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Union Calendar No. 777 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6070 

[Report No. 118–752, Part I] 

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 

NOVEMBER 18, 2024 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

NOVEMBER 18, 2024 

Referral to the Committee on Armed Services extended for a period ending 

not later than December 19, 2024 

DECEMBER 19, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HORSFORD and Ms. LEE of Nevada 

DECEMBER 19, 2024 

Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 26, 2023] 


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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. 


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

3 SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF DEPART4 MENT OF DEFENSE TO CONDUCT CERTAIN 

5 MILITARY ACTIVITIES AT NEVADA TEST AND 

6 TRAINING RANGE. 

7 (a) SPECIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED MILITARY AC8 TIVITIES.—Paragraph (1) of section 3011(b) of the Military 

9 Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of the National 

10 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000; Public Law 

11 106–65; 113 Stat. 886) is amended— 

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

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

14 subsection (a) of section 3014’’ after ‘‘Secretary of the 

15 Air Force’’; 

16 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara17 graph (C); 

18 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub19 paragraph (G); and 

20 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol21 lowing new subparagraphs: 

22 ‘‘(D) for emergency response; 

23 ‘‘(E) for the establishment and use of exist24 ing or new electronic tracking and communica25 tions sites, including the construction of up to 15 


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1 equipment pads, no larger than 150-by-150 feet 

2 in size, along existing roads to allow placement 

3 and operation of threat emitters; 

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

5 in existence as of January 1, 2024, to allow ac6 cess to threat emitters and repeaters for installa7 tion, maintenance, and periodic relocation; 

8 and’’. 

9 (b) INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.—Section 

10 3011(b)(5)(G) of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 

11 1999 (title XXX of the National Defense Authorization Act 

12 for Fiscal Year 2000; Public Law 106–65) is amended— 

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

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

15 the Interior and the Secretary of the Air 

16 Force shall jointly establish an interagency 

17 committee (referred to in this subparagraph 

18 as the ‘interagency committee’) to— 

19 ‘‘(I) facilitate coordination, man20 age public access needs and require21 ments, and minimize potential conflict 

22 between the Department of the Interior 

23 and the Department of the Air Force 

24 with respect to joint operating areas 


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1 within the Desert National Wildlife 

2 Refuge; and 

3 ‘‘(II) discuss the activities author4 ized in paragraph (1) and provide 

5 input to the United States Fish and 

6 Wildlife Service and the Department of 

7 the Air Force when assessing whether 

8 these activities may be conducted on 

9 the joint operating areas within the 

10 Desert National Wildlife Refuge that 

11 are under the primary jurisdiction of 

12 the Secretary of the Interior in a man13 ner that is consistent with the National 

14 Wildlife Refuge System Administration 

15 Act (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) and other 

16 applicable law.’’; and 

17 (2) in clause (ii)— 

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

19 the Director of the United States Fish and Wild20 life Service’’ before the period at the end of sub21 clause (I); and 

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

23 the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for En24 ergy, Installations, and Environment’’ before the 

25 period at the end of subclause (II). 


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1 (c) ADDITIONAL PURPOSE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL

2 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—Section 3011(b)(5)(H)(ii) of the 

3 Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of the 

4 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000; 

5 Public Law 106–65) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause (I); 

7 (2) by striking the period at the end of subclause 

8 (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 subparagraph 

14 (G) with respect to any proposal by the 

15 Secretary of the Air Force to undertake 

16 any of the activities authorized in 

17 paragraph (1) on the joint operating 

18 areas within the Desert National Wild19 life Refuge.’’. 

20 (d) COMPLETION OF INTERAGENCY MEMORANDUM OF

21 UNDERSTANDING.— 

22 (1) DEADLINE.—Not later than one year after 

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

24 the Air Force and the Secretary of the Interior 

25 shall— 


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1 (A) enter into a complete new operational 

2 memorandum of understanding under paragraph 

3 (5)(E) of section 3011(b) of the Military Lands 

4 Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of the Na5 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

6 2000; Public Law 106–65); or 

7 (B) amend the current memorandum of un8 derstanding in effect under that paragraph that 

9 will complete the memorandum of under10 standing. 

11 (2) ACCESS TO JOINT USE AREA FOR FISH AND

12 WILDLIFE SERVICE.—The memorandum of under13 standing entered into or amended under paragraph 

14 (1) shall include one or more provisions to ensure 

15 adequate access for the United States Fish and Wild16 life Service to the joint use area. 

17 (e) BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND STATE OF

18 NEVADA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—Not later than 180 

19 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

20 of the Interior shall submit to the Committee on Energy 

21 and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 

22 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report 

23 that describes the status of the cooperative agreement au24 thorized under section 2905(j)(6) of the James M. Inhofe 


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1 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 

2 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 3043). 


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Union Calendar No. 777 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6070 

[Report No. 118–752, Part I] 

A BILL 

To amend the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 

other purposes. the Nevada test and training range, and for Defense to conduct certain military activities at 1999 to clarify the authority of Department of 

DECEMBER 19, 2024 

Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to 

Union and ordered to be printed the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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