112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3641 

AN ACT 

To establish Pinnacles National Park in the State of California as a unit of the National Park System, 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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pinnacles National 

3 Park Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress makes the following findings: 

6 (1) Pinnacles National Monument was estab7 lished by Presidential Proclamation 796 on January 

8 16, 1908, for the purposes of protecting its rock for9 mations, and expanded by Presidential Proclamation 

10 1660 of May 7, 1923; Presidential Proclamation 

11 1704 of July 2, 1924; Presidential Proclamation 

12 1948 of April 13, 1931; Presidential Proclamation 

13 2050 of July 11, 1933; Presidential Proclamation 

14 2528 of December 5, 1941; Public Law 94–567; and 

15 Presidential Proclamation 7266 of January 11, 

16 2000. 

17 (2) While the extraordinary geology of Pin18 nacles National Monument has attracted and en19 thralled visitors for well over a century, the ex20 panded Monument now serves a critical role in pro21 tecting other important natural and cultural re22 sources and ecological processes. This expanded role 

23 merits recognition through legislation. 

24 (3) Pinnacles National Monument provides the 

25 best remaining refuge for floral and fauna species 

26 representative of the central California coast and 
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1 Pacific coast range, including 32 species holding spe2 cial Federal or State status, not only because of its 

3 multiple ecological niches but also because of its 

4 long-term protected status with 14,500 acres of Con5 gressionally designated wilderness. 

6 (4) Pinnacles National Monument encompasses 

7 a unique blend of California heritage from pre8 historic and historic Native Americans to the arrival 

9 of the Spanish, followed by 18th and 19th century 

10 settlers, including miners, cowboys, vaqueros, ranch11 ers, farmers, and homesteaders. 

12 (5) Pinnacles National Monument is the only 

13 National Park System site within the ancestral home 

14 range of the California Condor. The reintroduction 

15 of the condor to its traditional range in California 

16 is important to the survival of the species, and as a 

17 result, the scientific community with centers at the 

18 Los Angeles Zoo and San Diego Zoo in California 

19 and Buenos Aires Zoo in Argentina looks to Pin20 nacles National Monument as a leader in California 

21 Condor recovery, and as an international partner for 

22 condor recovery in South America. 

23 (6) The preservation, enhancement, economic 

24 and tourism potential and management of the cen25 tral California coast and Pacific coast range’s impor-
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1 tant natural and cultural resources requires coopera2 tion and partnerships among local property owners, 

3 Federal, State, and local government entities and 

4 the private sector. 

5 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—There is here7 by established Pinnacles National Park in the State of 

8 California for the purposes of— 

9 (1) preserving and interpreting for the benefit 

10 of future generations the chaparral, grasslands, blue 

11 oak woodlands, and majestic valley oak savanna eco12 systems of the area, the area’s geomorphology, ri13 parian watersheds, unique flora and fauna, and the 

14 ancestral and cultural history of native Americans, 

15 settlers and explorers; and 

16 (2) interpreting the recovery program for the 

17 California Condor and the international significance 

18 of the program. 

19 (b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of Pinnacles Na20 tional Park are as generally depicted on the map entitled 

21 ‘‘Proposed: Pinnacles National Park Designation 

22 Change’’, numbered 114/111,724, and dated December 

23 2011. The map shall be on file and available for public 

24 inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 

25 Service. 
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1 (c) ABOLISHMENT OF CURRENT PINNACLES NA2 TIONAL MONUMENT.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—In light of the establishment 

4 of Pinnacles National Park, Pinnacles National 

5 Monument is hereby abolished and the lands and in6 terests therein are incorporated within and made 

7 part of Pinnacles National Park. Any funds avail8 able for purposes of the monument shall be available 

9 for purposes of the park. 

10 (2) REFERENCES.—Any references in law 

11 (other than in this Act), regulation, document, 

12 record, map or other paper of the United States to 

13 Pinnacles National Monument shall be considered a 

14 reference to Pinnacles National Park. 

15 (d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of the Interior 

16 shall administer Pinnacles National Park in accordance 

17 with this Act and laws generally applicable to units of the 

18 National Park System, including the National Park Serv19 ice Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4). 

20 SEC. 4. REDESIGNATION OF PINNACLES WILDERNESS AS 

21 HAIN WILDERNESS. 

22 Subsection (i) of the first section of Public Law 94– 

23 567 (90 Stat. 2693; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended by 

24 striking ‘‘Pinnacles Wilderness’’ and inserting ‘‘Hain Wil25 derness’’. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, docu-
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1 ment, paper, or other record of the United States to the 

2 Pinnacles Wilderness shall be deemed to be a reference 

3 to the Hain Wilderness. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 2012. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3641 

AN ACT 

To establish Pinnacles National Park in the State 

tem, and for other purposes. of California as a unit of the National Park Sys-