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Calendar No. 27

108TH CONGRESS REPORT " SENATE ! 1st Session 108–15

RANCHO CORRAL DE TIERRA GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL 

RECREATION AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT ACT

MARCH 5, 2003.—Ordered to be printed 

Mr. DOMENICI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany S. 302] 

The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was 

referred the bill (S. 302) to revise the boundaries of the Golden 

Gate National Recreation Area in the State of California, to restore 

and extend the term of the advisory commission for the recreation 

area, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports 

favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the 

bill do pass. 

PURPOSE OF THE MEASURE

The purpose of S. 302 is to provide for the acquisition of approximately 4,762 acres of land for addition to the Golden Gate National 

Recreation Area in the State of California, to restore and extend 

the term of the advisory commission for the recreation area for ten 

years, and for other purposes. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED

Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) encompasses 

approximately 74,000 acres in several units in Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo counties in northern California. The park’s 

boundaries have been expended several times since its establishment in 1972 to provide for the inclusion of additional lands. The 

most recent addition occurred in 2000, when 1,500 acres were 

added to the park. 

S. 302 would expand the GGNRA boundaries to include approximately 4,762 acres in San Mateo County, known generally as the 

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quire these properties were occurring at the time of the 2000 additions, they were not completed in time for inclusion in that legislation. 

The lands to be added to the GGNRA by S. 320 include Montara 

Mountain and other coastal ridges. Rising 2,000 feet from the nearby coast, the mountain ridges contain the headwaters and most of 

the watershed for four coastal stream systems, and provide an important riparian habitat for threatened species such as the California red-legged frog and San Francisco garter snake. Montara 

Mountain is home to two plant species that are found nowhere else 

in the world: the Montara manzanita and blue lupine. The area 

also provides important open space and scenic values, with views 

over the entire San Francisco Bay area. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

S. 302 was introduced by Senators Feinstein and Boxer on February 5, 2003. Similar legislation, S. 941, was introduced by Senator Feinstein during the 107th Congress on May 23, 2002. The 

Subcommittee on National Parks held a hearing on S. 941 on July 

26, 2001. At it business meeting on August 2, 2001, the Committee 

on Energy and Natural Resources ordered S. 941 favorably reported with amendments. S. 941 passed the Senate by unanimous 

consent on October 17, 2001. The House of Representatives passed 

the bill amended with several unrelated measures on September 

24, 2002. The Senate agreed to the House amendment with an additional amendment on November 19, 2002. 

At the business meeting on February 26, 2003, the Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources ordered S. 302 favorably reported. 

The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, in open business session on February 26, 2003, by a unanimous vote of a 

quorum present, recommends that the Senate pass S. 302 as described herein. 

SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS

Section 1 titles the Act the ‘‘Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden Gate 

National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act.’’

Section 2(a) amends the enabling Act for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Public Law 92–589; 16 U.S.C. 460bb–1(a)) 

to include several parcels comprising approximately 4,500 acres of 

land, including properties known as ‘‘Rancho Corral de Tierra’’

within the boundaries of the park. Lands and interests in lands 

constituting the Devil’s Slide Tunnel alternative, are not included 

in the addition. The Secretary of the Interior is directed to modify 

the boundary map entitled ‘‘Rancho Corral de Tierra Additions to 

the Golden Gate National Recreation Area’’ to reflect the exclusion 

of the Devil’s Slide Tunnel alternative from the park. 

Subsection (b) amends section 5(g) of the enabling Act to extend 

the termination date for the GGNRA Advisory Commission by ten 

years beginning on the date of enactment of this bill. 

COST AND BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS

The following estimate of the cost of this measure has been provided by the Congressional Budget Office:

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U.S. CONGRESS, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, Washington, DC, March 5, 2003. 

Hon. PETE V. DOMENICI, 

Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 

U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for S. 302, the Rancho Corral de 

Tierra Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act. 

If you with further details on this estimate, we will be pleased 

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Deborah Reis. 

Sincerely, 

DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN, Director. 

Enclosure. 

S. 302—Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden Gate National Recreation 

Area Boundary Adjustment Act 

S. 302 would modify the boundary of the Golden Gate National 

(Recreation Area (GGNRA) in California. Assuming appropriation 

of the necessary amounts, CBO estimates that implementing this 

legislation would cost the federal government about $21 million 

over the next few years and $0.3 million annually thereafter. Enactment of S. 302 would not affect revenues or direct spending. 

The bill 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. 

S. 302 would add to the GGNRA the 4,262-acre Rancho Corral 

de Tierra and over 300 acres of property in the Devil’s Slide area. 

CBO estimates that the National Park Service (NPS) would spend 

$15 million to purchase the Rancho Corral de Tierra from the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), a local nonprofit organization, 

which required the property in 2001 for $29.7 million. (We expect 

that the organization would recover the balance of the land’s purchase price from private and state sources.) The cost of acquiring 

land within the Devil’s Slide area is less certain because formal 

property appraisals have not yet been completed and because it is 

unclear how much of this acreage might be acquired by the state 

of California for a proposed highway diversion. CBO estimates that 

private lands added to the NRA boundary that are not acquired by 

California would be purchased by the NPS at a cost of about $5 

million over the next few years. 

CBO estimates that the cost to develop the property acquired 

under S. 302 would be about $0.5 million, and that annual costs 

to administer the new lands would be $0.3 million. S. 302 also 

would extend the term of the GGNRA’s advisory commission (which 

expired on December 31, 2002) for an additional 10 years. The extension would have no significant effect on the federal budget. 

This estimate is based on information provided by the NPS, 

POST, and local authorities. For this estimate, we have assumed 

that all funds would be appropriated as necessary for land acquisition, development, and ongoing expenses. 

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The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Deborah Reis. The estimate was approved by Robert A. Sunshine, Assistant Director for 

Budget Analysis.

REGULATORY IMPACT EVALUATION

In compliance with paragraph 11(b) of rule XXVI of the Standing 

Rules of the Senate, the Committee makes the following evaluation 

of the regulatory impact which would be incurred in carrying out 

S. 302. The bill is not a regulatory measure in the sense of imposing Government-established standards or significant economic responsibilities on private individuals and businesses. 

No personal information would be collected in administering the 

program. Therefore, there would be no impact on personal privacy. 

Little, if any, additional paperwork would result from the enactment of S. 302, as ordered reported. 

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS

On February 26, 2003, the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources requested legislative reports from the Department of the 

Interior and the Office of Management and Budget setting forth 

Executive agency recommendations on S. 302. These reports had 

not been received at the time the report on S. 302 was filed. When 

the reports become available, the Chairman will request that they 

be printed in the Congressional Record for the advice of the Senate. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

In compliance with paragraph 12 of rule XXVI of the Standing 

Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by the bill S. 

302, as ordered 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 92–589

AN ACT To establish the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the State of 

California, and for other purposes 

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

United States of America in Congress assembled, 

ESTABLISHMENT

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SEC. 2. COMPOSITION AND BOUNDARIES. 

(a) AREAS INCLUDED AND EXCLUDED.—

øThe recreation area shall comprise¿ (1) INITIAL LANDS.—

The recreation area shall compromise the lands, waters, and 

submerged lands generally depicted on the map entitled: ‘‘Revised Boundary Map, Golden Gate National Recreation Area’’, 

numbered NRA–GG–80,003–K and dated October 1978, plus 

those areas depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Point Reyes and 

GGNRA Amendments and dated October 25, 1979’’. The authority of the Secretary to acquire lands in the tract known as 

San Francisco Assessor’s Block number 1592 shall be limited 

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withstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the Secretary shall not acquire the Marin County Assessor’s parcels 

numbered 199–181–01, 199–181–06, 199–181–08, 199–181–13, 

and 199–181–14, located in the Muir Beach portion of the 

recreation area. For the purposes of this subchapter, the southern end of the town of Marshall shall be considered to be the 

Marshall Boat Works. øThe following additional lands are also 

hereby included within the boundaries of the recreation area: 

Marin County Assessor’s parcel numbered 119–040–04, 119–

040–05, 119–040–18, 166–202–03, 166–010–06, 166–010–07, 

166–010–24, 166–010–25, 119–240–19, 166–010–10, 166–010–

22, 119–240–03, 119–240–51, 119–240–52, 119–240–54, 166–

101–12, 166–010–13, and 119–235–10. The recreation area 

shall also include the lands and waters in San Mateo County 

generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Sweeney Ridge Addition, Golden Gate National Recreation Area’’, numbered NRA 

GG–80,000–A, and dated May 1980. The recreation area shall 

also include those lands acquired pursuant to the Golden Gate 

National Recreational Area Addition Act of 1992. The recreation area shall also include the lands generally depicted on 

the map entitled ‘‘Additions to Golden Gate National Recreation Area’’, numbered NPS–80,076, and dated July 2000/

PWR–PLRPC.¿

(2) ADDITIONAL LANDS.—In addition to the lands described in 

paragraph (1), the recreation area shall include the following:

(A) The parcels numbered by the Assessor of Marin County, California, 119–040–04, 199–040–05, 119–040–18, 166– 202–03, 166–010–06, 166–010–07, 166–010–24, 166–010–25, 

119–240–19, 166–010–10, 166–010–22, 119–240–03, 119– 240–51, 119–240–52, 119–240–54, 166–010–12, 166–010–13, 

and 119–235–10. 

(B) Lands and waters in San Mateo County generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Sweeney Ridge Addition, Golden Gate National Recreation Area’’, numbered NRA GG–

80,000–A, and dated May 1980. 

(C) Lands acquired under the Golden Gate National 

Recreation Area Addition Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 460bb–1 

note; Public Law 102–299). 

(D) Lands generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Additions to Golden Gate National Recreation Area’’, numbered 

NPS–80–076, and dated July 2000/PWR–PLRPC. 

(E) Lands generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Rancho Corral de Tierra Additions to the Golden Gate National 

Recreation Area’’, numbered NPS–80,079C and dated January 2003, except that lands and interests in lands constituting the Devil’s Slide Tunnel alternative are not included 

in the recreation area. The Secretary shall modify the 

boundary map referred to in this subparagraph to reflect 

the exclusion of such lands and interests in lands. 

(3) ACQUISITION LIMITATION.—The Secretary may acquire 

land described in paragraph (2)(E) only from a willing seller. 

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ginning on the date of the enactment of the Rancho Corral de Tierra 

Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act.

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