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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4458 

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withdrawn and reserved to support the operations of Naval Air Weapons 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 

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land previously withdrawn and reserved to support the 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. 

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 

5 Station China Lake Security Enhancement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF PUBLIC LAND 

2 FOR NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA 

3 LAKE, CALIFORNIA. 

4 (a) PERMANENT WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVA5 TION.—Section 2979 of the Military Construction Author6 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B of Public Law 

7 113–66; 127 Stat. ll) is amended to read as follows: 

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

9 ‘‘The withdrawal and reservation of public land made 

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

11 ‘‘(1) an election and determination by the Sec12 retary of the Navy to relinquish the land under sec13 tion 2922; or 

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

15 of permanent administrative jurisdiction over the 

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

17 (b) WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF ADDI18 TIONAL PUBLIC LAND.—Section 2971(b) of the Military 

19 Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (di20 vision B of Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. ll) is amend21 ed— 

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

23 the following: 

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

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1 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL WITHDRAWAL.—The public 

4 land (including interests in land) referred to in sub5 section (a) also includes the approximately 7,546 

6 acres of public land (including interests in land) 

7 known as the Cuddeback Lake Air Force Range, as 

8 described in section 2 of Public Law 88–46 (77 

9 Stat. 70), and an additional approximately 18,933 

10 acres of public land in San Bernardino County, Cali11 fornia, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

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

13 and filed in accordance with section 2912, except 

14 that the withdrawal area specifically excludes any 

15 public land included within the Grass Valley Wilder16 ness and all private lands otherwise located within 

17 the boundaries of the withdrawal area. The Sec18 retary of the Navy shall ensure that the owners of 

19 the excluded private land continue to have reason20 able access to their private land.’’. 

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