S 2881
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Transfers management responsibility for about 160 acres of national forest land to Yosemite National Park and about 170 acres of national park land to Stanislaus National Forest in Tuolumne County, California.
Official title: A bill to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes.
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Senate
Introduced
18-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
04-FEB-2026
Reported
23-JUL-2026
On the calendar
23-JUL-2026
- Moves about 160 acres of National Forest System land to the Secretary of the Interior, to be managed as part of Yosemite National Park.
- Moves about 170 acres of National Park System land to the Secretary of Agriculture, to be managed as part of Stanislaus National Forest.
- Lets the two secretaries make minor boundary corrections by mutual agreement, effective when published in the Federal Register.
- Keeps each agency responsible for cleanup of hazardous substances on the land it held before the transfer, and leaves existing rights, permits, and leases in place under the receiving agency.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (18-SEP-2025); the text has changed since (Reported to Senate, 23-JUL-2026).
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