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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5881 
To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation 
Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 3, 2023 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. 
LIEU, Ms. CHU, Ms. BARRAGA´N, and Mr. LEVIN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains 
National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the 
Valley Corridor, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rim of the Valley Cor-
ridor Preservation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
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(1) The Santa Monica Mountains National 
Recreation Area was authorized as a unit of the Na-
tional Park System on November 10, 1978. 
(2) The Santa Monica Mountains and the Rim 
of the Valley Corridor include— 
(A) nationally significant resources— 
(i) outstanding examples of geologic 
history, including the evolution of the 
Transverse Ranges Province; 
(ii) a diversity of well-preserved ma-
rine and terrestrial paleontological re-
sources; and 
(iii) high biodiversity, including out-
standing examples of native grasslands, 
coastal sage scrub, chaparral, dry conif-
erous forests, and alluvian fan sage scrub; 
and 
(B) nationally significant cultural re-
sources that represent a wide range of themes 
related to human use and settlement in the re-
gion— 
(i) high concentrations of archeo-
logical resources that provide insight into 
more than 10,000 years of Native Amer-
ican history; and 
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(ii) landmarks that represent topics 
such as architecture, recreation, and space 
exploration. 
(3) Expanding the Santa Monica Mountains 
National Recreation Area would provide new oppor-
tunities for the National Park Service to serve a 
broad range of urban communities, including many 
that are underrepresented in national parks and un-
derserved by State and local parks. 
SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—Section 507(c) of the 
National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
460kk(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) BOUNDARY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The recreation area 
shall consist of— 
‘‘(i) the land, water, and interests in 
land and water generally depicted as the 
recreation area on the map entitled ‘Santa 
Monica Mountains National Recreation 
Area and Santa Monica Mountains Zone, 
California, 
Boundary 
Map’, 
numbered 
80,047–C, and dated August 2001; and 
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‘‘(ii) the land, water, and interests in 
land and water, as generally depicted as 
‘Proposed Addition’ on the map entitled 
‘Rim of the Valley Unit—Santa Monica 
Mountains 
National 
Recreation 
Area’, 
numbered 638/147,723, and dated April 
2023. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS.—The maps 
described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the National Park Service. 
‘‘(C) REVISIONS.—After advising the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate and the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives, in 
writing, of the proposed revision, the Secretary 
may make minor revisions to the boundaries of 
the recreation area by publication of a revised 
drawing or other boundary description in the 
Federal Register.’’. 
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 
Any land or interest in land acquired by the Secretary 
of the Interior within the Rim of the Valley Unit shall 
be administered as part of the Santa Monica Mountains 
National Recreation Area (referred to in this Act as the 
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‘‘National Recreation Area’’) in accordance with the laws 
(including regulations) applicable to the National Recre-
ation Area. 
SEC. 5. UTILITIES AND WATER RESOURCE FACILITIES. 
The addition of the Rim of the Valley Unit to the 
National Recreation Area shall not affect the operation, 
maintenance, or modification of water resource facilities 
or public utilities within the Rim of the Valley Unit, except 
that any utility or water resource facility activities in the 
Rim of the Valley Unit shall be conducted in a manner 
that reasonably avoids or reduces the impact of the activi-
ties on resources of the Rim of the Valley Unit. 
Æ 
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