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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5467 

To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation 

Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 14, 2016 

Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. 

CA ́RDENAS, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. TED LIEU of California, 

and Mr. SHERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains 

National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the 

Valley Corridor, 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 ‘‘Rim of the Valley Cor5 ridor Preservation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds as follows: 


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1 (1) The Santa Monica Mountains National 

2 Recreation Area was authorized as a unit of the Na3 tional Park System on November 10, 1978. 

4 (2) The Santa Monica Mountains and the Rim 

5 of the Valley Corridor include a diverse range of na6 tionally significant natural and cultural resources. 

7 (3) Expanding the Santa Monica Mountains 

8 National Recreation Area would provide new oppor9 tunities for the National Park Service to serve a 

10 broad range of urban communities, including many 

11 that are underrepresented in national parks and un12 derserved by State and local parks. 

13 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; AD14 MINISTRATION. 

15 (a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—Section 507(c)(1) of 

16 the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 

17 U.S.C. 460kk(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘ ‘Santa 

18 Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and Santa 

19 Monica Mountains Zone, California, Boundary Map’, 

20 numbered 80,047–C and dated August 2001’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘ ‘Rim of the Valley UnitlSanta Monica Mountains 

22 National Recreation Area’ and dated June 2016’’. 

23 (b) RIM OF THE VALLEY UNIT.—Section 507 of the 

24 National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

25 460kk) is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(u) RIM OF THE VALLEY UNIT.—(1) Not later than 

2 3 years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

3 the Secretary shall update the general management plan 

4 for the recreation area to reflect the boundaries designated 

5 on the map referred to in subsection (c)(1) as the ‘Rim 

6 of the Valley Unit’ (hereafter in the subsection referred 

7 to as the ‘Rim of the Valley Unit’). Subject to valid exist8 ing rights, the Secretary shall administer the Rim of the 

9 Valley Unit and any land or interest in land acquired by 

10 the United States and located within the boundaries of 

11 the Rim of the Valley Unit, as part of the recreation area 

12 in accordance with the provisions of this section and appli13 cable laws and regulations. 

14 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may acquire non-Federal land 

15 within the boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Unit only 

16 through exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing 

17 seller. Nothing in this subsection authorizes the use of 

18 eminent domain to acquire land or interests in land. 

19 ‘‘(3) The fact that certain activities or land can be 

20 seen or heard from within the Rim of the Valley Unit shall 

21 not, of itself, preclude the activities or land uses up to 

22 the boundary of the Rim of the Valley Unit. 

23 ‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection or the application of 

24 the management plan for the Rim of the Valley Unit shall 

25 be construed to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) modify any provision of Federal, State, or 

2 local law with respect to public access to or use of 

3 non-Federal land; 

4 ‘‘(B) create any liability, or affect any liability 

5 under any other law, of any private property owner 

6 or other owner of non-Federal land with respect to 

7 any person injured on private property or other non8 Federal land; 

9 ‘‘(C) allow for the creation of protective perim10 eters or buffer zones outside of the Rim of the Val11 ley Unit; 

12 ‘‘(D) affect the ownership, management, or 

13 other rights relating to any non-Federal land (in14 cluding any interest in any non-Federal land); 

15 ‘‘(E) require any local government to partici16 pate in any program administered by the Secretary; 

17 ‘‘(F) alter, modify, or diminish any right, re18 sponsibility, power, authority, jurisdiction, or entitle19 ment of the State, any political subdivision of the 

20 State, or any State or local agency under existing 

21 Federal, State, and local law (including regulations); 

22 ‘‘(G) require or promote use of, or encourage 

23 trespass on, lands, facilities, and rights-of-way 

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1 source facilities and public utilities, without the writ2 ten consent of the owner; 

3 ‘‘(H) affect the operation, maintenance, modi4 fication, construction, or expansion of any water re5 source facility or utility facility located within or ad6 jacent to the Rim of the Valley Unit; 

7 ‘‘(I) terminate the fee title to lands or cus8 tomary operation, maintenance, repair, and replace9 ment activities on or under such lands granted to 

10 public agencies that are authorized pursuant to Fed11 eral or State statute; 

12 ‘‘(J) interfere with, obstruct, hinder, or delay 

13 the exercise of any right to, or access to any water 

14 resource facility or other facility or property nec15 essary or useful to access any water right to operate 

16 any public water or utility system; or 

17 ‘‘(K) require initiation or reinitiation of con18 sultation with the United States Fish and Wildlife 

19 Service under, or the application of provisions of, the 

20 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

21 seq.), the National Environmental Policy Act of 

22 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), or division A of sub23 title III of title 54, United States Code, concerning 

24 any action or activity affecting water, water rights 


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1 or water management or water resource facilities 

2 within the Rim of the Valley Unit. 

3 ‘‘(5) The activities of a utility facility or water re4 source facility shall be conducted in a manner to reason5 ably avoid or reduce the impact on the resources of the 

6 Rim of the Valley Unit. 

7 ‘‘(6) For the purposes of paragraphs (4) and (5)— 

8 ‘‘(A) the term ‘utility facility’ means electric 

9 substations, communication facilities, towers, poles, 

10 and lines, ground wires, communications circuits, 

11 and other structures, and related infrastructure; and 

12 ‘‘(B) the term ‘water resource facility’ means 

13 irrigation and pumping facilities; dams and res14 ervoirs; flood control facilities; water conservation 

15 works, including debris protection facilities, sediment 

16 placement sites, rain gages, and stream gauges; 

17 water quality, recycled water, and pumping facilities; 

18 conveyance distribution systems; water treatment fa19 cilities; aqueducts; canals; ditches; pipelines; wells; 

20 hydropower projects; transmission facilities; and 

21 other ancillary facilities, groundwater recharge facili22 ties, water conservation, water filtration plants, and 

23 other water diversion, conservation, groundwater re24 charge, storage, and carriage structures.’’. 

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