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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1673 

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 

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. 

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 

5 Station China Lake Security Enhancement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, 

2 NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA LAKE, 

3 CALIFORNIA. 

4 (a) TRANSFER REQUIRED.—Not later than Sep5 tember 30, 2014, the Secretary of the Interior shall trans6 fer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of 

7 the Navy certain public land administered by the Bureau 

8 of Land Management in Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino 

9 Counties, California, consisting of approximately 

10 1,045,000 acres in Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino Coun11 ties, California, as generally depicted on the map titled 

12 ‘‘Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Withdrawal - 

13 Renewal’’ and dated 2012. 

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

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

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

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

18 land for military purposes. 

19 (c) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 

20 (1) PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION.—The 

21 Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal 

22 Register a legal description of the public land to be 

23 transferred under subsection (a). 

24 (2) FORCE OF LAW.—The legal description filed 

25 under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and 

26 effect as if included in this Act, except that the SecVerDate Mar 15 2010 03:03 Apr 30, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1673.IH H1673

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1 retary of the Interior may correct errors in the legal 

2 description. 

3 (d) REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS.—The transfer re4 quired by subsection (a) shall be made without reimburse5 ment, except that the Secretary of the Navy shall reim6 burse the Secretary of the Interior for any costs incurred 

7 by the Secretary of the Interior to prepare the legal de8 scription under subsection (c). 

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