Expansion of Joshua Tree National Park

(a) Boundary adjustment 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 20,149 acres of land generally depicted on the map entitled Joshua Tree National Park Proposed Boundary Addition, numbered 156/193,676, and dated June 2024. (b) Transfer of administrative jurisdiction Administrative jurisdiction over the land described in the amendment made by subsection (a) is transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service. (c) Land acquisition (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Interior may acquire land and interests in land within the boundary of the Joshua Tree National Park by— (A) donation; (B) purchase from a willing seller; (C) exchange; or (D) transfer. (2) Limitation Any land or interest land within the boundary of the Joshua Tree National Park that is owned by the State of California or a political subdivision of the State of California may only be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior by donation or exchange.