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Union Calendar No. 101 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1411 

[Report No. 113–139] 

To include the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands in the California Coastal 

National Monument as a part of the National Landscape Conservation 

System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 9, 2013 

Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of California) introduced the 

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

JULY 8, 2013 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 9, 2013] 


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A BILL 

To include the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands in the 

California Coastal National Monument as a part of the 

National Landscape Conservation System, and for other 

purposes. 


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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; DEFINITIONS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act of 

6 2013’’. 

7 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

8 (1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map cre9 ated by the Bureau of Land Management, entitled 

10 ‘‘California Coastal National Monument Addition’’ 

11 and dated September 15, 2012. 

12 (2) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ means 

13 the California Coastal National Monument established 

14 by Presidential Proclamation 7264. 

15 (3) POINT ARENA-STORNETTA PUBLIC LANDS.— 

16 The term ‘‘Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands’’ 

17 means the Federal land comprising approximately 

18 1,255 acres in Mendocino County, California, as gen19 erally depicted on the map. 

20 (4) PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7264.—The 

21 term ‘‘Presidential Proclamation 7264’’ means Presi22 dential Proclamation Number 7264, dated January 

23 11, 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 2821). 

24 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

25 the Secretary of the Interior. 


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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

2 The purpose of this Act is to protect, conserve, and en3 hance for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future 

4 generations the unique and nationally important historical, 

5 natural, cultural, scientific, educational, scenic, economic 

6 and recreational values of the Point Arena-Stornetta Public 

7 Lands, while allowing certain recreational, research and 

8 traditional ecomomic activities or uses, such as grazing, to 

9 continue. 

10 SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF CALIFORNIA COASTAL NATIONAL 

11 MONUMENT. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Monument es13 tablished by Presidential Proclamation 7264 is expanded 

14 to include the Federal land shown on the map. 

15 (b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 

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

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

18 file with the Committee on Energy and Natural Re19 sources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 

20 Resources of the House of Representatives a map and 

21 boundary description of land added to the Monument 

22 by this Act. 

23 (2) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and bound24 ary description filed under paragraph (1) shall have 

25 the same force and effect as if included in this Act, 


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1 except that the Secretary may correct any minor er2 rors in the map and boundary descriptions. 

3 (3) AVAILABILITY OF MAP AND BOUNDARY DE4 SCRIPTION.—The map and boundary description filed 

5 under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 

6 public inspection in appropriate offices of the Bureau 

7 of Land Management. 

8 SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage the 

10 land added to the Monument by this Act— 

11 (1) as a part of the Monument; and 

12 (2) in accordance with Presidential Proclama13 tion 7264, except that— 

14 (A) traditional economic activities and ex15 isting uses, such as grazing and the maintenance 

16 of existing structures that are used for grazing, 

17 shall not be restricted; and 

18 (B) lands and interests in land within the 

19 proposed land addition not owned by the United 

20 States shall not be part of the monument and the 

21 future acquisition of those lands and interests in 

22 lands by the United States may occur only 

23 through donation or exchange with the written 

24 consent of the landowner. 

25 (b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

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

3 finalize an amendment to the Monument management 

4 plan for the long-term protection and management of 

5 the land added to the Monument by this Act. 

6 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The plan amendment 

7 shall— 

8 (A) be developed with an opportunity for 

9 full public participation; and 

10 (B) describe the appropriate uses and man11 agement of the land consistent with this Act. 

12 (c) MOTORIZED AND MECHANIZED TRANSPORT.—Ex13 cept as needed for emergency or authorized administrative 

14 purposes, the use of motorized and mechanized vehicles in 

15 the Monument shall be permitted only on roads and trails 

16 designated for that use. 

17 (d) INCORPORATION OF LAND AND INTERESTS.— 

18 (1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may acquire 

19 non-Federal land or interests in land within or adja20 cent to the land added to the Monument by this Act 

21 only through exchange, or donation with the written 

22 consent of the landowner, and such non-Federal land 

23 shall not be included within the boundaries of the 

24 Monument absent written consent of the landowner. 


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

2 land within or adjacent to the land added to the 

3 Monument by this Act acquired by the United States 

4 after the date of enactment of this Act shall be added 

5 to and administered as part of the Monument. 

6 (3) ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.—The addi7 tion of lands under this Act to the Monument may 

8 not result in a lack of or restricted access by motor9 ized vehicle to any non-Federal lands within the 

10 Monument. 

11 (e) OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act— 

12 (1) restricts or precludes overflights, including 

13 low-level overflights or military, commercial, and gen14 eral aviation overflights that can be seen or heard 

15 within the land added to the Monument by this Act; 

16 (2) restricts or precludes the designation or cre17 ation of new units of special use airspace or the estab18 lishment of military flight training routes over the 

19 land added to the Monument by this Act; or 

20 (3) modifies regulations governing low-level over21 flights above the adjacent Gulf of the Farallones Na22 tional Marine Sanctuary. 

23 (f) LAW ENFORCEMENT.—Nothing in this Act effects 

24 the law enforcement authorities of the Department of Home25 land Security. 


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1 (g) NATIVE AMERICAN USES.—Nothing in this Act en2 larges, diminishes, or modifies the rights of any Indian 

3 tribe or Indian religious community. 

4 (h) BUFFER ZONES.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The expansion of the Monu6 ment is not intended to lead to the establishment of 

7 protective perimeters or buffer zones around the land 

8 included in the Monument by this Act. 

9 (2) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE MONUMENT.—The 

10 fact that activities outside the Monument can be seen 

11 or heard within the land added to the Monument by 

12 this Act shall not, of itself, preclude those activities or 

13 uses up to the boundary of the Monument. 

14 (i) GRAZING.—Nothing in this Act affects the grazing 

15 of livestock and the maintenance of existing structures that 

16 are used for grazing with the Point Arena-Stornetta Public 

17 Lands or the Monument. 

18 (j) NATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM.— 

19 The Secretary shall manage the Monument as part of the 

20 National Landscape Conservation System. 


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Union Calendar No. 101 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1411 

[Report No. 113–139] 

A BILL 

To include the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands 

System, and for other purposes. a part of the National Landscape Conservation in the California Coastal National Monument as 

JULY 8, 2013 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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