Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Study Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 7, 2018
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Study Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the lands, waters, and interests of the coastline and specified areas adjacent to the Santa Monica Bay in California to evaluate a range of alternatives for protecting the study area's resources, including:
expanding and redesignating the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area as the "Santa Monica Mountains and Los Angeles Coast National Recreation Area," or
creating a new coastal recreation area designated as the "Los Angeles Coast National Recreation Area."
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