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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2945 

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

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

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2019 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah 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, 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— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘, acting through the Di12 rector of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

13 Service,’’; and 

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

15 sentence: ‘‘In the case of a military installation 

16 or State-owned National Guard installation in 

17 Alaska, cooperation with the Secretary of the 

18 Interior under this paragraph shall be obtained 

19 through the Director of the United States Fish 

20 and Wildlife Service.’’. 

21 (2) ADDITIONAL ELEMENT OF INTEGRATED

22 NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Section 

23 101(b) of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a(b)) is 

24 amended— 

25 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para26 graph (2); 


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1 (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

2 paragraph (4); and 

3 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

4 following new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(3) for purposes of paragraph (2), except in 

6 the case of a military installation or State-owned 

7 National Guard installation in Alaska, shall be re8 viewed— 

9 ‘‘(A) jointly by the Secretary of the mili10 tary department and the Secretary of the Inte11 rior; and 

12 ‘‘(B) in a manner that provides affected 

13 States and Indian tribes and the public a mean14 ingful opportunity to comment on any signifi15 cant revisions to the plan that may be proposed; 

16 and’’. 

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

18 (1) ELIMINATION OF TERMINATION DATE AND

19 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The El Centro Naval 

20 Air Facility Ranges Withdrawal Act (subtitle B of 

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

22 is amended— 

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

24 before the termination date specified in section 

25 2925,’’; 


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

2 third sentence; 

3 (C) by striking sections 2925 and 2927; 

4 and 

5 (D) in section 2928(a), by striking ‘‘speci6 fied in section 2925’’. 

7 (2) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY

8 NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION AND

9 PUBLIC REPORTS.—The El Centro Naval Air Facil10 ity Ranges Withdrawal Act (subtitle B of title XXIX 

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

12 amended by inserting after section 2926 the fol13 lowing new section: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 2927. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 

15 NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION 

16 AND PUBLIC REPORTS. 

17 ‘‘(a) PUBLIC REPORTS.— 

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

19 Concurrent with each review as to operation and ef20 fect of an integrated natural resources management 

21 plan covering lands withdrawn and reserved under 

22 this title, as required by section 101(b)(2) of the 

23 Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a(b)(2)), the Secretary of 

24 the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior shall 

25 jointly prepare and issue a report describing any 


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1 changes in the condition of the lands withdrawn and 

2 reserved under this subtitle since the later of the 

3 date of any previous report under this paragraph or 

4 the date of the environmental analysis prepared to 

5 support the actions that changed the condition of 

6 the lands. 

7 ‘‘(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall in8 clude a summary of current military use of the lands 

9 withdrawn and reserved under this subtitle, any 

10 changes in military use of the lands since the pre11 vious report, and efforts related to the management 

12 of natural and cultural resources and environmental 

13 remediation of the lands during the previous five 

14 years. 

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

16 report under this subsection may be combined with, 

17 or incorporate by reference, any contemporary report 

18 required by any other provision of law regarding the 

19 lands withdrawn and reserved under this subtitle. 

20 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.—(A) Be21 fore the finalization of a report under this sub22 section, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary 

23 of the Interior shall invite interested members of the 

24 public to review and comment on the report, and 

25 shall hold at least one public meeting concerning the 


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1 report in a location or locations reasonably accessible 

2 to persons who may be affected by management of 

3 the lands withdrawn and reserved under this sub4 title. 

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 El Centro, and any 

10 other means considered necessary or desirable by the 

11 Secretaries. 

12 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT.—The Sec13 retary of the Navy shall make the final version of a 

14 report under this subsection available to the public 

15 and shall submit the final version of such a report 

16 to the Committees on Armed Services and Energy 

17 and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Com18 mittees on Armed Services and Natural Resources of 

19 the House of Representatives. 

20 ‘‘(b) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY

21 NEED.—With each report prepared pursuant to sub22 section (a), the Secretary of the Navy shall attach the Sec23 retary’s determination regarding whether there will be a 

24 continuing military need for any or all the withdrawn and 

25 reserved lands for the following 5 years.’’. 


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1 (c) JUNIPER BUTTE RANGE.— 

2 (1) ELIMINATION OF TERMINATION DATE AND

3 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Juniper Butte 

4 Range Withdrawal Act (title XXIX of Public Law 

5 105–261; 112 Stat. 2226) is amended— 

6 (A) in section 2915— 

7 (i) in the section heading, by striking 

8 ‘‘Duration’’ and inserting ‘‘Relin9 quishment’’; 

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

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

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

13 inserting ‘‘EFFECT OF RELINQUISHMENT

14 ON OPERATION OF GENERAL LAND

15 LAWS.—Upon relinquishment of Depart16 ment of the Air Force jurisdiction over 

17 lands withdrawn and reserved by this 

18 title’’; 

19 (iii) in subsection (b)— 

20 (I) in the subsection heading, by 

21 inserting ‘‘PROCESS’’ after ‘‘RELIN22 QUISHMENT’’; 

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

24 ‘‘under subsection (c)’’; and 


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1 (III) in paragraph (3), by strik2 ing ‘‘before the date of termination, 

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

4 and 

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

6 (B) in section 2916— 

7 (i) in the section heading, by striking 

8 ‘‘or upon termination of with9 drawal’’; 

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

11 ‘‘and in all cases not later than 2 years be12 fore the date of termination of withdrawal 

13 and reservation,’’; 

14 (iii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘en15 vironmental remediation’’ and all that fol16 lows through the end of the subsection and 

17 inserting ‘‘environmental remediation be18 fore relinquishing, to the Secretary of the 

19 Interior, jurisdiction over any lands identi20 fied in a notice of intent to relinquish 

21 under section 2915(b).’’; and 

22 (iv) in subsection (d)— 

23 (I) in the subsection heading, by 

24 striking ‘‘TERMINATES’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘RELINQUISHED’’; 


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1 (II) by striking ‘‘termination 

2 date’’ both places it appears and in3 serting ‘‘relinquishment date’’; and 

4 (III) in paragraph (2), by strik5 ing ‘‘termination’’ and inserting ‘‘re6 linquishment’’. 

7 (2) DETERMINATIONS OF CONTINUING MILI8 TARY NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION

9 AND PUBLIC REPORTS.—Section 2909 of the Juni10 per Butte Range Withdrawal Act (title XXIX of 

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

12 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

13 ‘‘(d) PUBLIC REPORTS.— 

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

15 Concurrent with each review of an integrated nat16 ural resources management plan developed under 

17 this section, the Secretary of the Air Force and the 

18 Secretary of the Interior shall jointly prepare and 

19 issue a report describing any changes in the condi20 tion of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this 

21 title since the later of the date of any previous re22 port under this paragraph or the date of the envi23 ronmental analysis prepared to support the actions 

24 that changed the condition of the lands. 


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1 ‘‘(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall in2 clude a summary of current military use of the lands 

3 withdrawn and reserved by this title, any changes in 

4 military use of the lands since the previous report, 

5 and efforts related to the management of natural 

6 and cultural resources and environmental remedi7 ation of the lands during the previous 5 years. 

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

9 report under this subsection may be combined with, 

10 or incorporate by reference, any contemporary report 

11 required by any other provision of law regarding the 

12 lands withdrawn and reserved by this title. 

13 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.—(A) Be14 fore the finalization of a report under this sub15 section, the Secretary of the Air Force and the Sec16 retary of the Interior shall invite interested members 

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

18 and shall hold at least one public meeting concerning 

19 the report in a location or locations reasonably ac20 cessible to persons who may be affected by manage21 ment of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this 

22 title. 

23 ‘‘(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph 

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

25 the date of the meeting by advertisements in local 


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1 newspapers of general circulation, notices on the 

2 internet, including the website of the Juniper Butte 

3 Range (if one exists), and any other means consid4 ered necessary or desirable by the Secretaries. 

5 ‘‘(4) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILI6 TARY NEED.—With each report prepared pursuant 

7 to this subsection, the Secretary of the Air Force 

8 shall attach the Secretary’s determination regarding 

9 whether there will be a continuing military need for 

10 any or all the withdrawn and reserved lands for the 

11 following 5 years. 

12 ‘‘(5) DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT.—The Sec13 retary of the Air Force shall make the final version 

14 of a report under this subsection available to the 

15 public and shall submit the final version of such a 

16 report to the Committees on Armed Services and 

17 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 

18 the Committees on Armed Services and Natural Re19 sources of the House of Representatives.’’. 

20 (d) RANGES COVERED BY SUBTITLE A OF MILITARY

21 LANDS WITHDRAWAL ACT OF 1999.— 

22 (1) ELIMINATION OF TERMINATION DATE AND

23 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Military Lands 

24 Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 

25 106–65; 113 Stat. 885) is amended— 


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1 (A) in section 3015— 

2 (i) by striking subsection (a) and in3 serting the following new subsection: 

4 ‘‘(a) TERMINATION OF FORT GREELY AND FORT

5 WAINWRIGHT WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION.—The 

6 withdrawal and reservation of lands by section 3011(c) 

7 shall terminate on November 6, 2026.’’; 

8 (B) in section 3016— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘this subtitle’’ each 

10 place it appears (other than the second 

11 place it appears in subsection (c)) and in12 serting ‘‘section 3011(c)’’; 

13 (ii) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘this 

14 subtitle’’ the second place it appears and 

15 inserting ‘‘section 3015’’; and 

16 (iii) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘by 

17 section 3011’’ and inserting ‘‘under such 

18 section’’; 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

20 section: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 3024. RELINQUISHMENT OF CERTAIN LANDS. 

22 ‘‘(a) NOTICE OF INTENT REGARDING RELINQUISH23 MENT.— 

24 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in 

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1 partment concerned decides to relinquish all or any 

2 of the lands withdrawn and reserved by section 

3 3011, such Secretary shall transmit a notice of in4 tent to relinquish such lands to the Secretary of the 

5 Interior. 

6 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—This section does not apply 

7 to the lands withdrawn and reserved in Alaska by 

8 section 3011(c). 

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

10 of the withdrawal and reservation of lands withdrawn and 

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

12 any form of appropriation under the public land laws, in13 cluding the mineral laws and the mineral leasing and geo14 thermal leasing laws, until the Secretary of the Interior 

15 publishes in the Federal Register an appropriate order 

16 stating the date upon which such lands shall be restored 

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

18 (D) in section 3017, by striking ‘‘section 

19 3016(d)’’ each place it appears and inserting 

20 ‘‘section 3016(d) or 3024’’. 

21 (2) ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL

22 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES.—Section 3014 of the 

23 Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX 

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

25 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(g) INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXECUTIVE COMMIT2 TEES.— 

3 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—(A) Ex4 cept as provided in subparagraph (B), for the lands 

5 withdrawn and reserved by section 3011, the Sec6 retary of the military department concerned and the 

7 Secretary of the Interior shall establish, by memo8 randum of understanding, an intergovernmental ex9 ecutive committee for each range for the sole pur10 pose of exchanging views, information, and advice 

11 relating to the management of the natural and cul12 tural resources of the withdrawn and reserved lands. 

13 ‘‘(B) This subsection does not apply to the 

14 lands withdrawn and reserved in Alaska by section 

15 3011(c). 

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

17 military department concerned and the Secretary of 

18 the Interior shall include representatives from inter19 ested Federal agencies as members of the intergov20 ernmental executive committee for a range. 

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

22 concerned and the Secretary of the Interior shall in23 vite to serve as members of the intergovernmental 

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

2 authorized representative) from the government 

3 of the State in which the withdrawn and re4 served lands are located; and 

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

6 authorized representative) from each local gov7 ernment and Indian tribal government in the vi8 cinity of the withdrawn and reserved lands, as 

9 determined by the Secretaries. 

10 ‘‘(3) OPERATION.—The intergovernmental exec11 utive committee for a range shall operate in accord12 ance with the terms set forth in the memorandum 

13 of understanding. 

14 ‘‘(4) PROCEDURES.—The memorandum of un15 derstanding for a range shall establish procedures 

16 for creating a forum for exchanging views, informa17 tion, and advice relating to the management of nat18 ural and cultural resources on the withdrawn and re19 served lands, procedures for rotating the chair of the 

20 intergovernmental executive committee, and proce21 dures for scheduling regular meetings, which shall 

22 occur no less frequently than twice a year. 

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

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1 vidual to serve as coordinator of the intergovern2 mental executive committee for a range. The duties 

3 of the coordinator shall be included in the memo4 randum of understanding. The coordinator shall not 

5 be a member of the committee.’’. 

6 (3) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY

7 NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION AND

8 PUBLIC REPORTS.—The Military Lands Withdrawal 

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

10 Stat. 885), as amended by paragraph (1)(C), is fur11 ther amended by inserting after section 3024 the fol12 lowing new section: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 3025. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 

14 NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION 

15 AND PUBLIC REPORTS. 

16 ‘‘(a) PUBLIC REPORTS.— 

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

18 Concurrent with each review as to operation and ef19 fect of an integrated natural resources management 

20 plan covering lands withdrawn and reserved under 

21 this title, as required by section 101(b)(2) of the 

22 Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a(b)(2)), the Secretary of 

23 the military department concerned and the Secretary 

24 of the Interior shall jointly prepare and issue a re25 port describing any changes in the condition of the 


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1 lands withdrawn and reserved under this subtitle 

2 since the later of the date of any previous report 

3 under this paragraph or the date of the environ4 mental analysis prepared to support the actions that 

5 changed the condition of the lands. 

6 ‘‘(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall in7 clude a summary of current military use of the lands 

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

9 the lands since the previous report, and efforts re10 lated to the management of natural and cultural re11 sources and environmental remediation of the lands 

12 during the previous five years. 

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

14 report under this subsection may be combined with, 

15 or incorporate by reference, any contemporary report 

16 required by any other provision of law regarding the 

17 lands covered by the integrated natural resources 

18 management plan. 

19 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.—(A) Be20 fore the finalization of a report under this sub21 section, the Secretary of the military department 

22 concerned and the Secretary of the Interior shall in23 vite interested members of the public to review and 

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

25 public meeting concerning the report in a location or 


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1 locations reasonably accessible to persons who may 

2 be affected by management of the lands addressed 

3 by the report. 

4 ‘‘(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph 

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

6 the date of the meeting by advertisements in local 

7 newspapers of general circulation, notices on the 

8 internet, including the website of the affected mili9 tary range (if one exists), and any other means con10 sidered necessary or desirable by the Secretaries. 

11 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT.—The Sec12 retary of the military department concerned shall 

13 make the final version of a report under this sub14 section available to the public and shall submit the 

15 final version of such a report to the Committees on 

16 Armed Services and Energy and Natural Resources 

17 of the Senate and the Committees on Armed Serv18 ices and Natural Resources of the House of Rep19 resentatives. 

20 ‘‘(b) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY

21 NEED.—With each report prepared pursuant to sub22 section (a), the Secretary of the military department con23 cerned shall attach the Secretary’s determination regard24 ing whether there will be a continuing military need for 


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1 any or all of the withdrawn and reserved lands for the 

2 following 5 years. 

3 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—This section does not apply to the 

4 lands withdrawn and reserved in Alaska by section 

5 3011(c).’’. 

6 (e) BARRY M. GOLDWATER RANGE.— 

7 (1) ELIMINATION OF TERMINATION DATE AND

8 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3031 of the 

9 Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX 

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

11 (A) in subsection (c)— 

12 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, in13 cluding the duration of any renewal or ex14 tension’’; 

15 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (I) in the paragraph heading, by 

17 striking ‘‘OR TERMINATION’’; and 

18 (II) in subparagraph (C), by 

19 striking the last sentence; and 

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

21 ‘‘or termination’’; and 

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1 QUISHMENT ON OPERATION OF GENERAL

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

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

4 (D) in subsection (f)— 

5 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik6 ing ‘‘TERMINATION AND’’; 

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

8 not later than three years before the termi9 nation of the withdrawal and reservation,’’; 

10 (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘be11 fore the termination date of the withdrawal 

12 and reservation of such lands under this 

13 section’’; and 

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

15 ‘‘Notwithstanding the termination date, 

16 unless’’ and inserting ‘‘Unless’’. 

17 (2) DETERMINATIONS OF CONTINUING MILI18 TARY NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVA19 TION.—Section 3031 of the Military Lands With20 drawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 106– 

21 65; 113 Stat. 897), as amended by paragraph (1), 

22 is further amended by inserting after subsection (d) 

23 the following new subsection: 

24 ‘‘(e) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY

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1 section (b)(5), the Secretary of the Navy and the Sec2 retary of the Air Force shall attach the Secretary’s deter3 mination regarding whether there will be a continuing 

4 military need for any or all the withdrawn and reserved 

5 lands for the following 5 years.’’. 

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

7 of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title 

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

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

10 inserting the following: 

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

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

13 title 10, United States Code. 

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

15 the meaning given that term in section 

16 101(e)(5) of such title.’’. 

17 (f) NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER.— 

18 (1) ELIMINATION OF TERMINATION DATE AND

19 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Fort Irwin Mili20 tary Land Withdrawal Act of 2001 (title XXIX of 

21 Public Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1335) is amended— 

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

23 heading and all that follows through ‘‘At the 

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

2 OF GENERAL LAND LAWS. 

3 ‘‘On the date of relinquishment’’; 

4 (B) by striking section 2911; and 

5 (C) in section 2912— 

6 (i) in the section heading, by striking 

7 ‘‘Termination and’’; 

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

9 ‘‘During the first 22 years of the with10 drawal and reservation made by this title, 

11 if’’ and inserting ‘‘If’’; 

12 (iii) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘be13 fore the termination date of the withdrawal 

14 and reservation’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘Notwithstanding the termination date 

17 specified in section 2910, unless’’ and in18 serting ‘‘Unless’’. 

19 (2) DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY

20 NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION AND

21 PUBLIC REPORTS.—The Fort Irwin Military Land 

22 Withdrawal Act of 2001 (title XXIX of Public Law 

23 107–107; 115 Stat. 1335) is further amended by in24 serting after section 2910 the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 2911. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY 

2 NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION 

3 AND PUBLIC REPORTS. 

4 ‘‘(a) PUBLIC REPORTS.— 

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

6 Concurrent with each review as to operation and ef7 fect of an integrated natural resources management 

8 plan covering lands withdrawn and reserved under 

9 this title, as required by section 101(b)(2) of the 

10 Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a(b)(2)), the Secretary of 

11 the Army and the Secretary of the Interior shall 

12 jointly prepare and issue a report describing any 

13 changes in the condition of the lands withdrawn and 

14 reserved under this title since the later of the date 

15 of any previous report under this paragraph or the 

16 date of the environmental analysis prepared to sup17 port the actions that changed the condition of the 

18 lands. 

19 ‘‘(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall in20 clude a summary of current military use of the lands 

21 withdrawn and reserved by this title, any changes in 

22 military use of the lands since the previous report, 

23 and efforts related to the management of natural 

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

2 report under this subsection may be combined with, 

3 or incorporate by reference, any contemporary report 

4 required by any other provision of law regarding the 

5 lands withdrawn and reserved by this title. 

6 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.—(A) Be7 fore the finalization of a report under this sub8 section, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary 

9 of the Interior shall invite interested members of the 

10 public to review and comment on the report, and 

11 shall hold at least one public meeting concerning the 

12 report in a location or locations reasonably accessible 

13 to persons who may be affected by management of 

14 the lands withdrawn and reserved by this title. 

15 ‘‘(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph 

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

17 the date of the meeting by advertisements in local 

18 newspapers of general circulation, notices on the 

19 internet, including the website of National Training 

20 Center, and any other means considered necessary 

21 or desirable by the Secretaries. 

22 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT.—The Sec23 retary of the Army shall make the final version of 

24 a report under this subsection available to the public 

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1 to the Committees on Armed Services and Energy 

2 and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Com3 mittees on Armed Services and Natural Resources of 

4 the House of Representatives. 

5 ‘‘(b) PERIODIC DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING

6 NEED.—With each report prepared pursuant to sub7 section (a), the Secretary of the Army shall attach the Sec8 retary’s determination regarding whether there will be a 

9 continuing military need for any or all of the withdrawn 

10 and reserved lands for the following 5 years.’’. 

11 (3) ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL

12 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—The Fort Irwin Military 

13 Land Withdrawal Act of 2001 (title XXIX of Public 

14 Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1335) is amended by add15 ing at the end the following new section: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 2914. INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXECUTIVE COM17 MITTEE. 

18 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—The Sec19 retary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior shall 

20 establish, by memorandum of understanding, an intergov21 ernmental executive committee for the sole purpose of ex22 changing views, information, and advice relating to the 

23 management of the natural and cultural resources of the 

24 lands withdrawn and reserved by this title. 

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1 ‘‘(1) REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER FEDERAL

2 AGENCIES.—The Secretary of the Army and the Sec3 retary of the Interior shall include representatives 

4 from interested Federal agencies as members of the 

5 intergovernmental executive committee. 

6 ‘‘(2) REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE AND LOCAL

7 GOVERNMENTS.—The Secretary of the Army and 

8 the Secretary of the Interior shall invite to serve as 

9 members of the intergovernmental executive com10 mittee— 

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

12 authorized representative) from the government 

13 of the State of California; and 

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

15 authorized representative) from each local gov16 ernment and Indian tribal government in the vi17 cinity of the withdrawn and reserved lands, as 

18 determined by the Secretaries. 

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

20 committee shall operate in accordance with the terms set 

21 forth in the memorandum of understanding under sub22 section (a). 

23 ‘‘(d) PROCEDURES.—The memorandum of under24 standing under subsection (a) shall establish procedures 

25 for creating a forum for exchanging views, information, 


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1 and advice relating to the management of natural and cul2 tural resources on the lands withdrawn and reserved by 

3 this title, procedures for rotating the chair of the intergov4 ernmental executive committee, and procedures for sched5 uling regular meetings, which shall occur no less fre6 quently than twice a year. 

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

8 consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall ap9 point an individual to serve as coordinator of the intergov10 ernmental executive committee. The duties of the coordi11 nator shall be included in the memorandum of under12 standing under subsection (a). The coordinator shall not 

13 be a member of the committee.’’. 

14 (g) RANGES COVERED BY MILITARY LAND WITH15 DRAWALS ACT OF 2013.— 

16 (1) ELIMINATION OF TERMINATION DATE AND

17 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Military Land 

18 Withdrawals Act of 2013 (title XXIX of Public Law 

19 113–66; 127 Stat. 1025) is amended— 

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

21 2946, and 2979; 

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

23 termination of’’ and inserting ‘‘On the relin24 quishment of’’; and 

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1 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik2 ing ‘‘ON TERMINATION’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘UPON RELINQUISHMENT’’; and 

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

5 of the withdrawal and reservation,’’. 

6 (2) ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL

7 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—The Military Land With8 drawals Act of 2013 (title XXIX of Public Law 

9 113–66; 127 Stat. 1025) is further amended by in10 serting after section 2918 the following new section: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 2919. INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXECUTIVE COM12 MITTEE. 

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

14 withdrawn and reserved by sections 2941 and 2971, the 

15 Secretary concerned and the Secretary of the Interior shall 

16 establish, by memorandum of understanding, an intergov17 ernmental executive committee for each location for the 

18 sole purpose of exchanging views, information, and advice 

19 relating to the management of the natural and cultural 

20 resources of the withdrawn and reserved lands. 

21 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.— 

22 ‘‘(1) REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER FEDERAL

23 AGENCIES.—The Secretary concerned and the Sec24 retary of the Interior shall include representatives 

25 from interested Federal agencies as members of the 


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1 intergovernmental executive committee for a location 

2 covered by subsection (a). 

3 ‘‘(2) REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE AND LOCAL

4 GOVERNMENTS.—The Secretary concerned and the 

5 Secretary of the Interior shall invite to serve as 

6 members of the intergovernmental executive com7 mittee for a location covered by subsection (a)— 

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

9 authorized representative) from the government 

10 of the State in which the withdrawn and re11 served lands are located; and 

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

13 authorized representative) from each local gov14 ernment and Indian tribal government in the vi15 cinity of the withdrawn and reserved lands, as 

16 determined by the Secretaries. 

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

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

19 operate in accordance with the terms set forth in the 

20 memorandum of understanding under subsection (a). 

21 ‘‘(d) PROCEDURES.—The memorandum of under22 standing under subsection (a) shall establish procedures 

23 for creating a forum for exchanging views, information, 

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1 cedures for rotating the chair of the intergovernmental ex2 ecutive committee, and procedures for scheduling regular 

3 meetings, which shall occur no less frequently than twice 

4 a year. 

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

6 consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall ap7 point an individual to serve as coordinator of the intergov8 ernmental executive committee for a location covered by 

9 subsection (a). The duties of the coordinator shall be in10 cluded in the memorandum of understanding under sub11 section (a). The coordinator shall not be a member of the 

12 committee.’’. 

13 (h) REQUESTS FOR WITHDRAWALS MADE TO SEC14 RETARY OF THE INTERIOR; TEMPORARY USE PERMITS

15 AND TRANSFERS OF SMALL PARCELS OF LAND BETWEEN

16 DEPARTMENTS OF INTERIOR AND MILITARY DEPART17 MENTS; MORE EFFICIENT SURVEYING OF LANDS.— 

18 (1) REQUIRING REQUESTS FOR WITHDRAWALS

19 TO BE MADE TO SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.— 

20 Section 3 of Public Law 85–337 (43 U.S.C. 157) is 

21 amended— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘Any application’’ and in23 serting ‘‘(a) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Any 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘shall specify’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘shall be filed with the Secretary of the In3 terior and shall specify’’. 

4 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL ARRANGE5 MENTS FOR USE AND TRANSFER OF LANDS UNDER

6 JURISDICTION OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.— 

7 The Public Law 85–337 (43 U.S.C. 155 et seq.) is 

8 further amended by adding at the end the following 

9 new sections: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 7. SHORT-TERM PERMITS FOR USE OF DEPARTMENT 

11 OF INTERIOR LANDS FOR MILITARY TRAIN12 ING AND TESTING. 

13 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—In addition to any other authority 

14 to grant permits for the use of land, the Secretary of the 

15 Interior may grant a permit to the Secretary of Defense 

16 to use land under the administrative jurisdiction of the 

17 Secretary of the Interior. Any such permit— 

18 ‘‘(1) shall be issued consistent with section 

19 2691 of title 10, United States Code; 

20 ‘‘(2) shall allow the Department of Defense to 

21 use the land only for purposes of training and test22 ing that are consistent with the purposes for which 

23 the Secretary of the Interior manages the land; and 

24 ‘‘(3) may contain such other requirements as 

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1 ‘‘(b) DURATION OF PERMIT.—A permit granted 

2 under this section shall be in effect for such period as the 

3 Secretary of the Interior may provide, except that such 

4 period may not exceed 30 days. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 8. TRANSFERS OF SMALL PARCELS OF LAND BE6 TWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS OF DEFENSE AND 

7 INTERIOR. 

8 ‘‘(a) TRANSFER AUTHORIZED.—Subject to any valid 

9 existing rights, upon mutual agreement, and without cost 

10 for the value of the land or any improvements thereon— 

11 ‘‘(1) the Secretary of the Interior may transfer 

12 administrative jurisdiction over land that meets the 

13 requirements of subsection (b) to the Secretary of a 

14 military department; and 

15 ‘‘(2) the Secretary of a military department 

16 may transfer administrative jurisdiction over land 

17 that meets the requirements of subsection (b) to the 

18 Secretary of the Interior. 

19 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND ELIGIBLE FOR

20 TRANSFER.—The requirements of this subsection are as 

21 follows: 

22 ‘‘(1) CONTIGUITY.—The land is contiguous to 

23 land already under the administrative jurisdiction of 

24 the Secretary to whom such jurisdiction is trans25 ferred. 


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1 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON ACREAGE.—No single par2 cel of the land is larger than 5,000 acres of contig3 uous area. 

4 ‘‘(3) NO RECENT PRIOR TRANSFER OF CONTIG5 UOUS LAND.—The land is not contiguous to any 

6 other land for which administrative jurisdiction has 

7 been transferred under the authority of this section 

8 during the previous 5 years. 

9 ‘‘(4) PRIOR USE FOR DEFENSE PURPOSES.—In 

10 the case of land transferred to the Department of 

11 Defense, the land was used for defense purposes im12 mediately prior to the date of transfer. 

13 ‘‘(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 

14 ‘‘(1) PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION.—The 

15 Secretary of the Interior shall— 

16 ‘‘(A) publish in the Federal Register a no17 tice containing the legal description of any land 

18 transferred under subsection (a); 

19 ‘‘(B) file maps and legal descriptions of 

20 the land with— 

21 ‘‘(i) the Committees on Armed Serv22 ices and Energy and Natural Resources of 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the Committees on Armed Serv2 ices and Natural Resources of the House 

3 of Representatives; and 

4 ‘‘(C) make copies of such maps and legal 

5 descriptions available for public inspection in 

6 the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 

7 Management. 

8 ‘‘(2) FORCE OF LAW.—For purposes of any 

9 transfer of administrative jurisdiction over land 

10 under this section, the legal description and map for 

11 the land shall be the legal description of the land 

12 filed under paragraph (1)(B), except that the Sec13 retary of the Interior may correct clerical and typo14 graphical errors in the legal description or map. 

15 ‘‘(3) COSTS.—The Secretary of the military de16 partment to whom administrative jurisdiction over 

17 land is transferred under subsection (a)(1) shall re18 imburse the Secretary of the Interior for the costs 

19 incurred by the Secretary of the Interior in imple20 menting this subsection with respect to such land. 

21 ‘‘(d) TREATMENT AND USE OF LAND TRANSFERRED

22 TO THE SECRETARY OF A MILITARY DEPARTMENT.— 

23 Upon a transfer of administrative jurisdiction over land 

24 to the Secretary of a military department under subsection 

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1 ‘‘(1) the land shall be treated as property (as 

2 defined in section 102(9) of title 40, United States 

3 Code) under the administrative jurisdiction of the 

4 Secretary of the military department; and 

5 ‘‘(2) for as long as the land is under the admin6 istrative jurisdiction of a Secretary of a military de7 partment, the land shall be withdrawn from— 

8 ‘‘(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or 

9 disposition under the public land laws, 

10 ‘‘(B) location, entry, and patent under the 

11 mining laws, and 

12 ‘‘(C) disposition under all laws relating to 

13 mineral materials and all laws relating to min14 eral and geothermal leasing. 

15 ‘‘(e) TREATMENT AND USE OF LAND TRANSFERRED

16 TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.—Upon a transfer 

17 of administrative jurisdiction over land to the Secretary 

18 of the Interior under subsection (a)(2)— 

19 ‘‘(1) the land shall become public land; and 

20 ‘‘(2) the land shall be administered for the 

21 same purposes and be subject to the same conditions 

22 of use as the adjacent public land. 

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1 subject to, any other authority relating to transfers of 

2 land.’’. 

3 (3) SHORT TITLE.—The first section of Public 

4 Law 85–337 (43 U.S.C. 155) is amended— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘That, notwithstanding’’ 

6 and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 1. WITHDRAWAL, RESERVATION, OR RESTRICTION OF 

8 PUBLIC LANDS FOR DEFENSE PURPOSES. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding’’; and 

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

11 subsection: 

12 ‘‘(b) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

13 ‘Engle Act’.’’. 

14 (4) PROMOTING MORE EFFICIENT SURVEYING

15 OF LANDS.—In fixing the original corner position in 

16 an official survey of unsurveyed land, when applica17 ble and feasible, Cadastral Survey may, instead of 

18 using physical monuments, use geographic coordi19 nates correlated to the National Spatial Reference 

20 System geodetic datum, in accordance with the Man21 ual of Surveying Instructions. 

22 (i) EFFECT ON NEW LAND WITHDRAWALS AND RES23 ERVATIONS.—Nothing in this section or the amendments 

24 made by this section shall be construed as changing the 

25 requirements imposed on the Department of Defense to 


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