I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1676 
To designate the Johnson Valley National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation 
Area in San Bernardino County, California, to authorize limited military 
use of the area, to provide for the transfer of the Southern Study 
Area to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy 
for inclusion in the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine 
Palms, and by recreational users, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 23, 2013 
Mr. COOK (for himself and Mr. MCKEON) 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 deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To designate the Johnson Valley National Off-Highway Vehi-
cle Recreation Area in San Bernardino County, Cali-
fornia, to authorize limited military use of the area, 
to provide for the transfer of the Southern Study Area 
to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
the Navy for inclusion in the Marine Corps Air Ground 
Combat Center Twentynine Palms, and by recreational 
users, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Johnson Valley Na-
tional Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Establish-
ment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF JOHNSON VALLEY NATIONAL 
OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION AREA. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The approximately 188,000 
acres of public land and interests in land administered by 
the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land 
Management in San Bernardino County, California, as 
generally depicted as the ‘‘Johnson Valley Off-Highway 
Vehicle Recreation Area’’ on the map titled ‘‘Johnson Val-
ley National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area and 
Transfer of the Southern Study Area’’ and dated April 
11, 2013, are hereby designated as the ‘‘Johnson Valley 
National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area’’. 
(b) RECREATIONAL AND CONSERVATION USE.—The 
Johnson Valley National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation 
Area is designated for the following purposes: 
(1) Public recreation (including off-highway ve-
hicle use, camping, and hiking) when the lands are 
not used for military training as authorized by sec-
tion 3. 
(2) Natural resources conservation. 
(c) WITHDRAWAL.—The public land and interests in 
land included in the Johnson Valley National Off-Highway 
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Vehicle Recreation Area are hereby withdrawn from all 
forms of appropriation under the public land laws, includ-
ing the mining laws and the mineral leasing and geo-
thermal leasing laws. 
(d) TREATMENT OF EXISTING RIGHTS.—The des-
ignation of the Johnson Valley National Off-Highway Ve-
hicle Recreation Area and the withdrawal of the public 
land and interests in land included in the Recreation Area 
are subject to valid existing rights. 
SEC. 3. LIMITED BIANNUAL MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND 
COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS USE 
OF JOHNSON VALLEY NATIONAL OFF-HIGH-
WAY VEHICLE RECREATION AREA. 
(a) USE FOR MILITARY PURPOSES AUTHORIZED.— 
Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior 
shall authorize the Secretary of the Navy to utilize por-
tions of Johnson Valley National Off-Highway Vehicle 
Recreation Area twice in each calendar year for up to a 
total of 42 days per year for the following purposes: 
(1) Sustained, combined arms, live-fire, and 
maneuver field training for large-scale Marine air- 
ground task forces. 
(2) Individual and unit live-fire training ranges. 
(3) Equipment and tactics development. 
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(4) Other defense-related purposes consistent 
with the purposes specified in the preceding para-
graphs. 
(b) CONDITIONS ON MILITARY USE.— 
(1) CONSULTATION AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 
REQUIREMENTS.—Before the Secretary of the Navy 
requests the two time periods for military use of the 
Johnson 
Valley 
National 
Off-Highway 
Vehicle 
Recreation Area in a calendar year, the Secretary of 
the Navy shall— 
(A) consult with the Secretary of the Inte-
rior regarding the best times for military use to 
reduce interference with or interruption of non-
military activities authorized by section 2(b); 
and 
(B) provide for public awareness of and 
participation in the selection process. 
(2) PUBLIC
NOTICE.—The Secretary of the 
Navy shall provide advance, wide-spread notice be-
fore any closure of public lands for military use 
under this section. 
(3) PUBLIC SAFETY.—Military use of the John-
son Valley National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation 
Area during the biannual periods authorized by sub-
section (a) shall be conducted in the presence of suf-
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ficient range safety officers to ensure the safety of 
military personnel and civilians. 
(4) CERTAIN
TYPES
OF
ORDNANCE
PROHIB-
ITED.—The Secretary of the Navy shall prohibit the 
use of dud-producing ordnance in any military train-
ing conducted under subsection (a). 
(c) IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT.— 
(1) 
AGREEMENT
REQUIRED; 
REQUIRED 
TERMS.—The Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall enter into a written agree-
ment to implement this section. The agreement shall 
include a provision for periodic review of the agree-
ment for its adequacy, effectiveness, and need for re-
vision. 
(2) ADDITIONAL TERMS.—The agreement may 
provide for— 
(A) the integration of the management 
plans of the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of the Navy; 
(B) delegation to civilian law enforcement 
personnel of the Department of the Navy of the 
authority of the Secretary of the Interior to en-
force the laws relating to protection of natural 
and cultural resources and of fish and wildlife; 
and 
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(C) the sharing of resources in order to 
most efficiently and effectively manage the 
lands. 
(d) DURATION.—Any agreement for the military use 
of the Johnson Valley National Off-Highway Vehicle 
Recreation Area shall terminate not later than March 31, 
2039. 
SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, 
SOUTHERN STUDY AREA, MARINE CORPS AIR 
GROUND 
COMBAT 
CENTER 
TWENTYNINE 
PALMS, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) TRANSFER REQUIRED.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2014, the Secretary of the Interior shall trans-
fer, without reimbursement, to the administrative jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary of the Navy certain public land ad-
ministered by the Bureau of Land Management consisting 
of approximately 20,000 acres in San Bernardino County, 
California, as generally depicted as the ‘‘Southern Study 
Area’’ on the map referred to in section 2. 
(b) USE OF TRANSFERRED LAND.—Upon the receipt 
of the land under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy 
shall include the land as part of the Marine Corps Air 
Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, 
and authorize use of the land for military purposes. 
(c) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
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(1) PREPARATION
AND
PUBLICATION.—The 
Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal 
Register a legal description of the public land to be 
transferred under subsection (a). 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The legal description filed 
under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and 
effect as if included in this Act, except that the Sec-
retary of the Interior may correct clerical and typo-
graphical errors in the legal description. 
(d) REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS.—The Secretary of 
the Navy shall reimburse the Secretary of the Interior for 
any costs incurred by the Secretary of the Interior to carry 
out this section. 
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