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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1396 

To modify the boundary of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument 

to include certain Federal land in Lake County, California, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2023 

Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of California) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To modify the boundary of the Berryessa Snow Mountain 

National Monument to include certain Federal land in 

Lake County, California, 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 ‘‘Berryessa Snow Moun5 tain National Monument Expansion Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the 

9 Board on Geographic Names established by section 


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1 2 of the Act of July 25, 1947 (61 Stat. 456, chapter 

2 330; 43 U.S.C. 364a). 

3 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en4 titled ‘‘Proposed Walker Ridge (Molok Luyuk) Addi5 tion Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument’’ 

6 and dated October 26, 2021. 

7 (3) MOLOK LUYUK.—The term ‘‘Molok Luyuk’’ 

8 means Condor Ridge (in the Patwin language). 

9 (4) NATIONAL MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Na10 tional Monument’’ means the Berryessa Snow Moun11 tain National Monument established by Presidential 

12 Proclamation 9298, dated July 10, 2015 (80 Fed. 

13 Reg. 41975), including all land, interests in the 

14 land, and objects on the land identified in that Pres15 idential Proclamation. 

16 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

17 the Secretary of the Interior. 

18 (6) WALKER RIDGE (MOLOK LUYUK) ADDI19 TION.—The term ‘‘Walker Ridge (Molok Luyuk) Ad20 dition’’ means the approximately 3,925 acres of Fed21 eral land (including any interests in, or objects on, 

22 the land) administered by the Bureau of Land Man23 agement in Lake County, California, and identified 

24 as ‘‘Proposed Walker Ridge (Molok Luyuk) Addi25 tion’’ on the Map. 


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1 SEC. 3. NATIONAL MONUMENT EXPANSION. 

2 (a) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.—The boundary of 

3 the National Monument is modified to include the Walker 

4 Ridge (Molok Luyuk) Addition. 

5 (b) MAP.— 

6 (1) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary may make 

7 clerical and typographical corrections to the Map. 

8 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY; EFFECT.—The Map 

9 and any corrections to the Map under paragraph (1) 

10 shall— 

11 (A) be publicly available on the website of 

12 the Bureau of Land Management; and 

13 (B) have the same force and effect as if in14 cluded in this Act. 

15 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing 

16 rights, the Secretary shall administer the Walker Ridge 

17 (Molok Luyuk) Addition— 

18 (1) as part of the National Monument; 

19 (2) in accordance with Presidential Proclama20 tion 9298, dated July 10, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 

21 41975); and 

22 (3) in accordance with applicable laws (includ23 ing regulations). 

24 SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 

25 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

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1 retary of Agriculture shall jointly develop a comprehensive 

2 management plan for the National Monument in accord3 ance with, and in a manner that fulfills the purposes de4 scribed in, Presidential Proclamation 9298, dated July 10, 

5 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 41975). 

6 (b) TRIBAL CONSULTATION.—The Secretary and the 

7 Secretary of Agriculture shall consult with affected feder8 ally recognized Indian Tribes in— 

9 (1) the development of the management plan 

10 under subsection (a); and 

11 (2) making management decisions relating to 

12 the National Monument. 

13 (c) CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIAN

14 TRIBES.—The management plan developed under sub15 section (a) shall set forth parameters for continued mean16 ingful engagement with affected federally recognized In17 dian Tribes in the implementation of the management 

18 plan. 

19 (d) EFFECT.—Nothing in this Act affects the conduct 

20 of fire mitigation or suppression activities at the National 

21 Monument, including through the use of existing agree22 ments. 

23 SEC. 5. AGREEMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS. 

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1 ally recognized Indian Tribe, the Secretary (acting 

2 through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management) 

3 and the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Chief 

4 of the Forest Service) shall enter into agreements, con5 tracts, and other cooperative and collaborative partner6 ships with the federally recognized Indian Tribe regarding 

7 management of the National Monument under relevant 

8 Federal authority, including— 

9 (1) the Indian Self-Determination and Edu10 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); 

11 (2) the Federal Land Policy and Management 

12 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 

13 (3) the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (25 

14 U.S.C. 5361 et seq.); 

15 (4) the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 

16 (25 U.S.C. 3115a et seq.); 

17 (5) the good neighbor authority under section 

18 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 

19 2113a); 

20 (6) Executive Order 13175 (25 U.S.C. 5301 

21 note; relating to consultation and coordination with 

22 Indian Tribal governments); 

23 (7) Secretarial Order 3342, issued by the Sec24 retary on October 21, 2016 (relating to identifying 

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1 nerships with federally recognized Indian Tribes in 

2 the management of Federal lands and resources); 

3 and 

4 (8) Joint Secretarial Order 3403, issued by the 

5 Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture on No6 vember 15, 2021 (relating to fulfilling the trust re7 sponsibility to Indian Tribes in the stewardship of 

8 Federal lands and waters). 

9 SEC. 6. DESIGNATION OF CONDOR RIDGE (MOLOK LUYUK) 

10 IN LAKE AND COLUSA COUNTIES, CALI11 FORNIA. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The parcel of Federal land admin13 istered by the Bureau of Land Management located in 

14 Lake and Colusa Counties in the State of California and 

15 commonly referred to as ‘‘Walker Ridge’’ shall be known 

16 and designated as ‘‘Condor Ridge (Molok Luyuk)’’. 

17 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg18 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

19 States to the parcel of Federal land described in sub20 section (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to ‘‘Condor 

21 Ridge (Molok Luyuk)’’. 

22 (c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 

23 (1) PREPARATION.— 


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1 (A) INITIAL MAP.—The Board shall pre2 pare a map and legal description of the parcel 

3 of Federal land designated by subsection (a). 

4 (B) CORRECTIONS.—The Board and the 

5 Director of the Bureau of Land Management 

6 may make clerical and typographical corrections 

7 to the map and legal description prepared 

8 under subparagraph (A). 

9 (2) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the map and 

10 legal description under paragraph (1)(A), the Board 

11 shall consult with— 

12 (A) the Director of the Bureau of Land 

13 Management; and 

14 (B) affected federally recognized Indian 

15 Tribes. 

16 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY; EFFECT.—The map 

17 and legal description prepared under paragraph 

18 (1)(A) and any correction to the map or legal de19 scription made under paragraph (1)(B) shall— 

20 (A) be publicly available on the website of 

21 the Board, the Bureau of Land Management, 

22 or both; 

23 (B) be subject to a public notice and com24 ment period of not less than 30 days; and 


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1 (C) have the same force and effect as if in2 cluded in this Act. 

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