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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 753 

To provide for national security benefits for White Sands Missile Range 

and Fort Bliss. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 17, 2013 

Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, and Mr. CORNYN) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for national security benefits for White Sands 

Missile Range and Fort Bliss. 

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

3 SECTION 1. WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE AND FORT 

4 BLISS. 

5 (a) WITHDRAWAL.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 

7 rights and paragraph (3), the Federal land described 

8 in paragraph (2) is withdrawn from— 

9 (A) entry, appropriation, and disposal 

10 under the public land laws; 


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1 (B) location, entry, and patent under the 

2 mining laws; and 

3 (C) operation of the mineral leasing, min4 eral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 

5 (2) DESCRIPTION OF FEDERAL LAND.—The 

6 Federal land referred to in paragraph (1) consists 

7 of— 

8 (A) the approximately 5,100 acres of land 

9 depicted as ‘‘Parcel 1’’ on the map entitled 

10 ‘‘White Sands Missile Range/Fort Bliss/BLM 

11 Land Transfer and Withdrawal’’ and dated 

12 April 3, 2012 (referred to in this section as the 

13 ‘‘map’’); 

14 (B) the approximately 37,600 acres of land 

15 depicted as ‘‘Parcel 2’’, ‘‘Parcel 3’’, and ‘‘Par16 cel 4’’ on the map; and 

17 (C) any land or interest in land that is ac18 quired by the United States within the bound19 aries of the parcels described in subparagraph 

20 (B). 

21 (3) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

22 (1), the land depicted as ‘‘Parcel 4’’ on the map is 

23 not withdrawn for purposes of the issuance of oil 

24 and gas pipeline rights-of-way. 


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1 (b) RESERVATION.—The Federal land described in 

2 subsection (a)(2)(A) is reserved for use by the Secretary 

3 of the Army for military purposes in accordance with Pub4 lic Land Order 833, dated May 21, 1952 (17 Fed. Reg. 

5 4822). 

6 (c) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDIC7 TION.—Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, ad8 ministrative jurisdiction over the approximately 2,050 

9 acres of land generally depicted as ‘‘Parcel 2’’ on the 

10 map— 

11 (1) is transferred from the Secretary of the 

12 Army to the Secretary of the Interior (acting 

13 through the Director of the Bureau of Land Man14 agement); and 

15 (2) shall be managed in accordance with— 

16 (A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage17 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 

18 (B) any other applicable laws. 

19 (d) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 

21 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

22 the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register a 

23 legal description of the Federal land withdrawn by 

24 subsection (a). 


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1 (2) FORCE OF LAW.—The legal description pub2 lished under paragraph (1) shall have the same force 

3 and effect as if included in this Act, except that the 

4 Secretary of the Interior may correct errors in the 

5 legal description. 

6 (3) REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS.—The Sec7 retary of the Army shall reimburse the Secretary of 

8 the Interior for any costs incurred by the Secretary 

9 of the Interior in implementing this subsection with 

10 regard to the Federal land described in subsection 

11 (a)(2)(A). 

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