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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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