SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection 
Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—SAN GABRIEL NATIONAL RECREATION AREA 
Sec. 101. Definitions. 
Sec. 102. Establishment of San Gabriel National Recreation Area. 
Sec. 103. Management. 
Sec. 104. Acquisition of non-Federal lands within the recreation area. 
Sec. 105. Water rights; water resource facilities; public roads; utility facilities. 
Sec. 106. San Gabriel National Recreation Area Public Advisory Council. 
Sec. 107. San Gabriel National Recreation Area Partnership. 
Sec. 108. Visitor services and facilities. 
TITLE II—SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS NATIONAL MONUMENT 
Sec. 201. Boundary modification, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. 
TITLE I—SAN GABRIEL 
NATIONAL RECREATION AREA 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ADJUDICATION.—The term ‘‘adjudication’’ 
means any final judgment, order, ruling, or decree 
entered in any judicial proceeding adjudicating or af-
fecting water rights, surface water management, or 
groundwater management. 
(2) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘advisory 
council’’ means the San Gabriel National Recreation 
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Area Public Advisory Council established by section 
106(a). 
(3) FEDERAL
LANDS.—The term ‘‘Federal 
lands’’ means— 
(A) public lands under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the Interior; and 
(B) lands under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of Defense, acting through the Army 
Corps of Engineers. 
(4) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the management plan for the 
recreation area required by section 103(e). 
(5) PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘‘public lands’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 103(e) 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)). 
(6) PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘partnership’’ 
means the San Gabriel National Recreation Partner-
ship established by section 107(a). 
(7) RECREATION AREA.—The term ‘‘recreation 
area’’ means the San Gabriel National Recreation 
Area established by section 102(b). 
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
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(9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of California. 
(10) UTILITY FACILITY.—The term ‘‘utility fa-
cility’’ means electric substations, communication fa-
cilities, towers, poles, and lines, ground wires, com-
munication circuits, and other structures, and re-
lated infrastructure. 
(11) WATER RESOURCE FACILITY.—The term 
‘‘water resource facility’’ means irrigation and 
pumping facilities, dams and reservoirs, flood control 
facilities, water conservation works, including debris 
protection facilities, sediment placement sites, rain 
gauges, and stream gauges, water quality facilities, 
recycled water facilities and water pumping, convey-
ance distribution systems, and water treatment fa-
cilities, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, 
hydropower projects, and transmission and other an-
cillary facilities, groundwater recharge facilities, 
water conservation, water filtration plants, and other 
water diversion, conservation, groundwater recharge, 
storage, and carriage structures. 
SEC. 102. ESTABLISHMENT OF SAN GABRIEL NATIONAL 
RECREATION AREA. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are— 
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(1) to conserve, protect, and enhance for the 
benefit and enjoyment of present and future genera-
tions the ecological, scenic, wildlife, recreational, cul-
tural, historical, natural, educational, and scientific 
resources of the recreation area; 
(2) to provide environmentally responsible, well- 
managed recreational opportunities within the recre-
ation area, and improve access to and from the 
recreation area; 
(3) to provide expanded educational and inter-
pretive services that will increase public under-
standing of and appreciation for the natural and cul-
tural resources of the recreation area; 
(4) to facilitate the cooperative management of 
the lands and resources within the recreation area, 
in collaboration with the State and political subdivi-
sions of the State, historical, business, cultural, 
civic, recreational, tourism and other nongovern-
mental organizations, and the public; and 
(5) to allow the continued use of the recreation 
area by all persons, entities, and local government 
agencies in activities relating to integrated water 
management, flood protection, water conservation, 
water quality, water rights, water supply, ground-
water recharge and monitoring, wastewater treat-
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ment, public roads and bridges, and utilities within 
or adjacent to the recreation area. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT AND BOUNDARIES.—Subject to 
valid existing rights, there is hereby established the San 
Gabriel National Recreation Area as a unit of the National 
Park System in the State of California, which shall consist 
of approximately 51,107 acres of Federal lands and inter-
ests in land in the State depicted as the ‘‘Proposed San 
Gabriel Mountains National Recreation Area’’ on the map 
titled ‘‘San Gabriel Mountains National Recreation Area 
and National Monument Expansion Proposal’’ and dated 
October 5, 2015. 
(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall file a map and a legal description of the recre-
ation area with— 
(A) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate. 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal de-
scription filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex-
cept that the Secretary may correct any clerical and 
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typographical errors in the map and legal descrip-
tion. 
(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal 
description filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
offices of the National Park Service. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION AND JURISDICTION.— 
(1) PUBLIC LANDS.—The public lands included 
in the recreation area shall be administered by the 
Secretary, acting through the National Park Service. 
(2) DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE
LANDS.—Al-
though certain Federal lands under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary of Defense are included in the 
recreation area, nothing in this title transfers ad-
ministrative jurisdiction of such Federal lands from 
the Secretary of Defense or otherwise affects Fed-
eral lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
Defense. 
(3) STATE AND LOCAL JURISDICTION.—Noth-
ing in this title alters, modifies, or diminishes any 
right, responsibility, power, authority, jurisdiction, 
or entitlement of the State, any political subdivision 
of the State, or any State or local agency under ex-
isting Federal, State, and local law (including regu-
lations). 
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SEC. 103. MANAGEMENT. 
(a) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.—Subject to valid ex-
isting rights, the Secretary shall manage the public lands 
included in the recreation area in a manner that protects, 
and enhances the natural resources and values of the 
lands, in accordance with— 
(1) this title; 
(2) the laws generally applicable to units of the 
National Park System; and 
(3) other applicable law (including Federal, 
State, or local law, and regulations). 
(b) COOPERATION
WITH
SECRETARY
OF
DE-
FENSE.—The Secretary shall cooperate with the Secretary 
of Defense to develop opportunities for the management, 
to the maximum extent practicable, of the Federal lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense included 
in the recreation area in accordance with the purposes de-
scribed in section 102(a). 
(c) TREATMENT OF NON-FEDERAL LANDS AND RE-
LATED PROVISIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title— 
(A) authorizes the Secretary to take any 
action that would affect the use of any land not 
owned by the United States; 
(B) affects the use of, or access to, any 
non-Federal land within the recreation area; 
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(C) modifies any provision of Federal, 
State, or local law with respect to public access 
to or use of non-Federal land; 
(D) requires any owner of non-Federal 
land to allow public access (including Federal, 
State, or local government access) to private 
property or any other non-Federal land; 
(E) alters any duly adopted land use regu-
lation, approved land use plan, or any other 
regulatory authority of any State, or local agen-
cy, or tribal government; 
(F) creates any liability, or affects any li-
ability under any other law, of any private 
property owner or other owner of non-Federal 
land with respect to any person injured on pri-
vate property or other non-Federal land; 
(G) conveys any land use or other regu-
latory authority to the partnership; 
(H) shall be construed to cause any Fed-
eral, State, or local regulations or permit re-
quirements, which are intended to apply to 
units of the National Park System, to affect the 
Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of Defense or non-Federal lands within 
the boundaries of the recreation area; or 
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(I) requires any local government to par-
ticipate in any program administered by the 
Secretary. 
(2) COOPERATION.—The Secretary is encour-
aged to work with owners of non-Federal land who 
have agreed to cooperate with the Secretary to fur-
ther the purposes of this title. 
(3) BUFFER ZONES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not in-
tend the establishment of the recreation area to 
lead to the creation of protective perimeters or 
buffer zones around the recreation area. 
(B) ACTIVITIES OR USES UP TO BOUND-
ARIES.—The fact that certain activities or land 
can be seen or heard from within the recreation 
area shall not, of itself, preclude the activities 
or land uses up to the boundary of the recre-
ation area. 
(4) FACILITIES.—Nothing in this title shall af-
fect the operation, maintenance, modification, con-
struction, or expansion of any water resource facility 
or any solid waste, sanitary sewer, water or waste-
water treatment, groundwater recharge or conserva-
tion, hydroelectric, conveyance distribution system, 
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recycled water facility, or utility facility located with-
in or adjacent to the recreation area. 
(5) EXEMPTION.—Section 100903 of title 54, 
United States Code, shall not apply to the Puente 
Hills landfill, materials recovery facility, or inter-
modal facility. 
(d) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) DEADLINE.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
and the advisory council shall create a comprehen-
sive management plan for the recreation area that 
fulfills the purposes described in section 102(a). 
(2) USE OF EXISTING PLANS.—In developing 
the management plan, and to the extent consistent 
with this section, the Secretary may incorporate any 
provision from a land use plan or any other plan ap-
plicable to the public lands included in the recreation 
area. 
(3) INCORPORATION
OF
VISITOR
SERVICES 
PLAN.—To the maximum extent practicable, the 
Secretary shall incorporate the visitor services plan 
required by section 108 into the management plan. 
(4) PARTNERSHIP.—In developing the manage-
ment plan, the Secretary shall consider recommenda-
tions of the partnership. To the maximum extent 
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practicable, the Secretary shall incorporate rec-
ommendations of the partnership into the manage-
ment plan if the Secretary determines that the rec-
ommendations are feasible and consistent with the 
purposes in section 102(a), this title, and applicable 
laws (including regulations). 
(e) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this title af-
fects the jurisdiction of the State with respect to fish and 
wildlife located on public lands in the State. 
SEC. 104. ACQUISITION OF NON-FEDERAL LANDS WITHIN 
THE RECREATION AREA. 
(a) LIMITED ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Sec-
retary may acquire non-Federal land within the bound-
aries of the recreation area only through exchange, dona-
tion, or purchase from a willing seller. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.— 
Nothing in this title authorizes the use of eminent domain 
to acquire land or interests in land. 
(c) TREATMENT OF ACQUIRED LANDS.—Any land or 
interest in land acquired by the United States and located 
within the boundaries of the recreation area shall be— 
(1) included in the recreation area; and 
(2) administered by the Secretary in accordance 
with— 
(A) this title; and 
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(B) any other applicable law (including 
regulations). 
(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—As a further con-
dition on the acquisition of land or interests in land under 
this section, the Secretary shall make a determination that 
the land contains important biological, cultural, historic, 
or recreational values. 
SEC. 105. WATER RIGHTS; WATER RESOURCE FACILITIES; 
PUBLIC ROADS; UTILITY FACILITIES. 
(a) NO EFFECT ON WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in 
this title— 
(1) shall affect the use or allocation, in exist-
ence on the date of the enactment of this Act, of any 
water, water right, or interest in water (including 
potable, recycled, reclaimed, waste, imported, ex-
ported, banked, stored water, surface water, ground-
water, and public trust interests); 
(2) shall affect any public or private contract in 
existence on the date of the enactment of this Act 
for the sale, lease, or loan of any water (including 
potable, recycled, reclaimed, waste, imported, ex-
ported, banked, stored water, surface water, and 
groundwater); 
(3) shall be considered to be a relinquishment 
or reduction of any water rights reserved or appro-
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priated by the United States in the State on or be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act; 
(4) authorizes or imposes any new reserved 
Federal water rights or expands water usage pursu-
ant to any existing Federal reserved riparian or ap-
propriative rights; 
(5) shall be considered to be a relinquishment 
or reduction of any water rights (including potable, 
recycled, reclaimed, waste, imported, exported, 
banked, stored water, surface water and ground-
water) held, reserved or appropriated by any public 
entity, or other person or entities, on or before the 
date of the enactment of this Act; 
(6) shall be construed to, or shall interfere or 
conflict with the exercise of the powers or duties of 
any watermaster, public agency, or other body or en-
tity responsible for groundwater or surface water 
management or groundwater replenishment as des-
ignated or established pursuant to any adjudication, 
or Federal or State statute including, without limita-
tion, the management of the San Gabriel River wa-
tershed and basin, to provide water supply and other 
environmental benefits; 
(7) shall be construed to impede or adversely 
impact any previously adopted Los Angeles County 
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Drainage Area project, as described in the report of 
the Chief of Engineers dated June 30, 1992, includ-
ing any supplement or addendum to that report, or 
any maintenance agreement to operate the project; 
(8) shall interfere or conflict with any action by 
a watermaster or public agency that is authorized 
pursuant to Federal or State statute, water right or 
adjudication, including actions relating to water con-
servation, water quality, surface water diversion or 
impoundment, groundwater recharge, water treat-
ment, conservation or storage of water, pollution, 
waste discharge, the pumping of groundwater; the 
spreading, injection, pumping, storage, or the use of 
water from local sources, storm water flows, and 
runoff, or from imported or recycled water, that is 
undertaken in connection with the management or 
regulation of the San Gabriel River; 
(9) shall interfere with, obstruct, hinder, or 
delay the exercise of, or access to, any water right 
by the owner of a public water system, or other per-
son or entity, including, but not limited to, the con-
struction, operation, maintenance, replacement, re-
pair, location, or relocation of any well; pipeline; or 
water pumping, treatment, diversion, impoundment, 
or storage facility; or other facility or property nec-
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essary or useful to access any water right or operate 
any public water system; 
(10) shall require initiation or reinitiation of 
consultation with the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service under, or the application of provisions of, 
the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.) concerning any action or activity affecting 
water, water rights or water management or water 
resource facilities in the San Gabriel River water-
shed and basin; or 
(11) authorizes any agency or employee of the 
United States, or any other person, to take any ac-
tion inconsistent with a preceding paragraph. 
(b) WATER RESOURCE FACILITIES.— 
(1) NO
EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
WATER
RE-
SOURCE FACILITIES.—Nothing in this title shall af-
fect— 
(A) the use, operation, maintenance, re-
pair, construction, reconfiguration, expansion, 
or replacement of a water resource facility with-
in or adjacent to the recreation area; or 
(B) access to a water resource facility 
within or adjacent to the recreation area. 
(2) NO EFFECT ON NEW WATER RESOURCE FA-
CILITIES.—Nothing in this title shall preclude the 
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establishment of new water resource facilities (in-
cluding instream sites, routes, and areas) within the 
recreation area if such facilities are necessary to pre-
serve or enhance the health, safety, water supply, or 
utility services to residents of Los Angeles or San 
Bernardino Counties. 
(3) FLOOD
CONTROL.—Nothing in this title 
shall be construed to— 
(A) impose new restrictions or require-
ments on flood protection, water conservation, 
water supply, groundwater recharge, water 
transfers, or water quality operations; or 
(B) increase the liability of agencies car-
rying out flood protection, water conservation, 
water supply, groundwater recharge, water 
transfers, or water quality operations. 
(4) DIVERSION OR USE OF WATER.—Nothing in 
this title shall authorize or require the use of water 
in or the diversion of water to the recreation area. 
(c) UTILITY FACILITIES AND RIGHTS OF WAY.— 
Nothing in this title shall— 
(1) affect the use, operation, maintenance, re-
pair, construction, reconfiguration, expansion, in-
spection, renewal, reconstruction, alteration, addi-
tion, relocation, improvement, removal, or replace-
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ment of utility facilities or appurtenant rights of way 
within or adjacent to the recreation area; 
(2) affect access to utility facilities or rights of 
way within or adjacent to the recreation area; or 
(3) preclude the establishment of new utility fa-
cilities or rights of way (including instream sites, 
routes, and areas) within the recreation area if such 
facilities are necessary for public health and safety, 
electricity supply, or other utility services. 
(d) ROADS; PUBLIC TRANSIT.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) PUBLIC
ROADS.—The term ‘‘public 
roads’’ means any paved road or bridge (includ-
ing any appurtenant structures and rights of 
way) that is operated or maintained by a non- 
Federal entity and is— 
(i) open to vehicular use by the public; 
or 
(ii) used by public agencies or utilities 
for the operation, maintenance, repair, 
construction, and rehabilitation of infra-
structure, utility facility, or right-of-way. 
(B) PUBLIC TRANSIT.—The term ‘‘public 
transit’’ means transit services (including oper-
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