Mojave National Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2016

Mojave National Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2016

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over 520 acres of federal land from the National Park Service to the Bureau of Land Management. Interior may acquire by donation up to four acres of land identified in the land protection plan of the Mojave National Preserve as suitable for acquisition to be used for mitigation for every one acre of land removed from the Preserve.

The acquired land shall become part of the Preserve.

Interior shall permit cattle grazing on the acquired land according to National Park Service laws and policies.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4670 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4670

        To adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2016

Mr. Heck of Nevada (for himself, Mr. Hardy, and Mr. Amodei) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 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 2016''.

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) Transfer of Jurisdiction.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transfer from the 
Director to the Director of the Bureau of Land Management 
administrative jurisdiction over approximately 520 acres of Federal 
land, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Mojave National 
Preserve-Proposed Boundary Adjustment'', numbered 170/120,846-B, and 
dated December 2013.
    (b) Land Acquisition.--The Secretary may acquire by donation up to 
4 acres of land identified in the land protection plan of the Preserve 
as suitable for acquisition to be used for mitigation for every 1 acre 
of land removed from the Preserve under subsection (a).
    (c) Boundary Adjustment.--
            (1) Donated land.--The land acquired under subsection (b) 
        shall be part of the Preserve.
            (2) Transferred land.--The boundary of the Preserve shall 
        be adjusted to reflect the acquisition and transfer of 
        administrative jurisdiction over the land under subsection (a).
    (d) Availability of Map.--The map described in subsection (a) shall 
be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
offices of the National Park Service.
    (e) Administration of Acquired Land.--
            (1) In general.--The land acquired under subsection (b) 
        shall be administered by the Director--
                    (A) as part of the Preserve; and
                    (B) 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 (b), 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 (b) 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.
    (f) Administration of Transferred Land.--
            (1) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the land 
        transferred under subsection (a) 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.
            (2) Right-of-way permits.--Nothing in this Act affects the 
        authority of the Secretary to issue or renew right-of-way 
        permits under title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
        Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761 et seq.) for the land transferred 
        under subsection (a).
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