Pinnacles National Park Act
PL 112-245 (H.R.3641), enacted 01/10/2013

126 STAT. 2385 
PUBLIC LAW 112–245—JAN. 10, 2013 
Public Law 112–245 
112th Congress 
An Act 
To establish Pinnacles National Park in the State of California as a unit of the 
National Park System, 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. 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 established by Presi-
dential Proclamation 796 on January 16, 1908, for the purposes 
of protecting its rock formations, 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 Pinnacles National 
Monument has attracted and enthralled visitors for well over 
a century, the expanded Monument now serves a critical role 
in protecting other important natural and cultural resources 
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 special 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 Congression-
ally designated wilderness. 
(4) Pinnacles National Monument encompasses a unique 
blend of California heritage from prehistoric and historic Native 
Americans to the arrival of the Spanish, followed by 18th 
and 19th century settlers, including miners, cowboys, vaqueros, 
ranchers, 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 Pinnacles National Monument as 
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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 central California coast and 
Pacific coast range’s important natural and cultural resources 
requires cooperation and partnerships among local property 
owners, Federal, State, and local government entities and the 
private sector. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—There is hereby 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 ecosystems of the area, the area’s 
geomorphology, riparian 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 National Park 
are as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed: Pinnacles 
National Park 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 NATIONAL MONU-
MENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In light of the establishment of Pinnacles 
National Park, Pinnacles National Monument is hereby abol-
ished and the lands and interests therein are incorporated 
within and made part of Pinnacles National Park. Any funds 
available 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 Service Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 1, 
2–4). 
SEC. 4. REDESIGNATION OF PINNACLES WILDERNESS AS HAIN 
WILDERNESS. 
Subsection (i) of the first section 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, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–245—JAN. 10, 2013 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3641: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112–626 (Comm. on Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 158 (2012): 
July 31, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 30, considered and passed Senate. 
States to the Pinnacles Wilderness shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the Hain Wilderness. 
Approved January 10, 2013. 
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