I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2887 
To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation 
Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2023 
Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains 
National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the 
Valley Corridor, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Invest in Key 
Environments Act’’ or the ‘‘HIKE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 
Section 507(c) of the National Parks and Recreation 
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460kk(c)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) BOUNDARY.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The recreation area 
shall consist of— 
‘‘(i) the land, water, and interests in 
land and water generally depicted as the 
recreation area on the map entitled ‘Santa 
Monica Mountains National Recreation 
Area and Santa Monica Mountains Zone, 
California, 
Boundary 
Map’, 
numbered 
80,047–C, and dated August 2001; and 
‘‘(ii) the land, water, and interests in 
land and water, as generally depicted as 
‘Proposed Addition’ on the map entitled 
‘Rim of the Valley Unit—Santa Monica 
Mountains 
National 
Recreation 
Area’, 
numbered 638/147,723, and dated March, 
2022. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS.—The maps 
described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the National Park Service. 
‘‘(C) REVISIONS.—After advising the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate and the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives, in 
writing, of the proposed revision, the Secretary 
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may make minor revisions to the boundaries of 
the recreation area by publication of a revised 
drawing or other boundary description in the 
Federal Register.’’. 
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION. 
Any land or interest in land acquired by the Secretary 
of the Interior within the Rim of the Valley Unit shall 
be administered as part of the Santa Monica Mountains 
National Recreation Area (referred to in this Act as the 
‘‘National Recreation Area’’) in accordance with the laws 
(including regulations) applicable to the National Recre-
ation Area. 
SEC. 4. UTILITIES AND WATER RESOURCE FACILITIES. 
The addition of the Rim of the Valley Unit to the 
National Recreation Area shall not affect the operation, 
maintenance, or modification of water resource facilities 
or public utilities within the Rim of the Valley Unit, except 
that any utility or water resource facility activities in the 
Rim of the Valley Unit shall be conducted in a manner 
that reasonably avoids or reduces the impact of the activi-
ties on resources of the Rim of the Valley Unit. 
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