Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8259 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8259 To amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 6, 2024 Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Joshua Tree National Park Expansion Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK. 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 17,842 acres of land depicted on the map entitle…