Sponsor
Tom McClintock
Representative · R-CA
Representative · R-CA
The bill transfers small parcels to improve park and forest stewardship, access, and safety while enabling quicker technical fixes, but it leaves cleanup responsibility with the original agency, may impose modest federal administrative costs, and creates short-term procedural and access impacts for rights‑holders and visitors.
Visitors to Yosemite and nearby local communities: about 160 acres are placed under National Park management, which can improve visitor access, resource protection, and park stewardship.
Stanislaus National Forest and nearby communities: about 170 acres are consolidated under Forest Service management, enabling more unified forest planning that can help wildfire management and trail continuity.
Local governments, residents, and recreation users: the bill requires identification and notification of known hazardous-substance sites on transferred lands, giving the receiving agency information to manage public-health risks during the transfer.
Local communities and recreation users: cleanup liability stays with the original federal agency, which could slow remediation or coordination during and after the transfer and prolong exposure risks.
Existing rights‑holders (e.g., holders of rights-of-way, leases, or permits): they may face new administrative procedures as the receiving agency assumes management on the enactment date, creating short-term paperwork or approval impacts.
Recreation visitors and local governments: boundary adjustments and required surveys/signage could temporarily restrict public access or change use patterns while changes are implemented.
Based on analysis of 1 section of legislative text.
Swaps administrative control of two adjacent federal parcels in Tuolumne County so one becomes part of Yosemite National Park and the other part of Stanislaus National Forest.
Official title: To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 22, 2026 by Tom McClintock · Last progress September 15, 2026
Transfers administrative control of two adjacent parcels in Tuolumne County, California: roughly 160 acres of National Forest System land to the Department of the Interior for management as part of Yosemite National Park, and roughly 170 acres of National Park System land to the Department of Agriculture for management as part of Stanislaus National Forest. The transfer follows a map dated February 24, 2022, allows minor boundary corrections by mutual agreement, and becomes effective upon Federal Register notice. Requires each agency to identify known hazardous-substance sites on lands they currently control and to notify the receiving agency; existing cleanup responsibilities remain with the agency that had them before the transfer. Existing rights, easements, permits, withdrawals, and leases continue in force, while the receiving agency assumes administration of those interests under applicable law on the enactment date.