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Scarper Ridge Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act

To adjust the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to include the Scarper Ridge property.

Introduced Mar 26, 2025

Latest action (Mar 27, 2026) Held at the desk.

Referred to
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Legislative subjects (3)
CaliforniaGeography and mappingParks, recreation areas, trails

Summary

This bill adjusts the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to include the Scarper Ridge property. The bill amends the statute establishing the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to add land depicted as a proposed boundary addition on a map dated July 2024. The boundary adjustment is made by reference to a specific map that defines the location and extent of the new lands to be included in the recreation area.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Actions (8)
  1. Mar 27, 2026 Held at the desk. · house
  2. Mar 27, 2026 Received in the House. · house
  3. Mar 27, 2026 Message on Senate action sent to the House. · senate
  4. Mar 25, 2026 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1605; text: CR S1605) · senate
  5. Mar 25, 2026 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  6. Mar 25, 2026 Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. · senate
  7. Mar 26, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1873-1874) · senate
  8. Mar 26, 2025 Introduced in Senate

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • S 2881 — A bill to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes. (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 8454 — To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes. (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 3526 — PUBLIC Lands Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 1870 — Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 945 — Smith River National Recreation Area Expansion Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5041 — Smith River National Recreation Area Expansion Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 4754 — Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 3874 — Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act (shares 3 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 2371 — Scarper Ridge Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act · Introduced Mar 26, 2025 · Cong. 119 92%
  • S 1037 — PARC Act · Introduced Mar 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%
  • S 949 — Protect our Parks Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 57%
  • HR 4604 — Protecting America’s Treasures by Raising Inflow from Overseas Tourists (PATRIOT) Parks Act · Introduced Jul 22, 2025 · Cong. 119 57%
  • HR 7425 — Colorado Wilderness Act of 2026 · Introduced Feb 9, 2026 · Cong. 119 56%
  • HR 3555 — Protect our Parks Act of 2025 · Introduced May 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 55%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 26, 2025

Mr. Padilla introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To adjust the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to include the Scarper Ridge property.

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 “Scarper Ridge Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act”.

SEC. 2. SCARPER RIDGE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

Section 2(a)(2) of Public Law 92-589 (16 U.S.C. 460bb-1(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(F) Land generally depicted as ‘Proposed Boundary Addition’ on the map entitled ‘Golden Gate National Recreation Area Proposed Boundary Addition’, numbered 641/193973, and dated July 2024.”. <all>

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