California Desert Protection Act of 1994

Summary

California Desert Protection Act of 1993 - Title I: Wilderness Additions - Designates as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System specified lands in: (1) the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA), the Yuma District, and the Bakersfield District of the Bureau of Land Management; (2) the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, California; and (3) the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, California. Designates specified CDCA lands as the White Mountains Wilderness Study Area. Title II: Death Valley National Park - Establishes the Death Valley National Park which subsumes the Death Valley National Monument. Title III: Joshua Tree National Park - Establishes the Joshua Tree National Park which subsumes the Joshua Tree National Monument. Title IV: Mojave National Monument - Establishes the Mojave National Monument which subsumes the East Mojave National Scenic Area. Abolishes the East Mojave National Scenic Area. Designates the Granite Mountains Natural Reserve within the Monument. Title V: National Park Wilderness - Designates as wilderness the Death Valley National Park Wilderness, the Joshua Tree National Park Wilderness Additions, and the Mojave National Monument Wilderness. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to transfer specified Red Rock Canyon State Park Additions in the CDCA to California. Establishes the Desert Lily Sanctuary within the CDCA. Directs the Secretary to insure access to the wilderness areas, parks, and monument designated by this Act for traditional Indian cultural and religious purposes. Reserves Federal water rights for wilderness areas designated by this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, upon request, to enter into negotiations for an agreement to exchange certain Federal lands for California State School Lands and lands of the Catellus Development Corporation that are located within the boundaries of a wilderness area or park unit designated by this Act. Title VII: Definitions - Sets forth definitions.

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 27 July 1994

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• Committee Discharged House (text)

  Committee Discharged House · EN · 11 May 1994

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• Committee Discharged House (PDF)

  Committee Discharged House · EN · 11 May 1994

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 10 May 1994

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 10 May 1994

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 10 May 1994

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 18 June 1993

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 18 June 1993

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 21 January 1993

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