PUBLIC LAW 112–245—JAN. 10, 2013 126 STAT. 2385 

Public Law 112–245 

112th Congress 

An Act 

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

National Park System, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

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. 

(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 

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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 

16 USC 1132 

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PUBLIC LAW 112–245—JAN. 10, 2013 126 STAT. 2387 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3641: 

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112–626 (Comm. on Natural Resources). 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 158 (2012): 

July 31, considered and passed House. 

Dec. 30, considered and passed Senate. 

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

to the Hain Wilderness. 

Approved January 10, 2013. 


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