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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1455

To protect the integrity of the Point Reyes National Seashore and the Golden

Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA), and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 14 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 7), 1993

Mrs. BOXER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To protect the integrity of the Point Reyes National Seashore

and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area

(GGNRA), 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. PURPOSES.

4 The purposes of this Act are to—

5 (1) furnish watershed and environmental pro6 tection for the Tomales Bay;

7 (2) maintain the relatively undeveloped nature

8 of the land surrounding Tomales Bay by providing

9 guarantees of nondevelopment; and
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1 (3) protect the pastoral nature of the land adja2 cent to the Point Reyes National Seashore and

3 GGNRA; and

4 (4) preserve productive long-term agriculture in

5 the region.

6 SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE

7 AND ACQUISITION OF DEVELOPMENT

8 RIGHTS.

9 (a) EXPANSION.—Section 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An

10 Act to establish the Point Reyes National Seashore in the

11 State of California, and for other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C.

12 459c–1) is amended by adding at the end the following:

13 ‘‘(c) The Point Reyes National Seashore shall also

14 include the area depicted on the map numbered lll

15 and dated lll. Such map shall be on file and available

16 for public inspection in the Offices of the National Park

17 Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, District

18 of Columbia.’’.

19 (b) ACQUISITION.—Section 3 of such Act (16 U.S.C.

20 459c–2) is amended by adding at the end the following:

21 ‘‘(d)(1) Notwithstanding subsections (a) through (c)

22 of this section, the Secretary, within the area depicted on

23 the map referred to in section 2(c) of this Act, may ac24 quire lands or interests in lands from the owners thereof

25 only by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated
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1 funds, or exchange, except as provided in paragraph (4).

2 The Secretary shall give a priority to acquiring interests

3 in lands (including development rights and conservation

4 easements) and to acquiring such interests from nonprofit

5 corporations.

6 ‘‘(2) In acquiring lands under this subsection, the

7 Secretary may negotiate for the acquisition of lands spe8 cifically for trail purposes.

9 ‘‘(3) Lands or interests in lands may not be acquired

10 under this subsection without the consent of the owner

11 thereof, unless the Secretary determines that, in his judg12 ment the lands are subject to, or threatened with, uses

13 which are having, or would have, an adverse impact on

14 the area.

15 ‘‘(4) Lands, and interests in lands, within the area

16 referred to in paragraph (1) which are owned by the State

17 of California, or any political subdivision thereof, may be

18 acquired only by donation or exchange.

19 ‘‘(5) Section 5 does not apply with respect to lands

20 and interests in lands acquired under this subsection.’’.

21 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

22 9 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 459c–7) is amended by adding

23 at the end the following: ‘‘In addition to the sums author24 ized to be appropriated by this section before the date of

25 the enactment of this Act, there is authorized to be appro-
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1 priated such sums as may be necessary for the acquisition

2 of lands and interests in lands under section 3(d).’’.

3 SEC. 3. ADDITION TO GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECRE4 ATION AREA.

5 Section 2(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish

6 the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the State

7 of California, and for other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C. 460bb–

8 1(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘map entitled ‘Point Reyes

9 and GGNRA Amendments and dated October 25, 1979’.’’

10 and inserting ‘‘map entitled ‘lll’ and dated lll.’’.

11 The Secretary of the Interior shall—

12 (1) revise the boundary of Golden Gate Na13 tional Recreation Area to reflect the amendment

14 made by this section; and

15 (2) prepare and make available a map display16 ing such boundary revision in accordance with sec17 tion 2(b) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 460bb–1(b)).

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