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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3079
To protect the integrity of the Point Reyes National Seashore and the Golden
Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA), and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 14, 1993
Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BEILENSON, Mr. BERMAN, Mr.
BROWN of California, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. EDWARDS of California, Ms.
ESHOO, Mr. FARR, Mr. FAZIO, Mr. FILNER, Mr. HAMBURG, Ms. HAR-
MAN, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. MI-
NETA, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. SCHENK, Mr. STARK, Mr.
TORRES, Mr. TUCKER, Ms. WATERS, and Mr. WAXMAN) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To protect the integrity of the Point Reyes National Seashore
and 
the 
Golden 
Gate 
National 
Recreation 
Area
(GGNRA), 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. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are to—
(1) furnish watershed and environmental pro-
tection for the Tomales Bay;
(2) maintain the relatively undeveloped nature
of the land surrounding Tomales Bay by providing
guarantees of nondevelopment;
(3) protect the pastoral nature of the land adja-
cent to the Point Reyes National Seashore and
GGNRA; and
(4) preserve productive long-term agriculture in
the region.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE
AND 
ACQUISITION 
OF 
DEVELOPMENT
RIGHTS.
(a) EXPANSION.—Section 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An
Act to establish the Point Reyes National Seashore in the
State of California, and for other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C.
459c–1) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) The Point Reyes National Seashore shall also
include the area depicted on the map numbered
and dated 
. Such map shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the Offices of
the National Park Service, Department of the Interior,
Washington, District of Columbia.’’.
(b) ACQUISITION.—Section 3 of such Act (16 U.S.C.
459c–2) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d)(1) Notwithstanding subsections (a) through (c)
of this section, the Secretary, within the area depicted on
the map referred to in section 2(c) of this Act, may ac-
quire lands or interests in lands from the owners thereof
only by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated
funds, or exchange, except as provided in paragraph (4).
The Secretary shall give a priority to acquiring interests
in lands (including development rights and conservation
easements) and to acquiring such interests from nonprofit
corporations.
‘‘(2) In acquiring lands under this subsection, the
Secretary may negotiate for the acquisition of lands spe-
cifically for trail purposes.
‘‘(3) Lands or interests in lands may not be acquired
under this subsection without the consent of the owner
thereof, unless the Secretary determines that, in his judg-
ment the lands are subject to, or threatened with, uses
which are having, or would have, an adverse impact on
the area.
‘‘(4) Lands, and interests in lands, within the area
referred to in paragraph (1) which are owned by the State
of California, or any political subdivision thereof, may be
acquired only by donation or exchange.
‘‘(5) Section 5 does not apply with respect to lands
and interests in lands acquired under this subsection.’’.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
9 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 459c–7) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ‘‘In addition to the sums author-
ized to be appropriated by this section before the date of
the enactment of this Act, there is authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary for the acquisition
of lands and interests in lands under section 3(d).’’.
SEC. 3. ADDITION TO GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECRE-
ATION AREA.
Section 2(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish
the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the State
of California, and for other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C. 460bb-
1(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘map entitled ‘Point Reyes
and GGNRA Amendments and dated October 25, 1979’.’’
and inserting ‘‘map entitled ‘
’ and dated
.’’. The Secretary of the Interior shall—
(1) revise the boundary of Golden Gate Na-
tional Recreation Area to reflect the amendment
made by this section; and
(2) prepare and make available a map display-
ing such boundary revision in accordance with sec-
tion 2(b) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 460bb–1(b)).
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