Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3874 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3874

     To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National 
  Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2025

  Ms. Friedman (for herself, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Chu, Mr. 
    Sherman, and Mr. Lieu) 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 Santa Monica Mountains National 
  Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, 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 ``Rim of the Valley Corridor 
Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. 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 `Rim 
                        of the Valley Unit Proposed Addition' on the 
                        map entitled `Proposed Addition--Rim of the 
                        Valley Unit Santa Monica Mountains National 
                        Recreation Area', numbered 638/179670x, and 
                        dated April 14, 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.''.

SEC. 3. 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.

SEC. 4. 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.
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