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112TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 112–165 

TO ELIMINATE AN UNUSED LIGHTHOUSE RESERVATION, PROVIDE MANAGEMENT CONSISTENCY BY INCORPORATING THE ROCKS AND SMALL 

ISLANDS ALONG THE COAST OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, INTO 

THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL NATIONAL MONUMENT MANAGED BY THE 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, AND MEET THE ORIGINAL CONGRESSIONAL INTENT OF PRESERVING ORANGE COUNTY’S ROCKS AND SMALL 

ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

JULY 20, 2011.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Natural 

Resources, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 944] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the 

bill (H.R. 944) to eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small 

islands along the coast of Orange County, California, into the California Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of 

Land Management, and meet the original Congressional intent of 

preserving Orange County’s rocks and small islands, and for other 

purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon 

without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of H.R. 944 is to eliminate an unused lighthouse 

reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the 

rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, into the California Coastal National Monument managed by 

the Bureau of Land Management and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County’s rocks and small islands. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

H.R. 944 is intended to correct a situation in which two public 

laws from the 1930’s are inadvertently preventing certain rocks, 

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ange County from being included in the California Coastal National Monument (Monument). 

President Bill Clinton, under the authority of Section 2 of the 

Antiquities Act of 1906, created the California Coastal National 

Monument on January 11, 2000. The Monument is protected as 

part of the National Landscape Conservation System and managed 

by the Bureau of Land Management. The Monument spans the 

entire 1,100 miles of the California coast between Mexico and Oregon, and extends 12 nautical miles from the shoreline. When created, the Monument only included ‘‘unreserved and unappropriated’’ rocks and islands. Since the areas covered by this bill were 

reserved for lighthouses that were never built, they were not designated as part of the Monument. This legislation will therefore provide consistency in the management of these geologic features 

under the umbrella of the National Landscape Conservation System. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

H.R. 944 was introduced on March 8, 2011, by Congressman 

John Campbell (R–CA). The bill was referred to the Committee on 

Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee 

on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. On May 4, 2011, the 

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held a 

hearing on the bill. On June 15, 2011, the Full Resources Committee met to consider the bill. The Subcommittee on National 

Parks, Forests and Public Lands was discharged by unanimous 

consent. No amendments were offered and the bill was ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by unanimous 

consent. 

COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 

Natural Resources’ oversight findings and recommendations are reflected in the body of this report. 

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII 

1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of 

the House of Representatives requires an estimate and a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(2)(B) of that rule provides 

that this requirement does not apply when the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Under clause 

3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 

section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate for this bill from the 

Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 


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H.R. 944—A bill to eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and 

small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, into 

the California Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original Congressional 

intent of preserving Orange County’s rocks and small islands, 

and for other purposes 

H.R. 944 would add certain islands and large rocks located off 

the coast of California to the California Coastal National Monument. The act also would repeal statutes enacted in the 1930s that 

reserved two of the rocks for lighthouses that were never constructed. 

Based on information provided by the Bureau of Land Management, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 944 would have no 

significant impact on the federal budget. The affected properties 

are already administered by the federal government, and their inclusion in the national monument would not require the purchase 

or development of any land. Enacting H.R. 944 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do 

not apply. 

H.R. 944 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would 

impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Jeff LaFave. The estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant Director 

for Budget Analysis. 

2. Section 308(a) of Congressional Budget Act. As required by 

clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

this bill does not contain any new budget authority, spending authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or 

tax expenditures. Enacting H.R. 944 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. 

3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. This bill does not 

authorize funding and therefore, clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the 

Rules of the House of Representatives does not apply. 

EARMARK STATEMENT

This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks, limited 

tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined under clause 9(e), 

9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104–4 

This bill contains no unfunded mandates. 

PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or tribal law. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, 

as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitVerDate Mar 15 2010 01:24 Jul 22, 2011 Jkt 099006 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\HR165.XXX HR165

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ted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, 

existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): 

ACT OF FEBRUARY 18, 1931 

CHAP. 226.—AN ACT To reserve for public use rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and small 

islands along the seacoast of Orange County, California. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

United States of America in Congress assembled, That all rocks, 

pinnacles, reefs, and islands having an area, at ordinary high tide, 

of less than two acres, and located in the Pacific Ocean within one 

mile of the coast of Orange County, California, be, and the same 

are hereby, øtemporarily reserved, pending enactment of appropriate legislation by the Congress of the United States¿ part of the 

California Coastal National Monument and shall be administered 

as such, in the interest of preserving the same for park, scenic, or 

other public purposes, and no patent shall issue for any of said 

rocks, pinnacles, reefs, or islands under any law relating to the 

public lands after the passage of this Act. 

SECTION 31 OF THE ACT OF MAY 28, 1935 

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to dispose of certain lighthouse 

reservations, and for other purposes. 

øSEC. 31. That the Act of February 18, 1931 (46 Stat. 1172), entitled ‘‘An Act to reserve for public use rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and 

small islands along the sea coast of Orange County, California’’, is 

hereby amended to reserve for lighthouse purposes the San Juan 

and San Mateo Rocks and the two rocks in the vicinity of Laguna 

Beach, off the coast of Orange County, California.¿ 

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