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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4670 
To adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2016 
Mr. HECK of Nevada (for himself, Mr. HARDY, and Mr. AMODEI) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mojave National Pre-
serve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the National Park Service. 
(2) PRESERVE.—The term ‘‘Preserve’’ means 
the Mojave National Preserve established under sec-
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tion 502 of the California Desert Protection Act of 
1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–42). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT OF THE MOJAVE NA-
TIONAL PRESERVE. 
(a) TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall transfer from the Director to the Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management administrative jurisdic-
tion over approximately 520 acres of Federal land, as gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Mojave National Pre-
serve-Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 170/ 
120,846–B, and dated December 2013. 
(b) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may acquire 
by donation up to 4 acres of land identified in the land 
protection plan of the Preserve as suitable for acquisition 
to be used for mitigation for every 1 acre of land removed 
from the Preserve under subsection (a). 
(c) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.— 
(1) DONATED LAND.—The land acquired under 
subsection (b) shall be part of the Preserve. 
(2) TRANSFERRED
LAND.—The boundary of 
the Preserve shall be adjusted to reflect the acquisi-
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tion and transfer of administrative jurisdiction over 
the land under subsection (a). 
(d) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map described in 
subsection (a) shall be on file and available for public in-
spection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service. 
(e) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LAND.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The land acquired under 
subsection (b) shall be administered by the Direc-
tor— 
(A) as part of the Preserve; and 
(B) in accordance with all applicable laws 
(including regulations). 
(2) GRAZING.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
permit cattle grazing on the land acquired 
under subsection (b), in accordance with appli-
cable National Park Service laws and policies— 
(i) except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), during the period beginning on the 
date on which the land is acquired and 
ending on the date that is 25 years after 
the date on which the land is acquired; and 
(ii) to the same extent permitted on 
the land referred to in subsection (b) on 
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the day before the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(B) PERMANENT TERMINATION OF GRAZ-
ING.—The authority of the Secretary granted 
under subparagraph (A) terminates on the day 
on which the period described in clause (i) of 
that subparagraph expires. 
(f) ADMINISTRATION OF TRANSFERRED LAND.— 
(1) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the land transferred under subsection (a) re-
mains withdrawn from— 
(A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under 
the public land laws; 
(B) location, entry, and patent under the 
general mining laws; and 
(C) the mining leases, mineral materials, 
and geothermal leasing laws. 
(2) RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITS.—Nothing in this 
Act affects the authority of the Secretary to issue or 
renew right-of-way permits under title V of the Fed-
eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1761 et seq.) for the land transferred under 
subsection (a). 
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