SEC. 4. ACQUISITION AND TRANSFERS OF LANDS AND 
WATERS FOR WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
(a) ACQUISITIONS.—In addition to lands and waters 
acquired pursuant to section 2, the Secretary may acquire 
by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, 
or exchange the lands and water, or interest therein (includ-
ing conservation easements), within the boundaries of the 
Wildlife Refuge, except that the lands, water, and interests 
therein owned by the State of California and its political 
subdivisions may be acquired only by donation. 
(b) TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of any Federal de-
partment or agency other than the Department of the 
Interior that has jurisdiction of any Federal property 
located within the boundaries of the Wildlife Refuge 
as described by this Act shall, not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to 
the Secretary an assessment of the suitability of such 
property for inclusion in the Wildlife Refuge. 
(2) ASSESSMENT.—Any assessment under para-
graph (1) shall include— 
(A) parcel descriptions and best existing 
land surveys for such property; 
(B) a list of existing special reservations, 
designations, or purposes of the property; 
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(C) a list of all known or suspected haz-
ardous substance contamination of such prop-
erty, and any facilities, surface water, or 
groundwater on such property; 
(D) the status of withdrawal of such prop-
erty from— 
(i) the Mineral Leasing Act; and 
(ii) the General Mining Act of 1872; 
and 
(E) a recommendation as to whether such 
property is or is not suitable for inclusion in the 
Wildlife Refuge. 
(3) INCLUSION IN WILDLIFE REFUGE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, not 
later than 60 days after receiving an assessment 
submitted pursuant to paragraph (1), determine 
if the property described in such assessment is 
suitable for inclusion in the Wildlife Refuge. 
(B) TRANSFER.—If the Secretary deter-
mines the property in an assessment submitted 
under paragraph (1) is suitable for inclusion in 
the Wildlife Refuge, the head of the Federal de-
partment or agency that has jurisdiction of such 
property shall transfer such property to the ad-
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ministrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for the 
purposes of this Act. 
(4) PROPERTY UNSUITABLE FOR INCLUSION.— 
Property determined by the Secretary to be unsuitable 
for inclusion in the Wildlife Refuge based on an as-
sessment submitted under paragraph (1) shall be sub-
sequently transferred to the Secretary for purposes of 
this Act by the head of the department or agency that 
has jurisdiction of such property if such property be-
comes suitable for inclusion in the Wildlife Refuge as 
determined by the Secretary in consultation with the 
head of the department or agency that has jurisdic-
tion of such property. 
(5) PUBLIC ACCESS.—If property transferred to 
the Secretary under this subsection allows for public 
access at the time of transfer, such access shall be 
maintained unless such access— 
(A) would be incompatible with the pur-
poses of the Wildlife Refuge; 
(B) would jeopardize public health or safe-
ty; or 
(C) must be limited due to emergency cir-
cumstances. 
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Union Calendar No. 514 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2956 
[Report No. 116–629] 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of the Western 
Riverside County Wildlife Refuge. 
DECEMBER 8, 2020 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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