entific and historic resources. Magnificent groves of 
towering giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees, 
are interspersed within a great belt of coniferous 
forest, jeweled with mountain meadows. Bold gra-
nitic domes and spires, and plunging gorges, texture 
the landscape. The area’s elevation climbs from 
about 2,500 to 9,700 feet over a distance of only a 
few miles, capturing an extraordinary number of 
habitats within a relatively small area. This spec-
trum of ecosystems is home to a diverse array of 
plants and animals, many of which are rare or en-
demic to the southern Sierra Nevada. The monu-
ment embraces limestone caverns and holds unique 
paleological resources documenting tens of thou-
sands of years of ecosystem change.’’. 
(3) The various ecosystems cited as the basis 
for establishment of the Monument— 
(A) extend beyond the existing boundaries 
of the Monument; and 
(B) encompass the fragile and extremely 
diverse southern Sierra Nevada bioregions. 
(4) To protect all the ecosystems and objects 
described in the Proclamation, the southeastern 
boundary of the Monument should be extended down 
to the bottom of the watershed at the Kern River to 
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provide for watershed integrity, seasonal wildlife mi-
grations, and other benefits. 
(5) The Proclamation provides the following: 
‘‘No portion of the Monument shall be considered to 
be suited for timber production, and no part of the 
Monument shall be used in a calculation or provision 
of a sustained yield of timber from the Sequoia Na-
tional Forest’’. 
(6) Even though the primary reason for estab-
lishing the Monument was to rescue the area from 
the effects of road building and severe logging imple-
mented by the Forest Service, the Proclamation left 
the Monument under the jurisdiction of the Forest 
Service, which, in part, has a mission to provide sus-
tained yields of resources, including timber. 
(7) In 2006 a Federal court rescinded a pro-
grammatic environmental plan for the Monument 
and enjoined four timber projects, noting that ‘‘the 
Forest Service’s interest in harvesting timber has 
trampled the applicable environmental laws’’. 
(8) Because of the Forest Service’s mission and 
demonstrated desire to allow logging in the Giant 
Sequoia National Monument, another Federal land 
management agency should have jurisdiction over 
the Monument. 
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(9) The National Park Service, which has a 
mission to preserve natural and cultural resources 
and manages 73 national monuments, including 
many which were originally under the jurisdiction of 
the Forest Service, is the appropriate agency to 
manage the Monument. 
(10) To save the ecological integrity of the 
Monument, it is essential that the approximately 
49,440 acres of land between the Greenhorn Moun-
tains (commonly known as the ‘‘Western Divide’’) 
and the center line of the Kern River, south from 
the mouth of South Creek to the mouth of Bull Run 
Creek, be included in the Monument. 
(11) Because there will no longer be any se-
quoia trees remaining within the boundary of Se-
quoia National Forest, the name Sequoia National 
Forest is no longer appropriate; therefore, the Se-
quoia National Forest land north of Sequoia Na-
tional Park should be added to the Sierra National 
Forest, which adjoins the Sequoia National Forest 
on the north and for reasons of accessibility, econ-
omy, and general efficiency of operation, the remain-
ing Sequoia National Forest territory south of Se-
quoia National Park should be made part of the 
Inyo National Forest, which already shares the 
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Golden Trout Wilderness with the Sequoia National 
Forest. 
SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ADVISORY
BOARD.—The term ‘‘Advisory 
Board’’ means the Giant Sequoia National Monu-
ment Advisory Board. 
(2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the management plan for the 
Monument required by the Proclamation. 
(3) 
MONUMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Monument’’ 
means the Giant Sequoia National Monument estab-
lished by the Proclamation. 
(4) PROCLAMATION.—The term ‘‘Proclama-
tion’’ means the Presidential Proclamation number 
7295, dated April 15, 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 24095). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service. 
(6) SUPERINTENDENT.—The term ‘‘Super-
intendent’’ means the Superintendent of the Monu-
ment. 
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SEC. 303. ADDITIONS TO GIANT SEQUOIA NATIONAL MONU-
MENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is added to the Monument 
the following: 
(1) The approximately 49,440 acres of land be-
tween the Greenhorn Mountains (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Western Divide’’) and the center line of the 
Kern River, south from the mouth of South Creek 
to the mouth of Bull Run Creek then up Bull Run 
Creek to Deep Creek, then up Deep Creek to a point 
due east of Sunday Peak, then due west to Sunday 
Peak and continuing along the original Monument 
boundary. 
(2) The Jennie Lakes Wilderness. 
(b) BOUNDARY REVISION.—The boundary of the 
Monument is revised to reflect the addition of the land 
to the Monument under subsection (a). 
SEC. 304. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION 
OVER THE GIANT SEQUOIA NATIONAL MONU-
MENT. 
(a) TRANSFER.—Administrative jurisdiction over the 
Monument is transferred from the Secretary of Agri-
culture to the Secretary of the Interior. 
(b) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Monument shall be ad-
ministered in accordance with the Proclamation, except 
that any deliberations by the Chief of the Forest Service 
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