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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4222 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 616
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4222

To adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve in the State of 
  California to include the land within the Castle Mountains National 
                               Monument.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 1, 2024

  Mr. Padilla introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

                           November 21, 2024

               Reported by Mr. Manchin, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve in the State of 
  California to include the land within the Castle Mountains National 
                               Monument.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Mojave National Preserve 
Boundary Adjustment Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. ADDITION OF CASTLE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL MONUMENT LAND TO 
              THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, CALIFORNIA.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Boundary Adjustment.--The boundary of the Mojave 
National Preserve established by section 502 of the California Desert 
Protection Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa-42) (referred to in this Act 
as the ``Preserve'') is adjusted to include the Federal land described 
in subsection (b).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Description of Federal Land.--The Federal land 
referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 20,920 acres of land 
designated as the Castle Mountains National Monument by Presidential 
Proclamation Number 9394, dated February 12, 2016 (54 U.S.C. 320301 
note), as depicted on the map accompanying the proclamation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Availability of Map.--The map referred to in 
subsection (b) shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior (acting 
through the Director of the National Park Service) shall administer the 
Federal land added to the Preserve by subsection (a)--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) as part of the Preserve; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in accordance with applicable laws (including 
        regulations).</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mojave National Preserve Boundary 
Adjustment Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION OF CASTLE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL MONUMENT LAND TO THE 
              MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map accompanying the 
        Proclamation.
            (2) Preserve.--The term ``Preserve'' means the Mojave 
        National Preserve.
            (3) Proclamation.--The term ``Proclamation'' means the 
        Presidential Proclamation 9394, dated February 12, 2016 (54 
        U.S.C. 320301 note).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
    (b) Boundary Adjustment.--The boundary of the Mojave National 
Preserve established by section 502 of the California Desert Protection 
Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa-42) is adjusted to include the Federal 
land described in subsection (c).
    (c) Description of Federal Land.--The Federal land referred to in 
subsection (b) is the approximately 20,920 acres of land designated as 
the Castle Mountains National Monument by the Proclamation, as depicted 
on the Map.
    (d) Availability of Map.--The Map shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service.
    (e) Administration.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall administer the Federal 
        land added to the Preserve by subsection (b)--
                    (A) as part of the Preserve; and
                    (B) in accordance with applicable laws (including 
                regulations).
            (2) Castle mountain mine area.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (C), the 
                Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of 
                Land Management, shall continue to manage the Federal 
                land described in subparagraph (B) pursuant to the 
                Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
                U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and other applicable laws.
                    (B) Description of federal land.--The Federal land 
                referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (C) is the Federal 
                land and interests in the Federal land within the area 
                identified as ``Castle Mountain Mine Area'' on the Map.
                    (C) Transfer of administrative jurisdiction.--
                            (i) In general.--On the date on which the 
                        Secretary makes a determination described in 
                        clause (ii), the Secretary shall, consistent 
                        with applicable laws, transfer administrative 
                        jurisdiction over the Federal land described in 
                        subparagraph (B) from the Bureau of Land 
                        Management to the National Park Service, to be 
                        administered as part of the Preserve.
                            (ii) Determination described.--A 
                        determination referred to in clause (i) is a 
                        determination by the Secretary that, with 
                        respect to the Federal land described in 
                        subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) all mining and mining-related 
                                activities have terminated and 
                                reclamation is complete; or
                                    (II) there has been a 10-year 
                                period after the date of issuance of 
                                the Proclamation during which no 
                                commercial mining activities have 
                                occurred pursuant to a Bureau of Land 
                                Management-approved plan of operation.
    (f) Water Resources.--The Secretary, in cooperation with 
appropriate State officials and subject to applicable Federal and State 
law, shall ensure the availability of water resources, including 
groundwater resources, needed for purposes of the Federal land added to 
the Preserve by subsection (b).
    (g) Valid Existing Rights.--Nothing in this section, including the 
inclusion of additional Federal land in the Preserve under subsection 
(b) or (e)(2)(C), affects valid existing rights.

SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.

     Administrative jurisdiction over the portion of the NE\1/4\SW\1/4\ 
sec. 11, T. 14 N., R. 17 E., of the San Bernardino Meridian, lying 
easterly of a line 100 feet westerly of the centerline of an existing 
road that traverses the quarter from northeast to southwest, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ``Mojave National Preserve 
Proposed Land Transfer'', numbered 170/195,273, and dated November 
2024, is transferred from the National Park Service to the Bureau of 
Land Management.
                                                       Calendar No. 616

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 4222

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve in the State of 
  California to include the land within the Castle Mountains National 
                               Monument.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           November 21, 2024

                       Reported with an amendment
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