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resources from lands withdrawn by this title, when the use
of such resources is required for construction needs of the
Fort Carson Military Reservation or Pinon Canyon Ma-
neuver Site.
SEC. 1905. MANAGEMENT OF WITHDRAWN AND ACQUIRED
MINERAL RESOURCES.
Except as provided in section 1904(d) of this title, the
Secretary of the Interior shall manage all withdrawn and
acquired mineral resources within the boundaries of the
Fort Carson Military Reservation and Pinon Canyon Ma-
neuver Site in accordance with section 12 of the Military
Lands Withdrawal Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–606; 100
Stat. 3466), as applicable.
SEC. 1906. HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.
All hunting, fishing and trapping on the lands with-
drawn and reserved by this title shall be conducted in ac-
cordance with section 2671 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 1907. TERMINATION OF WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVA-
TION AND EFFECT OF CONTAMINATION.
(a) TERMINATION DATE.—The withdrawal and res-
ervation established by this title shall terminate 15 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) 
DETERMINATION
OF
CONTINUING
MILITARY
NEED.—(1) At least three years prior to the termination
under subsection (a) of the withdrawal and reservation es-
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tablished by this title, the Secretary of the Army shall ad-
vise the Secretary of the Interior as to whether or not the
Department of the Army will have a continuing military
need for any of the lands after the termination date.
(2) If the Secretary of the Army concludes under para-
graph (1) that there will be a continuing military need for
any of the lands after the termination date established by
subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army, in accordance
with applicable law, shall evaluate the environmental effects
of renewal of such withdrawal and reservation, shall hold
at least one public hearing in Colorado concerning such
evaluation, and shall thereafter file an application for ex-
tension of the withdrawal and reservation of such lands in
accordance with the regulations and procedures of the De-
partment of the Interior applicable to the extension of with-
drawals for military uses. The Secretary of the Interior
shall notify the Congress concerning such filing.
(3) If the Secretary of the Army concludes under para-
graph (1) that prior to the termination date established by
subsection (a), there will be no military need for all or any
of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this Act, or if, dur-
ing the period of withdrawal, the Secretary of the Army
shall file a notice of intention to relinquish with the Sec-
retary of the Interior.
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(c) DETERMINATION OF CONTAMINATION.—Prior to
the filing of a notice of intention to relinquish pursuant
to subsection (b)(3), the Secretary of the Army shall prepare
a written determination as to whether and to what extent
the lands are contaminated with explosive, toxic, or other
hazardous materials. A copy of the determination made by
the Secretary of the Army shall be supplied with the notice
of intention to relinquish. Copies of both the notice of inten-
tion to relinquish and the determination concerning the
contaminated state of the lands shall be published in the
Federal Register by the Secretary of the Interior.
(d) EFFECT OF CONTAMINATION.—(1) If any land
which is the subject of a notice of intention to relinquish
under subsection (b)(3) is contaminated, and the Secretary
of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Army, determines that decontamination is practicable and
economically feasible, taking into consideration the poten-
tial future use and value of the land, and that upon decon-
tamination, the land could be opened to the operation of
some or all of the public land laws, including the mining
laws, the Secretary of the Army shall decontaminate the
land to the extent that funds are appropriated for such pur-
pose.
(2) If the Secretaries of the Army and the Interior con-
clude either that the contamination of any or all of the
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lands proposed for relinquishment is not practicable or eco-
nomically feasible, or that the lands cannot be decontami-
nated sufficiently to allow them to be opened to the oper-
ation of the public land laws, or if Congress declined to
appropriate funds for decontamination of the lands, the
Secretary of the Interior shall not be required to accept the
lands proposed for relinquishment.
(3) If, because of their contaminated state, the Sec-
retary of the Interior declines under paragraph (2) to ac-
cept jurisdiction of the lands proposed for relinquishment,
or if at the expiration of the withdrawal made by this title
the Secretary of the Interior determines that some of the
lands withdrawn by this title are contaminated to an extent
which prevents opening such contaminated lands to oper-
ation of the public land laws—
(A) the Secretary of the Army shall take appro-
priate steps to warn the public of the contaminated
state of such lands and any risks associated with
entry onto such lands;
(B) after the expiration of the withdrawal, the
Secretary of the Army shall undertake no activities on
such lands except in connection with decontamination
of such lands; and
(C) the Secretary of the Army shall report to the
Secretary of the Interior and to the Congress concern-
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ing the status of such lands and all actions taken in
furtherance of the subsection.
(4) If the lands are subsequently decontaminated, upon
certification by the Secretary of the Army that the lands
are safe for all nonmilitary uses, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall reconsider accepting jurisdiction over the lands.
(5) Nothing in this title shall affect, or be construed
to affect, the Secretary’s obligations, if any, to decontami-
nate such lands pursuant to applicable law, including but
not limited to the Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.),
and the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Re-
source Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et
seq.).
(e) PROGRAM OF DECONTAMINATION.—Throughout the
duration of the withdrawal and reservation made by the
title, the Secretary of the Army, to the extent funds are
made available, shall maintain a program of decontamina-
tion of the lands withdrawn by this title at least at the
level of effort carried out during fiscal year 1992.
(f) ACCEPTANCE OF LANDS PROPOSED FOR RELIN-
QUISHMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Interior, upon deciding that it is in
the public interest to accept jurisdiction over those lands
proposed for relinquishment, is authorized to revoke the
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withdrawal and reservation established by this title as it
applies to the lands proposed for relinquishment. Should
the decision be made to revoke the withdrawal and reserva-
tion, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Fed-
eral Register an appropriate order which shall—
(1) terminate the withdrawal and reservation;
(2) constitute official acceptance of full jurisdic-
tion over the lands by the Secretary of the Interior;
and
(3) state the date upon which the lands will be
opened to the operation of the public land laws, in-
cluding the mining laws if appropriate.
SEC. 1908. DELEGATION.
The function of the Secretary of the Army under this
Act may be delegated. The functions of the Secretary of the
Interior under this title may be delegated, except that the
order referred to in section 1907(f) may be approved and
signed only by the Secretary of the Interior, the Deputy Sec-
retary of the Interior, or an Assistant Secretary of the De-
partment of the Interior.
SEC. 1909. HOLD HARMLESS PROVISION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States and all depart-
ments or agencies thereof shall be held harmless and shall
not be liable for any injuries or damages to persons or prop-
erty suffered in the course of any mining, mineral activity,