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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6070 

To amend the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to clarify the authority 

of Department of Defense to conduct certain military activities at the 

Nevada test and training range, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 26, 2023 

Mr. AMODEI 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 amend the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to 

clarify the authority of Department of Defense to conduct certain military activities at the Nevada test and 

training range, 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. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF DEPART2 MENT OF DEFENSE TO CONDUCT CERTAIN 

3 MILITARY ACTIVITIES AT NEVADA TEST AND 

4 TRAINING RANGE. 

5 (a) SPECIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED MILITARY AC6 TIVITIES.—Paragraph (1) of section 3011(b) of the Mili7 tary Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of the Na8 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000; 

9 Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 886) is amended— 

10 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

11 by inserting ‘‘, subject to the conditions set forth in 

12 subsection (a) of section 3014’’ after ‘‘Secretary of 

13 the Air Force’’; 

14 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara15 graph (C); 

16 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub17 paragraph (G); and 

18 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol19 lowing new subparagraphs: 

20 ‘‘(D) for emergency response; 

21 ‘‘(E) for the establishment and use of ex22 isting or new electronic tracking and commu23 nications sites, including the construction of up 

24 to 15 equipment pads, no larger than 150-by25 150 feet in size, along existing roads to allow 

26 placement and operation of threat emitters; 


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1 ‘‘(F) for the use and maintenance of roads 

2 in existence as of January 1, 2024, to allow ac3 cess to threat emitters and repeaters for instal4 lation, maintenance, and periodic relocation; 

5 and’’. 

6 (b) INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.—Section 

7 3011(b)(5)(G), as added by paragraph (1) of section 

8 2844(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De9 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 

10 116–283; 134 Stat. 4351), is further amended— 

11 (1) by amending clause (i) to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

13 the Interior and the Secretary of the Air 

14 Force shall jointly establish an interagency 

15 committee (referred to in this subpara16 graph as the ‘interagency committee’) to— 

17 ‘‘(I) facilitate coordination, man18 age public access needs and require19 ments, and minimize potential conflict 

20 between the Department of the Inte21 rior and the Department of the Air 

22 Force with respect to joint operating 

23 areas within the Desert National 

24 Wildlife Refuge; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) discuss the activities au2 thorized in paragraph (1) and provide 

3 input to the United States Fish and 

4 Wildlife Service and the Department 

5 of the Air Force when assessing 

6 whether these activities may be con7 ducted on the joint operating areas 

8 within the Desert National Wildlife 

9 Refuge that are under the primary ju10 risdiction of the Secretary of the Inte11 rior in a manner that is consistent 

12 with the National Wildlife Refuge 

13 System Administration Act (16 

14 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) and other appli15 cable law.’’; and 

16 (2) in clause (ii)— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘, including a designee of 

18 the Director of the United States Fish and 

19 Wildlife Service’’ before the period at the end of 

20 subclause (I); and 

21 (B) by inserting ‘‘, including a designee of 

22 the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 

23 Energy, Installations, and Environment’’ before 

24 the period at the end of subclause (II). 


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1 (c) ADDITIONAL PURPOSE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL

2 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—Section 3011(b)(H)(5)(ii), as 

3 added by paragraph (2) of such section 2844(b), is amend4 ed in clause (ii)— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause 

6 (I); 

7 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub8 clause (II) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub10 clause: 

11 ‘‘(III) discussing and making rec12 ommendations to the interagency com13 mittee established under subpara14 graph (G) with respect to any pro15 posal by the Secretary of the Air 

16 Force to undertake any of the activi17 ties authorized in paragraph (1) on 

18 the joint operating areas within the 

19 Desert National Wildlife Refuge.’’. 

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