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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3045 

To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal 

land in the State of California, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 16, 2023 

Mr. PADILLA introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction 

over certain Federal land in the State of California, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION 

4 OVER CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND IN THE 

5 STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 

6 (a) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDIC7 TION.— 

8 (1) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND.—Admin9 istrative jurisdiction over the approximately 160 

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1 larly described as T.1 S., R.19 E., sec. 24, 

SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1 2 ⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4SE1 3 ⁄4, Mount Diablo Meridian, Tuolumne 

4 County, California, as generally depicted on the map 

5 entitled ‘‘Ackerson Meadow Land Interchange’’ and 

6 dated February 24, 2022, is transferred to the Sec7 retary of the Interior to be managed as part of Yo8 semite National Park, in accordance with laws appli9 cable to the National Park System. 

10 (2) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LAND.—Adminis11 trative jurisdiction over the approximately 170 acres 

12 of National Park System land more particularly described as the SE1 13 ⁄4 of sec. 23 and the land to the 

14 north and west of Road 1S25 within the 

NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1 15 ⁄4 of sec. 24, T.1 S., R. 19 E., 

16 Mount Diablo Meridian, Tuolumne County, Cali17 fornia, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

18 ‘‘Ackerson Meadow Land Interchange’’ and dated 

19 February 24, 2022, is transferred to the Secretary 

20 to be managed as part of Stanislaus National Forest 

21 in accordance with laws applicable to the National 

22 Forest System. 

23 (b) CORRECTIONS.— 

24 (1) MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary and 

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1 ment, make minor corrections and adjustments to 

2 the Federal land transferred under subsection (a) to 

3 facilitate land management, including making a cor4 rection or adjustment to any applicable survey. 

5 (2) PUBLICATIONS.—Any correction or adjust6 ment made under paragraph (1) shall be effective on 

7 the date of publication of a notice of the correction 

8 or adjustment in the Federal Register. 

9 (c) HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.— 

10 (1) NOTICE.—The Secretary and the Secretary 

11 of the Interior shall, with respect to the land de12 scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), 

13 respectively— 

14 (A) identify any known sites containing 

15 hazardous substances; and 

16 (B) provide to the head of the Federal 

17 agency to which the land is being transferred 

18 under subsection (a) notice of any site con19 taining hazardous substances, as identified 

20 under subparagraph (A). 

21 (2) CLEANUP OBLIGATIONS.—To the same ex22 tent as on the day before the date of enactment of 

23 this Act, with respect to any Federal liability— 


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1 (A) the Secretary shall remain responsible 

2 for any cleanup of hazardous substances on the 

3 Federal land described in subsection (a)(1); and 

4 (B) the Secretary of the Interior shall re5 main responsible for any cleanup of hazardous 

6 substances on the Federal land described in 

7 subsection (a)(2). 

8 (d) EFFECT ON EXISTING RIGHTS AND AUTHORIZA9 TIONS.—Nothing in this section affects— 

10 (1) any valid existing rights; or 

11 (2) the validity or terms and conditions of any 

12 existing withdrawal, right-of-way, easement, lease, li13 cense, or permit on the land to which administrative 

14 jurisdiction is transferred under this section, except 

15 that beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 

16 the head of the agency to which administrative juris17 diction over the land is transferred shall be respon18 sible for administering the interests or authoriza19 tions in accordance with applicable law. 

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