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Text of Senate Amendment 6044

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On 2026-06-24, Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6044" in the Senate.

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Text of Senate Amendment 6044

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3258-S3259] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6044. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 G of title X, add the following: SEC. 1094. EXPANSION OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK. (a) Boundary Adjustment.--Section 402 of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa-22) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting after ``October 1991 or prior,'' the following: ``and including the approximately 20,149 acres of land generally depicted on the map entitled `Joshua Tree National Park Proposed Boundary Addition', numbered 156/193,676, and dated June 2024''. (b) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction.-- Administrative jurisdiction over the land described in the amendment made by subsection (a) is transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service. (c) Land Acquisition.-- (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Interior may acquire land and interests in land within the boundary of the Joshua Tree National Park by-- (A) donation; (B) purchase from a willing seller; (C) exchange; or (D) transfer. (2) Limitation.--Any land or interest land within the boundary of the Joshua Tree National Park that is owned by the State of California or a political subdivision of the State of California may only be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior by donation or exchange. (d) Technical Correction.--Section 1433(a) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 700) is amended by striking ``156/149,375'' each place it appears and inserting ``156/ 149,375A''. (e) Redesignation of the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the ``Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center''.-- (1) Redesignation.--The Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park, or any successor to that visitor center, shall be known and designated as the ``Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center''. (2) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the visitor center referred to in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center''. [[Page S3259]] ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 6044 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3258-S3259] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6044. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 G of title X, add the following: SEC. 1094. EXPANSION OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK. (a) Boundary Adjustment.--Section 402 of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa-22) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting after ``October 1991 or prior,'' the following: ``and including the approximately 20,149 acres of land generally depicted on the map entitled `Joshua Tree National Park Proposed Boundary Addition', numbered 156/193,676, and dated June 2024''. (b) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction.-- Administrative jurisdiction over the land described in the amendment made by subsection (a) is transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service. (c) Land Acquisition.-- (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Interior may acquire land and interests in land within the boundary of the Joshua Tree National Park by-- (A) donation; (B) purchase from a willing seller; (C) exchange; or (D) transfer. (2) Limitation.--Any land or interest land within the boundary of the Joshua Tree National Park that is owned by the State of California or a political subdivision of the State of California may only be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior by donation or exchange. (d) Technical Correction.--Section 1433(a) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 700) is amended by striking ``156/149,375'' each place it appears and inserting ``156/ 149,375A''. (e) Redesignation of the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the ``Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center''.-- (1) Redesignation.--The Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park, or any successor to that visitor center, shall be known and designated as the ``Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center''. (2) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the visitor center referred to in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center''. [[Page S3259]] ______