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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4299 

To provide for the indefinite duration of certain military land withdrawals, 

to improve the management of lands currently subject to such withdrawals and to make the management of such lands more transparent, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 8, 2017 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, Mr. THORNBERRY, and Mr. WILSON of 

South Carolina) 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 indefinite duration of certain military 

land withdrawals, to improve the management of lands 

currently subject to such withdrawals and to make the 

management of such lands more transparent, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. INDEFINITE DURATION OF CERTAIN MILITARY 

2 LAND WITHDRAWALS AND RESERVATIONS 

3 AND IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF WITH4 DRAWN AND RESERVED LANDS. 

5 (a) IMPROVING MANAGEMENT OF CURRENT STATU6 TORY LAND WITHDRAWALS AND RESERVATIONS AND

7 MAKING MANAGEMENT MORE TRANSPARENT.— 

8 (1) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.— 

9 Section 101(a)(2) of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 

10 670a(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘, acting 

11 through the Director of the United States Fish and 

12 Wildlife Service,’’. 

13 (2) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS OF INTEGRATED

14 NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Section 

15 101(b) of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a(b)) is 

16 amended— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) in subparagraph (I), by striking 

19 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

20 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (J) 

21 as subparagraph (K); and 

22 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

23 (I) the following new subparagraph: 

24 ‘‘(J) procedures to ensure that each peri25 odic review of the plan is conducted jointly by 

26 the Secretary of the military department and 


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1 the Secretary of the Interior, and that affected 

2 States and Indian tribes, and the public, are 

3 provided a meaningful opportunity to comment 

4 upon any substantial revisions to the plan that 

5 may be proposed; and’’; 

6 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

7 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 

8 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

9 following new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(2) shall contain a determination by the Sec11 retary of the military department regarding whether 

12 there will be a continuing military need for the lands 

13 covered by the integrated natural resources manage14 ment plan during the period of the plan;’’. 

15 (b) EL CENTRO NAVAL AIR FACILITY RANGES.— 

16 (1) ELIMINATION OF TERMINATION DATE AND

17 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The El Centro Naval 

18 Air Facility Ranges Withdrawal Act (subtitle B of 

19 title XXIX of Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2813) 

20 is amended— 

21 (A) in section 2921(b)(3), by striking ‘‘, 

22 before the termination date specified in section 

23 2925,’’; 

24 (B) in section 2924(a), by striking the 

25 third sentence; 


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1 (C) by striking sections 2925 and 2927; 

2 and 

3 (D) in section 2928(a), by striking ‘‘speci4 fied in section 2925’’. 

5 (2) ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL

6 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—The El Centro Naval Air 

7 Facility Ranges Withdrawal Act (subtitle B of title 

8 XXIX of Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2813) is 

9 further amended by inserting after section 2924 the 

10 following new section: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 2925. INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXECUTIVE COM12 MITTEE. 

13 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—The Sec14 retary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior shall 

15 establish, by memorandum of understanding, an intergov16 ernmental executive committee for the sole purpose of ex17 changing views, information, and advice relating to the 

18 management of the natural and cultural resources of the 

19 lands withdrawn and reserved under this subtitle. 

20 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.— 

21 ‘‘(1) REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER FEDERAL

22 AGENCIES.—The Secretary of the Navy and the Sec23 retary of the Interior shall include representatives 

24 from interested Federal agencies as members of the 

25 intergovernmental executive committee. 


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1 ‘‘(2) REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE AND LOCAL

2 GOVERNMENTS.—The Secretary of the Navy and the 

3 Secretary of the Interior shall invite to serve as 

4 members of the intergovernmental executive com5 mittee— 

6 ‘‘(A) at least one elected officer (or other 

7 authorized representative) from the government 

8 of the State of California; and 

9 ‘‘(B) at least one elected officer (or other 

10 authorized representative) from each local gov11 ernment and Indian tribal government in the vi12 cinity of the withdrawn and reserved lands, as 

13 determined by the Secretaries. 

14 ‘‘(c) OPERATION.—The intergovernmental executive 

15 committee shall operate in accordance with the terms set 

16 forth in the memorandum of understanding under sub17 section (a). 

18 ‘‘(d) PROCEDURES.—The memorandum of under19 standing under subsection (a) shall establish procedures 

20 for creating a forum for exchanging views, information, 

21 and advice relating to the management of natural and cul22 tural resources on the lands withdrawn and reserved under 

23 this subtitle, procedures for rotating the chair of the inter24 governmental executive committee, and procedures for 


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1 scheduling regular meetings, which shall occur no less fre2 quently than twice a year. 

3 ‘‘(e) COORDINATOR.—The Secretary of the Navy, in 

4 consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall ap5 point an individual to serve as coordinator of the intergov6 ernmental executive committee. The duties of the coordi7 nator shall be included in the memorandum of under8 standing under subsection (a). The coordinator shall not 

9 be a member of the committee. 

10 ‘‘(f) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The 

11 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) does not 

12 apply to the intergovernmental executive committee.’’. 

13 (3) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY

14 NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION AND

15 PUBLIC REPORTS.—The El Centro Naval Air Facil16 ity Ranges Withdrawal Act (subtitle B of title XXIX 

17 of Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2813) is further 

18 amended by inserting after section 2926 the fol19 lowing new section: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 2927. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 

21 NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION 

22 AND PUBLIC REPORTS. 

23 ‘‘(a) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY

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1 under this subtitle is reviewed as to operation and effect 

2 as required by section 101(b)(3) of the Sikes Act (16 

3 U.S.C. 670a(b)(2)), but not less often than every five 

4 years, the Secretary of the Navy shall include the Sec5 retary’s determination regarding whether there will be a 

6 continuing military need for any or all of the withdrawn 

7 and reserved lands for the following five years. 

8 ‘‘(b) PUBLIC REPORTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) CHANGES IN LAND CONDITIONS.—(A) 

10 Concurrent with each review of an integrated nat11 ural resources management plan described in sub12 section (a), the Secretary of the Navy and the Sec13 retary of the Interior shall jointly prepare and issue 

14 a report describing any changes in the condition of 

15 the lands withdrawn and reserved under this subtitle 

16 since the later of the date of any previous report 

17 under this paragraph or the date of the environ18 mental analysis prepared to support the actions that 

19 changed the condition of the lands. 

20 ‘‘(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall in21 clude a summary of current military use of the lands 

22 withdrawn and reserved under this subtitle, any 

23 changes in military use of the lands since the pre24 vious report, and efforts related to the management 

25 of natural and cultural resources and environmental 


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1 remediation of the lands during the previous five 

2 years. 

3 ‘‘(2) COMBINATION WITH OTHER REPORTS.—A 

4 report under this subsection may be combined with, 

5 or incorporate by reference, any contemporary report 

6 required by any other provision of law regarding the 

7 lands withdrawn and reserved under this subtitle. 

8 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.—(A) Be9 fore the finalization of a report under this sub10 section, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary 

11 of the Interior shall invite interested members of the 

12 public to review and comment on the report, and 

13 shall hold at least one public meeting concerning the 

14 report in a location or locations reasonably accessible 

15 to persons who may be affected by management of 

16 the lands withdrawn and reserved under this sub17 title. 

18 ‘‘(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph 

19 (A) shall be announced not less than 15 days before 

20 the date of the meeting by advertisements in local 

21 newspapers of general circulation, notices on the 

22 internet, including the website of El Centro, and any 

23 other means considered necessary or desirable by the 

24 Secretaries. 


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1 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT.—The final 

2 version of a report under this subsection shall be 

3 made available to the public and submitted to the 

4 Committees on Armed Services and Energy and 

5 Natural Resources of the Senate and the Commit6 tees on Armed Services and Natural Resources of 

7 the House of Representatives.’’. 

8 (c) JUNIPER BUTTE RANGE.— 

9 (1) ELIMINATION OF TERMINATION DATE AND

10 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Juniper Butte 

11 Range Withdrawal Act (title XXIX of Public Law 

12 105–261; 112 Stat. 2226) is amended— 

13 (A) in section 2915— 

14 (i) in the section heading, by striking 

15 ‘‘Duration’’ and inserting ‘‘Relin16 quishment’’; 

17 (ii) in subsection (a), by striking 

18 ‘‘TERMINATION.—’’ and all that follows 

19 through ‘‘At the time of termination’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘EFFECT OF RELINQUISHMENT

21 ON OPERATION OF GENERAL LAND

22 LAWS.—Upon relinquishment of Depart23 ment of the Air Force jurisdiction over 

24 lands withdrawn and reserved by this 

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1 (iii) in subsection (b)— 

2 (I) in the subsection heading, by 

3 inserting ‘‘PROCESS’’ after ‘‘RELIN4 QUISHMENT’’; 

5 (II) in paragraph (1), by striking 

6 ‘‘under subsection (c)’’; and 

7 (III) in paragraph (3), by strik8 ing ‘‘before the date of termination, 

9 as provided for in subsection (a)(1)’’; 

10 and 

11 (iv) by striking subsection (c); and 

12 (B) in section 2916— 

13 (i) in the section heading, by striking 

14 ‘‘or upon termination of with15 drawal’’; 

16 (ii) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 

17 ‘‘and in all cases not later than 2 years be18 fore the date of termination of withdrawal 

19 and reservation,’’; 

20 (iii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘en21 vironmental remediation’’ and all that fol22 lows through the end of the subsection and 

23 inserting ‘‘environmental remediation be24 fore relinquishing, to the Secretary of the 

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1 fied in a notice of intent to relinquish 

2 under section 2915(b).’’; and 

3 (iv) in subsection (d)— 

4 (I) in the subsection heading, by 

5 striking ‘‘TERMINATES’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘RELINQUISHED’’; 

7 (II) by striking ‘‘termination 

8 date’’ both places it appears and in9 serting ‘‘relinquishment date’’; and 

10 (III) in paragraph (2), by strik11 ing ‘‘termination’’ and inserting ‘‘re12 linquishment’’. 

13 (2) ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL

14 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—Section 2910 of the Juni15 per Butte Range Withdrawal Act (title XXIX of 

16 Public Law 105–261; 112 Stat. 2231) is amended 

17 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(d) INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXECUTIVE COM19 MITTEE.— 

20 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—The 

21 memorandum of understanding under subsection (a) 

22 shall be modified as provided in subsection (c) to es23 tablish an intergovernmental executive committee for 

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1 ural and cultural resources of the lands withdrawn 

2 and reserved by this title. 

3 ‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—(A) The Secretary of the 

4 Air Force and the Secretary of the Interior shall in5 clude representatives from interested Federal agen6 cies as members of the intergovernmental executive 

7 committee. 

8 ‘‘(B) The Secretary of the Air Force and the 

9 Secretary of the Interior shall invite to serve as 

10 members of the intergovernmental executive com11 mittee— 

12 ‘‘(i) at least one elected officer (or other 

13 authorized representative) from the government 

14 of the State of Idaho; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) at least one elected officer (or other 

16 authorized representative) from each local gov17 ernment and Indian tribal government in the vi18 cinity of the withdrawn and reserved lands, as 

19 determined by the Secretaries. 

20 ‘‘(3) OPERATION.—The intergovernmental exec21 utive committee shall operate in accordance with the 

22 terms set forth in the memorandum of under23 standing. 

24 ‘‘(4) PROCEDURES.—The memorandum of un25 derstanding shall establish procedures for creating a 


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1 forum for exchanging views, information, and advice 

2 relating to the management of natural and cultural 

3 resources on the lands withdrawn and reserved by 

4 this title, procedures for rotating the chair of the 

5 intergovernmental executive committee, and proce6 dures for scheduling regular meetings, which shall 

7 occur no less frequently than twice a year. 

8 ‘‘(5) COORDINATOR.—The Secretary of the Air 

9 Force, in consultation with the Secretary of the In10 terior, shall appoint an individual to serve as coordi11 nator of the intergovernmental executive committee. 

12 The duties of the coordinator shall be included in 

13 the memorandum of understanding. The coordinator 

14 shall not be a member of the committee. 

15 ‘‘(6) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.— 

16 The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

17 App.) does not apply to the intergovernmental execu18 tive committee.’’. 

19 (3) DETERMINATIONS OF CONTINUING MILI20 TARY NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION

21 AND PUBLIC REPORTS.—Section 2909 of the Juni22 per Butte Range Withdrawal Act (title XXIX of 

23 Public Law 105–261; 112 Stat. 2230) is amended— 

24 (A) in subsection (c), by adding at the end 

25 the following new sentence: ‘‘The review shall 


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1 include the determination of the Secretary of 

2 the Air Force regarding whether there will be 

3 a continuing military need for any or all of the 

4 withdrawn and reserved lands for the following 

5 5 years.’’; and 

6 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

7 subsection: 

8 ‘‘(d) PUBLIC REPORTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) CHANGES IN LAND CONDITIONS.—(A) 

10 Concurrent with each review of an integrated nat11 ural resources management plan developed under 

12 this section. The Secretary of the Air Force and the 

13 Secretary of the Interior shall jointly prepare and 

14 issue a report describing any changes in the condi15 tion of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this 

16 title since the later of the date of any previous re17 port under this paragraph or the date of the envi18 ronmental analysis prepared to support the actions 

19 that changed the condition of the lands. 

20 ‘‘(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall in21 clude a summary of current military use of the lands 

22 withdrawn and reserved by this title, any changes in 

23 military use of the lands since the previous report, 

24 and efforts related to the management of natural 


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1 and cultural resources and environmental remedi2 ation of the lands during the previous 5 years. 

3 ‘‘(2) COMBINATION WITH OTHER REPORTS.—A 

4 report under this subsection may be combined with, 

5 or incorporate by reference, any contemporary report 

6 required by any other provision of law regarding the 

7 lands withdrawn and reserved by this title. 

8 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.—(A) Be9 fore the finalization of a report under this sub10 section, the Secretary of the Air Force and the Sec11 retary of the Interior shall invite interested members 

12 of the public to review and comment on the report, 

13 and shall hold at least one public meeting concerning 

14 the report in a location or locations reasonably ac15 cessible to persons who may be affected by manage16 ment of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this 

17 title. 

18 ‘‘(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph 

19 (A) shall be announced not less than 15 days before 

20 the date of the meeting by advertisements in local 

21 newspapers of general circulation, notices on the 

22 internet, including the website of the Juniper Butte 

23 Range (if one exists), and any other means consid24 ered necessary or desirable by the Secretaries. 


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1 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT.—The final 

2 version of a report under this subsection shall be 

3 made available to the public and submitted to the 

4 Committees on Armed Services and Energy and 

5 Natural Resources of the Senate and the Commit6 tees on Armed Services and Natural Resources of 

7 the House of Representatives.’’. 

8 (d) RANGES COVERED BY SUBTITLE A OF MILITARY

9 LANDS WITHDRAWAL ACT OF 1999.— 

10 (1) ELIMINATION OF TERMINATION DATE AND

11 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Military Lands 

12 Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 

13 106–65; 113 Stat. 885) is amended— 

14 (A) by striking section 3015; 

15 (B) by striking section 3016 and inserting 

16 the following new section: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 3016. RELINQUISHMENT. 

18 ‘‘(a) NOTICE OF INTENT REGARDING RELINQUISH19 MENT.—If the Secretary of the military department con20 cerned decides to relinquish all or any of the lands with21 drawn and reserved by section 3011, such Secretary shall 

22 transmit a notice of intent to relinquish such lands to the 

23 Secretary of the Interior. 

24 ‘‘(b) OPENING DATE.—On the date of relinquishment 

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1 reserved by section 3011, such lands shall not be open to 

2 any form of appropriation under the public land laws, in3 cluding the mineral laws and the mineral leasing and geo4 thermal leasing laws, until the Secretary of the Interior 

5 publishes in the Federal Register an appropriate order 

6 stating the date upon which such lands shall be restored 

7 to the public domain and opened.’’; and 

8 (C) in section 3017— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘section 3016(d)’’ each 

10 place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 

11 3016’’; and 

12 (ii) in subsection (e)— 

13 (I) by striking ‘‘If because’’ and 

14 everything that follows through ‘‘de15 termines that’’ and inserting ‘‘If the 

16 Secretary of the Interior declines to 

17 accept jurisdiction over lands with18 drawn by this subtitle which have 

19 been proposed for relinquishment be20 cause the Secretary determines that’’; 

21 and 

22 (II) in paragraph (2), by striking 

23 ‘‘the expiration of the withdrawal of 

24 such lands under this subtitle’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘such determination’’. 


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1 (2) ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL

2 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES.—Section 3014 of the 

3 Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX 

4 of Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 890) is amended 

5 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(g) INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXECUTIVE COMMIT7 TEES.— 

8 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—For the 

9 lands withdrawn and reserved by section 3011, the 

10 Secretary of the military department concerned and 

11 the Secretary of the Interior shall establish, by 

12 memorandum of understanding, an intergovern13 mental executive committee for each range for the 

14 sole purpose of exchanging views, information, and 

15 advice relating to the management of the natural 

16 and cultural resources of the withdrawn and re17 served lands. 

18 ‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—(A) The Secretary of the 

19 military department concerned and the Secretary of 

20 the Interior shall include representatives from inter21 ested Federal agencies as members of the intergov22 ernmental executive committee for a range. 

23 ‘‘(B) The Secretary of the military department 

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1 vite to serve as members of the intergovernmental 

2 executive committee for a range— 

3 ‘‘(i) at least one elected officer (or other 

4 authorized representative) from the government 

5 of the State in which the withdrawn and re6 served lands are located; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) at least one elected officer (or other 

8 authorized representative) from each local gov9 ernment and Indian tribal government in the vi10 cinity of the withdrawn and reserved lands, as 

11 determined by the Secretaries. 

12 ‘‘(3) OPERATION.—The intergovernmental exec13 utive committee for a range shall operate in accord14 ance with the terms set forth in the memorandum 

15 of understanding. 

16 ‘‘(4) PROCEDURES.—The memorandum of un17 derstanding for a range shall establish procedures 

18 for creating a forum for exchanging views, informa19 tion, and advice relating to the management of nat20 ural and cultural resources on the withdrawn and re21 served lands, procedures for rotating the chair of the 

22 intergovernmental executive committee, and proce23 dures for scheduling regular meetings, which shall 

24 occur no less frequently than twice a year. 


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1 ‘‘(5) COORDINATOR.—The Secretary of the 

2 military department concerned, in consultation with 

3 the Secretary of the Interior, shall appoint an indi4 vidual to serve as coordinator of the intergovern5 mental executive committee for a range. The duties 

6 of the coordinator shall be included in the memo7 randum of understanding. The coordinator shall not 

8 be a member of the committee. 

9 ‘‘(6) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.— 

10 The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

11 App.) does not apply to an intergovernmental execu12 tive committee established under this subsection.’’. 

13 (3) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY

14 NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION AND

15 PUBLIC REPORTS.—The Military Lands Withdrawal 

16 Act of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 106–65; 113 

17 Stat. 885) is further amended by inserting after sec18 tion 3014 the following new section: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 3015. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 

20 NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION 

21 AND PUBLIC REPORTS. 

22 ‘‘(a) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY

23 NEED.—Whenever an integrated natural resources man24 agement plan covering the lands withdrawn and reserved 

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1 as required by section 101(b)(3) of the Sikes Act (16 

2 U.S.C. 670a(b)(2)), but not less often than every five 

3 years, the Secretary of the military department concerned 

4 shall include the Secretary’s determination regarding 

5 whether there will be a continuing military need for any 

6 or all of the withdrawn and reserved lands for the fol7 lowing five years. 

8 ‘‘(b) PUBLIC REPORTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) CHANGES IN LAND CONDITIONS.—(A) 

10 Concurrent with each review of an integrated nat11 ural resources management plan described in sub12 section (a), the Secretary of the military department 

13 concerned and the Secretary of the Interior shall 

14 jointly prepare and issue a report describing any 

15 changes in the condition of the lands covered by the 

16 plan since the later of the date of any previous re17 port under this paragraph or the date of the envi18 ronmental analysis prepared to support the actions 

19 that changed the condition of the lands. 

20 ‘‘(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall in21 clude a summary of current military use of the lands 

22 covered by the plan, any changes in military use of 

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1 sources and environmental remediation of the lands 

2 during the previous five years. 

3 ‘‘(2) COMBINATION WITH OTHER REPORTS.—A 

4 report under this subsection may be combined with, 

5 or incorporate by reference, any contemporary report 

6 required by any other provision of law regarding the 

7 lands covered by the integrated natural resources 

8 management plan. 

9 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.—(A) Be10 fore the finalization of a report under this sub11 section, the Secretary of the military department 

12 concerned and the Secretary of the Interior shall in13 vite interested members of the public to review and 

14 comment on the report, and shall hold at least one 

15 public meeting concerning the report in a location or 

16 locations reasonably accessible to persons who may 

17 be affected by management of the lands addressed 

18 by the report. 

19 ‘‘(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph 

20 (A) shall be announced not less than 15 days before 

21 the date of the meeting by advertisements in local 

22 newspapers of general circulation, notices on the 

23 internet, including the website of the affected mili24 tary range (if one exists), and any other means con25 sidered necessary or desirable by the Secretaries. 


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1 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT.—The final 

2 version of a report under this subsection shall be 

3 made available to the public and submitted to the 

4 Committees on Armed Services and Energy and 

5 Natural Resources of the Senate and the Commit6 tees on Armed Services and Natural Resources of 

7 the House of Representatives.’’. 

8 (e) BARRY M. GOLDWATER RANGE.— 

9 (1) ELIMINATION OF TERMINATION DATE AND

10 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3031 of the 

11 Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX 

12 of Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 897) is amended— 

13 (A) in subsection (c)— 

14 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, in15 cluding the duration of any renewal or ex16 tension’’; 

17 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

18 (I) in the paragraph heading, by 

19 striking ‘‘OR TERMINATION’’; and 

20 (II) in subparagraph (C), by 

21 striking the last sentence; and 

22 (iii) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 

23 ‘‘or termination’’; and 

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1 mination’’ and inserting ‘‘EFFECT OF RELIN2 QUISHMENT ON OPERATION OF GENERAL

3 LAND LAWS.—On the date of relinquishment’’; 

4 (C) by striking subsection (e); and 

5 (D) in subsection (f)— 

6 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik7 ing ‘‘TERMINATION AND’’; 

8 (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘but 

9 not later than three years before the termi10 nation of the withdrawal and reservation,’’; 

11 (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘be12 fore the termination date of the withdrawal 

13 and reservation of such lands under this 

14 section’’; and 

15 (iv) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking 

16 ‘‘Notwithstanding the termination date, 

17 unless’’ and inserting ‘‘Unless’’. 

18 (2) DETERMINATIONS OF CONTINUING MILI19 TARY NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVA20 TION.—Section 3031 of the Military Lands With21 drawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 106– 

22 65; 113 Stat. 897) is further amended by inserting 

23 after subsection (d) the following new subsection: 

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1 sources management plan covering the lands withdrawn 

2 and reserved under this section is reviewed as to operation 

3 and effect as required by section 101(b)(3) of the Sikes 

4 Act (16 U.S.C. 670a(b)(2)), but not less often than every 

5 five years, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary 

6 of the Air Force shall include the Secretary’s determina7 tion regarding whether there will be a continuing military 

8 need for any or all of the withdrawn and reserved lands 

9 for the following five years.’’. 

10 (3) USE OF DEFINITIONS.—Section 3031(c)(5) 

11 of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title 

12 XXX of Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 907) is 

13 amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and 

14 inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) The term ‘military munitions’ has the 

16 meaning given that term in section 101(e)(4) of 

17 title 10, United States Code. 

18 ‘‘(B) The term ‘unexploded ordnance’ has 

19 the meaning given that term in section 

20 101(e)(5) of such title.’’. 

21 (f) NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER.— 

22 (1) ELIMINATION OF TERMINATION DATE AND

23 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Fort Irwin Mili24 tary Land Withdrawal Act of 2001 (title XXIX of 

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1 (A) in section 2910, by striking the section 

2 heading and all that follows through ‘‘At the 

3 time of the termination’’ and inserting the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 2910. EFFECT OF RELINQUISHMENT ON OPERATION 

6 OF GENERAL LAND LAWS. 

7 ‘‘On the date of relinquishment’’; 

8 (B) by striking section 2911; and 

9 (C) in section 2912— 

10 (i) in the section heading, by striking 

11 ‘‘Termination and’’; 

12 (ii) in subsection (a), by striking 

13 ‘‘During the first 22 years of the with14 drawal and reservation made by this title, 

15 if’’ and inserting ‘‘If’’; 

16 (iii) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘be17 fore the termination date of the withdrawal 

18 and reservation’’; and 

19 (iv) in subsection (d), by striking 

20 ‘‘Notwithstanding the termination date 

21 specified in section 2910, unless’’ and in22 serting ‘‘Unless’’. 

23 (2) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY

24 NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION AND

25 PUBLIC REPORTS.—The Fort Irwin Military Land 


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1 Withdrawal Act of 2001 (title XXIX of Public Law 

2 107–107; 115 Stat. 1335) is further amended by in3 serting after section 2910 the following new section: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 2911. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 

5 NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION 

6 AND PUBLIC REPORTS. 

7 ‘‘(a) PERIODIC DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING

8 NEED.—Whenever an integrated natural resources man9 agement plan covering the lands withdrawn and reserved 

10 under this title is reviewed as to operation and effect as 

11 required by section 101(b)(3) of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 

12 670a(b)(2)), but not less often than every five years, the 

13 Secretary of the Army shall include in the plan the Sec14 retary’s determination regarding whether there will be a 

15 continuing military need for any or all of the withdrawn 

16 and reserved lands for the following five years. 

17 ‘‘(b) PUBLIC REPORTS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) CHANGES IN LAND CONDITIONS.—(A) 

19 Concurrent with each review of an integrated nat20 ural resources management plan described in sub21 section (a), the Secretary of the Army and the Sec22 retary of the Interior shall jointly prepare and issue 

23 a report describing any changes in the condition of 

24 the lands withdrawn and reserved by this title since 

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1 this paragraph or the date of the environmental 

2 analysis prepared to support the actions that 

3 changed the condition of the lands. 

4 ‘‘(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall in5 clude a summary of current military use of the lands 

6 withdrawn and reserved by this title, any changes in 

7 military use of the lands since the previous report, 

8 and efforts related to the management of natural 

9 and cultural resources and environmental remedi10 ation of the lands during the previous five years. 

11 ‘‘(2) COMBINATION WITH OTHER REPORTS.—A 

12 report under this subsection may be combined with, 

13 or incorporate by reference, any contemporary report 

14 required by any other provision of law regarding the 

15 lands withdrawn and reserved by this title. 

16 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.—(A) Be17 fore the finalization of a report under this sub18 section, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary 

19 of the Interior shall invite interested members of the 

20 public to review and comment on the report, and 

21 shall hold at least one public meeting concerning the 

22 report in a location or locations reasonably accessible 

23 to persons who may be affected by management of 

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1 ‘‘(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph 

2 (A) shall be announced not less than 15 days before 

3 the date of the meeting by advertisements in local 

4 newspapers of general circulation, notices on the 

5 internet, including the website of National Training 

6 Range, and any other means considered necessary or 

7 desirable by the Secretaries. 

8 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT.—The final 

9 version of a report under this subsection shall be 

10 made available to the public and submitted to the 

11 Committees on Armed Services and Energy and 

12 Natural Resources of the Senate and the Commit13 tees on Armed Services and Natural Resources of 

14 the House of Representatives.’’. 

15 (3) ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL

16 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—The Fort Irwin Military 

17 Land Withdrawal Act of 2001 (title XXIX of Public 

18 Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1335) is further amended 

19 by adding at the end the following new section: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 2914. INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXECUTIVE COM21 MITTEE. 

22 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—The Sec23 retary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior shall 

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1 changing views, information, and advice relating to the 

2 management of the natural and cultural resources of the 

3 lands withdrawn and reserved by this title. 

4 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.— 

5 ‘‘(1) REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER FEDERAL

6 AGENCIES.—The Secretary of the Army and the Sec7 retary of the Interior shall include representatives 

8 from interested Federal agencies as members of the 

9 intergovernmental executive committee. 

10 ‘‘(2) REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE AND LOCAL

11 GOVERNMENTS.—The Secretary of the Army and 

12 the Secretary of the Interior shall invite to serve as 

13 members of the intergovernmental executive com14 mittee— 

15 ‘‘(A) at least one elected officer (or other 

16 authorized representative) from the government 

17 of the State of California; and 

18 ‘‘(B) at least one elected officer (or other 

19 authorized representative) from each local gov20 ernment and Indian tribal government in the vi21 cinity of the withdrawn and reserved lands, as 

22 determined by the Secretaries. 

23 ‘‘(c) OPERATION.—The intergovernmental executive 

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1 forth in the memorandum of understanding under sub2 section (a). 

3 ‘‘(d) PROCEDURES.—The memorandum of under4 standing under subsection (a) shall establish procedures 

5 for creating a forum for exchanging views, information, 

6 and advice relating to the management of natural and cul7 tural resources on the lands withdrawn and reserved by 

8 this title, procedures for rotating the chair of the intergov9 ernmental executive committee, and procedures for sched10 uling regular meetings, which shall occur no less fre11 quently than twice a year. 

12 ‘‘(e) COORDINATOR.—The Secretary of the Army, in 

13 consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall ap14 point an individual to serve as coordinator of the intergov15 ernmental executive committee. The duties of the coordi16 nator shall be included in the memorandum of under17 standing under subsection (a). The coordinator shall not 

18 be a member of the committee. 

19 ‘‘(f) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The 

20 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) does not 

21 apply to the intergovernmental executive committee.’’. 

22 (g) RANGES COVERED BY MILITARY LAND WITH23 DRAWALS ACT OF 2013.— 

24 (1) ELIMINATION OF TERMINATION DATE AND

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1 Withdrawals Act of 2013 (title XXIX of Public Law 

2 113–66; 127 Stat. 1025) is amended— 

3 (A) by striking sections 2919, 2920; 2936, 

4 2946, and 2979; 

5 (B) in section 2921, by striking ‘‘On the 

6 termination of’’ and inserting ‘‘On the relin7 quishment of’’; and 

8 (C) in section 2922(d)(3)— 

9 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik10 ing ‘‘ON TERMINATION’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘UPON RELINQUISHMENT’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘or if at the expiration 

13 of the withdrawal and reservation,’’. 

14 (2) ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL

15 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—The Military Land With16 drawals Act of 2013 (title XXIX of Public Law 

17 113–66; 127 Stat. 1025) is further amended by in18 serting after section 2918 the following new section: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 2919. INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXECUTIVE COM20 MITTEE. 

21 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—For the lands 

22 withdrawn and reserved by sections 2931, 2941, and 

23 2971, the Secretary concerned and the Secretary of the 

24 Interior shall establish, by memorandum of under25 standing, an intergovernmental executive committee for 


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1 each location for the sole purpose of exchanging views, in2 formation, and advice relating to the management of the 

3 natural and cultural resources of the withdrawn and re4 served lands. 

5 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER FEDERAL

7 AGENCIES.—The Secretary concerned and the Sec8 retary of the Interior shall include representatives 

9 from interested Federal agencies as members of the 

10 intergovernmental executive committee for a location 

11 covered by subsection (a). 

12 ‘‘(2) REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE AND LOCAL

13 GOVERNMENTS.—The Secretary concerned and the 

14 Secretary of the Interior shall invite to serve as 

15 members of the intergovernmental executive com16 mittee for a location covered by subsection (a)— 

17 ‘‘(A) at least one elected officer (or other 

18 authorized representative) from the government 

19 of the State in which the withdrawn and re20 served lands are located; and 

21 ‘‘(B) at least one elected officer (or other 

22 authorized representative) from each local gov23 ernment and Indian tribal government in the vi24 cinity of the withdrawn and reserved lands, as 

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1 ‘‘(c) OPERATION.—The intergovernmental executive 

2 committee for a location covered by subsection (a) shall 

3 operate in accordance with the terms set forth in the 

4 memorandum of understanding under subsection (a). 

5 ‘‘(d) PROCEDURES.—The memorandum of under6 standing under subsection (a) shall establish procedures 

7 for creating a forum for exchanging views, information, 

8 and advice relating to the management of natural and cul9 tural resources on the withdrawn and reserved lands, pro10 cedures for rotating the chair of the intergovernmental ex11 ecutive committee, and procedures for scheduling regular 

12 meetings, which shall occur no less frequently than twice 

13 a year. 

14 ‘‘(e) COORDINATOR.—The Secretary concerned, in 

15 consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall ap16 point an individual to serve as coordinator of the intergov17 ernmental executive committee for a location covered by 

18 subsection (a). The duties of the coordinator shall be in19 cluded in the memorandum of understanding under sub20 section (a). The coordinator shall not be a member of the 

21 committee. 

22 ‘‘(f) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The 

23 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) does not 

24 apply to a intergovernmental executive committee for a lo25 cation covered by subsection (a).’’. 


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1 (3) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY

2 NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION AND

3 PUBLIC REPORTS.—The Military Land Withdrawals 

4 Act of 2013 (title XXIX of Public Law 113–66; 127 

5 Stat. 1025) is further amended by inserting after 

6 section 2919, as added by paragraph (2), the fol7 lowing new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 2920. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 

9 NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION 

10 AND PUBLIC REPORTS. 

11 ‘‘(a) PERIODIC DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING

12 NEED.—Whenever an integrated natural resources man13 agement plan covering the lands withdrawn and reserved 

14 under a subtitle of this title is reviewed as to operation 

15 and effect as required by section 101(b)(3) of the Sikes 

16 Act (16 U.S.C. 670a(b)(2)), but not less often than every 

17 five years, the Secretary concerned shall include in the 

18 plan the Secretary’s determination regarding whether 

19 there will be a continuing military need for any or all of 

20 the withdrawn and reserved lands for the following five 

21 years. 

22 ‘‘(b) PUBLIC REPORTS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) CHANGES IN LAND CONDITIONS.—(A) 

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1 section (a), the Secretary concerned and the Sec2 retary of the Interior shall jointly prepare and issue 

3 a report describing any changes in the condition of 

4 the lands covered by the plan since the later of the 

5 date of any previous report under this paragraph or 

6 the date of the environmental analysis prepared to 

7 support the actions that changed the condition of 

8 the lands. 

9 ‘‘(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall in10 clude a summary of current military use of the lands 

11 covered by the plan, any changes in military use of 

12 the lands since the previous report, and efforts re13 lated to the management of natural and cultural re14 sources and environmental remediation of the lands 

15 during the previous five years. 

16 ‘‘(2) COMBINATION WITH OTHER REPORTS.—A 

17 report under this subsection may be combined with, 

18 or incorporate by reference, any contemporary report 

19 required by any other provision of law regarding the 

20 lands addressed by the report. 

21 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.—(A) Be22 fore the finalization of a report under this sub23 section, the Secretary concerned and the Secretary 

24 of the Interior shall invite interested members of the 

25 public to review and comment on the report, and 


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1 shall hold at least one public meeting concerning the 

2 report in a location or locations reasonably accessible 

3 to persons who may be affected by management of 

4 the lands addressed by the report. 

5 ‘‘(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph 

6 (A) shall be announced not less than 15 days before 

7 the date of the meeting by advertisements in local 

8 newspapers of general circulation, notices on the 

9 internet, including the website of the affected mili10 tary range (if one exists), and any other means con11 sidered necessary or desirable by the Secretaries. 

12 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT.—The final 

13 version of a report under this subsection shall be 

14 made available to the public and submitted to the 

15 Committees on Armed Services and Energy and 

16 Natural Resources of the Senate and the Commit17 tees on Armed Services and Natural Resources of 

18 the House of Representatives.’’. 

19 (h) EFFECT ON NEW LAND WITHDRAWALS AND

20 RESERVATIONS.—Nothing in this Act or the amendments 

21 made by this Act shall be construed as changing the re22 quirements imposed on the Department of Defense to ob23 tain a new or expanded land withdrawal and reservation. 

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