I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3641 
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 
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. 
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-
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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 December 5, 1941; Public Law 94–567; and 
Presidential Proclamation 7266 of January 11, 
2000. 
(2) While the extraordinary geology of Pin-
nacles National Monument has attracted and en-
thralled visitors for well over a century, the ex-
panded Monument now serves a critical role in pro-
tecting other important natural and cultural re-
sources and ecological processes. This expanded role 
merits recognition through legislation. 
(3) Pinnacles National Monument provides the 
best remaining refuge for floral and fauna species 
representative of the central California coast and 
Pacific coast range, including 32 species holding spe-
cial Federal or State status, not only because of its 
multiple ecological niches but also because of its 
long-term protected status with 14,500 acres of Con-
gressionally designated wilderness. 
(4) Pinnacles National Monument encompasses 
a unique blend of California heritage from pre-
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historic and historic Native Americans to the arrival 
of the Spanish, followed by 18th and 19th century 
settlers, including miners, cowboys, vaqueros, ranch-
ers, farmers, 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 
result, the scientific community with centers at the 
Los Angeles Zoo and San Diego Zoo in California 
and Buenos Aires Zoo in Argentina looks to Pin-
nacles National Monument as a leader in California 
Condor recovery, and as an international partner for 
condor recovery in South America. 
(6) The preservation, enhancement, economic 
and tourism potential and management of the cen-
tral California coast and Pacific coast range’s impor-
tant natural and cultural resources requires coopera-
tion and partnerships among local property owners, 
Federal, State, and local government entities and 
the private sector. 
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SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—There is here-
by established Pinnacles National Park in the State of 
California 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, ri-
parian watersheds, unique flora and fauna, and the 
ancestral and cultural history of native Americans, 
settlers 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 
‘‘Pinnacles National Park Proposed Designation Change’’, 
numbered 114/111,724, and dated December 2011. The 
map shall be on file and available for public inspection 
in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. 
(c) ABOLISHMENT
OF CURRENT PINNACLES NA-
TIONAL 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 
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part of Pinnacles National Park. Any funds avail-
able for purposes of the monument shall be available 
for purposes 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 National 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 Serv-
ice Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4). 
(e) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior may acquire land or interests in land within the 
boundaries of Pinnacles National Park by donation, trans-
fer, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or ex-
change. 
SEC. 4. REDESIGNATION OF PINNACLES WILDERNESS AS 
HAIN WILDERNESS AND EXPANSION OF WIL-
DERNESS. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.—Subsection (i) of the first sec-
tion of Public Law 94–567 (90 Stat. 2693; 16 U.S.C. 
1132 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Pinnacles Wilderness’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Hain Wilderness’’. Any reference in a law, 
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