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Calendar No. 380 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 774 

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 

MARCH 13, 2019 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Ms. HARRIS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 18, 2019 

Reported by Ms. MURKOWSKI, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rim of the Valley Cor5 ridor Preservation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds that— 

3 (1) the Santa Monica Mountains National 

4 Recreation Area was authorized as a unit of the Na5 tional Park System on November 10, 1978; 

6 (2) the Santa Monica Mountains and the Rim 

7 of the Valley Corridor include— 

8 (A) nationally significant resources, includ9 ing— 

10 (i) outstanding examples of geologic 

11 history, including the evolution of the 

12 Transverse Ranges Province; 

13 (ii) a diversity of well-preserved ma14 rine and terrestrial paleontological re15 sources; and 

16 (iii) high biodiversity, including out17 standing examples of native grasslands, 

18 coastal sage scrub, chaparral, dry conif19 erous forests, and alluvian fan sage scrub; 

20 and 

21 (B) nationally significant cultural re22 sources that represent a wide range of themes 

23 relating to human use and settlement in the re24 gion, including— 

25 (i) high concentrations of archeo26 logical resources that provide insight into 


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1 more than 10,000 years of Tribal history; 

2 and 

3 (ii) landmarks that represent topics 

4 such as architecture, recreation, and space 

5 exploration; and 

6 (3) expanding the Santa Monica Mountains Na7 tional Recreation Area would provide new opportuni8 ties for the National Park Service to serve a broad 

9 range of urban communities, including many com10 munities that are— 

11 (A) underrepresented in units of the Na12 tional Park System; and 

13 (B) underserved by State and local parks. 

14 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; AD15 MINISTRATION. 

16 (a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—Section 507(c)(1) of 

17 the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 

18 U.S.C. 460kk(c)(1)) is amended, in the first sentence, by 

19 striking ‘‘ ‘Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation 

20 Area and Santa Monica Mountains Zone, California, 

21 Boundary Map’, numbered 80,047–C and dated August 

22 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘ ‘Rim of the Valley Unit—Santa 

23 Monica Mountains National Recreation Area’ and dated 

24 October 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; AD2 MINISTRATION. 

3 (a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.— 

4 (1) MAPS.—Section 507(c)(1) of the National 

5 Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

6 460kk(c)(1)) is amended, in the first sentence, by 

7 striking ‘‘and dated August 2001, which shall’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘, and dated August 2001 (referred to in 

9 this section as the ‘2001 map’) and the areas gen10 erally depicted as the ‘Rim of the Valley Unit Pro11 posed Addition’ on the map entitled ‘Rim of the Val12 ley Unit, Santa Monica Mountain National Recre13 ation Area’, numbered 638/147,723, and dated Sep14 tember 2018 (referred to in this section as the ‘2018 

15 map’). The 2001 map and the 2018 map shall’’. 

16 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 507 of 

17 the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 

18 U.S.C. 460kk) is amended— 

19 (A) in subsection (c)(2)(A), in the fourth 

20 sentence, by striking ‘‘boundary map referred to 

21 in paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘2001 map’’; 

22 (B) in subsection (n)(1), by striking ‘‘map 

23 referred to in subsection (c) of this section’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘2001 map’’; and 


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1 (C) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘map re2 ferred to in subsection (c) of this section’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘2001 map’’. 

4 (b) RIM OF THE VALLEY UNIT.—Section 507 of the 

5 National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

6 460kk) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(u) RIM OF THE VALLEY UNIT.— 

8 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

9 ‘‘(A) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the 

10 State of California. 

11 ‘‘(B) UNIT.—The term ‘Unit’ means the 

12 Rim of the Valley Unit included within the 

13 boundaries of the recreation area, as depicted 

14 on the map described in subsection (c)(1) 2018 

15 map. 

16 ‘‘(C) UTILITY FACILITY.—The term ‘utility 

17 facility’ means— 

18 ‘‘(i) electric substations, communica19 tion facilities, towers, poles, and lines; 

20 ‘‘(ii) ground wires; 

21 ‘‘(iii) communications circuits; 

22 ‘‘(iv) other utility structures; and 

23 ‘‘(v) related infrastructure. 

24 ‘‘(D) WATER RESOURCE FACILITY.—The 

25 term ‘water resource facility’ means— 


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1 ‘‘(i) irrigation and pumping facilities; 

2 ‘‘(ii) dams and reservoirs; 

3 ‘‘(iii) flood control facilities; 

4 ‘‘(iv) water conservation works, in5 cluding debris protection facilities, sedi6 ment placement sites, rain gauges, and 

7 stream gauges; 

8 ‘‘(v) water quality, recycled water, and 

9 pumping facilities; 

10 ‘‘(vi) conveyance distribution systems; 

11 ‘‘(vii) water treatment facilities; 

12 ‘‘(viii) aqueducts; 

13 ‘‘(ix) canals; 

14 ‘‘(x) ditches; 

15 ‘‘(xi) pipelines; 

16 ‘‘(xii) wells; 

17 ‘‘(xiii) hydropower projects; 

18 ‘‘(xiv) transmission facilities; and 

19 ‘‘(xv) other ancillary facilities, ground20 water recharge facilities, water conserva21 tion, water filtration plants, and other 

22 water diversion, conservation, groundwater 

23 recharge, storage, and carriage structures. 

24 ‘‘(2) BOUNDARIES.—Not later than 3 years 

25 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 


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1 Secretary shall update the general management plan 

2 for the recreation area developed under subsection 

3 (t) to reflect the boundaries designated on the map 

4 referred to in subsection (c)(1) 2018 map to include 

5 the area known as the ‘Rim of the Valley Unit’. 

6 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid exist7 ing rights, the Secretary shall administer the Unit 

8 and any land or interest in land acquired by the 

9 United States located within the boundaries of the 

10 Unit— 

11 ‘‘(A) as part of the recreation area; and 

12 ‘‘(B) in accordance with— 

13 ‘‘(i) this section; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) applicable laws (including regula15 tions). 

16 ‘‘(4) ACQUISITION OF LAND.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

18 acquire non-Federal land within the boundaries 

19 of the Unit only through exchange, donation, or 

20 purchase from a willing seller. 

21 ‘‘(B) USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.—Nothing 

22 in this subsection authorizes the use of eminent 

23 domain to acquire land or interests in land 

24 within the boundaries of the Unit. 


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1 ‘‘(5) OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES.—The fact that cer2 tain activities or land uses can be seen or heard 

3 from within the Unit shall not preclude the activities 

4 or land uses outside the boundary of the Unit. 

5 ‘‘(6) EFFECT OF SUBSECTION.—Nothing in this 

6 subsection or the application of the applicable man7 agement plan to the Unit— 

8 ‘‘(A) modifies any provision of Federal, 

9 State, or local law with respect to public access 

10 to, or use of, non-Federal land; 

11 ‘‘(B) creates any liability, or affects any li12 ability under any other law, of any private 

13 property owner or other owner of non-Federal 

14 land with respect to any person injured on pri15 vate property or other non-Federal land; 

16 ‘‘(C) affects the ownership, management, 

17 or other rights relating to any non-Federal land 

18 (including any interest in any non-Federal 

19 land); 

20 ‘‘(D) requires any unit of local government 

21 to participate in any program administered by 

22 the Secretary; 

23 ‘‘(E) alters, modifies, or diminishes any 

24 right, responsibility, power, authority, jurisdic25 tion, or entitlement of the State, any political 


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1 subdivision of the State, or any State or local 

2 agency under existing Federal, State, or local 

3 law (including regulations); 

4 ‘‘(F) requires the creation of protective pe5 rimeters or buffer zones around the Unit; 

6 ‘‘(G) requires or promotes the use of, or 

7 encourages trespass on, land, facilities, or 

8 rights-of-way owned by non-Federal entities, in9 cluding water resource facilities and public utili10 ties, without the written consent of the owner 

11 of the land; 

12 ‘‘(H) affects the operation, maintenance, 

13 modification, construction, or expansion of any 

14 water resource facility or utility facility located 

15 within or adjacent to the Unit; 

16 ‘‘(I) terminates the fee title to land, or the 

17 customary operation, maintenance, repair, and 

18 replacement activities on or under the land, 

19 granted to public agencies that are authorized 

20 under Federal or State law; 

21 ‘‘(J) interferes with, obstructs, hinders, or 

22 delays the exercise of any right to, or access to 

23 any water resource facility or other facility or 

24 property necessary or useful to access any 


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1 water right to operate any public water or util2 ity system; or 

3 ‘‘(K) requires initiation or reinitiation of 

4 consultation with the Director of the United 

5 States Fish and Wildlife Service under, or the 

6 application of provisions of, the Endangered 

7 Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 

8 the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

9 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), or division A of sub10 title III of title 54, United States Code, relating 

11 to any action or activity affecting water, water 

12 rights, water management, or water resource 

13 facilities within the Unit. 

14 ‘‘(7) UTILITY FACILITIES; WATER RESOURCE

15 FACILITIES.—A utility facility or water resource fa16 cility shall conduct activities in a manner that rea17 sonably avoids or reduces the impact of the activities 

18 on the resources of the Unit.’’. 


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Calendar No. 380 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 774 

A BILL 

To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mounposes. Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for other pur- tains National Recreation Area to include the 

DECEMBER 18, 2019 

Reported with amendments 


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