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§434 National Monument in Riverside County, California

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXI— NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 434

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may set aside certain lands in Riverside County, California, as a national monument. The land covers parts of sections 2, 3, 10, 11, and 14 in township 5 south, range 4 east, San Bernardino base and meridian, totaling 1,600 acres. The Secretary will have full control and must manage and protect the monument under the Antiquities Act (June 8, 1906) and under rules he creates. Before the land can become a monument, the Agua Caliente Band of Indians must agree to give up any right or claim to those lands. The band’s members must be paid on a per-person basis at a price they agree to. Payment will be made only after a fund is donated to the Secretary in an amount he sets that is enough to compensate the band.

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Title 16, §434

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to set apart the following-described lands located in the county of Riverside, in the State of California, as a national monument, which shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall administer and protect the same under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 8, 1906, entitled “An Act for the preservation of American antiquities,” 11 See References in Text note below. and under such regulations as he may prescribe: The west half of the southwest quarter of section 2, the southeast quarter of section 3, all of section 10, the west half of the northwest quarter of section 11, all of section 14, all in township 5 south, range 4 east, San Bernardino base and meridian, containing one thousand six hundred acres: Provided, That before such reservation and dedication as herein authorized shall become effective the consent and relinquishment of the Agua Caliente Band of Indians shall first be obtained, covering its right, title, and interest in and to the lands herein described, and payment therefor to the members of said band on a per capita basis, at a price to be agreed upon, when there shall be donated for such purposes to the Secretary of the Interior a fund in an amount to be fixed and determined by him as sufficient to compensate the Indians therefor.

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The Act of Congress approved
June 8, 1906, entitled “An Act for the preservation of American antiquities,”, referred to in text, is act
June 8, 1906, ch. 3060, 34 Stat. 225, known as the Antiquities Act of 1906, which was classified generally to section 431, 432, and 433 of this title. The Act was repealed and restated as section 1866(b) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 320301(a) to (c), 320302, and 320303 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54.

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16 U.S.C. § 434

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60