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H.R. 3681: San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act

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H.R. 3681: San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-05-25 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-05-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act

Plain summary

San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act This bill designates wilderness areas and wild and scenic rivers in California and modifies the boundaries of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in California to include additional National Forest System (NFS) land. Specifically, the monument shall include approximately 109,167 acres of additional NFS land. The bill designates parcels of NFS land as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System to create the Condor Peak Wilderness and Yerba Buena Wilderness and to add to the San Gabriel Wilderness and Sheep Mountain Wilderness. The bill designates specified wild and scenic rivers. The Department of Agriculture may issue a special use authorization to the owners of a water transport or diversion facility located on NFS land in the Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness for the continued operation, maintenance, and reconstruction of the facility if specified conditions are met.

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Official text

San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] · 27 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] reported raising $1.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hr3681 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118