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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 908 
To include the Santa Cruz Redwoods 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 
FEBRUARY 12, 2015 
Ms. ESHOO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To include the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands in the 
California Coastal National Monument as a part of the 
National Landscape Conservation System, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘California Coastal National Monument Santa Cruz Red-
woods Expansion Act’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
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(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map 
created by the Bureau of Land Management, enti-
tled ‘‘Santa Cruz Redwoods California Coastal Na-
tional Monument Addition’’ and dated February 3, 
2015. 
(2) 
MONUMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Monument’’ 
means the California Coastal National Monument 
established by Presidential Proclamation 7264. 
(3) SANTA CRUZ REDWOODS PUBLIC LANDS.— 
The term ‘‘Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands’’ 
means the Federal land comprising approximately 
5,800 acres in Santa Cruz County, California, as 
generally depicted on the map. 
(4) PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7264.—The 
term ‘‘Presidential Proclamation 7264’’ means Pres-
idential Proclamation Number 7264, dated January 
11, 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 2821). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands 
contain significant and diverse natural landscapes 
including six watersheds, redwood and riparian for-
ests, freshwater wetlands, and rolling coastal terrace 
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grasslands in the Santa Cruz Mountains that should 
be preserved for present and future generations; 
(2) the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands are 
habitat for numerous wildlife populations including 
endangered and rare species such as the California 
red-legged frog, the American peregrine falcon, coho 
salmon, and steelhead trout; 
(3) the ocean and coastal ecosystems adjacent 
to and visible from the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public 
Lands are within the California Coastal Monument, 
and contain habitat for endangered and unique ma-
rine species including gray whales, sea otters, and 
harbor seals; 
(4) the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands 
contain threatened vegetation communities such as 
purple needlegrass and riparian red alder forest; 
(5) the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands and 
surrounding coastal lands have been used by humans 
since prehistoric times and were historically inhab-
ited by the native Ohlone people; 
(6) the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands are 
historically associated with adjacent lands managed 
for the enjoyment of current and future generations, 
including Coast Dairies State Park and Wilder 
Ranch State Park; 
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(7) the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands 
represent a model partnership where future manage-
ment can be successfully accomplished among the 
Federal Government, State of California, Santa 
Cruz County, local communities, and private land-
owners; 
(8) permanent protection of the Santa Cruz 
Redwoods Public Lands will provide important eco-
nomic benefits to surrounding communities, and has 
broad public support in the community; 
(9) the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands will 
make a significant addition to the California Coastal 
National Monument and National Landscape Con-
servation System administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management of the Department of the Inte-
rior; and 
(10) statutory protection would ensure that the 
Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands remain a part 
of the historical, cultural, and natural heritage of 
the United States and a source of inspiration for the 
people of the United States. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to protect, 
conserve, and enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of 
present and future generations the unique and nationally 
important historical, natural, cultural, scientific, edu-
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cational, and scenic values of the Santa Cruz Redwoods 
Public Lands, while allowing certain recreational and re-
search activities to continue. 
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF CALIFORNIA COASTAL NATIONAL 
MONUMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Monument 
established by Presidential Proclamation 7264 is ex-
panded to include the Federal land shown on the map. 
(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall create a map and boundary description of the 
land added to the Monument by this Act. 
(2) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and bound-
ary description described under paragraph (1) shall 
have the same force and effect as if included in this 
Act, except that the Secretary may correct any 
minor errors in the map and boundary descriptions. 
(3) AVAILABILITY OF MAP AND BOUNDARY DE-
SCRIPTION.—The map and boundary description de-
scribed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in appropriate offices 
of the Bureau of Land Management. 
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SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Secretary shall manage the land added to the Monu-
ment by this Act— 
(1) as a part of the Monument; 
(2) by allowing only such uses of the Monument 
as will further the purposes for which the Monument 
is established; and 
(3) in accordance with Presidential Proclama-
tion 7264. 
(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall finalize an amendment to the Monument man-
agement plan for the long-term protection and man-
agement of the land added to the Monument by this 
Act. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The plan amendment 
shall— 
(A) be developed with an opportunity for 
full public participation; and 
(B) describe the appropriate uses and 
management of the land consistent with this 
Act. 
(c) MOTORIZED AND MECHANIZED TRANSPORT.— 
Except as needed for emergency or authorized administra-
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tive purposes, the use of motorized and mechanized vehi-
cles in the Monument shall be permitted only on roads 
and trails designated for their use. 
(d) INCORPORATION OF LAND AND INTERESTS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may acquire 
non-Federal land or interests in land within or adja-
cent to the land added to the Monument by this Act 
only through exchange, donation, or purchase from 
a willing seller. 
(2) MANAGEMENT.—Any land or interests in 
land within or adjacent to the land added to the 
Monument by this Act acquired by the United States 
after the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
added to and administered as part of the Monument. 
(e) OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act— 
(1) restricts or precludes overflights, including 
low-level overflights or military, commercial, and 
general aviation overflights that can be seen or 
heard within the land added to the Monument by 
this Act; 
(2) restricts or precludes the designation or cre-
ation of new units of special use airspace or the es-
tablishment of military flight training routes over 
the land added to the Monument by this Act; or 
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(3) modifies regulations governing low-level 
overflights above the adjacent Monterey Bay Na-
tional Marine Sanctuary. 
(f) RESTORATION.—Nothing in this Act affects the 
ongoing restoration and reclamation being performed pur-
suant to the December 2, 1968 lease between the Coast 
Dairies and Land Company and the Lone Star Cement 
Corporation, or under a renegotiation or renewal of that 
lease, as long as such restoration and reclamation furthers 
the purpose of the Monument described in section 2(b) 
and is performed in accordance with— 
(1) the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 
(2) any other applicable law. 
(g) NATIVE AMERICAN USES.—Nothing in this Act 
enlarges, diminishes, or modifies the rights of any Indian 
Tribe or Indian religious community. 
(h) BUFFER ZONES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The expansion of the Monu-
ment is not intended to lead to the establishment of 
protective perimeters or buffer zones around the 
land included in the Monument by this Act. 
(2) ACTIVITIES
OUTSIDE
THE
MONUMENT.— 
The fact that activities outside the Monument can 
be seen or heard within the land added to the Monu-
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ment by this Act shall not, of itself, preclude those 
activities or uses up to the boundary of the Monu-
ment. 
(i) GRAZING.—Nothing in this Act affects the grazing 
of livestock within the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public 
Lands. 
(j) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all Federal land within the Santa Cruz Redwoods expan-
sion to the Monument is withdrawn from— 
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) leasing or disposition under all laws relating 
to— 
(A) minerals; and 
(B) operation of the mineral leasing, min-
eral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
(k) NATIONAL
LANDSCAPE
CONSERVATION
SYS-
TEM.—The Secretary shall manage the Monument as part 
of the National Landscape Conservation System. 
Æ 
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