Sponsor
Tom McClintock
Representative · R-CA
Representative · R-CA
The bill transfers small parcels to park and forest management to improve stewardship, visitor access, and wildfire management while improving hazard transparency, at the cost of modest federal administrative expenses, potential temporary access disruptions, new paperwork for existing rights holders, and retained cleanup liability that could slow remediation.
Recreation visitors and Yosemite National Park gain ~160 acres transferred for park protection, likely improving visitor access, habitat stewardship, and park management.
Stanislaus National Forest receives ~170 acres, enabling more unified forest management that can improve wildfire management, trail continuity, and land stewardship.
Local governments and nearby residents are given required identification/notification of known hazardous-substance sites on transferred land, providing the receiving agency essential information to manage public-health risks during transition.
Local governments and homeowners could face delayed cleanup outcomes because the original agency retains cleanup liability, potentially complicating remediation during the jurisdictional change.
Existing holders of rights-of-way, leases, or permits (e.g., homeowners or local governments) may face new administrative procedures and interactions as the receiving agency assumes administration on the enactment date.
Recreation visitors and local governments may experience temporary access restrictions or the need for new signage while boundary adjustments and surveys are conducted.
Based on analysis of 1 section of legislative text.
Swaps administrative control of two adjacent Tuolumne County parcels 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 April 22, 2026
Transfers administrative control of two adjacent parcels in Tuolumne County, California: about 160 acres of National Forest System land to the Secretary of the Interior for management as part of Yosemite National Park, and about 170 acres of National Park System land to the Secretary of Agriculture for management as part of Stanislaus National Forest. The swap is shown on a map dated February 24, 2022, allows minor boundary or survey corrections by agreement (effective on Federal Register notice), preserves existing rights and interests, and leaves responsibility for known hazardous-substance cleanup with the agency that held the land before the transfer.