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Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act
To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill expands the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor as an addition to the recreation area. The expansion adds specific lands, water, and related interests as shown on maps dated August 2001 and April 2023. Any lands acquired by the Department of Interior within the Rim of the Valley area will be administered as part of the National Recreation Area under applicable laws and regulations. The bill allows existing water resource facilities and utilities in the area to continue operating, but requires that their activities be conducted in a manner that reasonably avoids or minimizes impact on the recreation area's resources.
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Sponsor (1)
7 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Laura Friedman’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $16,200
- CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES $10,424
- CITY OF LOS ANGELES $10,115
- DAKE WILSON ARCHITECTS $7,800
- CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE $7,050
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Actions (2)
- Jun 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- Jun 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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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
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. <all>
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