H. R. 3676
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To establish the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument in
the State of California.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Santa Rosa
and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Act of 2000’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Establishment of Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monu-
ment, California.
Sec. 3. Management of Federal lands in the National Monument.
Sec. 4. Development of management plan.
Sec. 5. Existing and historical uses of Federal lands included in Monument.
Sec. 6. Acquisition of land.
Sec. 7. Local advisory committee.
Sec. 8. Authorization of appropriations.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SANTA ROSA AND SAN JACINTO MOUN-
TAINS NATIONAL MONUMENT, CALIFORNIA.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains in southern
California contain nationally significant biological, cultural, rec-
reational, geological, educational, and scientific values.
(2) The magnificent vistas, wildlife, land forms, and natural
and cultural resources of these mountains occupy a unique
and challenging position given their proximity to highly urban-
ized areas of the Coachella Valley.
(3) These mountains, which rise abruptly from the desert
floor to an elevation of 10,802 feet, provide a picturesque back-
drop for Coachella Valley communities and support an abun-
dance of recreational opportunities that are an important
regional economic resource.
(4) These mountains have special cultural value to the
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, containing significant
cultural sites, including village sites, trails, petroglyphs, and
other evidence of their habitation.
(5) The designation of a Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Moun-
tains National Monument by this Act is not intended to impact
upon existing or future growth in the Coachella Valley.
(6) Because the areas immediately surrounding the new
National Monument are densely populated and urbanized, it
is anticipated that certain activities or uses on private lands
outside of the National Monument may have some impact upon
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the National Monument, and Congress does not intend, directly
or indirectly, that additional regulations be imposed on such
uses or activities as long as they are consistent with other
applicable law.
(7) The Bureau of Land Management and the Forest
Service should work cooperatively in the management of the
National Monument.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES.—In order to preserve the
nationally significant biological, cultural, recreational, geological,
educational, and scientific values found in the Santa Rosa and
San Jacinto Mountains and to secure now and for future generations
the opportunity to experience and enjoy the magnificent vistas,
wildlife, land forms, and natural and cultural resources in these
mountains and to recreate therein, there is hereby designated the
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument (in
this Act referred to as the ‘‘National Monument’’).
(c) BOUNDARIES.—The National Monument shall consist of Fed-
eral lands and Federal interests in lands located within the bound-
aries depicted on a series of 24 maps entitled ‘‘Boundary Map,
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto National Monument’’, 23 of which
are dated May 6, 2000, and depict separate townships and one
of which is dated June 22, 2000, and depicts the overall boundaries.
(d) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS; CORRECTION OF ERRORS.—
(1) PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION.—As soon as practicable
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Interior shall use the map referred to in subsection
(c) to prepare legal descriptions of the boundaries of the
National Monument. The Secretary shall submit the resulting
legal descriptions to the Committee on Resources and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the
Senate.
(2) LEGAL EFFECT.—The map and legal descriptions of the
National Monument shall have the same force and effect as
if included in this Act, except that the Secretary of the Interior
may correct clerical and typographical errors in the map and
legal descriptions. The map shall be on file and available for
public inspection in appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land
Management and the Forest Service.
SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL LANDS IN THE NATIONAL MONU-
MENT.
(a) BASIS OF MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior and
the Secretary of Agriculture shall manage the National Monument
to protect the resources of the National Monument, and shall allow
only those uses of the National Monument that further the purposes
for the establishment of the National Monument, in accordance
with—
(1) this Act;
(2) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
(43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);
(3) the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) and section 14 of
the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a);
and
(4) other applicable provisions of law.
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(b) ADMINISTRATION
OF SUBSEQUENTLY ACQUIRED LANDS.—
Lands or interests in lands within the boundaries of the National
Monument that are acquired by the Bureau of Land Management
after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be managed
by the Secretary of the Interior. Lands or interests in lands within
the boundaries of the National Monument that are acquired by
the Forest Service after the date of the enactment of this Act
shall be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(c) PROTECTION OF RESERVATION, STATE, AND PRIVATE LANDS
AND INTERESTS.—Nothing in the establishment of the National
Monument shall affect any property rights of any Indian reserva-
tion, any individually held trust lands, any other Indian allotments,
any lands or interests in lands held by the State of California,
any political subdivision of the State of California, any special
district, or the Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority, or any
private property rights within the boundaries of the National Monu-
ment. Establishment of the National Monument shall not grant
the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture any
new authority on or over non-Federal lands not already provided
by law. The authority of the Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture under this Act extends only to Federal
lands and Federal interests in lands included in the National Monu-
ment.
(d) EXISTING RIGHTS.—The management of the National Monu-
ment shall be subject to valid existing rights.
(e) NO BUFFER ZONES AROUND NATIONAL MONUMENT.—Because
the National Monument is established in a highly urbanized area—
(1) the establishment of the National Monument shall not
lead to the creation of express or implied protective perimeters
or buffer zones around the National Monument;
(2) an activity on, or use of, private lands up to the bound-
aries of the National Monument shall not be precluded because
of the monument designation, if the activity or use is consistent
with other applicable law; and
(3) an activity on, or use of, private lands, if the activity
or use is consistent with other applicable law, shall not be
directly or indirectly subject to additional regulation because
of the designation of the National Monument.
(f ) AIR AND WATER QUALITY.—Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to change standards governing air or water quality out-
side of the designated area of the National Monument.
SEC. 4. DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT PLAN.
(a) DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after of the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of Agriculture shall complete a management
plan for the conservation and protection of the National Monu-
ment consistent with the requirements of section 3(a). The
Secretaries shall submit the management plan to Congress
before it is made public.
(2) MANAGEMENT PENDING COMPLETION.—Pending comple-
tion of the management plan for the National Monument, the
Secretaries shall manage Federal lands and interests in lands
within the National Monument substantially consistent with
current uses occurring on such lands and under the general
guidelines and authorities of the existing management plans