S.Amdt. 2573

SA 2573. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 10__. ADDITION OF CASTLE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL MONUMENT
LAND TO THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE,
CALIFORNIA.

(a) Boundary Adjustment.--The boundary of the Mojave
National Preserve established by section 502 of the
California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa-
42) (referred to in this section as the ``Preserve'') is
adjusted to include the Federal land described in subsection
(b).
(b) Description of Federal Land.--The Federal land referred
to in subsection (a) is the approximately 20,920 acres of
land designated as the Castle Mountains National Monument by
Presidential Proclamation Number 9394, dated February 12,
2016 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note), as depicted on the map
accompanying the proclamation.
(c) Availability of Map.--The map referred to in subsection
(b) shall be on file and available for public inspection in
the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
(d) Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior (acting
through the Director of the National Park Service) shall
administer the Federal land added to the Preserve by
subsection (a)--
(1) as part of the Preserve; and
(2) in accordance with applicable laws (including
regulations).
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