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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-293
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION
AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT STUDY ACT
NOVEMBER 15, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1487]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1487) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct
a special resource study of portions of the Los Angeles coastal area
in the State of California to evaluate alternatives for protecting the
resources of the coastal area, and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and
recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Boundary Adjustment Study Act.
SEC. 2. RESOURCE STUDY OF THE LOS ANGELES COASTAL AREA, CALIFORNIA.
(a) DEFINITION OF STUDY AREA.-In this section, the term study area means the
coastline and adjacent areas to the Santa Monica Bay from Will Rogers State Beach
to Torrance Beach, including the areas in and around Ballona Creek and the Bald-
win Hills and the San Pedro section of the City of Los Angeles, excluding the Port
of Los Angeles north of Crescent Avenue.
(b) SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY.-
(1) STUDY.-The Secretary shall conduct a special resource study of the study
area.
(2) CONTENTS.-In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary
shall-
(A) evaluate the national significance of the study area;
(B) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area
as a unit of the National Park System;
(C) consider other alternatives for preservation, protection, and interpre-
tation of the study area by the Federal Government, State or local govern-
ment entities, or private and nonprofit organizations;
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