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Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act
To amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park, to redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the ``Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center'', and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill expands Joshua Tree National Park in California by adding approximately 20,149 acres of land to its boundary. It transfers administrative control of this added land from the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service. The Secretary of the Interior would be authorized to acquire additional land within the expanded boundary through donation, purchase from willing sellers, or exchange, though land owned by California or its political subdivisions could only be acquired by donation or exchange. The bill also renames the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree as the "Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center".
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Raul Ruiz’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $112,200
- DAVITA $15,500
- US ACUTE CARE SOLUTIONS $14,100
- CHANDI GROUP USA, INC. $13,200
- ST. GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY $13,200
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Actions (2)
- May 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- May 14, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 14, 2025
Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park, to redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the “Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center”, 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 “Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act”.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK.
(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 Jurisdiction.—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—
(A) donation;
(B) purchase from a willing seller;
(C) exchange; or
(D) transfer.
(2) Limitation.—Any land or interest land 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.
SEC. 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”.
SEC. 4. REDESIGNATION OF THE COTTONWOOD VISITOR CENTER AT JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK AS THE “DIANNE FEINSTEIN VISITOR CENTER”.
(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”. <all>
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