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Union Calendar No. 450 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3641 
[Report No. 112–626] 
To establish Pinnacles National Park in the State of California as a unit 
of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2011 
Mr. FARR (for himself and Mr. DENHAM) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
JULY 26, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 13, 2011] 
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A BILL 
To establish Pinnacles National Park in the State of Cali-
fornia as a unit of the National Park System, and for 
other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Pinnacles National Park 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Pinnacles National Monument was estab-
lished by Presidential Proclamation 796 on January 
16, 1908, for the purposes of protecting its rock for-
mations, and expanded by Presidential Proclamation 
1660 of May 7, 1923; Presidential Proclamation 1704 
of July 2, 1924; Presidential Proclamation 1948 of 
April 13, 1931; Presidential Proclamation 2050 of 
July 11, 1933; Presidential Proclamation 2528 of De-
cember 5, 1941; Public Law 94–567; and Presidential 
Proclamation 7266 of January 11, 2000. 
(2) While the extraordinary geology of Pinnacles 
National Monument has attracted and enthralled visi-
tors for well over a century, the expanded Monument 
now serves a critical role in protecting other impor-
tant natural and cultural resources and ecological 
processes. This expanded role merits recognition 
through legislation. 
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(3) Pinnacles National Monument provides the 
best remaining refuge for floral and fauna species 
representative of the central California coast and Pa-
cific coast range, including 32 species holding special 
Federal or State status, not only because of its mul-
tiple ecological niches but also because of its long-term 
protected status with 14,500 acres of Congressionally 
designated wilderness. 
(4) Pinnacles National Monument encompasses a 
unique blend of California heritage from prehistoric 
and historic Native Americans to the arrival of the 
Spanish, followed by 18th and 19th century settlers, 
including miners, cowboys, vaqueros, ranchers, farm-
ers, and homesteaders. 
(5) Pinnacles National Monument is the only 
National Park System site within the ancestral home 
range of the California Condor. The reintroduction of 
the condor to its traditional range in California is 
important to the survival of the species, and as a re-
sult, the scientific community with centers at the Los 
Angeles Zoo and San Diego Zoo in California and 
Buenos Aires Zoo in Argentina looks to Pinnacles 
National Monument as a leader in California Condor 
recovery, and as an international partner for condor 
recovery in South America. 
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(6) The preservation, enhancement, economic 
and tourism potential and management of the central 
California coast and Pacific coast range’s important 
natural and cultural resources requires cooperation 
and partnerships among local property owners, Fed-
eral, State, and local government entities and the pri-
vate sector. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—There is hereby 
established Pinnacles National Park in the State of Cali-
fornia for the purposes of— 
(1) preserving and interpreting for the benefit of 
future generations the chaparral, grasslands, blue oak 
woodlands, and majestic valley oak savanna eco-
systems of the area, the area’s geomorphology, ripar-
ian watersheds, unique flora and fauna, and the an-
cestral and cultural history of native Americans, set-
tlers and explorers; and 
(2) interpreting the recovery program for the 
California Condor and the international significance 
of the program. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of Pinnacles Na-
tional Park are as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Proposed: Pinnacles National Park Designation Change’’, 
numbered 114/111,724, and dated December 2011. The map 
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shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
appropriate offices of the National Park Service. 
(c) ABOLISHMENT OF CURRENT PINNACLES NATIONAL 
MONUMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In light of the establishment 
of Pinnacles National Park, Pinnacles National 
Monument is hereby abolished and the lands and in-
terests therein are incorporated within and made part 
of Pinnacles National Park. Any funds available for 
purposes of the monument shall be available for pur-
poses of the park. 
(2) REFERENCES.—Any references in law (other 
than in this Act), regulation, document, record, map 
or other paper of the United States to Pinnacles Na-
tional Monument shall be considered a reference to 
Pinnacles National Park. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall administer Pinnacles National Park in accordance 
with this Act and laws generally applicable to units of the 
National Park System, including the National Park Service 
Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4). 
SEC. 4. REDESIGNATION OF PINNACLES WILDERNESS AS 
HAIN WILDERNESS. 
Subsection (i) of the first section of Public Law 94– 
567 (90 Stat. 2693; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended by 
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striking ‘‘Pinnacles Wilderness’’ and inserting ‘‘Hain Wil-
derness’’. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, docu-
ment, paper, or other record of the United States to the Pin-
nacles Wilderness shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
Hain Wilderness. 
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Union Calendar No. 450 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3641 
[Report No. 112–626] 
A BILL 
To establish Pinnacles National Park in the State 
of California as a unit of the National Park Sys-
tem, and for other purposes. 
JULY 26, 2012 
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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