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HR 4233 114th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources California Land transfers Land use and conservation Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Monuments and memorials Navigation, waterways, harbors Pacific Ocean Parks, recreation areas, trails

To eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, into the California Coastal…

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To eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, into the California Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 10, 2015 See on congress.gov
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 12, 2016
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Dec 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Dec 10, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Dec 10, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill makes certain rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and islands in the Pacific Ocean within a mile of the coast of Orange County, California, part of the California Coastal National Monument and repeals their current temporary reservation.

The Department of the Interior shall ensure that economic and recreational activities conducted on the lands added to the California Coastal Monument shall continue to be allowed to the same extent they were authorized and ongoing on the day before such lands were added.

Likewise repealed is the lighthouse reservation with respect to the San Juan and San Mateo Rocks and the two rocks in the vicinity of Laguna Beach, off the coast of Orange County.

What's happening now May 12, 2016

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
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Issa, Darrell
California · Dec 10, 2015
ROYCE, ED
· Dec 10, 2015
Walters, Mimi
· Dec 10, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4233: To eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, into the California Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for other purposes.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4233/
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"H.R. 4233: To eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, into the California Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for other purposes.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4233/.
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H.R. 4233, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4233/.
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[H.R. 4233: To eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, into the California Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4233/)
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