land for remediation in the 1
State; 2
(2) secure voluntary contributions of resources 3
from Federal sources and non-Federal sources for 4
remediation of priority land in the State; 5
(3) support efforts by Federal, State, Tribal, 6
and local agencies and nongovernmental organiza-7
tions in carrying out remediation of priority land in 8 the State; 9
(4) support research and education on the im-10
pacts of, and solutions to, illegal marijuana cultiva-11 tion and other illegal activities on priority land in 12 the State; 13
(5) involve other Federal, State, Tribal, and 14
local agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and 15
the public in remediation efforts on priority land in 16 the State, to the maximum extent practicable; and 17
(6) carry out any other administrative or advi-18
sory activities necessary to address remediation of 19
priority land in the State. 20
(f) L IMITATION.—Nothing in this section limits the 21
authorities of the Federal, State, Tribal, and local entities 22 that comprise the partnership. 23
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(g) A UTHORITIES.—Subject to the prior approval of 1
the Secretary of Agriculture and consistent with applicable 2 law (including regulations), the partnership may— 3
(1) provide grants to the State, political sub-4
divisions of the State, nonprofit organizations, and 5
other persons; 6
(2) enter into cooperative agreements with or 7
provide technical assistance to Federal agencies, the 8 State, political subdivisions of the State, nonprofit 9 organizations, and other interested persons; 10
(3) identify opportunities for collaborative ef-11
forts among members of the partnership; 12
(4) hire and compensate staff; 13
(5) obtain funds or services from any source, 14
including— 15
(A) Federal funds (including funds and 16
services provided under any other Federal law 17
or program); and 18
(B) non-Federal funds; 19
(6) coordinate to identify sources of funding or 20
services that may be available for remediation activi-21 ties; 22
(7) seek funds or services from any source, in-23
cluding— 24
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(A) Federal funds (including funds and 1
services provided under any other Federal law 2
or program); and 3
(B) non-Federal funds; and 4
(8) support— 5
(A) activities of partners; and 6
(B) any other activities that further the 7
purposes of this section. 8
(h) P ROCEDURES.—The partnership shall establish 9
any internal administrative procedures for the partnership 10 that the partnership determines to be necessary or appro-11 priate. 12
(i) L OCAL HIRING.—The partnership shall, to the 13
maximum extent practicable and in accordance with exist-14 ing law, give preference to local entities and individuals 15 in carrying out this section. 16
(j) S ERVICE WITHOUT COMPENSATION.—A member 17
of the partnership shall serve without pay. 18
(k) D UTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRE-19
TARIES.— 20
(1) IN GENERAL .—The Secretary of Agriculture 21
shall convene the partnership on a regular basis to 22
carry out this section. 23
(2) T ECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE .— 24
The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of 25
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the Interior may provide technical and financial as-1
sistance, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable 2
basis, as determined to be appropriate by the Sec-3
retary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Inte-4
rior, as applicable, to the partnership or any mem-5
bers of the partnership to carry out this section. 6
(3) C OOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS .—The Sec-7
retary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Inte-8
rior may enter into cooperative agreements with the 9
partnership, any member of the partnership, or 10
other public or private entities to provide technical, 11 financial, or other assistance to carry out this sec-12 tion. 13
SEC. 114. TRINITY LAKE VISITOR CENTER. 14
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture, act-15
ing through the Chief of the Forest Service (referred to 16 in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), may establish, in co-17 operation with any other public or private entity that the 18 Secretary determines to be appropriate, a visitor center 19 in Weaverville, California— 20
(1) to serve visitors; and 21
(2) to assist in fulfilling the purposes of the 22
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation 23
Area. 24
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(b) R EQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure 1
that the visitor center authorized under subsection (a) is 2 designed to provide for the interpretation of the scenic, 3 biological, natural, historical, scientific, paleontological, 4 recreational, ecological, wilderness, and cultural resources 5 of the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation 6 Area and other Federal land in the vicinity of the visitor 7 center. 8
(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In a manner con-9
sistent with this section, the Secretary may enter into co-10 operative agreements with the State and any other appro-11 priate institutions and organizations to carry out the pur-12 poses of this section. 13
SEC. 115. DEL NORTE COUNTY VISITOR CENTER. 14
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture and 15
the Secretary of the Interior, acting jointly or separately 16 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretaries’’), may es-17 tablish, in cooperation with any other public or private en-18 tity that the Secretaries determine to be appropriate, a 19 visitor center in Del Norte County, California— 20
(1) to serve visitors; and 21
(2) to assist in fulfilling the purposes of Red-22
wood National and State Parks, the Smith River 23
National Recreation Area, and any other Federal 24
land in the vicinity of the visitor center. 25
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(b) R EQUIREMENTS.—The Secretaries shall ensure 1
that the visitor center authorized under subsection (a) is 2 designed to interpret the scenic, biological, natural, histor-3 ical, scientific, paleontological, recreational, ecological, wil-4 derness, and cultural resources of Redwood National and 5 State Parks, the Smith River National Recreation Area, 6 and any other Federal land in the vicinity of the visitor 7 center. 8
SEC. 116. LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS. 9
In revising the land and resource management plan 10
for each of the Shasta-Trinity, Six Rivers, Klamath, and 11 Mendocino National Forests, the Secretary shall consider 12 the purposes of the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Res-13 toration Area established by section 111(b). 14
SEC. 117. ANNUAL FIRE MANAGEMENT PLANS. 15
In revising the fire management plan for a wilderness 16 area or wilderness addition designated by section 131(a), 17 the Secretary shall— 18
(1) develop spatial fire management plans in 19
accordance with— 20
(A) the Guidance for Implementation of 21
Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy, 22
dated February 13, 2009, including any amend-23
ments to the guidance; and 24
(B) other appropriate policies; 25
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(2) ensure that a fire management plan— 1
(A) considers how prescribed or managed 2
fire can be used to achieve ecological manage-3
ment objectives of wilderness and other natural 4
or primitive areas; and 5
(B) in the case of a wilderness area to 6
which land is added under section 131, provides 7
consistent direction regarding fire management 8
to the entire wilderness area, including the wil-9
derness addition; 10
(3) consult with— 11
(A) appropriate State, Tribal, and local 12
governmental entities; and 13
(B) members of the public; and 14
(4) comply with applicable law (including regu-15
lations). 16
SEC. 118. STUDY; PARTNERSHIPS RELATED TO OVERNIGHT 17
ACCOMMODATIONS. 18
(a) S TUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior (referred 19
to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in consultation with 20 interested Federal, State, Tribal, and local entities and 21 private and nonprofit organizations, shall conduct a study 22 to evaluate the feasibility and suitability of establishing 23 overnight accommodations near Redwood National and 24
State Parks on— 25
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(1) Federal land that is— 1
(A) at the northern boundary of Redwood 2
National and State Parks; or 3
(B) on land within 20 miles of the north-4
ern boundary of Redwood National and State 5
Parks; and 6
(2) Federal land that is— 7
(A) at the southern boundary of Redwood 8
National and State Parks; or 9
(B) on land within 20 miles of the south-10
ern boundary of Redwood National and State 11
Parks. 12
(b) PARTNERSHIPS.— 13
(1) A GREEMENTS AUTHORIZED .—If the Sec-14
retary determines, based on the study conducted 15
under subsection (a), that establishing the accom-16
modations described in that subsection is suitable 17
and feasible, the Secretary may, in accordance with 18
applicable law, enter into 1 or more agreements with 19 qualified private and nonprofit organizations for the 20 development, operation, and maintenance of the ac-21
commodations. 22
(2) C ONTENTS.—Any agreement entered into 23
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responsibility of the Secretary and the private or 1
nonprofit organization entering into the agreement. 2
(3) EFFECT.—Nothing in this subsection— 3
(A) reduces or diminishes the authority of 4
the Secretary to manage land and resources 5
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary; or 6
(B) amends or modifies the application of 7
any law (including regulations) applicable to 8
land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 9
Subtitle B—Recreation 10
SEC. 121. HORSE MOUNTAIN SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA. 11
(a) E STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 12
rights, there is established the Horse Mountain Special 13 Management Area (referred to in this section as the ‘‘spe-14 cial management area’’) comprising approximately 7,482 15 acres of Federal land administered by the Forest Service 16 in Humboldt County, California, as generally depicted on 17 the map entitled ‘‘Horse Mountain Special Management 18 Area’’ and dated May 15, 2020. 19
(b) P URPOSE.—The purpose of the special manage-20
ment area is to enhance the recreational and scenic values 21 of the special management area while conserving the 22
plants, wildlife, and other natural resource values of the 23 area. 24
(c) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 25
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(1) I N GENERAL .—Not later than 5 years after 1
the date of enactment of this Act and in accordance 2
with paragraph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture (re-3
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall de-4 velop a comprehensive plan for the long-term man-5
agement of the special management area. 6
(2) C ONSULTATION.—In developing the man-7
agement plan required under paragraph (1), the 8
Secretary shall consult with— 9
(A) appropriate State, Tribal, and local 10
governmental entities; and 11
(B) members of the public. 12
(3) A DDITIONAL REQUIREMENT .—The manage-13
ment plan required under paragraph (1) shall ensure 14
that recreational use within the special management 15
area does not cause significant adverse impacts on 16
the plants and wildlife of the special management 17
area. 18
(d) MANAGEMENT.— 19
(1) I N GENERAL .—The Secretary shall manage 20
the special management area— 21
(A) in furtherance of the purpose described 22
in subsection (b); and 23
(B) in accordance with— 24
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(i) the laws (including regulations) 1
generally applicable to the National Forest 2
System; 3
(ii) this section; and 4
(iii) any other applicable law (includ-5
ing regulations). 6
(2) R ECREATION.—The Secretary shall con-7
tinue to authorize, maintain, and enhance the rec-8
reational use of the special management area, in-9
cluding hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, hang glid-10 ing, sightseeing, nature study, horseback riding, 11
rafting, mountain bicycling, motorized recreation on 12 authorized routes, and other recreational activities, 13 if the recreational use is consistent with— 14
(A) the purpose of the special management 15
area; 16
(B) this section; 17
(C) other applicable law (including regula-18
tions); and 19
(D) any applicable management plans. 20
(3) MOTORIZED VEHICLES .— 21
(A) I N GENERAL .—Except as provided in 22
subparagraph (B), the use of motorized vehicles 23
in the special management area shall be per-24
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mitted only on roads and trails designated for 1
the use of motorized vehicles. 2
(B) U SE OF SNOWMOBILES .—The winter 3
use of snowmobiles shall be allowed in the spe-4
cial management area— 5
(i) during periods of adequate snow 6
coverage during the winter season; and 7
(ii) subject to any terms and condi-8
tions determined to be necessary by the 9
Secretary. 10
(4) NEW TRAILS .— 11
(A) I N GENERAL .—The Secretary may 12
construct new trails for motorized or non-13
motorized recreation within the special manage-14
ment area in accordance with— 15
(i) the laws (including regulations) 16
generally applicable to the National Forest 17
System; 18
(ii) this section; and 19
(iii) any other applicable law (includ-20
ing regulations). 21
(B) P RIORITY.—In establishing new trails 22
within the special management area, the Sec-23
retary shall— 24
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(i) prioritize the establishment of 1
loops that provide high-quality, diverse rec-2
reational experiences; and 3
(ii) consult with members of the pub-4
lic. 5
(e) W ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 6
the special management area is withdrawn from— 7
(1) all forms of appropriation or disposal under 8
the public land laws; 9
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 10
laws; and 11
(3) disposition under laws relating to mineral 12
and geothermal leasing. 13
SEC. 122. BIGFOOT NATIONAL RECREATION TRAIL. 14
(a) FEASIBILITY STUDY.— 15
(1) I N GENERAL .—Not later than 5 years after 16
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 17 of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the 18
‘‘Secretary’’), in cooperation with the Secretary of 19 the Interior, shall submit to the Committee on En-20
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 21
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 22
Representatives a study that describes the feasibility 23 of establishing a nonmotorized Bigfoot National 24
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Recreation Trail that follows the route described in 1
paragraph (2). 2
(2) R OUTE.—The route referred to in para-3
graph (1) shall extend from the Ides Cove Trailhead 4
in the Mendocino National Forest to Crescent City, 5
California, following the route as generally depicted 6 on the map entitled ‘‘Bigfoot National Recreation 7
Trail—Proposed’’ and dated July 25, 2018. 8
(3) A DDITIONAL REQUIREMENT .—In com-9
pleting the study required under paragraph (1), the 10
Secretary shall consult with— 11
(A) appropriate Federal, State, Tribal, re-12
gional, and local agencies; 13
(B) private landowners; 14
(C) nongovernmental organizations; and 15
(D) members of the public. 16
(b) DESIGNATION.— 17
(1) I N GENERAL .—On a determination by the 18
Secretary that the Bigfoot National Recreation Trail 19 is feasible and meets the requirements for a Na-20
tional Recreation Trail under section 4 of the Na-21
tional Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1243), the Sec-22
retary shall designate the Bigfoot National Recre-23
ation Trail (referred to in this section as the ‘‘trail’’) 24 in accordance with— 25
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(A) the National Trails System Act (16 1
U.S.C. 1241 et seq.) 2
(B) this title; and 3
(C) other applicable law (including regula-4
tions). 5
(2) A DMINISTRATION.—On designation by the 6
Secretary, the trail shall be administered by the Sec-7 retary, in consultation with— 8
(A) other Federal, State, Tribal, regional, 9
and local agencies; 10
(B) private landowners; and 11
(C) other interested organizations. 12
(3) PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS .— 13
(A) IN GENERAL .—No portions of the trail 14
may be located on non-Federal land without the 15
written consent of the landowner. 16
(B) P ROHIBITION.—The Secretary shall 17
not acquire for the trail any land or interest in 18
land outside the exterior boundary of any feder-19
ally managed area without the consent of the 20
owner of the land or interest in the land. 21
(C) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section— 22
(i) requires any private property 23
owner to allow public access (including 24
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Federal, State, or local government access) 1
to private property; or 2
(ii) modifies any provision of Federal, 3
State, or local law with respect to public 4
access to or use of private land. 5
(c) C OOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out 6
this section, the Secretary may enter into cooperative 7 agreements with State, Tribal, and local government enti-8 ties and private entities— 9
(1) to complete necessary trail construction, re-10
construction, realignment, or maintenance; or 11
(2) carry out education projects relating to the 12
trail. 13
(d) MAP.— 14
(1) M AP REQUIRED .—On designation of the 15
trail, the Secretary shall prepare a map of the trail. 16 (2) P UBLIC AVAILABILITY .—The map referred 17
to in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 18 public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 19
Forest Service. 20
SEC. 123. ELK CAMP RIDGE RECREATION TRAIL. 21
(a) DESIGNATION.— 22
(1) I N GENERAL .—In accordance with para-23
graph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 24 in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), after providing 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1776.IS S1776pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB Packet Pg. 119 Communication: S. 1776 - Bill Text (ITEM 9 S. 1776: Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California (PUBLIC) Lands 38 •S 1776 IS
an opportunity for public comment, shall designate 1
a trail (which may include a system of trails)— 2
(A) for use by off-highway vehicles, moun-3
tain bicycles, or both; and 4
(B) to be known as the ‘‘Elk Camp Ridge 5
Recreation Trail’’ (referred to in this section as 6
the ‘‘trail’’). 7
(2) R EQUIREMENTS.—In designating the trail 8
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall only in-9
clude routes that are— 10
(A) as of the date of enactment of this 11
Act, authorized for use by off-highway vehicles, 12
mountain bicycles, or both; and 13
(B) located on land that is managed by the 14
Forest Service in Del Norte County in the 15
State. 16
(3) MAP.—A map that depicts the trail shall be 17
on file and available for public inspection in the ap-18 propriate offices of the Forest Service. 19
(b) MANAGEMENT.— 20
(1) I N GENERAL .—The Secretary shall manage 21
the trail— 22
(A) in accordance with applicable law (in-23
cluding regulations); 24
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(B) in a manner that ensures the safety of 1
citizens who use the trail; and 2
(C) in a manner that minimizes any dam-3
age to sensitive habitat or cultural resources. 4
(2) M ONITORING; EVALUATION.—To minimize 5
the impacts of the use of the trail on environmental 6
and cultural resources, the Secretary shall annually 7
assess the effects of the use of off-highway vehicles 8 and mountain bicycles on— 9
(A) the trail; 10
(B) land located in proximity to the trail; 11
and 12
(C) plants, wildlife, and wildlife habitat. 13
(3) C LOSURE.—The Secretary, in consultation 14
with the State and Del Norte County in the State 15
and subject to paragraph (4), may temporarily close 16
or permanently reroute a portion of the trail if the 17 Secretary determines that— 18
(A) the trail is having an adverse impact 19
on— 20
(i) wildlife habitat; 21
(ii) natural resources; 22
(iii) cultural resources; or 23
(iv) traditional uses; 24
(B) the trail threatens public safety; or 25
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(C) closure of the trail is necessary— 1
(i) to repair damage to the trail; or 2
(ii) to repair resource damage. 3
(4) R EROUTING.—Any portion of the trail that 4
is temporarily closed by the Secretary under para-5
graph (3) may be permanently rerouted along any 6
road or trail— 7
(A) that is— 8
(i) in existence as of the date of the 9
closure of the portion of the trail; 10
(ii) located on public land; and 11
(iii) open to motorized or mechanized 12
use; and 13
(B) if the Secretary determines that re-14
routing the portion of the trail would not sig-15
nificantly increase or decrease the length of the 16
trail. 17
(5) N OTICE OF AVAILABLE ROUTES .—The Sec-18
retary shall ensure that visitors to the trail have ac-19 cess to adequate notice relating to the availability of 20 trail routes through— 21
(A) the placement of appropriate signage 22
along the trail; and 23
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(B) the distribution of maps, safety edu-1
cation materials, and other information that the 2
Secretary determines to be appropriate. 3
(c) E FFECT.—Nothing in this section affects the 4
ownership, management, or other rights relating to any 5 non-Federal land (including any interest in any non-Fed-6 eral land). 7
SEC. 124. TRINITY LAKE TRAIL. 8
(a) TRAIL CONSTRUCTION.— 9
(1) F EASIBILITY STUDY .—Not later than 3 10
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 11
Secretary shall study the feasibility and public inter-12 est of constructing a recreational trail for non-13
motorized uses around Trinity Lake (referred to in 14
this section as the ‘‘trail’’). 15
(2) CONSTRUCTION.— 16
(A) C ONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZED .—Sub-17
ject to appropriations, and in accordance with 18
paragraph (3), if the Secretary determines 19
under paragraph (1) that the construction of 20
the trail is feasible and in the public interest, 21
the Secretary may provide for the construction 22
of the trail. 23
(B) U SE OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES AND 24
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The trail may be constructed 25
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under this section through the acceptance of 1
volunteer services and contributions from non- 2
Federal sources to reduce or eliminate the need 3
for Federal expenditures to construct the trail. 4
(3) COMPLIANCE.—In carrying out this section, 5
the Secretary shall comply with— 6
(A) the laws (including regulations) gen-7
erally applicable to the National Forest System; 8
and 9
(B) this title. 10
(b) E FFECT.—Nothing in this section affects the 11
ownership, management, or other rights relating to any 12 non-Federal land (including any interest in any non-Fed-13 eral land). 14
SEC. 125. TRAILS STUDY. 15
(a) I N GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 16
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-17 culture, in accordance with subsection (b) and in consulta-18 tion with interested parties, shall conduct a study to im-19 prove motorized and nonmotorized recreation trail oppor-20 tunities (including mountain bicycling) on land not des-21 ignated as wilderness within the portions of the Six Rivers, 22 Shasta-Trinity, and Mendocino National Forests located 23 in Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino Counties 24 in the State. 25
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(b) C ONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study 1
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture shall 2 consult with the Secretary of the Interior regarding oppor-3 tunities to improve, through increased coordination, recre-4 ation trail opportunities on land under the jurisdiction of 5 the Secretary of the Interior that shares a boundary with 6 the National Forest System land described in subsection 7 (a). 8
SEC. 126. CONSTRUCTION OF MOUNTAIN BICYCLING 9
ROUTES. 10
(a) TRAIL CONSTRUCTION.— 11
(1) F EASIBILITY STUDY .—Not later than 3 12
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 13
Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section 14 as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall study the feasibility and 15 public interest of constructing recreational trails for 16 mountain bicycling and other nonmotorized uses on 17
the routes as generally depicted in the report enti-18
tled ‘‘Trail Study for Smith River National Recre-19
ation Area Six Rivers National Forest’’ and dated 20
2016. 21
(2) CONSTRUCTION.— 22
(A) C ONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZED .—Sub-23
ject to appropriations and in accordance with 24
paragraph (3), if the Secretary determines 25
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under paragraph (1) that the construction of 1 1
or more routes described in that paragraph is 2
feasible and in the public interest, the Secretary 3
may provide for the construction of the routes. 4
(B) M ODIFICATIONS.—The Secretary may 5
modify the routes, as determined to be nec-6
essary by the Secretary. 7
(C) U SE OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES AND 8
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Routes may be constructed 9
under this section through the acceptance of 10
volunteer services and contributions from non- 11
Federal sources to reduce or eliminate the need 12
for Federal expenditures to construct the route. 13
(3) COMPLIANCE.—In carrying out this section, 14
the Secretary shall comply with— 15
(A) the laws (including regulations) gen-16
erally applicable to the National Forest System; 17
and 18
(B) this title. 19
(b) E FFECT.—Nothing in this section affects the 20
ownership, management, or other rights relating to any 21 non-Federal land (including any interest in any non-Fed-22 eral land). 23
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SEC. 127. PARTNERSHIPS. 1
(a) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary may 2
enter into agreements with qualified private and nonprofit 3 organizations to carry out the following activities on Fed-4 eral land in Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, and Del Norte 5 Counties in the State: 6
(1) Trail and campground maintenance. 7
(2) Public education, visitor contacts, and out-8
reach. 9
(3) Visitor center staffing. 10
(b) C ONTENTS.—An agreement entered into under 11
subsection (a) shall clearly define the role and responsi-12 bility of the Secretary and the private or nonprofit organi-13 zation. 14
(c) C OMPLIANCE.—The Secretary shall enter into 15
agreements under subsection (a) in accordance with exist-16 ing law. 17
(d) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section— 18
(1) reduces or diminishes the authority of the 19
Secretary to manage land and resources under the 20
jurisdiction of the Secretary; or 21
(2) amends or modifies the application of any 22
existing law (including regulations) applicable to 23
land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 24
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Subtitle C—Conservation 1
SEC. 131. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS. 2
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the Wilderness 3
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the 4 State are designated as wilderness areas and as compo-5 nents of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 6 (1) B LACK BUTTE RIVER WILDERNESS .—Cer-7
tain Federal land managed by the Forest Service in 8
the State, comprising approximately 11,155 acres, 9
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Black 10
Butte Wilderness—Proposed’’ and dated May 15, 11
2020, which shall be known as the ‘‘Black Butte 12
River Wilderness’’. 13
(2) C HANCHELULLA WILDERNESS ADDI -14
TIONS.—Certain Federal land managed by the For-15
est Service in the State, comprising approximately 16
6,382 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-17
tled ‘‘Chanchelulla Wilderness Additions—Proposed’’ 18
and dated May 15, 2020, which is incorporated in, 19
and considered to be a part of, the Chanchelulla Wil-20 derness designated by section 101(a)(4) of the Cali-21
fornia Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 22
note; Public Law 98–425; 98 Stat. 1619). 23
(3) C HINQUAPIN WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-24
eral land managed by the Forest Service in the 25
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State, comprising approximately 27,164 acres, as 1
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Chinquapin 2
Wilderness—Proposed’’ and dated May 15, 2020, 3
which shall be known as the ‘‘Chinquapin Wilder-4
ness’’. 5
(4) ELKHORN RIDGE WILDERNESS ADDITION .— 6
Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of 7
Land Management in the State, comprising approxi-8
mately 37 acres, as generally depicted on the map 9
entitled ‘‘Proposed Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness Addi-10
tions’’ and dated February 2, 2022, which is incor-11
porated in, and considered to be a part of, the Elk-12
horn Ridge Wilderness designated by section 6(d) of 13
the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wil-14
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 109– 15
362; 120 Stat. 2070). 16
(5) E NGLISH RIDGE WILDERNESS .—Certain 17
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-18
agement in the State, comprising approximately 19
6,204 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-20
tled ‘‘English Ridge Wilderness—Proposed’’ and 21
dated February 2, 2022, which shall be known as 22
the ‘‘English Ridge Wilderness’’. 23
(6) H EADWATERS FOREST WILDERNESS .—Cer-24
tain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land 25
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Management in the State, comprising approximately 1
4,360 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-2
tled ‘‘Headwaters Forest Wilderness—Proposed’’ 3
and dated October 15, 2019, which shall be known 4
as the ‘‘Headwaters Forest Wilderness’’. 5
(7) MAD RIVER BUTTES WILDERNESS .—Certain 6
Federal land managed by the Forest Service in the 7
State, comprising approximately 6,097 acres, as gen-8
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Mad River 9
Buttes Wilderness—Proposed’’ and dated May 15, 10
2020, which shall be known as the ‘‘Mad River 11
Buttes Wilderness’’. 12
(8) M OUNT LASSIC WILDERNESS ADDITION .— 13
Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service 14
in the State, comprising approximately 1,288 acres, 15
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Mt. 16
Lassic Wilderness Additions—Proposed’’ and dated 17
May 15, 2020, which is incorporated in, and consid-18
ered to be a part of, the Mount Lassic Wilderness 19
designated by section 3(6) of the Northern Cali-20
fornia Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act (16 21
U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 109–362; 120 Stat. 22
2065). 23
(9) N ORTH FORK WILDERNESS ADDITION .— 24
Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service 25
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and the Bureau of Land Management in the State, 1
comprising approximately 16,342 acres, as generally 2
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘North Fork Eel Wil-3
derness Additions’’ and dated May 15, 2020, which 4
is incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, 5
the North Fork Wilderness designated by section 6
101(a)(19) of the California Wilderness Act of 1984 7
(16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98–425; 98 Stat. 8
1621). 9
(10) P ATTISON WILDERNESS .—Certain Federal 10
land managed by the Forest Service in the State, 11
comprising approximately 29,451 acres, as generally 12
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Pattison Wilderness— 13
Proposed’’ and dated May 15, 2020, which shall be 14
known as the ‘‘Pattison Wilderness’’. 15
(11) S ISKIYOU WILDERNESS ADDITION .—Cer-16
tain Federal land managed by the Forest Service in 17
the State, comprising approximately 23,913 acres, 18
as generally depicted on the maps entitled ‘‘Siskiyou 19 Wilderness Additions—Proposed (North)’’ and 20
‘‘Siskiyou Wilderness Additions—Proposed (South)’’ 21
and dated May 15, 2020, which is incorporated in, 22
and considered to be a part of, the Siskiyou Wilder-23
ness, as designated by section 101(a)(30) of the 24
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California Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 1
note; Public Law 98–425; 98 Stat. 1623). 2
(12) SOUTH FORK EEL RIVER WILDERNESS AD -3
DITION.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bu-4
reau of Land Management in the State, comprising 5
approximately 603 acres, as generally depicted on 6
the map entitled ‘‘South Fork Eel River Wilderness 7
Additions—Proposed’’ and dated October 24, 2019, 8
which is incorporated in, and considered to be a part 9 of, the South Fork Eel River Wilderness designated 10
by section 3(10) of the Northern California Coastal 11
Wild Heritage Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 12
Public Law 109–362; 120 Stat. 2066). 13
(13) S OUTH FORK TRINITY RIVER WILDER -14
NESS.—Certain Federal land managed by the Forest 15
Service in the State, comprising approximately 16
26,115 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-17
tled ‘‘South Fork Trinity River Wilderness Addi-18
tions—Proposed’’ and dated May 15, 2020, which 19
shall be known as the ‘‘South Fork Trinity River 20
Wilderness’’. 21
(14) T RINITY ALPS WILDERNESS ADDITION .— 22
Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service 23
in the State, comprising approximately 61,187 acres, 24 as generally depicted on the maps entitled ‘‘Trinity 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1776.IS S1776pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB Packet Pg. 132 Communication: S. 1776 - Bill Text (ITEM 9 S. 1776: Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California (PUBLIC) Lands 51 •S 1776 IS
Alps Proposed Wilderness Additions EAST’’ and 1
‘‘Trinity Alps Wilderness Additions West—Pro-2
posed’’ and dated May 15, 2020, which is incor-3
porated in, and considered to be a part of, the Trin-4
ity Alps Wilderness designated by section 101(a)(34) 5
of the California Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 6
1132 note; Public Law 98–425; 98 Stat. 1623). 7
(15) U NDERWOOD WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-8
eral land managed by the Forest Service in the 9
State, comprising approximately 15,068 acres, as 10
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Underwood 11
Wilderness—Proposed’’ and dated May 15, 2020, 12
which shall be known as the ‘‘Underwood Wilder-13
ness’’. 14
(16) Y OLLA BOLLY -MIDDLE EEL WILDERNESS 15
ADDITIONS.—Certain Federal land managed by the 16
Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management 17
in the State, comprising approximately 11,243 acres, 18 as generally depicted on the maps entitled ‘‘Yolla 19
Bolly Wilderness Proposed—NORTH’’, ‘‘Yolla Bolly 20
Wilderness Proposed—SOUTH’’, and ‘‘Yolla Bolly 21
Wilderness Proposed—WEST’’ and dated May 15, 22
2020, which is incorporated in, and considered to be 23 a part of, the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness des-24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1776.IS S1776pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB Packet Pg. 133 Communication: S. 1776 - Bill Text (ITEM 9 S. 1776: Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California (PUBLIC) Lands 52 •S 1776 IS
ignated by section 3 of the Wilderness Act (16 1
U.S.C. 1132). 2
(17) Y UKI WILDERNESS ADDITION .—Certain 3
Federal land managed by the Forest Service and the 4
Bureau of Land Management in the State, com-5
prising approximately 11,076 acres, as generally de-6
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Yuki Wilderness Addi-7
tions—Proposed’’ and dated February 7, 2022, 8
which is incorporated in, and considered to be a part 9 of, the Yuki Wilderness designated by section 3(3) 10
of the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage 11
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 12
109–362; 120 Stat. 2065). 13
(b) R EDESIGNATION OF NORTH FORK WILDERNESS 14
AS NORTH FORK EEL RIVER WILDERNESS.— 15
(1) I N GENERAL .—Section 101(a)(19) of the 16
California Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 17
note; Public Law 98–425; 98 Stat. 1621) is amend-18
ed by striking ‘‘which shall be known as the North 19
Fork Wilderness’’ and inserting ‘‘which shall be 20
known as the ‘North Fork Eel River Wilderness’ ’’. 21
(2) R EFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, 22
map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of 23 the United States to the ‘‘North Fork Wilderness’’ 24
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shall be considered to be a reference to the ‘‘North 1
Fork Eel River Wilderness’’. 2
(c) E LKHORN RIDGE WILDERNESS MODIFICA-3
TION.—The boundary of the Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness es-4 tablished by section 6(d) of the Northern California Coast-5 al Wild Heritage Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 6 Public Law 109–362; 120 Stat. 2070) is modified by re-7 moving approximately 30 acres of Federal land, as gen-8 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Elkhorn 9 Ridge Wilderness Additions’’ and dated October 24, 2019. 10 SEC. 132. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS. 11
(a) I N GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 12
a wilderness area or wilderness addition established by 13 section 131(a) (referred to in this section as a ‘‘wilderness 14 area or addition’’) shall be administered by the Secretary 15 in accordance with this subtitle and the Wilderness Act 16 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— 17
(1) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the 18
effective date of that Act shall be considered to be 19 a reference to the date of enactment of this Act; and 20 (2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 21
of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference 22 to the Secretary. 23
(b) F IRE MANAGEMENT AND RELATED ACTIVI-24
TIES.— 25
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(1) IN GENERAL .—The Secretary may carry out 1
any activities in a wilderness area or addition as are 2 necessary for the control of fire, insects, or disease 3 in accordance with— 4
(A) section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act 5
(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)); and 6
(B) the report of the Committee on Inte-7
rior and Insular Affairs of the House of Rep-8
resentatives accompanying H.R. 1437 of the 9
98th Congress (House Report 98–40). 10
(2) F UNDING PRIORITIES .—Nothing in this 11
subtitle limits funding for fire or fuels management 12 in a wilderness area or addition. 13
(3) A DMINISTRATION.—In accordance with 14
paragraph (1) and any other applicable Federal law, 15
to ensure a timely and efficient response to a fire 16
emergency in a wilderness area or addition, the Sec-17
retary of Agriculture shall— 18
(A) not later than 1 year after the date of 19
enactment of this Act, establish agency ap-20
proval procedures (including appropriate delega-21
tions of authority to the Forest Supervisor, Dis-22
trict Manager, or other agency officials) for re-23
sponding to fire emergencies; and 24
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(B) enter into agreements with appropriate 1
State or local firefighting agencies. 2
(c) G RAZING.—The grazing of livestock in a wilder-3
ness area or addition, if established before the date of en-4 actment of this Act, shall be administered in accordance 5 with— 6
(1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 7
U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 8
(2)(A) for land under the jurisdiction of the 9
Secretary of Agriculture, the guidelines set forth in 10 the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular 11
Affairs of the House of Representatives accom-12
panying H.R. 5487 of the 96th Congress (H. Rept. 13
96–617); and 14
(B) for land under the jurisdiction of the Sec-15
retary of the Interior, the guidelines set forth in Ap-16 pendix A of the report of the Committee on Interior 17
and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives 18
accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H. 19
Rept. 101–405). 20
(d) FISH AND WILDLIFE.— 21
(1) I N GENERAL .—In accordance with section 22
4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 23
1133(d)(7)), nothing in this subtitle affects the ju-24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1776.IS S1776pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB Packet Pg. 137 Communication: S. 1776 - Bill Text (ITEM 9 S. 1776: Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California (PUBLIC) Lands 56 •S 1776 IS
risdiction or responsibilities of the State with respect 1 to fish and wildlife on public land in the State. 2
(2) M ANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES .—In support of 3
the purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act 4
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Secretary may conduct 5
any management activity that the Secretary deter-6
mines to be necessary to maintain or restore a fish, 7
wildlife, or plant population or habitat in a wilder-8
ness area or addition, if the management activity is 9
conducted in accordance with— 10
(A) an applicable wilderness management 11
plan; 12
(B) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 13
seq.); and 14
(C) appropriate policies, such as the poli-15
cies established in Appendix B of the report of 16
the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 17
of the House of Representatives accompanying 18
H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 19
101–405). 20
(e) BUFFER ZONES.— 21
(1) I N GENERAL .—Nothing in this subtitle es-22
tablishes a protective perimeter or buffer zone 23
around a wilderness area or addition. 24
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(2) O UTSIDE ACTIVITIES OR USES .—The fact 1
that a nonwilderness activity or use can be seen or 2
heard from within a wilderness area or addition shall 3 not preclude the activity or use outside the boundary 4 of the wilderness area or addition. 5
(f) M ILITARY ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this subtitle 6
precludes— 7
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 8
a wilderness area or addition; 9
(2) the designation of a new unit of special air-10
space over a wilderness area or addition; or 11
(3) the use or establishment of a military flight 12
training route over a wilderness area or addition. 13
(g) H ORSES.—Nothing in this subtitle precludes 14
horseback riding in, or the entry of recreational or com-15 mercial saddle or pack stock into, a wilderness area or 16 addition— 17
(1) in accordance with section 4(d)(5) of the 18
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(5)); and 19
(2) subject to any terms and conditions deter-20
mined to be necessary by the Secretary. 21
(h) W ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 22
the wilderness areas and additions are withdrawn from— 23 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-24
posal under the public land laws; 25
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(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 1
laws; and 2
(3) operation of the mineral materials and geo-3
thermal leasing laws. 4
(i) USE BY MEMBERS OF INDIAN TRIBES.— 5
(1) A CCESS.—In recognition of the past use of 6
wilderness areas and additions by members of In-7
dian Tribes for traditional cultural and religious 8
purposes, the Secretary shall ensure that Indian 9
Tribes have access to the wilderness areas and addi-10
tions for traditional cultural and religious purposes. 11 (2) TEMPORARY CLOSURES .— 12
(A) I N GENERAL .—In carrying out this 13
section, the Secretary, on request of an Indian 14
Tribe, may temporarily close to the general 15
public 1 or more specific portions of a wilder-16
ness area or addition to protect the privacy of 17
the members of the Indian Tribe in the conduct 18
of the traditional cultural and religious activi-19
ties in the wilderness area or addition. 20
(B) R EQUIREMENT.—Any closure under 21
subparagraph (A) shall be made in such a man-22
ner as to affect the smallest practicable area for 23
the minimum period of time necessary for the 24
activity to be carried out. 25
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(3) A PPLICABLE LAW .—Access to the wilder-1
ness areas and wilderness additions under this sub-2
section shall be in accordance with— 3
(A) Public Law 95–341 (commonly known 4
as the ‘‘American Indian Religious Freedom 5
Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 1996 et seq.); and 6
(B) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 7
seq.). 8
(j) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTER-9
ESTS.—Any land within the boundary of a wilderness area 10 or addition that is acquired by the United States shall— 11 (1) become part of the wilderness area or addi-12
tion in which the land is located; 13
(2) be withdrawn in accordance with subsection 14
(h); and 15
(3) be managed in accordance with— 16
(A) this section; 17
(B) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 18
seq.); and 19
(C) any other applicable law. 20
(k) C LIMATOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION.—In ac-21
cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) 22 and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary 23 may prescribe, the Secretary may authorize the installa-24 tion and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or cli-25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1776.IS S1776pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB Packet Pg. 141 Communication: S. 1776 - Bill Text (ITEM 9 S. 1776: Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California (PUBLIC) Lands 60 •S 1776 IS
matological collection devices in a wilderness area or addi-1 tion if the Secretary determines that the devices and ac-2 cess to the devices are essential to a flood warning, flood 3 control, or water reservoir operation activity. 4
(l) A UTHORIZED EVENTS.—The Secretary may con-5
tinue to authorize the competitive equestrian event per-6 mitted since 2012 in the Chinquapin Wilderness estab-7
lished by section 131(a)(3) in a manner compatible with 8 the preservation of the area as wilderness. 9
(m) RECREATIONAL CLIMBING.—Nothing in this title 10
prohibits recreational rock climbing activities in the wil-11 derness areas or additions, such as the placement, use, 12 and maintenance of fixed anchors, including any fixed an-13 chor established before the date of the enactment of this 14 Act— 15
(1) in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.); and 17
(2) subject to any terms and conditions deter-18
mined to be necessary by the Secretary. 19
SEC. 133. DESIGNATION OF POTENTIAL WILDERNESS. 20
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 21
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following 22 areas in the State are designated as potential wilderness 23 areas: 24
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(1) Certain Federal land managed by the For-1
est Service, comprising approximately 4,005 acres, 2
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Chin-3
quapin Proposed Potential Wilderness’’ and dated 4
May 15, 2020. 5
(2) Certain Federal land administered by the 6
National Park Service, compromising approximately 7
31,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-8
tled ‘‘Redwood National Park—Potential Wilder-9
ness’’ and dated October 9, 2019. 10
(3) Certain Federal land managed by the For-11
est Service, comprising approximately 5,681 acres, 12
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Siskiyou 13 Proposed Potential Wildernesses’’ and dated May 14
15, 2020. 15
(4) Certain Federal land managed by the For-16
est Service, comprising approximately 446 acres, as 17
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘South Fork 18
Trinity River Proposed Potential Wilderness’’ and 19
dated May 15, 2020. 20
(5) Certain Federal land managed by the For-21
est Service, comprising approximately 1,256 acres, 22
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Trinity 23
Alps Proposed Potential Wilderness’’ and dated May 24
15, 2020. 25
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(6) Certain Federal land managed by the For-1
est Service, comprising approximately 4,386 acres, 2
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Yolla 3
Bolly Middle-Eel Proposed Potential Wilderness’’ 4
and dated May 15, 2020. 5
(7) Certain Federal land managed by the For-6
est Service, comprising approximately 2,918 acres, 7
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Yuki Pro-8
posed Potential Wilderness’’ and dated May 15, 9
2020. 10
(b) MANAGEMENT.—Except as provided in subsection 11
(c) and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall 12 manage each potential wilderness area designated by sub-13 section (a) (referred to in this section as a ‘‘potential wil-14 derness area’’) as wilderness until the date on which the 15 potential wilderness area is designated as wilderness under 16 subsection (d). 17
(c) ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION.— 18
(1) I N GENERAL .—For purposes of ecological 19
restoration (including the elimination of nonnative 20
species, removal of illegal, unused, or decommis-21
sioned roads, repair of skid tracks, and any other 22
activities necessary to restore the natural ecosystems 23 in a potential wilderness area and consistent with 24
paragraph (2)), the Secretary may use motorized 25
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equipment and mechanized transport in a potential 1
wilderness area until the date on which the potential 2 wilderness area is designated as wilderness under 3
subsection (d). 4
(2) L IMITATION.—To the maximum extent 5
practicable, the Secretary shall use the minimum 6
tool or administrative practice necessary to accom-7
plish ecological restoration with the least amount of 8 adverse impact on wilderness character and re-9
sources. 10
(d) WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.—A potential wilder-11
ness area shall be designated as wilderness and as a com-12 ponent of the National Wilderness Preservation System on 13 the earlier of— 14
(1) the date on which the Secretary publishes in 15
the Federal Register notice that the conditions in 16
the potential wilderness area that are incompatible 17
with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) 18
have been removed; and 19
(2) the date that is 10 years after the date of 20
enactment of this Act, in the case of a potential wil-21 derness area located on land managed by the Forest 22
Service. 23
(e) ADMINISTRATION AS WILDERNESS.— 24
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(1) I N GENERAL .—On the designation of a po-1
tential wilderness area as wilderness under sub-2
section (d), the wilderness shall be administered in 3
accordance with— 4
(A) section 132; and 5
(B) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 6
seq.). 7
(2) D ESIGNATION.—On the designation as wil-8
derness under subsection (d)— 9
(A) the land described in subsection (a)(1) 10
shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a 11
part of, the Chinquapin Wilderness established 12
by section 131(a)(3); 13
(B) the land described in subsection (a)(3) 14
shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a 15
part of, the Siskiyou Wilderness designated by 16
section 101(a)(30) of the California Wilderness 17
Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 18
98–425; 98 Stat. 1623); 19
(C) the land described in subsection (a)(4) 20
shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a 21
part of, the South Fork Trinity River Wilder-22
ness established by section 131(a)(13); 23
(D) the land described in subsection (a)(5) 24
shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a 25
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part of, the Trinity Alps Wilderness designated 1
by section 101(a)(34) of the California Wilder-2
ness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public 3
Law 98–425; 98 Stat. 1623); 4
(E) the land described in subsection (a)(6) 5
shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a 6
part of, the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness 7
designated by section 3 of the Wilderness Act 8
(16 U.S.C. 1132); and 9
(F) the land described in subsection (a)(7) 10
shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a 11
part of, the Yuki Wilderness designated by sec-12
tion 3(3) of the Northern California Coastal 13
Wild Heritage Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 14
note; Public Law 109–362; 120 Stat. 2065) 15
and expanded by section 131(a)(17). 16
(f) R EPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 17
of enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter until 18 the date on which the potential wilderness areas are des-19 ignated as wilderness under subsection (d), the Secretary 20 shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-21 sources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Re-22 sources of the House of Representatives a report that de-23 scribes— 24
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(1) the status of ecological restoration within 1
the potential wilderness areas; and 2
(2) the progress toward the eventual designa-3
tion of the potential wilderness areas as wilderness 4
under subsection (d). 5
SEC. 134. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS. 6
Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 7
U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-8 lowing: 9
‘‘(233) SOUTH FORK TRINITY RIVER .—The fol-10
lowing segments from the source tributaries in the 11
Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness, to be adminis-12
tered by the Secretary of Agriculture: 13
‘‘(A) The 18.3-mile segment from its mul-14
tiple source springs in the Cedar Basin of the 15
Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness in sec. 15, T. 16
27 N., R. 10 W., to 0.25 miles upstream of the 17
Wild Mad Road, as a wild river. 18
‘‘(B) The 0.65-mile segment from 0.25 19
miles upstream of Wild Mad Road to the con-20
fluence with the unnamed tributary approxi-21
mately 0.4 miles downstream of the Wild Mad 22
Road in sec. 29, T. 28 N., R. 11 W., as a sce-23
nic river. 24
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‘‘(C) The 9.8-mile segment from 0.75 miles 1
downstream of Wild Mad Road to Silver Creek, 2
as a wild river. 3
‘‘(D) The 5.4-mile segment from Silver 4
Creek confluence to Farley Creek, as a scenic 5
river. 6
‘‘(E) The 3.6-mile segment from Farley 7
Creek to Cave Creek, as a recreational river. 8
‘‘(F) The 5.6-mile segment from Cave 9
Creek to the confluence of the unnamed creek 10
upstream of Hidden Valley Ranch in sec. 5, T. 11
15, R. 7 E., as a wild river. 12
‘‘(G) The 2.5-mile segment from the 13
unnamed creek confluence upstream of Hidden 14
Valley Ranch to the confluence with the 15
unnamed creek flowing west from Bear Wallow 16
Mountain in sec. 29, T. 1 N., R. 7 E., as a sce-17
nic river. 18
‘‘(H) The 3.8-mile segment from the 19
unnamed creek confluence in sec. 29, T. 1 N., 20
R. 7 E., to Plummer Creek, as a wild river. 21
‘‘(I) The 1.8-mile segment from Plummer 22
Creek to the confluence with the unnamed trib-23
utary north of McClellan Place in sec. 6, T. 1 24
N., R. 7 E., as a scenic river. 25
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‘‘(J) The 5.4-mile segment from the 1
unnamed tributary confluence in sec. 6, T. 1 2
N., R. 7 E., to Hitchcock Creek, as a wild river. 3
‘‘(K) The 7-mile segment from Eltapom 4
Creek to the Grouse Creek, as a scenic river. 5
‘‘(L) The 5-mile segment from Grouse 6
Creek to Coon Creek, as a wild river. 7
‘‘(234) EAST FORK SOUTH FORK TRINITY 8
RIVER.—The following segments, to be administered 9
by the Secretary of Agriculture: 10
‘‘(A) The 8.4-mile segment from its source 11
in the Pettijohn Basin in the Yolla Bolly-Middle 12
Eel Wilderness in sec. 10, T. 3 S., R. 10 W., 13
to 0.25 miles upstream of the Wild Mad Road, 14
as a wild river. 15
‘‘(B) The 3.4-mile segment from 0.25 16
miles upstream of the Wild Mad Road to the 17
South Fork Trinity River, as a recreational 18
river. 19
‘‘(235) RATTLESNAKE CREEK .—The 5.9-mile 20
segment from the confluence with the unnamed trib-21
utary in the southeast corner of sec. 5, T. 1 S., R. 22 12 W., to the South Fork Trinity River, to be ad-23
ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a rec-24
reational river. 25
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‘‘(236) BUTTER CREEK .—The 7-mile segment 1
from 0.25 miles downstream of the Road 3N08 2
crossing to the South Fork Trinity River, to be ad-3
ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a sce-4
nic river. 5
‘‘(237) HAYFORK CREEK .—The following seg-6
ments, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri-7
culture: 8
‘‘(A) The 3.2-mile segment from Little 9
Creek to Bear Creek, as a recreational river. 10
‘‘(B) The 13.2-mile segment from Bear 11
Creek to the northern boundary of sec. 19, T. 12
3 N., R. 7 E., as a scenic river. 13
‘‘(238) OLSEN CREEK .—The 2.8-mile segment 14
from the confluence of its source tributaries in sec. 15 5, T. 3 N., R. 7 E., to the northern boundary of sec. 16 24, T. 3 N., R. 6 E., to be administered by the Sec-17
retary of the Interior as a scenic river. 18
‘‘(239) RUSCH CREEK .—The 3.2-mile segment 19
from 0.25 miles downstream of the 32N11 Road 20
crossing to Hayfork Creek, to be administered by 21
the Secretary of Agriculture as a recreational river. 22 ‘‘(240) ELTAPOM CREEK .—The 3.4-mile seg-23
ment from Buckhorn Creek to the South Fork Trin-24
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ity River, to be administered by the Secretary of Ag-1
riculture as a wild river. 2
‘‘(241) GROUSE CREEK .—The following seg-3
ments, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri-4
culture: 5
‘‘(A) The 3.9-mile segment from Carson 6
Creek to Cow Creek, as a scenic river. 7
‘‘(B) The 7.4-mile segment from Cow 8
Creek to the South Fork Trinity River, as a 9
recreational river. 10
‘‘(242) MADDEN CREEK .—The following seg-11
ments, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri-12
culture: 13
‘‘(A) The 6.8-mile segment from the con-14
fluence of Madden Creek and its unnamed trib-15
utary in sec. 18, T. 5 N., R. 5 E., to Fourmile 16
Creek, as a wild river. 17
‘‘(B) The 1.6-mile segment from Fourmile 18
Creek to the South Fork Trinity River, as a 19
recreational river. 20
‘‘(243) CANYON CREEK .—The following seg-21
ments, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri-22
culture and the Secretary of the Interior: 23
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‘‘(A) The 6.6-mile segment from the outlet 1
of lower Canyon Creek Lake to Bear Creek up-2
stream of Ripstein, as a wild river. 3
‘‘(B) The 11.2-mile segment from Bear 4
Creek upstream of Ripstein to the southern 5
boundary of sec. 25, T. 34 N., R. 11 W., as a 6
recreational river. 7
‘‘(244) NORTH FORK TRINITY RIVER .—The fol-8
lowing segments, to be administered by the Sec-9
retary of Agriculture: 10
‘‘(A) The 12-mile segment from the con-11
fluence of source tributaries in sec. 24, T. 8 N., 12
R. 12 W., to the Trinity Alps Wilderness 13
boundary upstream of Hobo Gulch, as a wild 14
river. 15
‘‘(B) The 0.5-mile segment from where the 16
river leaves the Trinity Alps Wilderness to 17
where it fully reenters the Trinity Alps Wilder-18
ness downstream of Hobo Gulch, as a scenic 19
river. 20
‘‘(C) The 13.9-mile segment from where 21
the river fully reenters the Trinity Alps Wilder-22
ness downstream of Hobo Gulch to the Trinity 23
Alps Wilderness boundary upstream of the 24
County Road 421 crossing, as a wild river. 25
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‘‘(D) The 1.3-mile segment from the Trin-1
ity Alps Wilderness boundary upstream of the 2
County Road 421 crossing to the Trinity River, 3
as a recreational river. 4
‘‘(245) EAST FORK NORTH FORK TRINITY 5
RIVER.—The following segments, to be administered 6
by the Secretary of Agriculture: 7
‘‘(A) The 9.5-mile segment from the source 8
north of Mt. Hilton in sec. 19, T. 36 N., R. 10 9
W., to the end of Road 35N20 approximately 10

0.5 miles downstream of the confluence with 11
the East Branch East Fork North Fork Trinity 12
River, as a wild river. 13
‘‘(B) The 3.25-mile segment from the end 14
of Road 35N20 to 0.25 miles upstream of 15
Coleridge, as a scenic river. 16
‘‘(C) The 4.6-mile segment from 0.25 miles 17
upstream of Coleridge to the confluence of Fox 18
Gulch, as a recreational river. 19
‘‘(246) NEW RIVER .—The following segments, 20
to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture: 21
‘‘(A) The 12.7-mile segment of Virgin 22
Creek from its source spring in sec. 22, T. 9 23
N., R. 7 E., to Slide Creek, as a wild river. 24
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‘‘(B) The 2.3-mile segment of the New 1
River where it begins at the confluence of Vir-2
gin and Slide Creeks to Barron Creek, as a wild 3
river. 4
‘‘(247) MIDDLE EEL RIVER .—The following 5
segments, to be administered by the Secretary of 6
Agriculture: 7
‘‘(A) The 37.7-mile segment from its 8
source in Frying Pan Meadow to Rose Creek, 9
as a wild river. 10
‘‘(B) The 1.5-mile segment from Rose 11
Creek to the Black Butte River, as a rec-12
reational river. 13
‘‘(C) The 10.5-mile segment of Balm of 14
Gilead Creek from its source in Hopkins Hollow 15
to the Middle Eel River, as a wild river. 16
‘‘(D) The 13-mile segment of the North 17
Fork Middle Fork Eel River from the source on 18
Dead Puppy Ridge in sec. 11, T. 26 N., R. 11 19
W., to the confluence of the Middle Eel River, 20
as a wild river. 21
‘‘(248) N ORTH FORK EEL RIVER , CALI-22
FORNIA.—The 14.3-mile segment from the con-23
fluence with Gilman Creek to the Six Rivers Na-24
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tional Forest boundary, to be administered by the 1
Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river. 2
‘‘(249) RED MOUNTAIN CREEK , CALIFORNIA.— 3
The following segments, to be administered by the 4
Secretary of Agriculture: 5
‘‘(A) The 5.25-mile segment from its 6
source west of Mike’s Rock in sec. 23, T. 26 7
N., R. 12 E., to the confluence with Littlefield 8
Creek, as a wild river. 9
‘‘(B) The 1.6-mile segment from the con-10
fluence with Littlefield Creek to the confluence 11
with the unnamed tributary in sec. 32, T. 26 12
N., R. 8 E., as a scenic river. 13
‘‘(C) The 1.25-mile segment from the con-14
fluence with the unnamed tributary in sec. 32, 15
T. 4 S., R. 8 E., to the confluence with the 16
North Fork Eel River, as a wild river. 17
‘‘(250) REDWOOD CREEK .—The following seg-18
ments, to be administered by the Secretary of the 19
Interior: 20
‘‘(A) The 6.2-mile segment from the con-21
fluence with Lacks Creek to the confluence with 22
Coyote Creek, as a scenic river, on publication 23
by the Secretary of the Interior of a notice in 24
the Federal Register that sufficient land or in-25
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terests in land within the boundaries of the seg-1
ments have been acquired in fee title or as a 2
scenic easement to establish a manageable addi-3
tion to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 4
System. 5
‘‘(B) The 19.1-mile segment from the con-6
fluence with Coyote Creek in sec. 2, T. 8 N., R. 7
2 E., to the Redwood National Park boundary 8
upstream of Orick in sec. 34, T. 11 N., R. 1 9
E., as a scenic river. 10
‘‘(C) The 2.3-mile segment of Emerald 11
Creek (also known as Harry Weir Creek) from 12
its source in sec. 29, T. 10 N., R. 2 E., to the 13
confluence with Redwood Creek, as a scenic 14
river. 15
‘‘(251) LACKS CREEK .—The following seg-16
ments, to be administered by the Secretary of the 17
Interior: 18
‘‘(A) The 5.1-mile segment from the con-19
fluence with 2 unnamed tributaries in sec. 14, 20
T. 7 N., R. 3 E., to Kings Crossing in sec. 27, 21
T. 8 N., R. 3 E., as a wild river. 22
‘‘(B) The 2.7-mile segment from Kings 23
Crossing to the confluence with Redwood Creek, 24
as a scenic river, on publication by the Sec-25
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retary of a notice in the Federal Register that 1
sufficient inholdings within the segment have 2
been acquired in fee title or as scenic easements 3
to establish a manageable addition to the Na-4
tional Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 5
‘‘(252) LOST MAN CREEK .—The following seg-6
ments, to be administered by the Secretary of the 7
Interior: 8
‘‘(A) The 6.4-mile segment of Lost Man 9
Creek from its source in sec. 5, T. 10 N., R. 10
2 E., to 0.25 miles upstream of the Prairie 11
Creek confluence, as a recreational river. 12
‘‘(B) The 2.3-mile segment of Larry 13
Damm Creek from its source in sec. 8, T. 11 14
N., R. 2 E., to the confluence with Lost Man 15
Creek, as a recreational river. 16
‘‘(253) LITTLE LOST MAN CREEK .—The 3.6- 17
mile segment of Little Lost Man Creek from its 18
source in sec. 6, T. 10 N., R. 2 E., to 0.25 miles 19
upstream of the Lost Man Creek road crossing, to 20
be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as 21
a wild river. 22
‘‘(254) SOUTH FORK ELK RIVER .—The fol-23
lowing segments, to be administered by the Sec-24
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retary of the Interior through a cooperative manage-1
ment agreement with the State of California: 2
‘‘(A) The 3.6-mile segment of the Little 3
South Fork Elk River from the source in sec. 4
21, T. 3 N., R. 1 E., to the confluence with the 5
South Fork Elk River, as a wild river. 6
‘‘(B) The 2.2-mile segment of the 7
unnamed tributary of the Little South Fork Elk 8
River from its source in sec. 15, T. 3 N., R. 1 9
E., to the confluence with the Little South Fork 10
Elk River, as a wild river. 11
‘‘(C) The 3.6-mile segment of the South 12
Fork Elk River from the confluence of the Lit-13
tle South Fork Elk River to the confluence with 14
Tom Gulch, as a recreational river. 15
‘‘(255) SALMON CREEK .—The 4.6-mile segment 16
from its source in sec. 27, T. 3 N., R. 1 E., to the 17 Headwaters Forest Reserve boundary in sec. 18, T. 18
3 N., R. 1 E., to be administered by the Secretary 19
of the Interior as a wild river through a cooperative 20 management agreement with the State of California. 21
‘‘(256) SOUTH FORK EEL RIVER .—The fol-22
lowing segments, to be administered by the Sec-23
retary of the Interior: 24
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‘‘(A) The 6.2-mile segment from the con-1
fluence with Jack of Hearts Creek to the south-2
ern boundary of the South Fork Eel Wilderness 3
in sec. 8, T. 22 N., R. 16 W., as a recreational 4
river to be administered by the Secretary 5
through a cooperative management agreement 6
with the State of California. 7
‘‘(B) The 6.1-mile segment from the south-8
ern boundary of the South Fork Eel Wilderness 9
to the northern boundary of the South Fork 10
Eel Wilderness in sec. 29, T. 23 N., R. 16 W., 11
as a wild river. 12
‘‘(257) ELDER CREEK .—The following seg-13
ments, to be administered by the Secretary of the 14
Interior through a cooperative management agree-15
ment with the State of California: 16
‘‘(A) The 3.6-mile segment from its source 17
north of Signal Peak in sec. 6, T. 21 N., R. 15 18
W., to the confluence with the unnamed tribu-19
tary near the center of sec. 28, T. 22 N., R. 16 20
W., as a wild river. 21
‘‘(B) The 1.3-mile segment from the con-22
fluence with the unnamed tributary near the 23
center of sec. 28, T. 22 N., R. 15 W., to the 24
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confluence with the South Fork Eel River, as a 1
recreational river. 2
‘‘(C) The 2.1-mile segment of Paralyze 3
Canyon from its source south of Signal Peak in 4
sec. 7, T. 21 N., R. 15 W., to the confluence 5
with Elder Creek, as a wild river. 6
‘‘(258) CEDAR CREEK .—The following seg-7
ments, to be administered as a wild river by the Sec-8
retary of the Interior: 9
‘‘(A) The 7.7-mile segment from its source 10
in sec. 22, T. 24 N., R. 16 W., to the southern 11
boundary of the Red Mountain unit of the 12
South Fork Eel Wilderness. 13
‘‘(B) The 1.9-mile segment of North Fork 14
Cedar Creek from its source in sec. 28, T. 24 15
N., R. 16 E., to the confluence with Cedar 16
Creek. 17
‘‘(259) E AST BRANCH SOUTH FORK EEL 18
RIVER.—The following segments, to be administered 19
by the Secretary of the Interior as a scenic river on 20 publication by the Secretary of a notice in the Fed-21
eral Register that sufficient inholdings within the 22
boundaries of the segments have been acquired in 23
fee title or as scenic easements to establish a man-24
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ageable addition to the National Wild and Scenic 1
Rivers System: 2
‘‘(A) The 2.3-mile segment of Cruso Cabin 3
Creek from the confluence of 2 unnamed tribu-4
taries in sec. 18, T. 24 N., R. 15 W., to the 5
confluence with Elkhorn Creek. 6
‘‘(B) The 1.8-mile segment of Elkhorn 7
Creek from the confluence of 2 unnamed tribu-8
taries in sec. 22, T. 24 N., R. 16 W., to the 9
confluence with Cruso Cabin Creek. 10
‘‘(C) The 14.2-mile segment of the East 11
Branch South Fork Eel River from the con-12
fluence of Cruso Cabin and Elkhorn Creeks to 13
the confluence with Rays Creek. 14
‘‘(D) The 1.7-mile segment of the 15
unnamed tributary from its source on the north 16
flank of Red Mountain’s north ridge in sec. 2, 17
T. 24 N., R. 17 W., to the confluence with the 18
East Branch South Fork Eel River. 19
‘‘(E) The 1.3-mile segment of the 20
unnamed tributary from its source on the north 21
flank of Red Mountain’s north ridge in sec. 1, 22
T. 24 N., R. 17 W., to the confluence with the 23
East Branch South Fork Eel River. 24
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‘‘(F) The 1.8-mile segment of Tom Long 1
Creek from the confluence with the unnamed 2
tributary in sec. 12, T. 5 S., R. 4 E., to the 3
confluence with the East Branch South Fork 4
Eel River. 5
‘‘(260) MATTOLE RIVER ESTUARY .—The 1.5- 6
mile segment from the confluence of Stansberry 7
Creek to the Pacific Ocean, to be administered as a 8
recreational river by the Secretary of the Interior. 9
‘‘(261) HONEYDEW CREEK .—The following seg-10
ments, to be administered as a wild river by the Sec-11 retary of the Interior: 12
‘‘(A) The 5.1-mile segment of Honeydew 13
Creek from its source in the southwest corner 14
of sec. 25, T. 3 S., R. 1 W., to the eastern 15
boundary of the King Range National Con-16
servation Area in sec. 18, T. 3 S., R. 1 E. 17
‘‘(B) The 2.8-mile segment of West Fork 18
Honeydew Creek from its source west of North 19
Slide Peak to the confluence with Honeydew 20
Creek. 21
‘‘(C) The 2.7-mile segment of Upper East 22
Fork Honeydew Creek from its source in sec. 23
23, T. 3 S., R. 1 W., to the confluence with 24
Honeydew Creek. 25
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‘‘(262) BEAR CREEK .—The following segments, 1
to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior: 2
‘‘(A) The 1.9-mile segment of North Fork 3
Bear Creek from the confluence with the 4
unnamed tributary immediately downstream of 5
the Horse Mountain Road crossing to the con-6
fluence with the South Fork, as a scenic river. 7
‘‘(B) The 6.1-mile segment of South Fork 8
Bear Creek from the confluence in sec. 2, T. 5 9
S., R. 1 W., with the unnamed tributary flow-10
ing from the southwest flank of Queen Peak to 11
the confluence with the North Fork, as a scenic 12
river. 13
‘‘(C) The 3-mile segment of Bear Creek 14
from the confluence of the North and South 15
Forks to the southern boundary of sec. 11, T. 16
4 S., R. 1 E., as a wild river. 17
‘‘(263) GITCHELL CREEK .—The 3-mile segment 18
of Gitchell Creek from its source near Saddle Moun-19
tain to the Pacific Ocean, to be administered by the 20 Secretary of the Interior as a wild river. 21
‘‘(264) BIG FLAT CREEK .—The following seg-22
ments, to be administered by the Secretary of the 23
Interior as a wild river: 24
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‘‘(A) The 4-mile segment of Big Flat 1
Creek from its source near King Peak in sec. 2
36, T. 3 S., R. 1 W., to the Pacific Ocean. 3
‘‘(B) The 0.8-mile segment of the 4
unnamed tributary from its source in sec. 35, 5
T. 3 S., R. 1 W., to the confluence with Big 6
Flat Creek. 7
‘‘(C) The 2.7-mile segment of North Fork 8
Big Flat Creek from the source in sec. 34, T. 9
3 S., R. 1 W., to the confluence with Big Flat 10
Creek. 11
‘‘(265) BIG CREEK .—The following segments, 12
to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior 13
as a wild river: 14
‘‘(A) The 2.7-mile segment of Big Creek 15
from its source in sec. 26, T. 3 S., R. 1 W., to 16
the Pacific Ocean. 17
‘‘(B) The 1.9-mile unnamed southern trib-18
utary from its source in sec. 25, T. 3 S., R. 1 19
W., to the confluence with Big Creek. 20
‘‘(266) ELK CREEK .—The 11.4-mile segment 21
from its confluence with Lookout Creek to its con-22
fluence with Deep Hole Creek, to be jointly adminis-23
tered by the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Inte-24 rior as a wild river. 25
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‘‘(267) EDEN CREEK .—The 2.7-mile segment 1
from the private property boundary in the northwest 2
quarter of sec. 27, T. 21 N., R. 12 W., to the east-3
ern boundary of sec. 23, T. 21 N., R. 12 W., to be 4
administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a 5
wild river. 6
‘‘(268) DEEP HOLE CREEK .—The 4.3-mile seg-7
ment from the private property boundary in the 8
southwest quarter of sec. 13, T. 20 N., R. 12 W., 9
to the confluence with Elk Creek, to be administered 10 by the Secretary of the Interior as a wild river. 11
‘‘(269) INDIAN CREEK .—The 3.3-mile segment 12
from 300 feet downstream of the jeep trail in sec. 13
13, T. 20 N., R. 13 W., to the confluence with the 14
Eel River, to be administered by the Secretary of the 15 Interior as a wild river. 16
‘‘(270) FISH CREEK .—The 4.2-mile segment 17
from the source at Buckhorn Spring to the con-18
fluence with the Eel River, to be administered by the 19 Secretary of the Interior as a wild river.’’. 20
SEC. 135. SANHEDRIN SPECIAL CONSERVATION MANAGE-21
MENT AREA. 22
(a) E STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 23
rights, there is established the Sanhedrin Special Con-24 servation Management Area (referred to in this section as 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1776.IS S1776pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB Packet Pg. 166 Communication: S. 1776 - Bill Text (ITEM 9 S. 1776: Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California (PUBLIC) Lands 85 •S 1776 IS
the ‘‘conservation management area’’), comprising ap-1
proximately 12,254 acres of Federal land administered by 2 the Forest Service in Mendocino County, California, as 3 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Sanhedrin Con-4 servation Management Area’’ and dated May 15, 2020. 5
(b) P URPOSES.—The purposes of the conservation 6
management area are— 7
(1) to conserve, protect, and enhance for the 8
benefit and enjoyment of present and future genera-9
tions the ecological, scenic, wildlife, recreational, 10 roadless, cultural, historical, natural, educational, 11 and scientific resources of the conservation manage-12
ment area; 13
(2) to protect and restore late-successional for-14
est structure, oak woodlands and grasslands, aquatic 15 habitat, and anadromous fisheries within the con-16
servation management area; 17
(3) to protect and restore the undeveloped char-18
acter of the conservation management area; and 19
(4) to allow visitors to enjoy the scenic, natural, 20
cultural, and wildlife values of the conservation man-21 agement area. 22
(c) MANAGEMENT.— 23
(1) I N GENERAL .—The Secretary shall manage 24
the conservation management area— 25
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(A) in a manner consistent with the pur-1
poses described in subsection (b); and 2
(B) in accordance with— 3
(i) the laws (including regulations) 4
generally applicable to the National Forest 5
System; 6
(ii) this section; and 7
(iii) any other applicable law (includ-8
ing regulations). 9
(2) U SES.—The Secretary shall only allow uses 10
of the conservation management area that the Sec-11
retary determines would further the purposes de-12
scribed in subsection (b). 13
(d) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.— 14
(1) I N GENERAL .—Except as provided in para-15
graph (3), the use of motorized vehicles in the con-16
servation management area shall be permitted only 17
on existing roads, trails, and areas designated for 18
use by such vehicles as of the date of enactment of 19
this Act. 20
(2) N EW OR TEMPORARY ROADS .—Except as 21
provided in paragraph (3), no new or temporary 22
roads shall be constructed within the conservation 23
management area. 24
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(3) EXCEPTIONS.—Nothing in paragraph (1) or 1
(2) prevents the Secretary from— 2
(A) rerouting or closing an existing road or 3
trail to protect natural resources from degrada-4
tion, or to protect public safety, as determined 5
to be appropriate by the Secretary; 6
(B) designating routes of travel on land 7
acquired by the Secretary and incorporated into 8
the conservation management area if the des-9
ignations are— 10
(i) consistent with the purposes de-11
scribed in subsection (b); and 12
(ii) completed, to the maximum extent 13
practicable, not later than 3 years after the 14
date of acquisition; 15
(C) constructing a temporary road on 16
which motorized vehicles are permitted as part 17
of a vegetation management project carried out 18
in accordance with paragraph (4); 19
(D) authorizing the use of motorized vehi-20
cles for administrative purposes; or 21
(E) responding to an emergency. 22
(4) D ECOMMISSIONING OF TEMPORARY 23
ROADS.— 24
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(A) D EFINITION OF DECOMMISSION .—In 1
this paragraph, the term ‘‘decommission’’ 2
means, with respect to a road— 3
(i) to reestablish vegetation on the 4
road; and 5
(ii) to restore any natural drainage, 6
watershed function, or other ecological 7
processes that are disrupted or adversely 8
impacted by the road by removing or 9
hydrologically disconnecting the road 10
prism. 11
(B) R EQUIREMENT.—Not later than 3 12
years after the date on which the applicable 13
vegetation management project is completed, 14
the Secretary shall decommission any tem-15
porary road constructed under paragraph 16
(3)(C). 17
(e) TIMBER HARVEST.— 18
(1) I N GENERAL .—Except as provided in para-19
graph (2), no harvesting of timber shall be allowed 20
within the conservation management area. 21
(2) E XCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may author-22
ize harvesting of timber in the conservation manage-23
ment area— 24
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(A) if the Secretary determines that the 1
harvesting is necessary to further the purposes 2
of the conservation management area; 3
(B) in a manner consistent with the pur-4
poses described in subsection (b); and 5
(C) subject to— 6
(i) such reasonable regulations, poli-7
cies, and practices as the Secretary deter-8
mines to be appropriate; and 9
(ii) all applicable laws (including regu-10
lations). 11
(f) G RAZING.—The grazing of livestock in the con-12
servation management area, where established before the 13 date of enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to con-14 tinue— 15
(1) subject to— 16
(A) such reasonable regulations, policies, 17
and practices as the Secretary considers nec-18
essary; and 19
(B) applicable law (including regulations); 20
and 21
(2) in a manner consistent with the purposes 22
described in subsection (b). 23
(g) W ILDFIRE, I NSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGE-24
MENT.—Consistent with this section, the Secretary may 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1776.IS S1776pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB Packet Pg. 171 Communication: S. 1776 - Bill Text (ITEM 9 S. 1776: Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California (PUBLIC) Lands 90 •S 1776 IS
carry out any activities within the conservation manage-1 ment area that the Secretary determines to be necessary 2 to control fire, insects, or diseases, including the coordina-3 tion of those activities with a State or local agency. 4 (h) ACQUISITION AND INCORPORATION OF LAND AND 5
INTERESTS IN LAND.— 6
(1) A CQUISITION AUTHORITY .—In accordance 7
with applicable laws (including regulations), the Sec-8 retary may acquire any land or interest in land with-9
in or adjacent to the boundaries of the conservation 10 management area by purchase from a willing seller, 11
donation, or exchange. 12
(2) I NCORPORATION.—Any land or interest in 13
land acquired by the Secretary under paragraph (1) 14
shall be— 15
(A) incorporated into, and administered as 16
part of, the conservation management area; and 17
(B) withdrawn in accordance with sub-18
section (i). 19
(i) W ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 20
all Federal land located in the conservation management 21 area is withdrawn from— 22
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-23
posal under the public land laws; 24
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(2) location, entry, and patenting under the 1
mining laws; and 2
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 3
materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 4
SEC. 136. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREA. 5
(a) F INDING.—Congress finds that, for purposes of 6
section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 7 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), any portion of the Eden 8 Valley Wilderness Study Area that is not designated as 9 a wilderness area or wilderness addition by section 131(a) 10 has been adequately studied for wilderness designation. 11 (b) R ELEASE.—Any portion of a wilderness study 12
area described in subsection (a) that is not designated as 13 a wilderness area or wilderness addition by section 131(a) 14 is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land 15 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)). 16 Subtitle D—Miscellaneous 17
SEC. 141. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS. 18
(a) I N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 19
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare 20 maps and legal descriptions of— 21
(1) the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restora-22
tion Area established by section 111(b); 23
(2) the Horse Mountain Special Management 24
Area established by section 121(a); 25
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(3) the wilderness areas and wilderness addi-1
tions designated by section 131(a); 2
(4) the potential wilderness areas designated by 3
section 133(a); and 4
(5) the Sanhedrin Special Conservation Man-5
agement Area established by section 135(a). 6
(b) S UBMISSION OF MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIP-7
TIONS.—The Secretary shall file the maps and legal de-8 scriptions prepared under subsection (a) with— 9
(1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-10
sources of the Senate; and 11
(2) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 12
House of Representatives. 13
(c) F ORCE OF LAW.—The maps and legal descrip-14
tions prepared under subsection (a) shall have the same 15 force and effect as if included in this title, except that 16 the Secretary may correct any clerical and typographical 17 errors in the maps and legal descriptions. 18
(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The maps and legal de-19
scriptions prepared under subsection (a) shall be on file 20 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-21 fices of the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Manage-22 ment, or the National Park Service, as applicable. 23
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SEC. 142. UPDATES TO LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGE-1
MENT PLANS. 2
As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 3
of this Act, in accordance with applicable law (including 4 regulations), the Secretary shall incorporate the designa-5 tions and studies required by this title into updated man-6 agement plans for units covered by this title. 7
SEC. 143. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY UTILITY 8
FACILITIES AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY. 9
(a) EFFECT OF TITLE.—Nothing in this title— 10
(1) affects any validly issued right-of-way for 11
the customary operation, maintenance, upgrade, re-12
pair, relocation within an existing right-of-way, re-13 placement, or other authorized activity (including 14
the use of any mechanized vehicle, helicopter, and 15
other aerial device) in a right-of-way acquired by or 16 issued, granted, or permitted to Pacific Gas and 17
Electric Company (including any predecessor or suc-18
cessor in interest or assign) that is located on land 19 included in— 20
(A) the South Fork Trinity-Mad River 21
Restoration Area established by section 111(b); 22
(B) the Horse Mountain Special Manage-23
ment Area established by section 121(a); 24
(C) the Bigfoot National Recreation Trail 25
established under section 122(b)(1); 26
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(D) the Sanhedrin Special Conservation 1
Management Area established by section 2
135(a); or 3
(2) prohibits the upgrading or replacement of 4
any— 5
(A) utility facilities of the Pacific Gas and 6
Electric Company, including those utility facili-7
ties in existence on the date of enactment of 8
this Act within— 9
(i) the South Fork Trinity-Mad River 10
Restoration Area known as— 11
(I) ‘‘Gas Transmission Line 12
177A or rights-of-way’’; 13
(II) ‘‘Gas Transmission Line 14
DFM 1312-02 or rights-of-way’’; 15
(III) ‘‘Electric Transmission Line 16
Bridgeville-Cottonwood 115 kV or 17
rights-of-way’’; 18
(IV) ‘‘Electric Transmission Line 19
Humboldt-Trinity 60 kV or rights-of- 20
way’’; 21
(V) ‘‘Electric Transmission Line 22
Humboldt-Trinity 115 kV or rights- 23
of-way’’; 24
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(VI) ‘‘Electric Transmission Line 1
Maple Creek-Hoopa 60 kV or rights- 2
of-way’’; 3
(VII) ‘‘Electric Distribution 4
Line-Willow Creek 1101 12 kV or 5
rights-of-way’’; 6
(VIII) ‘‘Electric Distribution 7
Line-Willow Creek 1103 12 kV or 8
rights-of-way’’; 9
(IX) ‘‘Electric Distribution Line- 10
Low Gap 1101 12 kV or rights-of- 11
way’’; 12
(X) ‘‘Electric Distribution Line- 13
Fort Seward 1121 12 kV or rights-of- 14
way’’; 15
(XI) ‘‘Forest Glen Border Dis-16
trict Regulator Station or rights-of- 17
way’’; 18
(XII) ‘‘Durret District Gas Reg-19
ulator Station or rights-of-way’’; 20
(XIII) ‘‘Gas Distribution Line 21
4269C or rights-of-way’’; 22
(XIV) ‘‘Gas Distribution Line 23
43991 or rights-of-way’’; 24
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(XV) ‘‘Gas Distribution Line 1
4993D or rights-of-way’’; 2
(XVI) ‘‘Sportsmans Club District 3
Gas Regulator Station or rights-of- 4
way’’; 5
(XVII) ‘‘Highway 36 and Zenia 6
District Gas Regulator Station or 7
rights-of-way’’; 8
(XVIII) ‘‘Dinsmore Lodge 2nd 9
Stage Gas Regulator Station or 10
rights-of-way’’; 11
(XIX) ‘‘Electric Distribution 12
Line-Wildwood 1101 12kV or rights- 13
of-way’’; 14
(XX) ‘‘Low Gap Substation’’; 15
(XXI) ‘‘Hyampom Switching 16
Station’’; or 17
(XXII) ‘‘Wildwood Substation’’; 18
(ii) the Bigfoot National Recreation 19
Trail known as— 20
(I) ‘‘Gas Transmission Line 21
177A or rights-of-way’’; 22
(II) ‘‘Electric Transmission Line 23
Humboldt-Trinity 115 kV or rights- 24
of-way’’; 25
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(III) ‘‘Electric Transmission Line 1
Bridgeville-Cottonwood 115 kV or 2
rights-of-way’’; or 3
(IV) ‘‘Electric Transmission Line 4
Humboldt-Trinity 60 kV or rights-of- 5
way’’; 6
(iii) the Sanhedrin Special Conserva-7
tion Management Area known as ‘‘Electric 8
Distribution Line-Willits 1103 12 kV or 9
rights-of-way’’; or 10
(iv) the Horse Mountain Special Man-11
agement Area known as ‘‘Electric Dis-12
tribution Line Willow Creek 1101 12 kV 13
or rights-of-way’’; or 14
(B) utility facilities of the Pacific Gas and 15
Electric Company in rights-of-way issued, 16
granted, or permitted by the Secretary adjacent 17
to a utility facility referred to in subparagraph 18
(A). 19
(b) PLANS FOR ACCESS.—Not later than the later of 20
the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 21 Act or the date of issuance of a new utility facility right- 22 of-way within the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restora-23 tion Area, Bigfoot National Recreation Trail, Sanhedrin 24 Special Conservation Management Area, or Horse Moun-25
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tain Special Management Area, the Secretary, in consulta-1 tion with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, shall pub-2 lish plans for regular and emergency access by the Pacific 3 Gas and Electric Company to the inholdings and rights- 4 of-way of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. 5
TITLE II—CENTRAL COAST 6
HERITAGE PROTECTION 7
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 8
In this title: 9
(1) S CENIC AREA .—The term ‘‘scenic area’’ 10
means a scenic area designated by section 207(a). 11
(2) S ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 12
means— 13
(A) with respect to land managed by the 14
Bureau of Land Management, the Secretary of 15
the Interior; and 16
(B) with respect to land managed by the 17
Forest Service, the Secretary of Agriculture. 18
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 19
of California. 20
(4) W ILDERNESS AREA .—The term ‘‘wilderness 21
area’’ means a wilderness area or wilderness addi-22
tion designated by section 202(a). 23
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SEC. 202. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS. 1
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the Wilderness 2
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the 3 State are designated as wilderness areas and as compo-4 nents of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 5 (1) Certain land in the Bakersfield Field Office 6
of the Bureau of Land Management comprising ap-7
proximately 35,116 acres, as generally depicted on 8
the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Caliente Mountain Wil-9
derness’’ and dated February 2, 2022, which shall 10
be known as the ‘‘Caliente Mountain Wilderness’’. 11
(2) Certain land in the Bakersfield Field Office 12
of the Bureau of Land Management comprising ap-13
proximately 13,332 acres, as generally depicted on 14
the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Soda Lake Wilderness’’ 15
and dated June 25, 2019, which shall be known as 16
the ‘‘Soda Lake Wilderness’’. 17
(3) Certain land in the Bakersfield Field Office 18
of the Bureau of Land Management comprising ap-19
proximately 12,585 acres, as generally depicted on 20
the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Temblor Range Wilder-21
ness’’ and dated June 25, 2019, which shall be 22
known as the ‘‘Temblor Range Wilderness’’. 23
(4) Certain land in the Los Padres National 24
Forest comprising approximately 23,670 acres, as 25
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Chumash 26
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Wilderness Area Additions—Proposed’’ and dated 1
March 29, 2019, which shall be incorporated into 2
and managed as part of the Chumash Wilderness as 3
designated by section 2(5) of the Los Padres Condor 4
Range and River Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 5
note; Public Law 102–301; 106 Stat. 243). 6
(5) Certain land in the Los Padres National 7
Forest comprising approximately 54,036 acres, as 8
generally depicted on the maps entitled ‘‘Dick Smith 9
Wilderness Area Additions—Proposed Map 1 of 2 10
(Bear Canyon and Cuyama Peak Units)’’ and ‘‘Dick 11
Smith Wilderness Area Additions—Proposed Map 2 12
of 2 (Buckhorn and Mono Units)’’ and dated No-13
vember 14, 2019, which shall be incorporated into 14
and managed as part of the Dick Smith Wilderness 15
as designated by section 101(a)(6) of the California 16 Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Pub-17
lic Law 98–425; 98 Stat. 1620). 18
(6) Certain land in the Los Padres National 19
Forest and the Bakersfield Field Office of the Bu-20
reau of Land Management comprising approximately 21
7,289 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-22
tled ‘‘Garcia Wilderness Area Additions—Proposed’’ 23
and dated March 29, 2019, which shall be incor-24
porated into and managed as part of the Garcia Wil-25
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derness as designated by section 2(4) of the Los Pa-1
dres Condor Range and River Protection Act (16 2
U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 102–301; 106 Stat. 3
243). 4
(7) Certain land in the Los Padres National 5
Forest and the Bakersfield Field Office of the Bu-6
reau of Land Management comprising approximately 7
8,774 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-8
tled ‘‘Machesna Mountain Wilderness—Proposed 9
Additions’’ and dated October 30, 2019, which shall 10
be incorporated into and managed as part of the 11
Machesna Mountain Wilderness as designated by 12
section 101(a)(38) of the California Wilderness Act 13
of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98–425; 14
98 Stat. 1624). 15
(8) Certain land in the Los Padres National 16
Forest comprising approximately 30,184 acres, as 17
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Matilija Wil-18 derness Area Additions—Proposed’’ and dated 19
March 29, 2019, which shall be incorporated into 20
and managed as part of the Matilija Wilderness as 21
designated by section 2(2) of the Los Padres Condor 22
Range and River Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 23
note; Public Law 102–301; 106 Stat. 242). 24
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(9) Certain land in the Los Padres National 1
Forest comprising approximately 23,969 acres, as 2
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘San Rafael 3
Wilderness Area Additions—Proposed’’ and dated 4
February 2, 2021, which shall be incorporated into 5
and managed as part of the San Rafael Wilderness 6
as designated by Public Law 90–271 (16 U.S.C. 7
1132 note; 82 Stat. 51). 8
(10) Certain land in the Los Padres National 9
Forest comprising approximately 2,921 acres, as 10
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Santa Lucia 11 Wilderness Area Additions—Proposed’’ and dated 12
March 29, 2019, which shall be incorporated into 13
and managed as part of the Santa Lucia Wilderness 14
as designated by section 2(c) of the Endangered 15
American Wilderness Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1132 16
note; Public Law 95–237; 92 Stat. 41). 17
(11) Certain land in the Los Padres National 18
Forest comprising approximately 14,313 acres, as 19
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Sespe Wil-20
derness Area Additions—Proposed’’ and dated 21
March 29, 2019, which shall be incorporated into 22
and managed as part of the Sespe Wilderness as 23
designated by section 2(1) of the Los Padres Condor 24
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Range and River Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 1
note; Public Law 102–301; 106 Stat. 242). 2
(12) Certain land in the Los Padres National 3
Forest comprising approximately 17,870 acres, as 4
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Diablo 5
Caliente Wilderness Area—Proposed’’ and dated 6
March 29, 2019, which shall be known as the ‘‘Dia-7
blo Caliente Wilderness’’. 8
(b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 9
(1) I N GENERAL .—As soon as practicable after 10
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 11
shall file maps and legal descriptions of the wilder-12 ness areas with— 13
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 14
Resources of the Senate; and 15
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 16
of the House of Representatives. 17
(2) F ORCE OF LAW .—The maps and legal de-18
scriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 19
same force and effect as if included in this title, ex-20 cept that the Secretary may correct any clerical and 21 typographical errors in the maps and legal descrip-22
tions. 23
(3) P UBLIC AVAILABILITY .—The maps and 24
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on file and available for public inspection in the ap-1 propriate offices of the Forest Service and Bureau 2
of Land Management. 3
SEC. 203. DESIGNATION OF THE MACHESNA MOUNTAIN PO-4
TENTIAL WILDERNESS. 5
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 6
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain land 7 in the Los Padres National Forest comprising approxi-8
mately 2,359 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-9 tled ‘‘Machesna Mountain Potential Wilderness’’ and 10
dated March 29, 2019, is designated as the Machesna 11
Mountain Potential Wilderness Area. 12
(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 13
(1) I N GENERAL .—As soon as practicable after 14
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 15
shall file a map and legal description of the 16
Machesna Mountain Potential Wilderness Area (re-17
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘potential wilderness 18 area’’) with— 19
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 20
Resources of the Senate; and 21
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 22
of the House of Representatives. 23
(2) F ORCE OF LAW .—The map and legal de-24
scription filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 25
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same force and effect as if included in this title, ex-1 cept that the Secretary may correct any clerical and 2
typographical errors in the map and legal descrip-3
tion. 4
(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY .—The map and legal 5
description filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file 6 and available for public inspection in the appropriate 7 offices of the Forest Service. 8
(c) MANAGEMENT.—Except as provided in subsection 9
(d) and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall 10 manage the potential wilderness area in accordance with 11 the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 12
(d) T RAIL USE, C ONSTRUCTION, R ECONSTRUCTION, 13
AND REALIGNMENT.— 14
(1) I N GENERAL .—In accordance with para-15
graph (2), the Secretary may reconstruct, realign, or 16 reroute the Pine Mountain Trail. 17
(2) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out the recon-18
struction, realignment, or rerouting under paragraph 19 (1), the Secretary shall— 20
(A) comply with all existing laws (including 21
regulations); and 22
(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 23
use the minimum tool or administrative practice 24
necessary to accomplish the reconstruction, re-25
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alignment, or rerouting with the least amount 1
of adverse impact on wilderness character and 2
resources. 3
(3) M OTORIZED VEHICLES AND MACHINERY .— 4
In accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary 5
may use motorized vehicles and machinery to carry 6
out the trail reconstruction, realignment, or rerout-7
ing authorized by this subsection. 8
(4) M OTORIZED AND MECHANIZED VEHI -9
CLES.—The Secretary may permit the use of motor-10
ized and mechanized vehicles on the existing Pine 11
Mountain Trail in accordance with existing law (in-12
cluding regulations) and this subsection until such 13
date as the potential wilderness area is designated 14
as wilderness in accordance with subsection (h). 15
(e) W ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 16
the Federal land in the potential wilderness area is with-17 drawn from all forms of— 18
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 19
public land laws; 20
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 21
laws; and 22
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-23
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 24
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(f) C OOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out 1
this section, the Secretary may enter into cooperative 2 agreements with State, Tribal, and local governmental en-3 tities and private entities to complete the trail reconstruc-4 tion, realignment, or rerouting authorized by subsection 5 (d). 6
(g) B OUNDARIES.—The Secretary shall modify the 7
boundary of the potential wilderness area to exclude any 8 area within 150 feet of the centerline of the new location 9 of any trail that has been reconstructed, realigned, or re-10 routed under subsection (d). 11
(h) WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.— 12
(1) I N GENERAL .—The potential wilderness 13
area, as modified under subsection (g), shall be des-14 ignated as wilderness and as a component of the Na-15
tional Wilderness Preservation System on the earlier 16 of— 17
(A) the date on which the Secretary pub-18
lishes in the Federal Register notice that the 19
trail reconstruction, realignment, or rerouting 20
authorized by subsection (d) has been com-21
pleted; and 22
(B) the date that is 20 years after the date 23
of enactment of this Act. 24
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(2) A DMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS .—On 1
designation as wilderness under this section, the po-2
tential wilderness area shall be— 3
(A) incorporated into the Machesna Moun-4
tain Wilderness Area, as designated by section 5
101(a)(38) of the California Wilderness Act of 6
1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98– 7
425; 98 Stat. 1624) and expanded by section 8
202; and 9
(B) administered in accordance with— 10
(i) section 204; and 11
(ii) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 12
1131 et seq.). 13
SEC. 204. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS. 14
(a) I N GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 15
the wilderness areas shall be administered by the Sec-16 retary in accordance with this title and the Wilderness Act 17 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— 18
(1) any reference in the Wilderness Act (16 19
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) to the effective date of that Act 20 shall be considered to be a reference to the date of 21 enactment of this Act; and 22
(2) any reference in the Wilderness Act (16 23
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shall be considered to be a reference to the Secretary 1 that has jurisdiction over the wilderness area. 2
(b) F IRE MANAGEMENT AND RELATED ACTIVI-3
TIES.— 4
(1) IN GENERAL .—The Secretary may take any 5
measures in a wilderness area as are necessary for 6
the control of fire, insects, and diseases in accord-7
ance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 8
U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) and House Report 98–40 of the 9
98th Congress. 10
(2) FUNDING PRIORITIES .—Nothing in this title 11
limits funding for fire and fuels management in the 12
wilderness areas. 13
(3) R EVISION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL 14
FIRE MANAGEMENT PLANS .—As soon as practicable 15
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-16
retary shall amend the local information in the Fire 17 Management Reference System or individual oper-18
ational plan that applies to the land designated as 19
a wilderness area. 20
(4) A DMINISTRATION.—Consistent with para-21
graph (1) and other applicable Federal law, to en-22
sure a timely and efficient response to fire emer-23
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enter into agreements with appropriate State or 1
local firefighting agencies. 2
(c) GRAZING.—The grazing of livestock in the wilder-3
ness areas, if established before the date of enactment of 4 this Act, shall be permitted to continue, subject to any 5 reasonable regulations as the Secretary considers nec-6 essary in accordance with— 7
(1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 8
U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); 9
(2) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of 10
House Report 101–405, accompanying H.R. 2570 of 11
the 101st Congress for land under the jurisdiction of 12 the Secretary of the Interior; 13
(3) the guidelines set forth in House Report 14
96–617, accompanying H.R. 5487 of the 96th Con-15
gress for land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 16 of Agriculture; and 17
(4) all other laws governing livestock grazing on 18
Federal public land. 19
(d) FISH AND WILDLIFE.— 20
(1) I N GENERAL .—In accordance with section 21
4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 22
1133(d)(7)), nothing in this title affects the jurisdic-23 tion or responsibilities of the State with respect to 24 fish and wildlife on public land in the State. 25
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(2) M ANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES .—In furtherance 1
of the purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act 2
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Secretary may conduct 3
any management activities that are necessary to 4
maintain or restore fish and wildlife populations and 5 habitats in the wilderness areas, if the management 6
activities are— 7
(A) consistent with relevant wilderness 8
management plans; 9
(B) conducted in accordance with appro-10
priate policies, such as the policies established 11
in Appendix B of House Report 101–405; and 12
(C) in accordance with memoranda of un-13
derstanding between the Federal agencies and 14
the State Department of Fish and Wildlife. 15
(e) BUFFER ZONES.— 16
(1) IN GENERAL .—Congress does not intend for 17
the designation of wilderness areas by this title to 18 lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buff-19 er zones around each wilderness area. 20
(2) ACTIVITIES OR USES UP TO BOUNDARIES .— 21
The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be 22 seen or heard from within a wilderness area shall 23
not, of itself, preclude the activities or uses up to the 24 boundary of the wilderness area. 25
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(f) MILITARY ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this title pre-1
cludes— 2
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 3
the wilderness areas; 4
(2) the designation of new units of special air-5
space over the wilderness areas; or 6
(3) the use or establishment of military flight 7
training routes over wilderness areas. 8
(g) H ORSES.—Nothing in this title precludes horse-9
back riding in, or the entry of recreational saddle or pack 10 stock into, a wilderness area— 11
(1) in accordance with section 4(d)(5) of the 12
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(5)); and 13
(2) subject to any terms and conditions deter-14
mined to be necessary by the Secretary. 15
(h) W ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 16
the wilderness areas are withdrawn from— 17
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-18
posal under the public land laws; 19
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 20
laws; and 21
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-22
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 23
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(i) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTER-1
ESTS.—Any land within the boundary of a wilderness area 2 that is acquired by the United States shall— 3
(1) become part of the wilderness area in which 4
the land is located; and 5
(2) be managed in accordance with— 6
(A) this section; 7
(B) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 8
seq.); and 9
(C) any other applicable law. 10
(j) TREATMENT OF EXISTING WATER DIVERSIONS IN 11
THE SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.— 12
(1) A UTHORIZATION FOR CONTINUED USE .— 13
The Secretary of Agriculture may issue a special use 14 authorization to the owners of the 2 existing water 15
transport or diversion facilities, including adminis-16 trative access roads (each referred to in this sub-17
section as a ‘‘facility’’), located on National Forest 18 System land in the San Rafael Wilderness Additions 19
in the Moon Canyon unit (T. 11 N., R. 30 W., secs. 20
13 and 14) and the Peak Mountain unit (T. 10 N., 21
R. 28 W., secs. 23 and 26) for the continued oper-22
ation, maintenance, and reconstruction of the facility 23 if the Secretary determines that— 24
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(A) the facility was in existence on the 1
date on which the land on which the facility is 2
located was designated as part of the National 3
Wilderness Preservation System (referred to in 4
this subsection as ‘‘the date of designation’’); 5
(B) the facility has been in substantially 6
continuous use to deliver water for the bene-7
ficial use on the non-Federal land of the owner 8
since the date of designation; 9
(C) the owner of the facility holds a valid 10
water right for use of the water on the non- 11
Federal land of the owner under State law, with 12
a priority date that predates the date of des-13
ignation; and 14
(D) it is not practicable or feasible to relo-15
cate the facility to land outside of the wilder-16
ness and continue the beneficial use of water on 17
the non-Federal land recognized under State 18
law. 19
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS .— 20
(A) REQUIRED TERMS AND CONDITIONS .— 21
In a special use authorization issued under 22
paragraph (1), the Secretary may— 23
(i) allow use of motorized equipment 24
and mechanized transport for operation, 25
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maintenance, or reconstruction of a facil-1
ity, if the Secretary determines that— 2
(I) the use is the minimum nec-3
essary to allow the facility to continue 4
delivery of water to the non-Federal 5
land for the beneficial uses recognized 6
by the water right held under State 7
law; and 8
(II) the use of nonmotorized 9
equipment and nonmechanized trans-10
port is impracticable or infeasible; and 11
(ii) preclude use of the facility for the 12
diversion or transport of water in excess of 13
the water right recognized by the State on 14
the date of designation. 15
(B) D ISCRETIONARY TERMS AND CONDI -16
TIONS.—In a special use authorization issued 17
under paragraph (1), the Secretary may require 18
or allow modification or relocation of the facility 19
in the wilderness, as the Secretary determines 20
necessary, to reduce impacts to wilderness val-21
ues set forth in section 2 of the Wilderness Act 22
(16 U.S.C. 1131) if the beneficial use of water 23
on the non-Federal land is not diminished. 24
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(k) T REATMENT OF EXISTING ELECTRICAL DIS-1
TRIBUTION LINE IN THE SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AD-2
DITIONS.— 3
(1) A UTHORIZATION FOR CONTINUED USE .— 4
The Secretary of Agriculture may issue a special use 5
authorization to the owners of the existing electrical 6 distribution line to the Plowshare Peak communica-7
tion site (referred to in this subsection as a ‘‘facil-8 ity’’) located on National Forest System land in the 9
San Rafael Wilderness Additions in the Moon Can-10
yon unit (T. 11 N., R. 30 W., secs. 2, 3 and 4) for 11
the continued operation, maintenance, and recon-12
struction of the facility if the Secretary determines 13 that— 14
(A) the facility was in existence on the 15
date on which the land on which the facility is 16
located was designated as part of the National 17
Wilderness Preservation System (referred to in 18
this subsection as ‘‘the date of designation’’); 19
(B) the facility has been in substantially 20
continuous use to deliver electricity to the com-21
munication site; and 22
(C) it is not practicable or feasible to relo-23
cate the distribution line to land outside of the 24
wilderness. 25
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(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS .— 1
(A) REQUIRED TERMS AND CONDITIONS .— 2
In a special use authorization issued under 3
paragraph (1), the Secretary may allow use of 4
motorized equipment and mechanized transport 5
for operation, maintenance, or reconstruction of 6
the electrical distribution line, if the Secretary 7
determines that the use of nonmotorized equip-8
ment and nonmechanized transport is impracti-9
cable or infeasible. 10
(B) D ISCRETIONARY TERMS AND CONDI -11
TIONS.—In a special use authorization issued 12
under paragraph (1), the Secretary may require 13
or allow modification or relocation of the facility 14
in the wilderness, as the Secretary determines 15
necessary, to reduce impacts to wilderness val-16
ues set forth in section 2 of the Wilderness Act 17
(16 U.S.C. 1131). 18
(l) C LIMATOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION.—In ac-19
cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) 20 and subject to terms and conditions as the Secretary may 21 prescribe, the Secretary may authorize the installation and 22 maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or climatological 23 collection devices in the wilderness areas if the Secretary 24 determines that the facilities and access to the facilities 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00117 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1776.IS S1776pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB Packet Pg. 199 Communication: S. 1776 - Bill Text (ITEM 9 S. 1776: Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California (PUBLIC) Lands 118
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are essential to flood warning, flood control, or water res-1 ervoir operation activities. 2
SEC. 205. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS. 3
(a) I NDIAN CREEK, M ONO CREEK, AND MATILIJA 4
CREEK, CALIFORNIA.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and Sce-5
nic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as amended by sec-6 tion 134) is amended by adding at the end the following: 7 ‘‘(271) INDIAN CREEK , CALIFORNIA.—The fol-8
lowing segments of Indian Creek in the State of 9
California, to be administered by the Secretary of 10
Agriculture: 11
‘‘(A) The 9.5-mile segment of Indian Creek 12
from its source in sec. 19, T. 7 N., R. 26 W., 13
to the Dick Smith Wilderness boundary, as a 14
wild river. 15
‘‘(B) The 1-mile segment of Indian Creek 16
from the Dick Smith Wilderness boundary to 17

0.25 miles downstream of Road 6N24, as a sce-18
nic river. 19
‘‘(C) The 3.9-mile segment of Indian Creek 20
from 0.25 miles downstream of Road 6N24 to 21
the southern boundary of sec. 32, T. 6 N., R. 22
26 W., as a wild river. 23
‘‘(272) MONO CREEK , CALIFORNIA.—The fol-24
lowing segments of Mono Creek in the State of Cali-25
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fornia, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri-1
culture: 2
‘‘(A) The 4.2-mile segment of Mono Creek 3
from its source in sec. 1, T. 7 N., R. 26 W., 4
to 0.25 miles upstream of Don Victor Fire 5
Road in sec. 28, T. 7 N., R. 25 W., as a wild 6
river. 7
‘‘(B) The 2.1-mile segment of Mono Creek 8
from 0.25 miles upstream of the Don Victor 9
Fire Road in sec. 28, T. 7 N., R. 25 W., to 10

0.25 miles downstream of Don Victor Fire 11
Road in sec. 34, T. 7 N., R. 25 W., as a rec-12
reational river. 13
‘‘(C) The 14.7-mile segment of Mono 14
Creek from 0.25 miles downstream of Don Vic-15
tor Fire Road in sec. 34, T. 7 N., R. 25 W., 16
to the Ogilvy Ranch private property boundary 17
in sec. 22, T. 6 N., R. 26 W., as a wild river. 18
‘‘(D) The 3.5-mile segment of Mono Creek 19
from the Ogilvy Ranch private property bound-20
ary to the southern boundary of sec. 33, T. 6 21
N., R. 26 W., as a recreational river. 22
‘‘(273) MATILIJA CREEK , CALIFORNIA.—The 23
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California, to be administered by the Secretary of 1
Agriculture: 2
‘‘(A) The 7.2-mile segment of the Matilija 3
Creek from its source in sec. 25, T. 6 N., R. 4
25 W., to the private property boundary in sec. 5
9, T. 5 N., R. 24 W., as a wild river. 6
‘‘(B) The 7.25-mile segment of the Upper 7
North Fork Matilija Creek from its source in 8
sec. 36, T. 6 N., R. 24 W., to the Matilija Wil-9
derness boundary, as a wild river.’’. 10
(b) SESPE CREEK, CALIFORNIA.—Section 3(a) of the 11
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amend-12 ed by striking paragraph (142) and inserting the fol-13 lowing: 14
‘‘(142) SESPE CREEK , CALIFORNIA.—The fol-15
lowing segments of Sespe Creek in the State of Cali-16
fornia, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri-17
culture: 18
‘‘(A) The 2.7-mile segment of Sespe Creek 19
from the private property boundary in sec. 10, 20
T. 6 N., R. 24 W., to the Hartman Ranch pri-21
vate property boundary in sec. 14, T. 6 N., R. 22
24 W., as a wild river. 23
‘‘(B) The 15-mile segment of Sespe Creek 24
from the Hartman Ranch private property 25
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boundary in sec. 14, T. 6 N., R. 24 W., to the 1
western boundary of sec. 6, T. 5 N., R. 22 W., 2
as a recreational river. 3
‘‘(C) The 6.1-mile segment of Sespe Creek 4
from the western boundary of sec. 6, T. 5 N., 5
R. 22 W., to the confluence with Trout Creek, 6
as a scenic river. 7
‘‘(D) The 28.6-mile segment of Sespe 8
Creek from the confluence with Trout Creek to 9
the southern boundary of sec. 35, T. 5 N., R. 10
20 W., as a wild river.’’. 11
(c) S ISQUOC RIVER, C ALIFORNIA.—Section 3(a) of 12
the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is 13 amended by striking paragraph (143) and inserting the 14 following: 15
‘‘(143) SISQUOC RIVER , CALIFORNIA.—The fol-16
lowing segments of the Sisquoc River and its tribu-17
taries in the State of California, to be administered 18 by the Secretary of Agriculture: 19
‘‘(A) The 33-mile segment of the main 20
stem of the Sisquoc River extending from its 21
origin downstream to the Los Padres Forest 22
boundary, as a wild river. 23
‘‘(B) The 4.2-mile segment of the South 24
Fork Sisquoc River from its source northeast of 25
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San Rafael Mountain in sec. 2, T. 7 N., R. 28 1
W., to its confluence with the Sisquoc River, as 2
a wild river. 3
‘‘(C) The 10.4-mile segment of Manzana 4
Creek from its source west of San Rafael Peak 5
in sec. 4, T. 7 N., R. 28 W., to the San Rafael 6
Wilderness boundary upstream of Nira Camp-7
ground, as a wild river. 8
‘‘(D) The 0.6-mile segment of Manzana 9
Creek from the San Rafael Wilderness bound-10
ary upstream of the Nira Campground to the 11
San Rafael Wilderness boundary downstream of 12
the confluence of Davy Brown Creek, as a rec-13
reational river. 14
‘‘(E) The 5.8-mile segment of Manzana 15
Creek from the San Rafael Wilderness bound-16
ary downstream of the confluence of Davy 17
Brown Creek to the private property boundary 18
in sec. 1, T. 8 N., R. 30 W., as a wild river. 19
‘‘(F) The 3.8-mile segment of Manzana 20
Creek from the private property boundary in 21
sec. 1, T. 8 N., R. 30 W., to the confluence of 22
the Sisquoc River, as a recreational river. 23
‘‘(G) The 3.4-mile segment of Davy Brown 24
Creek from its source west of Ranger Peak in 25
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sec. 32, T. 8 N., R. 29 W., to 300 feet up-1
stream of its confluence with Munch Canyon, as 2
a wild river. 3
‘‘(H) The 1.4-mile segment of Davy Brown 4
Creek from 300 feet upstream of its confluence 5
with Munch Canyon to its confluence with 6
Manzana Creek, as a recreational river. 7
‘‘(I) The 2-mile segment of Munch Canyon 8
from its source north of Ranger Peak in sec. 9
33, T. 8 N., R. 29 W., to 300 feet upstream 10
of its confluence with Sunset Valley Creek, as 11
a wild river. 12
‘‘(J) The 0.5-mile segment of Munch Can-13
yon from 300 feet upstream of its confluence 14
with Sunset Valley Creek to its confluence with 15
Davy Brown Creek, as a recreational river. 16
‘‘(K) The 2.6-mile segment of Fish Creek 17
from 500 feet downstream of Sunset Valley 18
Road to its confluence with Manzana Creek, as 19
a wild river. 20
‘‘(L) The 1.5-mile segment of East Fork 21
Fish Creek from its source in sec. 26, T. 8 N., 22
R. 29 W., to its confluence with Fish Creek, as 23
a wild river.’’. 24
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(d) P IRU CREEK, C ALIFORNIA.—Section 3(a) of the 1
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amend-2 ed by striking paragraph (199) and inserting the fol-3
lowing: 4
‘‘(199) PIRU CREEK , CALIFORNIA.—The fol-5
lowing segments of Piru Creek in the State of Cali-6
fornia, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri-7
culture: 8
‘‘(A) The 9.1-mile segment of Piru Creek 9
from its source in sec. 3, T. 6 N., R. 22 W., 10
to the private property boundary in sec. 4, T. 11
6 N., R. 21 W., as a wild river. 12
‘‘(B) The 17.2-mile segment of Piru Creek 13
from the private property boundary in sec. 4, T. 14
6 N., R. 21 W., to 0.25 miles downstream of 15
the Gold Hill Road, as a scenic river. 16
‘‘(C) The 4.1-mile segment of Piru Creek 17
from 0.25 miles downstream of Gold Hill Road 18
to the confluence with Trail Canyon, as a wild 19
river. 20
‘‘(D) The 7.25-mile segment of Piru Creek 21
from the confluence with Trail Canyon to the 22
confluence with Buck Creek, as a scenic river. 23
‘‘(E) The 3-mile segment of Piru Creek 24
from 0.5 miles downstream of Pyramid Dam at 25
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the first bridge crossing to the boundary of the 1
Sespe Wilderness, as a recreational river. 2
‘‘(F) The 13-mile segment of Piru Creek 3
from the boundary of the Sespe Wilderness to 4
the boundary of the Sespe Wilderness, as a wild 5
river. 6
‘‘(G) The 2.2-mile segment of Piru Creek 7
from the boundary of the Sespe Wilderness to 8
the upper limit of Piru Reservoir, as a rec-9
reational river.’’. 10
(e) EFFECT.—The designation of additional miles of 11
Piru Creek under subsection (d) shall not affect valid 12 water rights in existence on the date of enactment of this 13 Act. 14
(f) M OTORIZED USE OF TRAILS.—Nothing in this 15
section (including the amendments made by this section) 16 affects the motorized use of trails designated by the Forest 17 Service for motorized use that are located adjacent to and 18 crossing upper Piru Creek, if the use is consistent with 19 the protection and enhancement of river values under the 20 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.). 21 SEC. 206. DESIGNATION OF THE FOX MOUNTAIN POTEN-22
TIAL WILDERNESS. 23
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 24
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in the Los Padres National Forest comprising approxi-1
mately 41,082 acres, as generally depicted on the map en-2 titled ‘‘Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness Area’’ and 3 dated November 14, 2019, is designated as the Fox Moun-4 tain Potential Wilderness Area. 5
(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 6
(1) I N GENERAL .—As soon as practicable after 7
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 8
Agriculture shall file a map and a legal description 9
of the Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness Area (re-10
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘potential wilderness 11 area’’) with— 12
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 13
Resources of the Senate; and 14
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 15
of the House of Representatives. 16
(2) F ORCE OF LAW .—The map and legal de-17
scription filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 18
same force and effect as if included in this title, ex-19 cept that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct 20
any clerical and typographical errors in the map and 21 legal description. 22
(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY .—The map and legal 23
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and available for public inspection in the appropriate 1 offices of the Forest Service. 2
(c) MANAGEMENT.—Except as provided in subsection 3
(d) and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall 4 manage the potential wilderness area in accordance with 5 the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 6
(d) T RAIL USE CONSTRUCTION, R ECONSTRUCTION, 7
AND REALIGNMENT.— 8
(1) I N GENERAL .—In accordance with para-9
graph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture may— 10
(A) construct a new trail for use by hikers, 11
equestrians, and mechanized vehicles that con-12
nects the Aliso Park Campground to the Bull 13
Ridge Trail; and 14
(B) reconstruct or realign— 15
(i) the Bull Ridge Trail; and 16
(ii) the Rocky Ridge Trail. 17
(2) R EQUIREMENT.—In carrying out the con-18
struction, reconstruction, or alignment under para-19
graph (1), the Secretary shall— 20
(A) comply with all existing laws (including 21
regulations); and 22
(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 23
use the minimum tool or administrative practice 24
necessary to accomplish the construction, recon-25
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struction, or alignment with the least amount of 1
adverse impact on wilderness character and re-2
sources. 3
(3) M OTORIZED VEHICLES AND MACHINERY .— 4
In accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary 5
may use motorized vehicles and machinery to carry 6
out the trail construction, reconstruction, or realign-7 ment authorized by this subsection. 8
(4) M ECHANIZED VEHICLES .—The Secretary 9
may permit the use of mechanized vehicles on the 10
existing Bull Ridge Trail and Rocky Ridge Trail in 11
accordance with existing law (including regulations) 12 and this subsection until such date as the potential 13 wilderness area is designated as wilderness in ac-14
cordance with subsection (h). 15
(e) W ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 16
the Federal land in the potential wilderness area is with-17 drawn from all forms of— 18
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 19
public land laws; 20
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 21
laws; and 22
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-23
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 24
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(f) C OOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out 1
this section, the Secretary may enter into cooperative 2 agreements with State, Tribal, and local governmental en-3 tities and private entities to complete the trail construc-4 tion, reconstruction, and realignment authorized by sub-5 section (d). 6
(g) B OUNDARIES.—The Secretary shall modify the 7
boundary of the potential wilderness area to exclude any 8 area within 50 feet of the centerline of the new location 9 of any trail that has been constructed, reconstructed, or 10 realigned under subsection (d). 11
(h) WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.— 12
(1) I N GENERAL .—The potential wilderness 13
area, as modified under subsection (g), shall be des-14 ignated as wilderness and as a component of the Na-15
tional Wilderness Preservation System on the earlier 16 of— 17
(A) the date on which the Secretary pub-18
lishes in the Federal Register notice that the 19
trail construction, reconstruction, or alignment 20
authorized by subsection (d) has been com-21
pleted; and 22
(B) the date that is 20 years after the date 23
of enactment of this Act. 24
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(2) A DMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS .—On 1
designation as wilderness under this section, the po-2
tential wilderness area shall be— 3
(A) incorporated into the San Rafael Wil-4
derness, as designated by Public Law 90–271 5
(16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 82 Stat. 51) and ex-6
panded by section 202; and 7
(B) administered in accordance with sec-8
tion 204 and the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 9
1131 et seq.). 10
SEC. 207. DESIGNATION OF SCENIC AREAS. 11
(a) I N GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 12
there are established the following scenic areas: 13
(1) C ONDOR RIDGE SCENIC AREA .—Certain 14
land in the Los Padres National Forest comprising 15
approximately 18,666 acres, as generally depicted on 16 the map entitled ‘‘Condor Ridge Scenic Area—Pro-17
posed’’ and dated March 29, 2019, which shall be 18
known as the ‘‘Condor Ridge Scenic Area’’. 19
(2) B LACK MOUNTAIN SCENIC AREA .—Certain 20
land in the Los Padres National Forest and the Ba-21
kersfield Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-22
agement comprising approximately 16,216 acres, as 23
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Black Moun-24
tain Scenic Area—Proposed’’ and dated March 29, 25
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2019, which shall be known as the ‘‘Black Mountain 1
Scenic Area’’. 2
(b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 3
(1) I N GENERAL .—As soon as practicable after 4
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 5
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall 6
file a map and legal description of the Condor Ridge 7
Scenic Area and Black Mountain Scenic Area with— 8
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 9
Resources of the Senate; and 10
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 11
of the House of Representatives. 12
(2) F ORCE OF LAW .—The maps and legal de-13
scriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 14
same force and effect as if included in this title, ex-15 cept that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-16
retary of the Interior may correct any clerical and 17
typographical errors in the maps and legal descrip-18
tions. 19
(3) P UBLIC AVAILABILITY .—The maps and 20
legal descriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall be 21 on file and available for public inspection in the ap-22 propriate offices of the Forest Service and Bureau 23
of Land Management. 24
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(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the scenic areas is to 1
conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit and enjoy-2 ment of present and future generations the ecological, sce-3 nic, wildlife, recreational, cultural, historical, natural, edu-4 cational, and scientific resources of the scenic areas. 5 (d) MANAGEMENT.— 6
(1) IN GENERAL .—The Secretary of Agriculture 7
and the Secretary of the Interior shall administer 8
the scenic areas— 9
(A) in a manner that conserves, protects, 10
and enhances the resources of the scenic areas, 11
and in particular the scenic character attributes 12
of the scenic areas; and 13
(B) in accordance with— 14
(i) this section; 15
(ii) the Federal Land Policy and Man-16
agement Act (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for 17
land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 18
of the Interior; 19
(iii) any laws (including regulations) 20
relating to the National Forest System, for 21
land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 22
of Agriculture; and 23
(iv) any other applicable law (includ-24
ing regulations). 25
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(2) USES.—The Secretary shall only allow those 1
uses of the scenic areas that the Secretary deter-2
mines would further the purposes described in sub-3
section (c). 4
(e) W ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 5
the Federal land in the scenic areas is withdrawn from 6 all forms of— 7
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 8
public land laws; 9
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 10
laws; and 11
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-12
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 13
(f) P ROHIBITED USES.—The following shall be pro-14
hibited on the Federal land within the scenic areas: 15 (1) Permanent roads. 16
(2) Permanent structures. 17
(3) Timber harvesting except when necessary 18
for the purposes described in subsection (g). 19
(4) Transmission lines. 20
(5) Except as necessary to meet the minimum 21
requirements for the administration of the scenic 22
areas and to protect public health and safety— 23
(A) the use of motorized vehicles; or 24
(B) the establishment of temporary roads. 25
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(6) Commercial enterprises, except as necessary 1
for realizing the purposes of the scenic areas. 2
(g) W ILDFIRE, I NSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGE-3
MENT.—Consistent with this section, the Secretary may 4 take any measures in the scenic areas that the Secretary 5 determines to be necessary to control fire, insects, and dis-6 eases, including, as the Secretary determines to be appro-7 priate, the coordination of those activities with the State 8 or a local agency. 9
(h) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.—The fact that an oth-10
erwise authorized activity or use can be seen or heard 11 within a scenic area shall not preclude the activity or use 12 outside the boundary of the scenic area. 13
SEC. 208. CONDOR NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL. 14
(a) F INDING.—Congress finds that the Condor Na-15
tional Scenic Trail established under paragraph (33) of 16 section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 17 1244(a)) is named after the California Condor, a critically 18 endangered bird species that lives along the corridor of 19 the Condor National Scenic Trail. 20
(b) P URPOSES.—The purposes of the Condor Na-21
tional Scenic Trail are— 22
(1) to provide a continual extended hiking cor-23
ridor that connects the southern and northern por-24
tions of the Los Padres National Forest, spanning 25
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the entire length of the forest along the coastal 1
mountains of southern and central California; and 2
(2) to provide for the public enjoyment of the 3
nationally significant scenic, historic, natural, and 4 cultural resources of the Los Padres National For-5
est. 6
(c) A MENDMENT.—Section 5(a) of the National 7
Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended— 8
(1) by redesignating the second paragraph (31) 9
(relating to the Butterfield Overland National His-10
toric Trail) as paragraph (32); and 11
(2) by adding at the end the following: 12
‘‘(33) CONDOR NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL .— 13
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL .—The Condor National 14
Scenic Trail, a trail extending approximately 15
400 miles from Lake Piru in the southern por-16
tion of the Los Padres National Forest to the 17
Bottchers Gap Campground in the northern 18
portion of the Los Padres National Forest. 19
‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION.—The Condor Na-20
tional Scenic Trail shall be administered by the 21
Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with— 22
‘‘(i) other Federal, State, Tribal, re-23
gional, and local agencies; 24
‘‘(ii) private landowners; and 25
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‘‘(iii) other interested organizations. 1
‘‘(C) R ECREATIONAL USES .—Notwith-2
standing section 7(c), the use of motorized vehi-3
cles on roads or trails included in the Condor 4
National Scenic Trail on which motorized vehi-5
cles are permitted as of the date of enactment 6
of this paragraph may be permitted. 7
‘‘(D) PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS .— 8
‘‘(i) P ROHIBITION.—The Secretary 9
shall not acquire for the Condor National 10
Scenic Trail any land or interest in land 11
outside the exterior boundary of any feder-12
ally managed area without the consent of 13
the owner of land or interest in land. 14
‘‘(ii) EFFECT.—Nothing in this para-15
graph— 16
‘‘(I) requires any private prop-17
erty owner to allow public access (in-18
cluding Federal, State, or local gov-19
ernment access) to private property; 20
or 21
‘‘(II) modifies any provision of 22
Federal, State, or local law with re-23
spect to public access to or use of pri-24
vate land. 25
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‘‘(E) REALIGNMENT.—The Secretary of 1
Agriculture may realign segments of the Condor 2
National Scenic Trail as necessary to fulfill the 3
purposes of the Condor National Scenic Trail.’’. 4
(d) STUDY.— 5
(1) S TUDY REQUIRED .—Not later than 6 years 6
after the date of enactment of this Act, in accord-7
ance with this subsection, the Secretary of Agri-8
culture shall conduct a study that— 9
(A) addresses the feasibility of, and alter-10
natives for, connecting the northern and south-11
ern portions of the Los Padres National Forest 12
by establishing a trail across the applicable por-13
tions of the northern and southern Santa Lucia 14
Mountains of the southern California Coastal 15
Range; and 16
(B) considers realignment of the Condor 17
National Scenic Trail or construction of new 18
segments for the Condor National Scenic Trail 19
to avoid existing segments of the Condor Na-20
tional Scenic Trail that allow motorized vehi-21
cles. 22
(2) C ONTENTS.—In carrying out the study re-23
quired under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Agri-24
culture shall— 25
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(A) comply with the requirements for stud-1
ies for a national scenic trail described in sec-2
tion 5(b) of the National Trails System Act (16 3
U.S.C. 1244(b)); 4
(B) provide for a continual hiking route 5
through and connecting the southern and 6
northern sections of the Los Padres National 7
Forest; 8
(C) promote recreational, scenic, wilder-9
ness, and cultural values; 10
(D) enhance connectivity with the overall 11
system of National Forest System trails; 12
(E) consider new connectors and realign-13
ment of existing trails; 14
(F) emphasize safe and continuous public 15
access, dispersal from high-use areas, and suit-16
able water sources; and 17
(G) to the extent practicable, provide all- 18
year use. 19
(3) A DDITIONAL REQUIREMENT .—In com-20
pleting the study required under paragraph (1), the 21
Secretary of Agriculture shall consult with— 22
(A) appropriate Federal, State, Tribal, re-23
gional, and local agencies; 24
(B) private landowners; 25
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(C) nongovernmental organizations; and 1
(D) members of the public. 2
(4) SUBMISSION.—The Secretary of Agriculture 3
shall submit the study required under paragraph (1) 4
to— 5
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 6
Resources of the Senate; and 7
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 8
of the House of Representatives. 9
(5) A DDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE 10
CONDOR NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL .— 11
(A) I N GENERAL .—On completion of the 12
study required under paragraph (1), if the Sec-13
retary of Agriculture determines that additional 14
or alternative trail segments are feasible for in-15
clusion in the Condor National Scenic Trail, the 16
Secretary of Agriculture shall include the seg-17
ments in the Condor National Scenic Trail. 18
(B) EFFECTIVE DATE .—An addition or al-19
teration to the Condor National Scenic Trail 20
determined to be feasible under subparagraph 21
(A) shall take effect on the date on which the 22
Secretary of Agriculture publishes in the Fed-23
eral Register notice that the additional or alter-24
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native segments are included in the Condor Na-1
tional Scenic Trail. 2
(e) C OOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out 3
this section (including the amendments made by this sec-4 tion), the Secretary of Agriculture may enter into coopera-5 tive agreements with State, Tribal, and local government 6 entities and private entities to complete necessary con-7 struction, reconstruction, and realignment projects au-8 thorized for the Condor National Scenic Trail under this 9 section (including the amendments made by this section). 10 SEC. 209. FOREST SERVICE STUDY. 11
Not later than 6 years after the date of enactment 12
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through 13 the Chief of the Forest Service) shall study the feasibility 14 of opening a new trail, for vehicles measuring 50 inches 15 or less, connecting Forest Service Highway 95 to the exist-16 ing off-highway vehicle trail system in the Ballinger Can-17 yon off-highway vehicle area. 18
SEC. 210. NONMOTORIZED RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES. 19
Not later than 6 years after the date of enactment 20
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation 21 with interested parties, shall conduct a study to improve 22 nonmotorized recreation trail opportunities (including 23 mountain bicycling) on land not designated as wilderness 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00140 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1776.IS S1776pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB Packet Pg. 222 Communication: S. 1776 - Bill Text (ITEM 9 S. 1776: Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California (PUBLIC) Lands 141
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within the Santa Barbara, Ojai, and Mt. Pinos ranger dis-1 tricts. 2
SEC. 211. USE BY MEMBERS OF INDIAN TRIBES. 3
(a) ACCESS.—The Secretary shall ensure that Indian 4
Tribes have access, in accordance with the Wilderness Act 5 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), to the wilderness areas, scenic 6 areas, and potential wilderness areas designated by this 7 title for traditional cultural and religious purposes. 8 (b) TEMPORARY CLOSURES.— 9
(1) I N GENERAL .—In carrying out this section, 10
the Secretary, on request of an Indian Tribe, may 11
temporarily close to the general public 1 or more 12
specific portions of a wilderness area, scenic area, or 13 potential wilderness area designated by this title to 14 protect the privacy of the members of the Indian 15
Tribe in the conduct of traditional cultural and reli-16 gious activities. 17
(2) R EQUIREMENT.—Any closure under para-18
graph (1) shall be— 19
(A) made in such a manner as to affect 20
the smallest practicable area for the minimum 21
period of time necessary for the activity to be 22
carried out; and 23
(B) be consistent with— 24
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(i) Public Law 95–341 (commonly 1
known as the ‘‘American Indian Religious 2
Freedom Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 1996 et seq.); 3
and 4
(ii) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 5
1131 et seq.). 6
TITLE III—SAN GABRIEL MOUN-7
TAINS FOOTHILLS AND RIV-8
ERS PROTECTION 9
SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 10
In this title: 11
(1) S ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 12
the Secretary of Agriculture. 13
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 14
of California. 15
(3) W ILDERNESS AREA OR ADDITION .—The 16
term ‘‘wilderness area or addition’’ means any wil-17
derness area or wilderness addition designated by 18
section 303(a). 19
SEC. 302. NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY MODIFICA-20
TION. 21
(a) I N GENERAL.—The San Gabriel Mountains Na-22
tional Monument established by Presidential Proclamation 23 9194 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note) (referred to in this section 24 as the ‘‘Monument’’) is modified to include the approxi-25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00142 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1776.IS S1776pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB Packet Pg. 224 Communication: S. 1776 - Bill Text (ITEM 9 S. 1776: Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California (PUBLIC) Lands 143
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mately 109,167 acres of additional National Forest Sys-1 tem land depicted as the ‘‘Proposed San Gabriel Moun-2
tains National Monument Expansion’’ on the map entitled 3 ‘‘Proposed San Gabriel Mountains National Monument 4
Expansion’’ and dated June 26, 2019. 5
(b) A DMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin-6
ister the Monument (including the land added to the 7
Monument by subsection (a)), in accordance with— 8
(1) Presidential Proclamation Number 9194, 9
dated October 10, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 62303); 10
(2) the laws generally applicable to the Monu-11
ment; and 12
(3) this title. 13
(c) M ANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than 3 years 14
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 15 consult with the State, local governments, and interested 16 members of the public to update the San Gabriel Moun-17 tains National Monument Plan to provide management di-18 rection and protection for the land added to the Monu-19 ment by subsection (a). 20
SEC. 303. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS AND ADDI-21
TIONS. 22
(a) D ESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder-23
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following parcels 24 of National Forest System land in the State are des-25
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ignated as wilderness and as components of the National 1 Wilderness Preservation System: 2
(1) CONDOR PEAK WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-3
eral land in the Angeles National Forest, comprising 4
approximately 8,207 acres, as generally depicted on 5
the map entitled ‘‘Condor Peak Wilderness—Pro-6
posed’’ and dated June 6, 2019, which shall be 7
known as the ‘‘Condor Peak Wilderness’’. 8
(2) S AN GABRIEL WILDERNESS ADDITIONS .— 9
Certain Federal land in the Angeles National Forest, 10 comprising approximately 2,032 acres, as generally 11
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘San Gabriel Wilder-12
ness Additions’’ and dated June 6, 2019, which is 13
incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the 14 San Gabriel Wilderness designated by Public Law 15
90–318 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 82 Stat. 131). 16
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TIONS.—Certain Federal land in the Angeles Na-18
tional Forest, comprising approximately 13,726 19
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 20
‘‘Sheep Mountain Wilderness Additions’’ and dated 21
June 6, 2019, which is incorporated in, and consid-22
ered to be a part of, the Sheep Mountain Wilderness 23
designated by section 101(a)(29) of the California 24
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Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Pub-1
lic Law 98–425; 98 Stat. 1623). 2
(4) YERBA BUENA WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-3
eral land in the Angeles National Forest, comprising 4
approximately 6,694 acres, as generally depicted on 5
the map entitled ‘‘Yerba Buena Wilderness—Pro-6
posed’’ and dated June 6, 2019, which shall be 7
known as the ‘‘Yerba Buena Wilderness’’. 8
(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 9
(1) I N GENERAL .—As soon as practicable after 10
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 11
shall file a map and a legal description of the wilder-12 ness areas and additions with— 13
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 14
Resources of the Senate; and 15
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 16
of the House of Representatives. 17
(2) F ORCE OF LAW .—The map and legal de-18
scription filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 19
same force and effect as if included in this title, ex-20 cept that the Secretary may correct any clerical or 21
typographical error in the map or legal description. 22 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY .—The map and legal 23
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and available for public inspection in the appropriate 1 offices of the Forest Service. 2
SEC. 304. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS AND 3
ADDITIONS. 4
(a) I N GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 5
the wilderness areas and additions shall be administered 6 by the Secretary in accordance with this section and the 7 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any 8 reference in that Act to the effective date of that Act shall 9 be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment 10 of this Act. 11
(b) F IRE MANAGEMENT AND RELATED ACTIVI-12
TIES.— 13
(1) IN GENERAL .—The Secretary may carry out 14
such activities in a wilderness area or addition as 15
are necessary for the control of fire, insects, or dis-16 eases in accordance with— 17
(A) section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act 18
(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)); and 19
(B) House Report 98–40 of the 98th Con-20
gress. 21
(2) FUNDING PRIORITIES .—Nothing in this title 22
limits funding for fire or fuels management in a wil-23 derness area or addition. 24
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(3) R EVISION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL 1
FIRE MANAGEMENT PLANS .—As soon as practicable 2
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-3
retary shall amend, as applicable, any local fire man-4 agement plan that applies to a wilderness area or 5
addition. 6
(4) A DMINISTRATION.—In accordance with 7
paragraph (1) and any other applicable Federal law, 8
to ensure a timely and efficient response to a fire 9
emergency in a wilderness area or addition, the Sec-10
retary shall— 11
(A) not later than 1 year after the date of 12
enactment of this Act, establish agency ap-13
proval procedures (including appropriate delega-14
tions of authority to the Forest Supervisor, Dis-15
trict Manager, or other agency officials) for re-16
sponding to fire emergencies; and 17
(B) enter into agreements with appropriate 18
State or local firefighting agencies. 19
(c) G RAZING.—The grazing of livestock in a wilder-20
ness area or addition, if established before the date of en-21 actment of this Act, shall be administered in accordance 22 with— 23
(1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 24
U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 25
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(2) the guidelines contained in Appendix A of 1
the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular 2
Affairs of the House of Representatives accom-3
panying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 4
101–405). 5
(d) FISH AND WILDLIFE.— 6
(1) I N GENERAL .—In accordance with section 7
4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 8
1133(d)(7)), nothing in this title affects the jurisdic-9 tion or responsibility of the State with respect to 10
fish or wildlife on public land in the State. 11
(2) MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES .— 12
(A) I N GENERAL .—In support of the pur-13
poses and principles of the Wilderness Act (16 14
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Secretary may con-15
duct any management activity that the Sec-16
retary determines to be necessary to maintain 17
or restore a fish or wildlife population or habi-18
tat in a wilderness area or addition, if the activ-19
ity is conducted in accordance with— 20
(i) applicable wilderness management 21
plans; and 22
(ii) appropriate policies, such as the 23
policies established in Appendix B of the 24
report of the Committee on Interior and 25
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Insular Affairs of the House of Represent-1
atives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 2
101st Congress (H. Rept. 101–405). 3
(B) I NCLUSIONS.—A management activity 4
under subparagraph (A) may include the occa-5
sional and temporary use of motorized vehicles, 6
if the use, as determined by the Secretary— 7
(i) would maintain or improve the wil-8
derness character of the wilderness area or 9
addition; 10
(ii) is impracticable to accomplish by 11
nonmotorized methods; and 12
(iii) is in accordance with memoranda 13
of understanding between the applicable 14
Federal agencies and the State Depart-15
ment of Fish and Wildlife. 16
(C) E XISTING ACTIVITIES .—In accordance 17
with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 18
U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) and other appropriate poli-19
cies (such as the policies established in Appen-20
dix B of the report of the Committee on Inte-21
rior and Insular Affairs of the House of Rep-22
resentatives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 23
101st Congress (H. Rept. 101–405)), the State 24
may use aircraft (including helicopters) in a 25
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wilderness area or addition to survey, capture, 1
transplant, monitor, or provide water for a wild-2
life population, including bighorn sheep, if the 3
activity, as determined by the Secretary— 4
(i) is impracticable to accomplish 5
without use of aircraft; and 6
(ii) is in accordance with memoranda 7
of understanding between the applicable 8
Federal agencies and the State Depart-9
ment of Fish and Wildlife. 10
(e) BUFFER ZONES.— 11
(1) I N GENERAL .—Nothing in this title estab-12
lishes any protective perimeter or buffer zone around 13 a wilderness area or addition. 14
(2) ACTIVITIES OR USES UP TO BOUNDARIES .— 15
The fact that a nonwilderness activity or use can be 16 seen or heard from within a wilderness area or addi-17
tion shall not preclude the activity or use up to the 18 boundary of the wilderness area or addition. 19
(f) MILITARY ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this title pre-20
cludes— 21
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 22
a wilderness area or addition; 23
(2) the designation of a new unit of special air-24
space over a wilderness area or addition; or 25
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(3) the use or establishment of a military flight 1
training route over a wilderness area or addition. 2
(g) H ORSES.—Nothing in this title precludes horse-3
back riding in, or the entry of recreational or commercial 4 saddle or pack stock into, a wilderness area or addition— 5 (1) in accordance with section 4(d)(5) of the 6
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(5)); and 7
(2) subject to such terms and conditions as the 8
Secretary determines to be necessary. 9
(h) L AW ENFORCEMENT.—Nothing in this title pre-10
cludes any law enforcement or drug interdiction effort 11 within a wilderness area or addition, in accordance with 12 the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 13
(i) W ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 14
the wilderness areas and additions are withdrawn from— 15 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-16
posal under the public land laws; 17
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 18
laws; and 19
(3) operation of the mineral materials and geo-20
thermal leasing laws. 21
(j) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTER-22
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(1) become part of the wilderness area or addi-1
tion in which the land is located; and 2
(2) be managed in accordance with this section, 3
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), and 4
any other applicable law (including regulations). 5
(k) C LIMATOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION.—In ac-6
cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) 7 and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary 8 may prescribe, the Secretary may authorize the installa-9 tion and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or cli-10 matological collection devices in a wilderness area or addi-11 tion if the Secretary determines that the device and access 12 to the device is essential to a flood warning, flood control, 13 or water reservoir operation activity. 14
(l) A UTHORIZED EVENT.—The Secretary may au-15
thorize the Angeles Crest 100 competitive running event 16 to continue in substantially the same manner in which the 17 event was operated and permitted in 2015 within the land 18 added to the Sheep Mountain Wilderness by section 19
303(a)(3) and the Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness Area 20 designated by section 1802(8) of the Omnibus Public 21
Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 22
Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1054), if the event is au-23 thorized and conducted in a manner compatible with the 24 preservation of the areas as wilderness. 25
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SEC. 305. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS. 1
(a) D ESIGNATION.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and 2
Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as amended by 3
section 205(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-4 lowing: 5
‘‘(274) EAST FORK SAN GABRIEL RIVER , CALI-6
FORNIA.—The following segments of the East Fork 7
San Gabriel River, to be administered by the Sec-8
retary of Agriculture in the following classes: 9
‘‘(A) The 10-mile segment from the con-10
fluence of the Prairie Fork and Vincent Gulch 11
to 100 yards upstream of the Heaton Flats 12
trailhead and day use area, as a wild river. 13
‘‘(B) The 2.7-mile segment from 100 yards 14
upstream of the Heaton Flats trailhead and day 15
use area to 100 yards upstream of the con-16
fluence with Williams Canyon, as a recreational 17
river. 18
‘‘(275) NORTH FORK SAN GABRIEL RIVER , 19
CALIFORNIA.—The 4.3-mile segment of the North 20
Fork San Gabriel River from the confluence with 21
Cloudburst Canyon to 0.25 miles upstream of the 22
confluence with the West Fork San Gabriel River, to 23
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as 24
a recreational river. 25
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‘‘(276) WEST FORK SAN GABRIEL RIVER , CALI-1
FORNIA.—The following segments of the West Fork 2
San Gabriel River, to be administered by the Sec-3
retary of Agriculture in the following classes: 4
‘‘(A) The 6.7-mile segment from 0.25 5
miles downstream of its source near Red Box 6
Gap in sec. 14, T. 2 N., R. 12 W., to the con-7
fluence with the unnamed tributary 0.25 miles 8
downstream of the power lines in sec. 22, T. 2 9
N., R. 11 W., as a recreational river. 10
‘‘(B) The 1.6-mile segment of the West 11
Fork from 0.25 miles downstream of the power 12
lines in sec. 22, T. 2 N., R. 11 W., to the con-13
fluence with Bobcat Canyon, as a wild river. 14
‘‘(277) LITTLE ROCK CREEK , CALIFORNIA.— 15
The following segments of Little Rock Creek and 16
tributaries, to be administered by the Secretary of 17
Agriculture in the following classes: 18
‘‘(A) The 10.3-mile segment from its 19
source on Mt. Williamson in sec. 6, T. 3 N., R. 20
9 W., to 100 yards upstream of the confluence 21
with the South Fork Little Rock Creek, as a 22
wild river. 23
‘‘(B) The 6.6-mile segment from 100 yards 24
upstream of the confluence with the South Fork 25
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Little Rock Creek to the confluence with 1
Santiago Canyon, as a recreational river. 2
‘‘(C) The 1-mile segment of Cooper Can-3
yon Creek from 0.25 miles downstream of 4
Highway 2 to 100 yards downstream of Cooper 5
Canyon Campground, as a scenic river. 6
‘‘(D) The 1.3-mile segment of Cooper Can-7
yon Creek from 100 yards downstream of Coo-8
per Canyon Campground to the confluence with 9
Little Rock Creek, as a wild river. 10
‘‘(E) The 1-mile segment of Buckhorn 11
Creek from 100 yards downstream of the 12
Buckhorn Campground to its confluence with 13
Cooper Canyon Creek, as a wild river.’’. 14
(b) W ATER RESOURCE FACILITIES; W ATER USE.— 15
(1) WATER RESOURCE FACILITIES .— 16
(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 17
(i) WATER RESOURCE FACILITY .—The 18
term ‘‘water resource facility’’ means— 19
(I) an irrigation or pumping fa-20
cility; 21
(II) a dam or reservoir; 22
(III) a flood control facility; 23
(IV) a water conservation works 24
(including a debris protection facility); 25
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(V) a sediment placement site; 1
(VI) a rain gauge or stream 2
gauge; 3
(VII) a water quality facility; 4
(VIII) a recycled water facility or 5
water pumping, conveyance, or dis-6
tribution system; 7
(IX) a water storage tank or res-8
ervoir; 9
(X) a water treatment facility; 10
(XI) an aqueduct, canal, ditch, 11
pipeline, well, hydropower project, or 12
transmission or other ancillary facil-13
ity; 14
(XII) a groundwater recharge fa-15
cility; 16
(XIII) a water filtration plant; 17
and 18
(XIV) any other water diversion, 19
conservation, storage, or carriage 20
structure. 21
(ii) W ILD AND SCENIC RIVER SEG -22
MENT.—The term ‘‘wild and scenic river 23
segment’’ means a component of the na-24
tional wild and scenic rivers system des-25
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ignated by paragraph (274), (275), (276), 1
or (277) of section 3(a) of the Wild and 2
Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as 3
added by subsection (a)). 4
(B) N O EFFECT ON EXISTING WATER RE -5
SOURCE FACILITIES .—Nothing in this section 6
alters, modifies, or affects— 7
(i) the use, operation, maintenance, 8
repair, construction, destruction, reconfig-9
uration, expansion, relocation, or replace-10
ment of a water resource facility down-11
stream of a wild and scenic river segment, 12
subject to the condition that the physical 13
structures of such a facility or reservoir 14
shall not be located within the wild and 15
scenic river segment; or 16
(ii) access to a water resource facility 17
downstream of a wild and scenic river seg-18
ment. 19
(C) N O EFFECT ON NEW WATER RE -20
SOURCE FACILITIES .—Nothing in this section 21
precludes the establishment of a new water re-22
source facility (including instream sites, routes, 23
and areas) downstream of a wild and scenic 24
river segment. 25
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(2) LIMITATION.—Any new reservation of water 1
or new use of water pursuant to existing water 2
rights held by the United States to advance the pur-3
poses of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 4
(16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.) shall be for nonconsump-5
tive instream use only within the wild and scenic 6
river segments (as defined in paragraph (1)(A)). 7
(3) EXISTING LAW .—Nothing in this section af-8
fects the implementation of the Endangered Species 9
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 10
SEC. 306. WATER RIGHTS. 11
(a) S TATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 12
title, and no action carried out pursuant to this title— 13 (1) constitutes an express or implied reservation 14
of any water or water right, or authorizes an expan-15
sion of water use pursuant to existing water rights 16
held by the United States, with respect to— 17
(A) the San Gabriel Mountains National 18
Monument; 19
(B) the wilderness areas and additions; 20
and 21
(C) the components of the national wild 22
and scenic rivers system designated by para-23
graphs (274), (275), (276), and (277) of sec-24
tion 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 25
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U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as added by section 305(a)) 1
and land adjacent to the components; 2
(2) affects, alters, modifies, or conditions any 3
water right in the State in existence on the date of 4
enactment of this Act, including any water rights 5
held by the United States; 6
(3) establishes a precedent with respect to any 7
designation of wilderness or wild and scenic rivers 8
after the date of enactment of this Act; 9
(4) affects, alters, or modifies the interpretation 10
of, or any designation, decision, adjudication, or ac-11 tion carried out pursuant to, any other Act; or 12
(5) limits, alters, modifies, or amends any inter-13
state compact or equitable apportionment decree 14
that apportions water among or between the State 15
and any other State. 16
(b) S TATE WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall com-17
ply with applicable procedural and substantive require-18 ments under State law to obtain and hold any water rights 19 not in existence on the date of enactment of this Act with 20 respect to— 21
(1) the San Gabriel Mountains National Monu-22
ment; 23
(2) the wilderness areas and additions; and 24
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(3) the components of the national wild and 1
scenic rivers system designated by paragraphs (274), 2
(275), (276), or (277) of section 3(a) of the Wild 3
and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as 4
added by section 305(a)). 5
SEC. 307. REAUTHORIZATION OF EXISTING WATER FACILI-6
TIES IN PLEASANT VIEW RIDGE WILDERNESS. 7
(a) A UTHORIZATION FOR CONTINUED USE.—The 8
Secretary may issue a special use authorization to the 9 owners of a water transport or diversion facility (referred 10 to in this section as a ‘‘facility’’) located on National For-11 est System land in the Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness 12 for the continued operation, maintenance, and reconstruc-13 tion of the facility if the Secretary determines that— 14 (1) the facility was in existence on the date on 15
which the land on which the facility is located was 16
designated as part of the National Wilderness Pres-17
ervation System (referred to in this section as ‘‘the 18 date of designation’’); 19
(2) the facility has been in substantially contin-20
uous use to deliver water for the beneficial use on 21
the non-Federal land of the owner since the date of 22
designation; 23
(3) the owner of the facility holds a valid water 24
right for use of the water on the non-Federal land 25
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of the owner under State law, with a priority date 1
that predates the date of designation; and 2
(4) it is not practicable or feasible to relocate 3
the facility to land outside of the Pleasant View 4
Ridge Wilderness and continue the beneficial use of 5
water on the non-Federal land recognized under 6
State law. 7
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 8
(1) R EQUIRED TERMS AND CONDITIONS .—In a 9
special use authorization issued under subsection 10
(a), the Secretary may— 11
(A) allow use of motorized equipment and 12
mechanized transport for operation, mainte-13
nance, or reconstruction of a facility, if the Sec-14
retary determines that— 15
(i) the use is the minimum necessary 16
to allow the facility to continue delivery of 17
water to the non-Federal land for the ben-18
eficial uses recognized by the water right 19
held under State law; and 20
(ii) the use of nonmotorized equip-21
ment and nonmechanized transport is im-22
practicable or infeasible; and 23
(B) prohibit use of the facility for the di-24
version or transport of water in excess of the 25
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water right recognized by the State on the date 1
of designation. 2
(2) D ISCRETIONARY TERMS AND CONDI -3
TIONS.—In a special use authorization issued under 4
subsection (a), the Secretary may require or allow 5
modification or relocation of the facility in the wil-6 derness, as the Secretary determines necessary, to 7
reduce impacts to wilderness values set forth in sec-8
tion 2 of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131) if the 9
beneficial use of water on the non-Federal land is 10
not diminished. 11
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