San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act
- Last Action
- 6/9/2023
Actions
- 2023-06-09Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- 2023-05-25Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 2023-05-25Introduced in House
- 2023-05-25Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-05-25 (00)
San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act
This bill designates wilderness areas and wild and scenic rivers in California and modifies the boundaries of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in California to include additional National Forest System (NFS) land.
Specifically, the monument shall include approximately 109,167 acres of additional NFS land.
The bill designates parcels of NFS land as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System to create the Condor Peak Wilderness and Yerba Buena Wilderness and to add to the San Gabriel Wilderness and Sheep Mountain Wilderness.
The bill designates specified wild and scenic rivers.
The Department of Agriculture may issue a special use authorization to the owners of a water transport or diversion facility located on NFS land in the Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness for the continued operation, maintenance, and reconstruction of the facility if specified conditions are met.
Cosponsors (20)
- GRACE NAPOLITANO (D-CA)
- Nanette Barragan (D-CA)
- Ami Bera (D-CA)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
- Tony Cárdenas (D-CA)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- ANNA ESHOO (D-CA)
- John Garamendi (D-CA)
- Robert Garcia (D-CA)
- Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA)
- Kevin Mullin (D-CA)
- Katie Porter (D-CA)
- ADAM SCHIFF (D-CA)
- BRAD SHERMAN (D-CA)
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- California
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Fires
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Geography and mapping
- Hunting and fishing
- Land transfers
- Land use and conservation
- Livestock
- Military facilities and property
- Monuments and memorials
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Pest management
- Water use and supply
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
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