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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2356 

To adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 20, 2014 

Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. REID, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve. 

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 ‘‘Mojave National Pre5 serve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

9 the Director of the National Park Service. 

10 (2) PRESERVE.—The term ‘‘preserve’’ means 

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1 tion 502 of the California Desert Protection Act of 

2 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–42). 

3 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

4 the Secretary of the Interior. 

5 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT OF THE MOJAVE NA6 TIONAL PRESERVE. 

7 (a) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary shall— 

8 (1) prior to any construction on land described 

9 in paragraph (2), acquire by donation approximately 

10 4 acres of land within or adjacent to the boundary 

11 of the preserve to be used for mitigation for every 

12 1 acre of land removed from the preserve under 

13 paragraph (2); and 

14 (2) on the date of enactment of this Act, trans15 fer administrative jurisdiction of approximately 525 

16 acres of land from the Director to the Director of 

17 the Bureau of Land Management, as generally de18 picted on the map entitled ‘‘Mojave National Pre19 serve—Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 

20 170/120,846–B and dated December 2013. 

21 (b) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The land acquired 

22 under subsection (a) shall be part of the preserve and the 

23 boundary of the preserve shall be adjusted to reflect the 

24 acquisition and transfer of administrative jurisdiction of 

25 the land under subsection (a). 


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1 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map described in 

2 subsection (a)(2) shall be on file and available for public 

3 inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 

4 Service. 

5 (d) ADMINISTRATION OF LAND.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The land acquired under 

7 subsection (a) shall be administered by the Director 

8 as part of the preserve in accordance with all appli9 cable laws (including regulations). 

10 (2) GRAZING.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

12 permit cattle grazing on the land acquired 

13 under subsection (a), in accordance with appli14 cable National Park Service laws and policies— 

15 (i) except as provided in subparagraph 

16 (B), during the period beginning on the 

17 date on which the land is acquired and 

18 ending on the date that is 25 years after 

19 the date on which the land is acquired; and 

20 (ii) to the same extent permitted on 

21 the land referred to in subsection (a)(1) on 

22 the day before the date of enactment of 

23 this Act. 

24 (B) PERMANENT TERMINATION OF GRAZ25 ING.—The authority of the Secretary granted 


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1 under subparagraph (A) terminates on the day 

2 on which the period described in clause (i) of 

3 that subparagraph expires. 

4 (3) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 

5 rights, the land transferred under subsection (a)(2) 

6 remains withdrawn from— 

7 (A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under 

8 the public land laws; 

9 (B) location, entry, and patent under the 

10 general mining laws; and 

11 (C) the mining leases, mineral materials, 

12 and geothermal leasing laws. 

13 (4) REVERSIONARY CLAUSE.—The land trans14 ferred under subsection (a)(2) may, at the discretion 

15 of the Director, revert back to the National Park 

16 Service to be included in the preserve if construction 

17 has not occurred on the land during the period be18 ginning on the date on which the land is transferred 

19 and ending on the date that is 10 years after the 

20 date on which the land is transferred. 

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