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Calendar No. 394 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3045 

[Report No. 118–178] 

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 

MAY 16, 2024 

Reported by Mr. MANCHIN, with amendments 

[Insert the parts printed in italic] 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION 

2 OVER CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND IN THE 

3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 

4 (a) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDIC5 TION.— 

6 (1) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND.—Admin7 istrative jurisdiction over the approximately 160 

8 acres of National Forest System land more particu9 larly described as T.1 S., R.19 E., sec. 24, 

SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1 10 ⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4SE1 11 ⁄4, Mount Diablo Meridian, Tuolumne 

12 County, California, as generally depicted on the map 

13 entitled ‘‘Ackerson Meadow Land Interchange’’ and 

14 dated February 24, 2022, is transferred to the Sec15 retary of the Interior to be managed as part of Yo16 semite National Park, in accordance with laws appli17 cable to the National Park System. 

18 (2) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LAND.—Adminis19 trative jurisdiction over the approximately 170 acres 

20 of National Park System land more particularly described as the SE1 21 ⁄4 of sec. 23 and the land to the 

22 north and west of Road 1S25 within the 

NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1 23 ⁄4 of sec. 24, T.1 S., R. 19 E., 

24 Mount Diablo Meridian, Tuolumne County, Cali25 fornia, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

26 ‘‘Ackerson Meadow Land Interchange’’ and dated 


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1 February 24, 2022, is transferred to the Secretary 

2 of Agriculture to be managed as part of Stanislaus 

3 National Forest in accordance with laws applicable 

4 to the National Forest System. 

5 (b) CORRECTIONS.— 

6 (1) MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary of 

7 Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior may, 

8 by mutual agreement, make minor corrections and 

9 adjustments to the Federal land transferred under 

10 subsection (a) to facilitate land management, includ11 ing making a correction or adjustment to any appli12 cable survey. 

13 (2) PUBLICATIONS.—Any correction or adjust14 ment made under paragraph (1) shall be effective on 

15 the date of publication of a notice of the correction 

16 or adjustment in the Federal Register. 

17 (c) HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.— 

18 (1) NOTICE.—The Secretary of Agriculture and 

19 the Secretary of the Interior shall, with respect to 

20 the land described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub21 section (a), respectively— 

22 (A) identify any known sites containing 

23 hazardous substances; and 

24 (B) provide to the head of the Federal 

25 agency to which the land is being transferred 


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1 under subsection (a) notice of any site con2 taining hazardous substances, as identified 

3 under subparagraph (A). 

4 (2) CLEANUP OBLIGATIONS.—To the same ex5 tent as on the day before the date of enactment of 

6 this Act, with respect to any Federal liability— 

7 (A) the Secretary shall remain responsible 

8 for any cleanup of hazardous substances on the 

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

10 (B) the Secretary of the Interior shall re11 main responsible for any cleanup of hazardous 

12 substances on the Federal land described in 

13 subsection (a)(2). 

14 (d) EFFECT ON EXISTING RIGHTS AND AUTHORIZA15 TIONS.—Nothing in this section affects— 

16 (1) any valid existing rights; or 

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

18 existing withdrawal, right-of-way, easement, lease, li19 cense, or permit on the land to which administrative 

20 jurisdiction is transferred under this section, except 

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

22 the head of the agency to which administrative juris23 diction over the land is transferred shall be respon24 sible for administering the interests or authoriza25 tions in accordance with applicable law. 


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Calendar No. 394 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3045 

[Report No. 118–178] 

A BILL 

To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisCalifornia, and for other purposes. diction over certain Federal land in the State of 

MAY 16, 2024 

Reported with amendments 


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