vada Test and Training Range under section 
3011(b) shall terminate on November 6, 2041.’’. 
(b) LANDS WITHDRAWN AND RESERVED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3011(b)(4) of the 
Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (Public Law 
106–65; 113 Stat. 887) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2,919,890 acres’’ and in-
serting ‘‘3,006,386 acres’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘map entitled ‘Nevada 
Test and Training Range, Proposed Withdrawal 
Extension’, dated April 22, 1999’’ and inserting 
‘‘map entitled ‘Desert National Wildlife Refuge 
and Nevada Test and Training Range With-
drawal and Management Act’, dated December 
18, 2019’’. 
(2) CULTURAL
RESOURCE
INVESTIGATION.— 
The Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of 
the Interior shall not implement the withdrawal of 
the public lands withdrawn as a result of the amend-
ments made by paragraph (1) until— 
(A) the Tribal Resource Officer established 
under 
subparagraph 
(K)(i) 
of 
section 
3011(b)(5) of the Military Lands Withdrawal 
Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 
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887), in consultation with the Indian Tribes lo-
cated in the vicinity of those public lands— 
(i) completes a cultural resources in-
vestigation and inventory; and 
(ii) develops a cultural resources plan 
to protect, and facilitate Tribal access to, 
cultural resources identified by the inves-
tigation and inventory under clause (i); 
and 
(B) the Secretary of the Air Force and the 
Secretary of the Interior implement the cultural 
resources plan developed under subparagraph 
(A)(ii). 
(3) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—In im-
plementing the amendments made by paragraph (1), 
the reference in section 3012(a) of the Military 
Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–65; 
113 Stat. 890) to the date of enactment of that Act 
shall be considered to be a reference to the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(c) MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT.— 
Section 3011(b)(5)(C) of the Military Lands Withdrawal 
Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 887) is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘If the’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE DE-
PLOYMENT.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—The Sec-
retary of the Air Force, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, may deploy not more than 15 
threat emitters as close as possible to 
existing roads within the portions of 
the Desert National Wildlife Refuge 
that are closed to the public for mili-
tary operations, public safety, or na-
tional security purposes pursuant to 
clause (i). 
‘‘(II) 
PLACEMENT.—Threat 
emitters deployed under subclause (I) 
shall be placed in such locations as 
would, as determined by the Secretary 
of the Air Force, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Interior, to the 
maximum extent practicable, avoid— 
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‘‘(aa) impacts to wilderness 
areas 
designated 
by 
section 
3(b)(1) of the Desert National 
Wildlife Refuge and Nevada Test 
and Training Range Withdrawal 
and Management Act; 
‘‘(bb) wildlife guzzler instal-
lations; 
‘‘(cc) riparian areas; and 
‘‘(dd) Tribal cultural, his-
toric, and religious sites.’’. 
(d) UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
ACCESS.—Section 3011(b)(5)(D) of the Military Lands 
Withdrawal Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 
888) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik-
ing ‘‘effect’’ and inserting ‘‘affect any of’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) The ability of the Secretary of 
the Interior to regularly access (not less 
frequently than monthly) the portions of 
the joint use area of the Desert National 
Wildlife Refuge where the Secretary of the 
Interior exercises primary jurisdiction to 
carry out the management responsibilities 
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of the Secretary of the Interior for the 
Desert National Wildlife Refuge, including 
the installation or maintenance of wildlife 
water development projects, subject to such 
terms and conditions as to which the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
the Air Force may mutually agree.’’. 
(e) MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING.—Section 
3011(b)(5)(E) of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 
1999 (Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 888) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) UPDATES.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this 
paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of the Air Force shall 
enter into a memorandum of under-
standing (or revise any memorandum of 
understanding in effect as of the date of 
enactment of this paragraph) with respect 
to the management of withdrawn and re-
served lands within the Desert National 
Wildlife Refuge to ensure that the memo-
randum of understanding incorporates the 
amendments made by section 2 of the 
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Desert National Wildlife Refuge and Ne-
vada Test and Training Range Withdrawal 
and Management Act. 
‘‘(II) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDI-
TIONS.—The 
memorandum 
of 
under-
standing described in subclause (I) may be 
revised to include such other terms and 
conditions as to which the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of the Air Force 
may mutually agree.’’. 
(f) FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT SUPPORT.—Sec-
tion 3011(b)(5)(F) of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act 
of 1999 (Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 889) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘for the’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for fish and wildlife habitat support or for 
the’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
by striking ‘‘clause (i) to—’’ and inserting 
‘‘clause (i)—’’; 
(B) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘(I) ac-
quire’’ and inserting ‘‘(I)(aa) acquire’’; 
(C) by redesignating subclause (II) as item 
(bb); 
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(D) in subclause (I)(bb) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘such lands.’’ and inserting 
‘‘the lands described in item (aa); and’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(II) provide mitigation payments to 
the Secretary of the Interior for fish and 
wildlife habitat support on lands with-
drawn and reserved for use by the Air 
Force within the Desert National Wildlife 
Refuge.’’. 
(g) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 
Section 3011(b)(5) of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act 
of 1999 (Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 887) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) WILDLIFE
WATER
DEVELOPMENT 
PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
the Interior may authorize structures and 
facilities for wildlife water development 
projects (including guzzlers) in the Desert 
National Wildlife Refuge if the structures 
and facilities— 
‘‘(I) will enhance the purposes of 
the Desert National Wildlife Refuge 
by promoting healthy, viable, and 
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more naturally distributed wildlife 
populations; and 
‘‘(II) are consistent with the laws 
(including regulations) generally ap-
plicable to the management of the 
Desert National Wildlife Refuge and 
the National Wildlife Refuge System. 
‘‘(ii) ACCESS.—The Secretary of the 
Interior, in consultation with the Secretary 
of the Air Force and the State of Nevada, 
shall provide for access to allow for nec-
essary maintenance and monitoring of the 
structures and facilities authorized under 
clause (i).’’. 
(h) UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
AND DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE COORDINATION.— 
Section 3011(b)(5) of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act 
of 1999 (Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 887) (as amended 
by subsection (g)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(H) 
INTERAGENCY
COMMITTEE.—The 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
the Air Force shall jointly establish an inter-
agency committee to facilitate coordination and 
minimize potential conflict between the Depart-
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ment of the Interior and the Department of the 
Air Force with respect to joint operating areas 
within the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.’’. 
(i) 
INTERGOVERNMENTAL
EXECUTIVE
COM-
MITTEE.—Section 3011(b)(5) of the Military Lands With-
drawal Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 887) 
(as amended by subsection (h)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(I) 
INTERGOVERNMENTAL
EXECUTIVE 
COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall jointly establish, by memo-
randum of understanding, an intergovern-
mental executive committee (referred to in 
this subparagraph as the ‘executive com-
mittee’) in accordance with this subpara-
graph. 
‘‘(ii) PURPOSE.—The executive com-
mittee shall be established for the purpose 
of exchanging views, information, and ad-
vice relating to the management of the 
natural and cultural resources of the lands 
withdrawn and reserved by this section. 
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‘‘(iii) MEMBERSHIP.—The executive 
committee shall comprise— 
‘‘(I) not more than 3 representa-
tives of State or Federal offices or 
agencies, or private groups or individ-
uals, if the Secretary of the Air Force 
and the Secretary of the Interior 
jointly determine that the representa-
tives would further the goals and ob-
jectives of the executive committee; 
‘‘(II) 1 representative of the Ne-
vada Department of Wildlife; 
‘‘(III) not more than 1 county 
commissioner of each of Clark, Nye, 
and Lincoln Counties, Nevada; 
‘‘(IV) not more than 1 represent-
ative of each Indian tribe in the vicin-
ity of the portions of the joint use 
area of the Desert National Wildlife 
Refuge where the Secretary of the In-
terior exercises primary jurisdiction; 
and 
‘‘(V) such additional members as 
may be designated at the discretion of 
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the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of the Air Force. 
‘‘(iv) 
OPERATION.—The 
executive 
committee shall operate in accordance with 
the terms set forth in the memorandum of 
understanding under clause (i), which shall 
specify the officials or other individuals to 
be invited to participate in the executive 
committee. 
‘‘(v) 
PROCEDURES.—Subject 
to 
clauses (vi) and (vii), the memorandum of 
understanding under clause (i) shall estab-
lish procedures for— 
‘‘(I) creating a forum for car-
rying out the purpose described in 
clause (ii); 
‘‘(II) rotating the Chairperson of 
the executive committee; and 
‘‘(III) scheduling regular meet-
ings. 
‘‘(vi) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIR-
PERSON.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The members 
of the executive committee shall elect 
from among the members— 
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‘‘(aa) 1 member to serve as 
the Chairperson of the executive 
committee; and 
‘‘(bb) 1 member to serve as 
the Vice Chairperson of the exec-
utive committee. 
‘‘(II) DUTIES.—The duties of 
each of the Chairperson and the Vice 
Chairperson shall be included in the 
memorandum of understanding under 
clause (i). 
‘‘(vii) MEETINGS.— 
‘‘(I) FREQUENCY.—The executive 
committee shall meet not less fre-
quently than 3 times every calendar 
year. 
‘‘(II) MEETING LOCATIONS.—Lo-
cations of meetings of the executive 
committee shall rotate to facilitate 
ease of access for all executive com-
mittee members. 
‘‘(III) PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY.— 
Meetings of the executive committee 
shall— 
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‘‘(aa) be open to the public; 
and 
‘‘(bb) provide a forum for 
the public to provide comment re-
garding management of the Ne-
vada Test and Training Range 
and the Desert National Wildlife 
Refuge. 
‘‘(viii) CONDITIONS
AND
TERMS
OF 
APPOINTMENT.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Each mem-
ber of the executive committee shall 
serve voluntarily and without com-
pensation. 
‘‘(II) TERM OF APPOINTMENT.— 
‘‘(aa) IN
GENERAL.—Each 
member of the executive com-
mittee shall be appointed for a 
term of 4 years. 
‘‘(bb) 
ORIGINAL
MEM-
BERS.—Notwithstanding 
item 
(aa), the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall select— 
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‘‘(AA) 1⁄2 of the origi-
nal members of the executive 
committee to serve for a 
term of 4 years; and 
‘‘(BB) 1⁄2 of the origi-
nal members of the executive 
committee to serve for a 
term of 2 years. 
‘‘(III) REAPPOINTMENT AND RE-
PLACEMENT.—The Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of the Air 
Force may reappoint or replace a 
member of the executive committee 
if— 
‘‘(aa) the term of the mem-
ber has expired; 
‘‘(bb) the member has re-
signed; or 
‘‘(cc) the position held by 
the member has changed to the 
extent that the ability of the 
member to represent the group 
or entity that the member rep-
resents has been significantly af-
fected. 
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‘‘(ix) LIAISONS.—The Secretary of the 
Air Force and the Secretary of the Interior 
shall each appoint appropriate operational 
and land management personnel of the De-
partment of the Air Force and the Depart-
ment of the Interior, respectively, to serve 
as liaisons to the executive committee.’’. 
(j) ACCESS TO THE REFUGE.—Section 3011(b)(5) of 
the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (Public Law 
106–65; 113 Stat. 887) (as amended by subsection (i)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(J) ACCESS TO THE REFUGE.— 
‘‘(i) PUBLIC ACCESS.—The Secretary 
of the Interior shall facilitate timely public 
access in portions of the joint use area of 
the Desert National Wildlife Refuge that 
are not closed in accordance with subpara-
graph (C)(i) for military purposes for Trib-
al, recreational (including hunting), edu-
cational, and research purposes, in accord-
ance with the laws (including regulations) 
generally applicable to the Desert National 
Wildlife Refuge and the National Wildlife 
Refuge System. 
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‘‘(ii) ACCESS FOR STATE OF NEVADA 
AND
INDIAN
TRIBES.—The Secretary of 
the Interior shall facilitate timely access, 
as determined by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, to the portions of the joint use area 
of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge 
where the Secretary of the Interior exer-
cises primary jurisdiction, subject to such 
terms and conditions as to which the Sec-
retary of the Interior and Secretary of the 
Air Force may mutually agree, to— 
‘‘(I) representatives from the Ne-
vada Department of Wildlife to carry 
out related management responsibil-
ities to care for wildlife and wildlife 
habitat; and 
‘‘(II) Indian tribes in the vicinity 
of those portions of the joint use area 
to carry out cultural and religious ac-
tivities.’’. 
(k) 
TRIBAL
RESOURCE
SUPPORT.—Section 
3011(b)(5) of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 
(Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 887) (as amended by sub-
section (j)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(K) TRIBAL RESOURCE SUPPORT.— 
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
the Air Force and the Secretary of the In-
terior shall jointly establish the position of 
Tribal Resource Officer to provide consult-
ative services and recommendations to 
mitigate impacts to historic and culturally 
significant land to local Indian tribes in 
carrying out applicable activities under this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(ii) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary 
of the Air Force and the Secretary of the 
Interior shall appoint an individual to the 
position established under clause (i) on the 
recommendation of Indian tribes in the vi-
cinity of the portions of the joint use area 
of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge 
where the Secretary of the Interior exer-
cises primary jurisdiction.’’. 
(l) BUFFER ZONE.—Section 3011(b)(5) of the Mili-
tary Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–65; 
113 Stat. 887) (as amended by subsection (k)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(L) BUFFER ZONE.—The western bound-
ary of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge shall 
be 2,000 feet west of the road depicted on the 
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(n) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3011(b) 
of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (Public 
Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 886) is amended— 
(1) by striking the subsection designation and 
heading and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE.—’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the paragraph 
designation and heading and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.—’’. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONS TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA-
TION SYSTEM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Desert National Wildlife Refuge and Nevada 
Test and Training Range Withdrawal and Manage-
ment Act’’ and dated December 9, 2019. 
(2) REFUGE.—The term ‘‘Refuge’’ means the 
Desert National Wildlife Refuge. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 
area’’ means a wilderness area designated by sub-
section (b)(1). 
(b) DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.— 
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(i) the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate; 
(ii) the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate; and 
(iii) the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives. 
(B) EFFECT.—Each map and legal de-
scription filed under subparagraph (A) shall 
have the same force and effect as if included in 
this Act, except that the Secretary may correct 
clerical and typographical errors in the maps 
and legal descriptions. 
(C) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal 
description filed under subparagraph (A) shall 
be on file and available for public inspection in 
the appropriate office of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the Secretary shall administer the wilderness areas 
in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
et seq.), except that— 
(1) any reference in that Act to the effective 
date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference 
to the date of enactment of this Act; and 
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(2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference 
to the Secretary. 
(d) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not intend for 
the designation of the wilderness areas to create pro-
tective perimeters or buffer zones around the wilder-
ness areas. 
(2) NON-WILDERNESS
ACTIVITIES.—The fact 
that non-wilderness activities or uses can be seen or 
heard from areas within a wilderness area shall not 
preclude the conduct of those activities or uses out-
side the boundary of the wilderness area. 
(e) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act 
restricts or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
the wilderness areas, including military overflights 
that can be seen or heard within the wilderness 
areas; 
(2) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(3) the designation or creation of new units of 
special use airspace, or the establishment of military 
flight training routes, over the wilderness areas. 
(f) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 
The Secretary may authorize structures and facilities, in-
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cluding existing structures and facilities, for wildlife water 
development projects (including guzzlers) in the wilderness 
areas if— 
(1) the structures and facilities will enhance 
wilderness values by promoting healthy, viable, and 
more naturally distributed wildlife populations; 
(2) the structures and facilities are consistent 
with the laws (including regulations) applicable to 
the management of the Refuge; and 
(3) the visual impacts of the structures and fa-
cilities on the wilderness areas can reasonably be 
minimized. 
Æ 
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