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Union Calendar No. 378 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4458 

[Report No. 113–506] 

To make permanent the withdrawal and reservation of public land previously 

withdrawn and reserved to support the operations of Naval Air Weapons 

Station China Lake, California, and to provide for the withdrawal and 

reservation of additional public land. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2014 

Mr. MCCARTHY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Natural Resources 

JUNE 30, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

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

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 10, 2014] 


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A BILL 

To make permanent the withdrawal and reservation of public 

land previously withdrawn and reserved to support the 

operations of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, 

California, and to provide for the withdrawal and reservation of additional public land. 


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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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Naval Air Weapons Sta5 tion China Lake Security Enhancement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF PUBLIC LAND 

7 FOR NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA 

8 LAKE, CALIFORNIA. 

9 (a) PERMANENT WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION.— 

10 Section 2979 of the Military Construction Authorization 

11 Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B of Public Law 113– 

12 66; 127 Stat. 1047) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 2979. PERMANENT WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION. 

14 ‘‘The withdrawal and reservation of public land made 

15 by section 2971 shall not terminate, except pursuant to— 

16 ‘‘(1) an election and determination by the Sec17 retary of the Navy to relinquish the land under sec18 tion 2922; or 

19 ‘‘(2) a transfer by the Secretary of the Interior 

20 of permanent administrative jurisdiction over the 

21 land to the Secretary of the Navy.’’. 

22 (b) WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF ADDITIONAL

23 PUBLIC LAND.—Section 2971(b) of the Military Construc24 tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B 

25 of Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 1044) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘The public land’’ and inserting 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) INITIAL WITHDRAWAL.—The public land’’; 

4 and 

5 (2) by adding at the end the following new para6 graph: 

7 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to 

8 valid existing rights, the public land (including inter9 ests in land) referred to in subsection (a) also in10 cludes the approximately 26,313 acres of public land 

11 (including interests in land) known as the Cuddeback 

12 Lake Air Force Range, as described in section 2 of 

13 Public Law 88–46 (77 Stat. 70), and an additional 

14 approximately 18,933 acres of public land in San 

15 Bernardino County, California, identified as ‘Pro16 posed Navy Acquisition Area’ (but excluding the par17 cel identified as ‘AF Fee Simple’) on the map entitled 

18 ‘Cuddeback Land Area’ and dated April 1, 2014, and 

19 filed in accordance with section 2912, except that the 

20 withdrawal area specifically excludes any public land 

21 included within the Grass Valley Wilderness and all 

22 private lands otherwise located within the boundaries 

23 of the withdrawal area. The Secretary of the Navy 

24 shall ensure that the owners of the excluded private 


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1 land continue to have reasonable access to their pri2 vate land.’’. 

3 (c) MANAGEMENT OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC LAND.— 

4 Section 2973 of the Military Construction Authorization 

5 Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B of Public Law 113– 

6 66; 127 Stat. 1045) is amended by adding at the end the 

7 following new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR

9 CERTAIN LANDS.—Subject to existing laws and to the ex10 tent possible without compromising mission readiness, the 

11 Secretary of the Navy shall manage the additional lands 

12 withdrawn by section 2971(b)(2) to protect existing his13 toric, economic, cultural, recreational, hunting, and sci14 entific features and uses, including access to existing road15 ways and trails.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 378 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4458 

[Report No. 113–506] 

A BILL 

To make permanent the withdrawal and reservation 

public land. for the withdrawal and reservation of additional Station China Lake, California, and to provide to support the operations of Naval Air Weapons of public land previously withdrawn and reserved 

JUNE 30, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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