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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3565 

To expand the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 

Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Ms. ESHOO, and Mr. HUFFMAN) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To expand the boundary of the California Coastal National 

Monument, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘California Coastal Na5 tional Monument Expansion Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Presidential Proclamation Number 7264, 

9 dated January 11, 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 2821), des10 ignated over 20,000 islands, rocks, and pinnacles 


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1 along the approximtely 1,100-mile California coast2 line as the California Coastal National Monument to 

3 protect the biological treasures situated offshore on 

4 thousands of unappropriated or unreserved areas of 

5 land owned or controlled by the Federal Government 

6 within 12 nautical miles of the shoreline. 

7 (2) Presidential Proclamation Number 9089, 

8 dated March 11, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 14603), ex9 panded the boundary of the Monument to include 

10 1,665 acres of Federal land administered by the Bu11 reau of Land Management along the Northern Cali12 fornia coastline in Mendocino County, commonly 

13 known as the ‘‘Point Arena-Stornetta Unit’’. 

14 (3) The Point Arena-Stornetta Unit is the first 

15 onshore expansion of the Monument. 

16 (4) Numerous governmental entities, commu17 nity organizations, businesses, and individuals have 

18 made significant contributions to maintain the 

19 unique character, management, and preservation of 

20 the individual parcels of Federal land along the Cali21 fornia coast. 

22 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 

23 (1) to protect, conserve, and enhance for the 

24 benefit and enjoyment of present and future genera25 tions the nationally significant historical, natural, 


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1 cultural, scientific, educational, and scenic values of 

2 the Federal land along and adjacent to the shoreline 

3 of the State of California, and for the purposes for 

4 which the Monument was designated; and 

5 (2) to support the land management partner6 ships of the Bureau of Land Management with the 

7 State of California, local governments, communities, 

8 and stakeholders, and to enhance the relationships 

9 those entities have with the Bureau of Land Man10 agement and Federal land, as appropriate. 

11 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

12 In this Act: 

13 (1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 

14 means— 

15 (A) the Federal land comprising approxi16 mately 13 acres in Humboldt County, Cali17 fornia, identified as ‘‘Trinidad Head’’ on the 

18 map; 

19 (B) the Federal land comprising approxi20 mately 5,780 acres in Santa Cruz County, Cali21 fornia, identified as ‘‘Cotoni-Coast Dairies Pub22 lic Land’’ on the map; 

23 (C) the Federal land comprising approxi24 mately 20 acres in San Luis Obispo County, 

25 California, identified as ‘‘Piedras Blancas Light 


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1 Station Outstanding Natural Area’’ on the 

2 map; and 

3 (D) the Federal land comprising approxi4 mately 8 acres in Humboldt County, California, 

5 identified as ‘‘Lighthouse Ranch’’ on the map. 

6 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the Bureau 

7 of Land Management map entitled ‘‘California 

8 Coastal National Monument Addition’’ and dated 

9 July 24, 2015. 

10 (3) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ 

11 means the California Coastal National Monument 

12 established by Presidential Proclamation 7264. 

13 (4) PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7264.—The 

14 term ‘‘Presidential Proclamation 7264’’ means Pres15 idential Proclamation Number 7264, dated January 

16 11, 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 2821), creating the Monu17 ment. 

18 (5) PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 9089.—The 

19 term ‘‘Presidential Proclamation 9089’’ means Pres20 idential Proclamation Number 9089, dated March 

21 11, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 14603), expanding the 

22 Monument. 

23 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

24 the Secretary of the Interior. 


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1 SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF CALIFORNIA COASTAL NATIONAL 

2 MONUMENT. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Monument 

4 is expanded to include the Federal land. 

5 (b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

8 shall develop a map and boundary description of the 

9 Federal land added to the Monument by this Act. 

10 (2) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and bound11 ary description developed under paragraph (1) shall 

12 have the same force and effect as if included in this 

13 Act, except that the Secretary may correct any 

14 minor errors in the map and boundary descriptions. 

15 (3) AVAILABILITY OF MAP AND BOUNDARY DE16 SCRIPTION.—The map and boundary description de17 veloped under paragraph (1) shall be on file and 

18 available for public inspection in appropriate offices 

19 of the Bureau of Land Management. 

20 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights 

22 and deed restrictions in place as of the date of enactment 

23 of this Act, the Secretary shall manage the Federal land 

24 added to the Monument by this Act— 

25 (1) as part of the Monument; and 


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1 (2) in accordance with Presidential Proclama2 tions 7264 and 9089. 

3 (b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 

5 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

6 shall finalize an amendment, or multiple amend7 ments as applicable for the individual Federal land 

8 areas, to the Monument management plan for the 

9 long-term protection and management of the Federal 

10 land added to the Monument by this Act. 

11 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Any amendment under 

12 paragraph (1) shall— 

13 (A) be developed in consultation with, at a 

14 minimum— 

15 (i) affected State, tribal, and local 

16 governments; 

17 (ii) the public; and 

18 (iii) interested Federal agencies; 

19 (B) describe the appropriate uses and 

20 management of the Federal land, consistent 

21 with this Act; 

22 (C) contain individual plans and consider23 ations specific to each individual Federal land 

24 area; 


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1 (D) take into consideration existing uses of 

2 the Federal land; 

3 (E) include components regarding steward4 ship, visitor services, facilities management and 

5 maintenance, public access, traffic, public safe6 ty, emergency services, and law enforcement; 

7 (F) include a component regarding poten8 tial education and interpretation activities, with 

9 recognition of the specific character and history 

10 of each Federal land area; and 

11 (G) include a component regarding Native 

12 American cultural resources management, with 

13 emphasis on the preservation of resources with14 in the individual Federal land areas. 

15 (3) INTERIM MANAGEMENT.—Until the comple16 tion of the management plan, the Secretary shall 

17 manage the Federal land in accordance with the 

18 purposes described in section 2(b). 

19 (c) MOTORIZED AND MECHANIZED TRANSPORT.— 

20 Except as needed for emergency or authorized administra21 tive purposes, in the Monument— 

22 (1) motorized vehicle use shall be permitted 

23 only on designated roads; and 


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1 (2) mechanized vehicle use shall be permitted 

2 only on roads and trails designated for the use of 

3 those vehicles. 

4 (d) INCORPORATION OF LAND AND INTERESTS.— 

5 (1) AUTHORITY.—Except as provided in para6 graph (3), the Secretary may acquire non-Federal 

7 land or interests in land within or adjacent to the 

8 Federal land added to the Monument by this Act 

9 only through exchange, donation, or purchase from 

10 a willing seller. 

11 (2) MANAGEMENT.—Any land or interests in 

12 land within or adjacent to the Federal land added to 

13 the Monument by this Act acquired by the United 

14 States after the date of the enactment of this Act 

15 shall be— 

16 (A) added to and administered as part of 

17 the Monument; and 

18 (B) with respect to inclusion in the man19 agement plan, taken into consideration through 

20 an appropriate amendment to that plan. 

21 (3) EXCEPTION.—An addition to the Cotoni22 Coast Dairies unit of Federal land referred to in sec23 tion 3(1)(C) shall be limited to the acreage con24 tained within the boundary of the Monument, as es25 tablished by this Act. 


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1 (e) EXISTING COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AGREE2 MENTS.—Any cooperative management agreement in ex3 istence on the date of enactment of this Act between the 

4 Federal land areas and other land management entities 

5 shall not be affected due to the enactment of this Act. 

6 (f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH LOCAL GOV7 ERNMENTS AND ENTITIES.—To better implement the 

8 management plan and to continue the successful partner9 ships with local communities and land administered by the 

10 State of California and other partners, the Secretary may 

11 enter into cooperative agreements with the appropriate 

12 Federal, State, and local agencies and organizations pur13 suant to section 307(b) of the Federal Land Policy and 

14 Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737(b)). 

15 (g) WITHDRAWALS.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

16 all Federal land within the Monument and all land and 

17 interests in land acquired for the Monument by the United 

18 States after the date of the enactment of this Act are with19 drawn from— 

20 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 

21 under the public land laws; 

22 (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 

23 laws; and 

24 (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 

25 materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 


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1 (h) NATIVE AMERICAN USES AND INTERESTS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, to the 

3 maximum extent permitted by law and in consulta4 tion with affected Indian tribes, ensure the protec5 tion of Indian sacred sites and traditional cultural 

6 properties in the Monument and provide access by 

7 members of Indian tribes for traditional cultural and 

8 customary uses, consistent with Public Law 95–341 

9 (commonly known as the ‘‘American Indian Reli10 gious Freedom Act’’; 42 U.S.C. 1996) and Executive 

11 Order 13007 (42 U.S.C. 1996 note; relating to In12 dian sacred sites). 

13 (2) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER RIGHTS.—Not14 withstanding paragraph (1), nothing in this Act en15 larges, diminishes, or modifies the rights of any In16 dian tribe or Indian religious community. 

17 (i) BUFFER ZONES.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The expansion of the Monu19 ment by this Act is not intended to lead to the es20 tablishment of protective perimeters or buffer zones 

21 around the Federal land included in the Monument 

22 by this Act. 

23 (2) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE MONUMENT.—The 

24 fact that activities outside the Monument can be 

25 seen or heard within the Federal land added to the 


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1 Monument by this Act shall not, of itself, preclude 

2 those activities or uses up to the boundary of the 

3 Monument. 

4 (j) GRAZING.—Nothing in this Act affects the grazing 

5 of livestock within the Federal land described in section 

6 3(1)(C). 

7 (k) NATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYS8 TEM.—The Secretary shall manage the Monument as part 

9 of the National Landscape Conservation System. 

10 SEC. 6. ADVISORY COUNCILS. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not less than 180 days after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

13 establish an advisory council for each unit of Federal land 

14 described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 

15 3(1) within the Monument. 

16 (b) DUTIES.—The advisory councils shall advise the 

17 Secretary with respect to the preparation and implementa18 tion of the management plan under section 5(b) (or 

19 amendments to an existing applicable management plan) 

20 for each relevant unit of Federal land. 

21 (c) APPLICABLE LAW.—The advisory councils shall 

22 be subject to— 

23 (1) the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

24 U.S.C. App.); 


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1 (2) the Federal Land Policy and Management 

2 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 

3 (3) all other applicable laws (including regula4 tions). 

5 (d) MEMBERS.—Each advisory council shall include 

6 7 members, to be appointed by the Secretary, of whom, 

7 to the maximum extent practicable— 

8 (1) 1 shall be appointed after taking into con9 sideration the recommendations of the local county 

10 board of supervisors of the applicable unit of Fed11 eral land; and 

12 (2) 6 shall— 

13 (A) reside within a reasonable proximity to 

14 the applicable unit of Federal land; and 

15 (B) demonstrate experience that reflects— 

16 (i) the purposes for which the Monu17 ment was established; and 

18 (ii) the interest of the stakeholders 

19 that are affected by the planning and man20 agement of the unit of Federal land, which 

21 may include stakeholders representing pri22 vate land-ownership, Native American in23 terests, environmental, recreational, eco24 nomic, or other non-Federal land interests. 


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1 (e) REPRESENTATION.—The Secretary shall ensure 

2 that the memberships of the advisory councils are fairly 

3 balanced with respect to the points of view represented, 

4 and the functions to be performed, by each advisory coun5 cil. 

6 (f) QUORUM.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Four members of an advi8 sory council shall constitute a quorum. 

9 (2) UNAPPOINTED MEMBERS.—The operation 

10 of an advisory committee shall not be affected if— 

11 (A) a member has not yet been appointed 

12 to the advisory committee; but 

13 (B) a quorum has been attained. 

14 (g) CHAIRPERSON AND PROCEDURES.—Each advi15 sory council shall— 

16 (1) elect a chairperson from among the mem17 bers of the advisory council; and 

18 (2) establish such rules and procedures as the 

19 advisory council determines to be necessary or ap20 propriate. 

21 (h) SERVICE WITHOUT COMPENSATION.—The mem22 bers of each advisory council shall serve without pay. 

23 (i) TERMINATION.—The advisory councils shall ter24 minate— 


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1 (1) on the date that is 2 years after the date 

2 on which the management plan (or amendment to 

3 an existing management plan) is officially adopted 

4 by the Secretary; or 

5 (2) on such later date as the Secretary con6 siders to be appropriate. 

7 (j) EXISTING ADVISORY BODIES.—The Secretary 

8 may elect not to establish an advisory council for a unit 

9 of Federal land if a regularly scheduled, organized public 

10 forum or entity exists— 

11 (1) of which the Bureau of Land Management 

12 is an active or leading participant; and 

13 (2) that fulfills the duties described in sub14 section (b). 

15 SEC. 7. ROCKS AND SMALL ISLANDS ALONG COAST OF OR16 ANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 

17 (a) CALIFORNIA COASTAL NATIONAL MONUMENT.— 

18 The Act of February 18, 1931 (46 Stat. 1172, chapter 

19 226), is amended by striking ‘‘be, and the same are here20 by, temporarily reserved’’ and all that follows through 

21 ‘‘United States’’ and inserting ‘‘are part of the California 

22 Coastal National Monument and shall be administered as 

23 part of the Monument’’. 


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1 (b) REPEAL OF RESERVATION.—Section 31 of the 

2 Act of May 28, 1935 (49 Stat. 309, chapter 155), is re3 pealed. 

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