Mojave National Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014

Mojave National Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014 - Transfers administrative jurisdiction of 525 acres of land from the National Park Service to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a rail project. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation approximately four acres of land within or adjacent to the Mojave National Preserve in California to be used for mitigation for every one acre of land removed from the Preserve.

Requires the acquired land to become part of the Preserve.

Authorizes the Secretary to permit cattle grazing on the acquired land in accordance with applicable National Park Service laws and policies.

Provides for the transferred land to remain withdrawn from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the general mining laws; and (3) the mining leases, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2356 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2356

        To adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2014

 Mr. Heller (for himself, Mr. Reid, and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
        To adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve.

    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 ``Mojave National Preserve Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the National Park Service.
            (2) Preserve.--The term ``preserve'' means the Mojave 
        National Preserve established under section 502 of the 
        California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa-42).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT OF THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE.

    (a) Land Acquisition.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) prior to any construction on land described in 
        paragraph (2), acquire by donation approximately 4 acres of 
        land within or adjacent to the boundary of the preserve to be 
        used for mitigation for every 1 acre of land removed from the 
        preserve under paragraph (2); and
            (2) on the date of enactment of this Act, transfer 
        administrative jurisdiction of approximately 525 acres of land 
        from the Director to the Director of the Bureau of Land 
        Management, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Mojave 
        National Preserve--Proposed Boundary Adjustment'', numbered 
        170/120,846-B and dated December 2013.
    (b) Boundary Adjustment.--The land acquired under subsection (a) 
shall be part of the preserve and the boundary of the preserve shall be 
adjusted to reflect the acquisition and transfer of administrative 
jurisdiction of the land under subsection (a).
    (c) Availability of Map.--The map described in subsection (a)(2) 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
offices of the National Park Service.
    (d) Administration of Land.--
            (1) In general.--The land acquired under subsection (a) 
        shall be administered by the Director as part of the preserve 
        in accordance with all applicable laws (including regulations).
            (2) Grazing.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall permit cattle 
                grazing on the land acquired under subsection (a), in 
                accordance with applicable National Park Service laws 
                and policies--
                            (i) except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
                        during the period beginning on the date on 
                        which the land is acquired and ending on the 
                        date that is 25 years after the date on which 
                        the land is acquired; and
                            (ii) to the same extent permitted on the 
                        land referred to in subsection (a)(1) on the 
                        day before the date of enactment of this Act.
                    (B) Permanent termination of grazing.--The 
                authority of the Secretary granted under subparagraph 
                (A) terminates on the day on which the period described 
                in clause (i) of that subparagraph expires.
            (3) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the land 
        transferred under subsection (a)(2) remains withdrawn from--
                    (A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
                public land laws;
                    (B) location, entry, and patent under the general 
                mining laws; and
                    (C) the mining leases, mineral materials, and 
                geothermal leasing laws.
            (4) Reversionary clause.--The land transferred under 
        subsection (a)(2) may, at the discretion of the Director, 
        revert back to the National Park Service to be included in the 
        preserve if construction has not occurred on the land during 
        the period beginning on the date on which the land is 
        transferred and ending on the date that is 10 years after the 
        date on which the land is transferred.
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