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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5397 

To modify the boundary of Yosemite National Park, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 1, 2014 

Mr. MCCLINTOCK (for himself and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) introduced the 

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

A BILL 

To modify the boundary of Yosemite National Park, 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 ‘‘Yosemite National 

5 Park Public Access Preservation and Boundary Modifica6 tion Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 

9 (1) ADDITIONAL LAND.—The term ‘‘additional 

10 land’’ means the approximately 1,575 acres of land 


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1 adjacent to the Park, as generally depicted on the 

2 map. 

3 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en4 titled ‘‘Yosemite National Park Location Map for 

5 Boundary Line Adjustment (BLA) Areas’’. 

6 (3) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means the Yo7 semite National Park in the State of California. 

8 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

9 the Secretary of the Interior. 

10 SEC. 3. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK ADDITIONAL LANDS. 

11 (a) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—The Secretary may ac12 quire, by donation only, the additional land or an interest 

13 in the additional land to be added to the Park. 

14 (b) DISPOSAL OF EQUAL LAND.—The additional 

15 land may be acquired only after the Secretary has dis16 posed of, by public auction, approximately 1,575 acres of 

17 Federal land under the administration of the Secretary. 

18 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 

19 and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of 

20 the National Park Service. 

21 (d) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.—The boundary of 

22 the Park shall be revised to reflect the acquisition of the 

23 land under subsection (a). 

24 (e) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin25 ister the additional land or interest in the additional land 


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1 acquired under this section as part of the Park in accord2 ance with the laws (including regulations) applicable to the 

3 Park, except that the Secretary shall— 

4 (1) not prohibit recreational activities otherwise 

5 permitted within Yosemite National Park on the 

6 date of enactment of this Act; and 

7 (2) beginning not later than 1 year after ac8 quiring the additional lands, comply with a haz9 ardous fuels reduction plan developed by the Sec10 retary for the additional lands. 

11 (f) NO USE OF CONDEMNATION.—As specified in 

12 subsection (a), the Secretary may not acquire by con13 demnation any land or interest in land under this Act or 

14 for the purposes of this Act. 

15 (g) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Nothing in this 

16 Act, the acquisition of the additional land or an interest 

17 in the additional land, or the application of the manage18 ment plan for the Park to the acquired additional land 

19 shall be construed to create buffer zones outside of the 

20 Park. That activities or uses can be seen, heard, or de21 tected from the acquired additional land shall not pre22 clude, limit, control, regulate or determine the conduct or 

23 management of activities or uses outside of the Park. 

24 (h) WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE OWNER.—As speci25 fied in subsection (a), which authorizes the acquisition of 


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1 the additional land by donation only, no non-Federal prop2 erty may be included in the Park without the written con3 sent of the owner. 

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