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112TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 112–626 

PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK ACT 

JULY 26, 2012.—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. 3641] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the 

bill (H.R. 3641) to establish Pinnacles National Park in the State 

of California as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 

purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon 

with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do 

pass. 

The amendment is as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pinnacles National Park Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

The Congress makes the following findings: 

(1) Pinnacles National Monument was established by Presidential Proclamation 796 on January 16, 1908, for the purposes of protecting its rock formations, 

and expanded by Presidential Proclamation 1660 of May 7, 1923; Presidential 

Proclamation 1704 of July 2, 1924; Presidential Proclamation 1948 of April 13, 

1931; Presidential Proclamation 2050 of July 11, 1933; Presidential Proclamation 2528 of December 5, 1941; Public Law 94–567; and Presidential Proclamation 7266 of January 11, 2000. 

(2) While the extraordinary geology of Pinnacles National Monument has attracted and enthralled visitors for well over a century, the expanded Monument 

now serves a critical role in protecting other important natural and cultural resources and ecological processes. This expanded role merits recognition through 

legislation. 

(3) Pinnacles National Monument provides the best remaining refuge for floral and fauna species representative of the central California coast and Pacific 

coast range, including 32 species holding special Federal or State status, not 

only because of its multiple ecological niches but also because of its long-term 

protected status with 14,500 acres of Congressionally designated wilderness. 


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(4) Pinnacles National Monument encompasses a unique blend of California 

heritage from prehistoric and historic Native Americans to the arrival of the 

Spanish, followed by 18th and 19th century settlers, including miners, cowboys, 

vaqueros, ranchers, farmers, and homesteaders. 

(5) Pinnacles National Monument is the only National Park System site within the ancestral home range of the California Condor. The reintroduction of the 

condor to its traditional range in California is important to the survival of the 

species, and as a result, the scientific community with centers at the Los Angeles Zoo and San Diego Zoo in California and Buenos Aires Zoo in Argentina 

looks to Pinnacles National Monument as a leader in California Condor recovery, and as an international partner for condor recovery in South America. 

(6) The preservation, enhancement, economic and tourism potential and management of the central California coast and Pacific coast range’s important natural and cultural resources requires cooperation and partnerships among local 

property owners, Federal, State, and local government entities and the private 

sector. 

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—There is hereby established Pinnacles National Park in the State of California for the purposes of— 

(1) preserving and interpreting for the benefit of future generations the chaparral, grasslands, blue oak woodlands, and majestic valley oak savanna ecosystems of the area, the area’s geomorphology, riparian watersheds, unique 

flora and fauna, and the ancestral and cultural history of native Americans, settlers and explorers; and 

(2) interpreting the recovery program for the California Condor and the international significance of the program. 

(b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of Pinnacles National Park are as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed: Pinnacles National Park Designation 

Change’’, numbered 114/111,724, and dated December 2011. The map shall be on 

file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National 

Park Service. 

(c) ABOLISHMENT OF CURRENT PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—In light of the establishment of Pinnacles National Park, 

Pinnacles National Monument is hereby abolished and the lands and interests 

therein are incorporated within and made part of Pinnacles National Park. Any 

funds available for purposes of the monument shall be available for purposes 

of the park. 

(2) REFERENCES.—Any references in law (other than in this Act), regulation, 

document, record, map or other paper of the United States to Pinnacles National Monument shall be considered a reference to Pinnacles National Park. 

(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of the Interior shall administer Pinnacles 

National Park in accordance with this Act and laws generally applicable to units 

of the National Park System, including the National Park Service Organic Act (16 

U.S.C. 1, 2–4). 

SEC. 4. REDESIGNATION OF PINNACLES WILDERNESS AS HAIN WILDERNESS. 

Subsection (i) of the first section of Public Law 94–567 (90 Stat. 2693; 16 U.S.C. 

1132 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Pinnacles Wilderness’’ and inserting ‘‘Hain Wilderness’’. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record 

of the United States to the Pinnacles Wilderness shall be deemed to be a reference 

to the Hain Wilderness. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of H.R. 3641, as ordered reported, is to establish 

Pinnacles National Park in the State of California as a unit of the 

National Park System. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

H.R. 3641 redesignates Pinnacles National Monument in 

Paicines, California, as Pinnacles National Park. Pinnacles was 

designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore 

Roosevelt under the authority of the Antiquities Act. Proponents 

aim to raise the profile of Pinnacles National Monument through 

this name change. 


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With the enactment of H.R. 3641, it is anticipated that management would not change dramatically, as the area is already under 

the jurisdiction of the National Park Service. Additionally, the bill 

redesignates existing wilderness as the Hain Wilderness in honor 

of the role played in the establishment of Pinnacles National Monument by immigrant homesteaders from Michigan who first arrived 

at the Pinnacles in 1886. In 1893, Schuyler Hain conceived the idea 

of designating the Pinnacles as a public park or even a national 

park. 

During Full Committee consideration of H.R. 3647, the Committee adopted an amendment offered by Congressman Rob Bishop 

(R–UT) to strike a nearly 3,000-acre wilderness expansion, to remove unnecessary land acquisition authority and to eliminate the 

uncapped authorization of appropriations. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

H.R. 3641 was introduced on December 13, 2011, by Congressman Sam Farr (D–CA). The bill was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the 

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. On 

June 8, 2012, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 

Public Lands held a hearing on the bill. On July 11, 2012, the Full 

Resources Committee met to consider the bill. The Subcommittee 

on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands was discharged by 

unanimous consent. Congressman Rob Bishop (R–UT) offered en 

bloc amendment designated #1 to the bill; the amendment was 

adopted by unanimous consent. The bill, as amended, was then 

adopted and 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: 

H.R. 3641—Pinnacles National Park Act 

H.R. 3641 would redesignate the Pinnacles National Monument 

in California as the Pinnacles National Park. Based on information 

provided by the National Park Service, CBO estimates that the bill 


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would have no significant impact on the federal budget. CBO expects that the proposed change in designation would have no significant effect on the costs of operating and maintaining the affected lands. Enacting H.R. 3641 would not affect direct spending 

or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. 

H.R. 3641 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 Martin von Gnechten. 

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. Based on information provided by the National 

Park Service, CBO estimates that the bill would have no significant impact on the federal budget. CBO expects that the proposed 

change in designation would have no significant effect on the costs 

of operating and maintaining the affected lands. 

3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by 

clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or objective 

of this bill, as ordered reported, is to establish Pinnacles National 

Park in the State of California as a unit of the National Park System. 

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

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

PUBLIC LAW 94–567 

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

United States of America in Congress assembled, That in accordance with section 3(c) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 

U.S.C. 1132(c)), the following lands are hereby designated as wilderness, and shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior 

in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act: 


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(a) * * * 

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(i) Pinnacles National Monument, California, wilderness comprising twelve thousand nine hundred and fifty-two acres, and potential wilderness additions comprising nine hundred and ninety 

acres, depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Wilderness Plan, Pinnacles National Monument, California’’, numbered 114–20,010–D and dated 

September 1975, to be known as the øPinnacles Wilderness¿ Hain 

Wilderness. 

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