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Calendar No. 376 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 753 

[Report No. 113–159] 

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 

MAY 14, 2014 

Reported by Ms. LANDRIEU, with an amendment 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

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.— 


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

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

3 in paragraph (2) is withdrawn from— 

4 (A) entry, appropriation, and disposal 

5 under the public land laws; 

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

7 mining laws; and 

8 (C) operation of the mineral leasing, min9 eral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 

10 (2) DESCRIPTION OF FEDERAL LAND.—The 

11 Federal land referred to in paragraph (1) consists 

12 of— 

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

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

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

16 Land Transfer and Withdrawal’’ and dated 

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

18 ‘‘map’’); 

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

20 depicted as ‘‘Parcel 2’’, ‘‘Parcel 3’’, and ‘‘Par21 cel 4’’ on the map; and 

22 (C) any land or interest in land that is ac23 quired by the United States within the bound24 aries of the parcels described in subparagraph 

25 (B). 


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1 (3) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

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

3 not withdrawn for purposes of the issuance of oil 

4 and gas pipeline rights-of-way. 

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

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

7 of the Army for military purposes in accordance with Pub8 lic Land Order 833, dated May 21, 1952 (17 Fed. Reg. 

9 4822). 

10 (c) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDIC11 TION.—Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, ad12 ministrative jurisdiction over the approximately 2,050 

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

14 map— 

15 (1) is transferred from the Secretary of the 

16 Army to the Secretary of the Interior (acting 

17 through the Director of the Bureau of Land Man18 agement); and 

19 (2) shall be managed in accordance with— 

20 (A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage21 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 

22 (B) any other applicable laws. 

23 (c) REVOCATION OF WITHDRAWAL; MANAGEMENT.— 

24 Effective on the date of enactment of this Act— 


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1 (1) Public Land Order 833, dated May 21, 1952 

2 (17 Fed. Reg. 4822), is revoked with respect to the ap3 proximately 2,050 acres of land generally depicted as 

4 ‘‘Parcel 2’’ on the map; and 

5 (2) the land described in paragraph (1) shall be 

6 managed by the Secretary of the Interior as public 

7 land, in accordance with— 

8 (A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage9 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 

10 (B) any other applicable laws. 

11 (d) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 

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

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

14 the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register a 

15 legal description of the Federal land withdrawn by 

16 subsection (a). 

17 (2) FORCE OF LAW.—The legal description pub18 lished under paragraph (1) shall have the same force 

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

20 Secretary of the Interior may correct errors in the 

21 legal description. 

22 (3) REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS.—The Sec23 retary of the Army shall reimburse the Secretary of 

24 the Interior for any costs incurred by the Secretary 

25 of the Interior in implementing this subsection with 


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1 regard to the Federal land described in subsection 

2 (a)(2)(A). 


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Calendar No. 376 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 753 

[Report No. 113–159] 

A BILL 

To provide for national security benefits for White 

Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss. 

MAY 14, 2014 

Reported with an amendment 


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