Title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California consistently with Congress' long-standing intent to continue to authorize working dairies and ranches on agricultural property as part of the seashore's unique historic, cultural, scenic and natural values, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to manage certain agricultural property in California consistent with Congress's intent to maintain working dairies and ranches on the property as part of the unique historic, cultural, scenic, and natural values of the Point Reyes National Seashore. Interior must manage tule elk present on the property as directed by the bill.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6687 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6687

   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Point Reyes 
National Seashore in the State of California consistent with Congress' 
    longstanding intent to maintain working dairies and ranches on 
   agricultural property as part of the seashore's unique historic, 
      cultural, scenic and natural values, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 28, 2018

    Mr. Huffman (for himself and Mr. Bishop of Utah) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Point Reyes 
National Seashore in the State of California consistent with Congress' 
    longstanding intent to maintain working dairies and ranches on 
   agricultural property as part of the seashore's unique historic, 
      cultural, scenic and natural values, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY IN POINT REYES NATIONAL 
              SEASHORE.

    Public Law 87-657 (16 U.S.C. 459c, et seq.) is amended as follows:
    (1) In section 5(b) (16 U.S.C. 459c-5(b))--
            (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``As used in'' and 
        inserting the following:
    ``(1) As used in'';
            (B) by striking ``The term `agricultural property' as 
        used'' and inserting the following:
    ``(2) The term `agricultural property' as used'';
            (C) by striking ``means lands which were in regular use'' 
        and inserting ``means--
            ``(A) lands that were in regular use''; and
            (D) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and
            ``(B) on the northern district of the Golden Gate National 
        Recreation Area, lands that were in regular use for, or were 
        being converted to agricultural, ranching, or dairying purposes 
        as of May 1, 1978, together with residential and other 
        structures related to the above uses of the property that were 
        in existence or under construction as of May 1, 1978.''.
    (2) In section 5 (16 U.S.C. 459c-5)--
            (A) by inserting before subsection (a) the following:
    ``(a) The Secretary shall manage agricultural property consistent 
with Congress' longstanding intent to maintain working dairies and 
ranches on agricultural property as part of the seashore's unique 
historic, cultural, scenic and natural values.''; and
            (B) by redesignating subsequent subsections accordingly.
    (3) In section 6 (16 U.S.C. 459c-6), by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(c)(1) In areas of agricultural property where Tule Elk present 
conflicts with working ranches or dairies, the Secretary shall manage 
the Tule Elk to ensure separation from the working ranches or dairies. 
To minimize the conflicts and prevent establishment of new Tule Elk 
herds on agricultural property, the Secretary may work with Indian 
Tribes interested in the following:
            ``(A) Partnering with the Secretary in the relocation and 
        reestablishment of Tule Elk on tribal lands.
            ``(B) Participating in hunting Tule Elk on a subsistence or 
        ceremonial basis.
            ``(C) Other partnerships and activities that the Secretary 
        determines are suitable and feasible for this purpose.
    ``(2) Nothing in this subparagraph reduces or diminishes the 
authority of the Secretary to use other existing authorities or 
management tools to separate Tule Elk from agricultural property.''.
    (4) By adding at the end, the following:
    ``Sec. 10.  Consistent with the purposes of this Act, including 
section 5(a), the Secretary is directed to complete, without delay, the 
General Management Plan Amendment for Point Reyes National Seashore and 
the north district of Golden Gate Recreation Area, its Environmental 
Impact Statement, and, upon completion of the Record of Decision, issue 
leases and special use permits of 20 years for working dairies and 
ranches on agricultural property.''.
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