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Calendar No. 897

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2757

[Report No. 106–451]

To provide for the transfer and other disposition of certain lands at Melrose

Air Force Range, New Mexico, and Yakima Training Center, Washington.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 20, 2000

Mr. DOMENICI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

OCTOBER 2 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, with amendments

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

A BILL

To provide for the transfer and other disposition of certain

lands at Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico, and

Yakima Training Center, Washington.

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. LAND TRANSFER AND WITHDRAWAL, MELROSE

2 AIR FORCE RANGE, NEW MEXICO, AND

3 YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, WASHINGTON.

4 (a) MELROSE AIR FORCE RANGE, NEW MEXICO.—

5 (1) TRANSFER.—Administrative jurisdiction

6 over the surface estate of the following lands is here7 by transferred from the Secretary of the Interior to

8 the Secretary of the Air Force:

9 NEW MEXICO prime principal MERIDIAN

10 T. 1 N., R. 30 E.

Sec. 2: S1 11 ⁄2.

12 Sec. 11: All.

Sec. 20: S1⁄2SE1 13 ⁄4.

14 Sec. 28: All.

15 T. 1 S., R. 30 E.

Sec. 2: Lots 1–12, S1 16 ⁄2.

Sec. 3: Lots 1–12, S1 17 ⁄2.

Sec. 4: Lots 1–12, S1 18 ⁄2.

19 Sec. 6: Lots 1 and 2.

Sec. 9: N1⁄2, N1⁄2S1 20 ⁄2.

Sec. 10: N1⁄2, N1⁄2S1 21 ⁄2.

Sec. 11: N1⁄2, N1⁄2S1 22 ⁄2.

23 T. 2 N., R. 30 E.

Sec. 20: E1⁄2SE1 24 ⁄4.

Sec. 21: SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1 25 ⁄4.

Sec. 28: W1⁄2E1⁄2, W1 26 ⁄2.
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Sec. 29: E1⁄2E1 1 ⁄2.

Sec. 32: E1⁄2E1 2 ⁄2.

Sec. 33: W1⁄2E1⁄2, NW1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1 3 ⁄4.

4 Aggregating 6,713.90 acres, more or less.

5 (2) STATUS OF SURFACE ESTATE.—Upon

6 transfer of the surface estate of the lands described

7 in paragraph (1), the surface estate shall be treated

8 as real property subject to the Federal Property and

9 Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471

10 et seq.).

11 (3) WITHDRAWAL OF MINERAL ESTATE.—Sub12 ject to valid existing rights, the mineral estate of the

13 lands described in paragraph (1) is withdrawn from

14 all forms of appropriation under the public land

15 laws, including the mining laws and the mineral and

16 geothermal leasing laws, but not the Act of July 31,

17 1947 (commonly known as the Materials Act of

18 1947; 30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).

19 (4) USE OF MINERAL MATERIALS.—Notwith20 standing any other provision of this subsection or

21 the Act of July 31, 1947, the Secretary of the Air

22 Force may use, without application to the Secretary

23 of the Interior, the sand, gravel, or similar mineral

24 material resources on the lands described in para25 graph (1), of the type subject to disposition under
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1 the Act of July 31, 1947, when the use of such re2 sources is required for construction needs on Mel3 rose Air Force Range, New Mexico.

4 (b) YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, WASHINGTON.—

5 (1) TRANSFER.—Administrative jurisdiction

6 over the surface estate of the following lands is here7 by transferred from the Secretary of the Interior to

8 the Secretary of the Army:

9 WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN

10 T. 17 N., R. 20 E.

Sec. 22: S1 11 ⁄2.

Sec. 24: S1⁄2SW1 12 ⁄4 and that portion of

the E1 13 ⁄2 lying south of the Interstate High14 way 90 right-of-way.

15 Sec. 26: All.

16 T. 16 N., R. 21 E.

Sec. 4: SW1⁄4SW1 17 ⁄4.

Sec. 12: SW1⁄4.SE1 18 ⁄4.

Sec. 18: Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, E1 19 ⁄2 and

E1⁄2W1 20 ⁄2.

21 T. 17 N., R. 21 E.

22 Sec. 30: Lots 3 and 4.

Sec. 32: NE1⁄4SE1 23 ⁄4.

24 T. 16 N., R. 22 E.

Sec. 2: Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, S1⁄2N1 25 ⁄2

and S1 26 ⁄2.
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Sec. 4: Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, S1⁄2N1 1 ⁄2

and S1 2 ⁄2.

3 Sec. 10: All.

4 Sec. 14: All.

Sec. 20: SE1⁄4SW1 5 ⁄4.

6 Sec. 22: All.

Sec. 26: N1 7 ⁄2.

Sec. 28: N1 8 ⁄2.

9 T. 16 N., R. 23 E.

Sec. 18: Lots 3 and 4, E1⁄2SW1 10 ⁄4,

W1⁄2SE1 11 ⁄4, and that portion of the

E1⁄2SE1 12 ⁄4 lying westerly of the westerly

13 right-of-way line of Huntzinger Road.

Sec. 20: That portion of the SW1 14 ⁄4

15 lying westerly of the easterly right-of-way

16 line of the railroad.

Sec. 30: Lots 1 and 2, NE1 17 ⁄4 and

E1⁄2NW1 18 ⁄4.

19 Aggregating 6,640.02 acres.

20 (2) STATUS OF SURFACE ESTATE.—Upon

21 transfer of the surface estate of the lands described

22 in paragraph (1), the surface estate shall be treated

23 as real property subject to the Federal Property and

24 Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C 471

25 et seq.).
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1 (3) WITHDRAWAL OF MINERAL ESTATE.—Sub2 ject to valid existing rights, the mineral estate of the

3 lands described in paragraph (1) and of the fol4 lowing lands are withdrawn from all forms of appro5 priation under the public land laws, including the

6 mining laws and the geothermal leasing laws, but

7 not the Act of July 31, 1947 (commonly known as

8 the Materials Act of 1947; 30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)

9 and the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et

10 seq.):

11 WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN

12 T. 16 N., R. 20 E.

13 Sec. 12: All.

Sec. 18: Lot 4 and SE1 14 ⁄4.

Sec. 20: S1 15 ⁄2.

16 T. 16 N., R. 21 E.

Sec. 4: Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, S1⁄2NE1 17 ⁄2.

18 Sec. 8: All.

19 T. 16 N., R. 22 E.

20 Sec. 12: All.

21 T. 17 N., R. 21 E.

Sec. 32: S1⁄2SE1 22 ⁄4.

Sec. 34: W1 23 ⁄2.

24 Aggregating 3,090.80 acres.

25 (4) USE OF MINERAL MATERIALS.—Notwith26 standing any other provision of this subsection or
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1 the Act of July 31, 1947, the Secretary of the Army

2 may use, without application to the Secretary of the

3 Interior, the sand, gravel, or similar mineral mate4 rial resources on the lands described in paragraphs

5 (1) and (3), of the type subject to disposition under

6 the Act of July 31, 1947, when the use of such re7 sources is required for construction needs on the

8 Yakima Training Center, Washington.
Calendar No. 897

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2757

[Report No. 106–451]

A BILL

To provide for the transfer and other disposition of

certain lands at Melrose Air Force Range, NewMexico, and Yakima Training Center, Washington.

OCTOBER 2 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000

Reported with amendments