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Union Calendar No. 87 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1673 

[Report No. 113–122, Part I] 

To provide for the transfer of certain public land currently administered 

by the Bureau of Land Management to the administrative jurisdiction 

of the Secretary of the Navy for inclusion in Naval Air Weapons Station 

China Lake, California, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 23, 2013 

Mr. MCCARTHY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

JUNE 24, 2013 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

JUNE 24, 2013 

The Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 23, 2013] 


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A BILL 

To provide for the transfer of certain public land currently 

administered by the Bureau of Land Management to 

the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 

Navy for inclusion in Naval Air Weapons Station China 

Lake, California, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Naval Air Weapons Sta5 tion China Lake Security Enhancement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, 

7 NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA LAKE, 

8 CALIFORNIA. 

9 (a) TRANSFER REQUIRED.—Not later than September 

10 30, 2014, the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer to the 

11 administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy cer12 tain public land administered by the Bureau of Land Man13 agement in Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino Counties, 

14 California, consisting of approximately 1,045,000 acres in 

15 Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino Counties, California, as 

16 generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Naval Air Weapons 

17 Station China Lake Withdrawal - Renewal’’ and dated 

18 2012. 

19 (b) USE OF TRANSFERRED LAND.—Upon the receipt 

20 of the land under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy 

21 shall include the land as part of the Naval Air Weapons 

22 Station China Lake, California, and authorize use of the 

23 land for military purposes. 

24 (c) LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND MAP.— 


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1 (1) PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION.—The Sec2 retary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal 

3 Register a legal description and map of the public 

4 land to be transferred under subsection (a). 

5 (2) FORCE OF LAW.—The legal description and 

6 map filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same 

7 force and effect as if included in this Act, except that 

8 the Secretary of the Interior may correct errors in the 

9 legal description and map. 

10 (d) REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS.—The transfer re11 quired by subsection (a) shall be made without reimburse12 ment, except that the Secretary of the Navy shall reimburse 

13 the Secretary of the Interior for any costs incurred by the 

14 Secretary of the Interior to prepare the legal description 

15 and map under subsection (c). 

16 SEC. 3. WATER RIGHTS. 

17 (a) WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act shall be con18 strued— 

19 (1) to establish a reservation in favor of the 

20 United States with respect to any water or water 

21 right on lands transferred by this Act; or 

22 (2) to authorize the appropriation of water on 

23 lands transferred by this Act except in accordance 

24 with applicable State law. 


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1 (b) EFFECT ON PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED OR RESERVED

2 WATER RIGHTS.—This section shall not be construed to af3 fect any water rights acquired or reserved by the United 

4 States before the date of the enactment of this Act. 

5 SEC. 4. WITHDRAWAL. 

6 Subject to valid existing rights, the public land to be 

7 transferred under section 2 is withdrawn from all forms 

8 of appropriation under the public land laws, including the 

9 mining laws and geothermal leasing laws, so long as the 

10 lands remain under the administrative jurisdiction of the 

11 Secretary of the Army. 


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Union Calendar No. 87 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1673 

[Report No. 113–122, Part I] 

A BILL 

To provide for the transfer of certain public land 

for other purposes. Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, and the Secretary of the Navy for inclusion in Naval Management to the administrative jurisdiction of currently administered by the Bureau of Land 

JUNE 24, 2013 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 

J

an amendment 

UNE 24, 2013 

The Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed 

the Union and ordered to be printed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 


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