joshua tree national park expansion act
HR 3414 IH – A BILL TO AMEND THE CALIFORNIA DESERT PROTECTION ACT OF 1994
Introduced in the House of Representatives on May 14, 2025, and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Section 1. Short Title
This Act may be cited as the “Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act”.
SECTION 2. EXPANSION OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT
(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—Section 402 of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–22) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting after “October 1991 or prior,” the following: “and including the approximately 20,149 acres of land generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Joshua Tree National Park Proposed Boundary Addition’, numbered 156/193,676, and dated June 2024’’.
(b) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDIC-TION.—Administrative jurisdiction over the land described in the amendment made by subsection (a) is transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service.
(c) LAND ACQUISITION. (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Interior may acquire land and interests in land within the boundary of the Joshua Tree National Park by—
- donation;
- purchase from a willing seller;
- exchange;
- transfer.
LIMITATION
(2) LIMITATION.—Any land or interest within the boundary of the Joshua Tree National Park that is owned by the State of California or a political subdivision of the State of California may only be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior by donation or exchange.
SECTION 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTION
Section 1433(a) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9; 133 Stat. 700) is amended by striking “156/149,375” each place it appears and inserting “156/149,375A”.
SECTION 4. REDESIGNATION OF THE COTTONWOOD VISITOR CENTER AT JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK AS THE ‘‘DIANNE FEINSTEIN VISITOR CENTER’’
REDESIGNATION
(a) REDESIGNATION.—The Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park, or any successor to that visitor center, shall be known and designated as the “Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center”.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the visitor center referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center”.
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