Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act

Bill: 118-hr-5881
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2023-10-03
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action: action_date: 2023-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5881 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 3, 2023 Mr. Schiff (for himself, Ms. Brownley , Mr. Gomez , Mr. Sherman , Mr. Lieu , Ms. Chu , Ms. Barragán , and Mr. Levin ) introduced the following 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act . 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area was authorized as a unit of the National 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 marine and terrestrial paleontological resources; and (iii) high biodiversity, including outstanding examples of native grasslands, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, dry coniferous forests, and alluvian fan sage scrub; and (B) nationally significant cultural resources that represent a wide range of themes related to human use and settlement in the region— (i) high concentrations of archeological resources that provide insight into more than 10,000 years of Native American history; and (ii) landmarks that represent topics such as architecture, recreation, and space exploration. (3) Expanding the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area would provide new opportunities for the National Park Service to serve a broad range of urban communities, including many that are underrepresented in national parks and underserved by State and local parks. 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 inserting 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 (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 appropriate offices of the National Park Service. (C) Revisions After advising the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources 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. . 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 National Recreation Area ) in accordance with the laws (including regulations) applicable to the National Recreation Area. 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 activities on resources of the Rim of the Valley Unit.