I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6070 
To amend the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to clarify the authority 
of Department of Defense to conduct certain military activities at the 
Nevada test and training range, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 26, 2023 
Mr. AMODEI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to 
clarify the authority of Department of Defense to con-
duct certain military activities at the Nevada test and 
training range, 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. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE TO CONDUCT CERTAIN 
MILITARY ACTIVITIES AT NEVADA TEST AND 
TRAINING RANGE. 
(a) SPECIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED MILITARY AC-
TIVITIES.—Paragraph (1) of section 3011(b) of the Mili-
tary Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000; 
Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 886) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting ‘‘, subject to the conditions set forth in 
subsection (a) of section 3014’’ after ‘‘Secretary of 
the Air Force’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C); 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (G); and 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(D) for emergency response; 
‘‘(E) for the establishment and use of ex-
isting or new electronic tracking and commu-
nications sites, including the construction of up 
to 15 equipment pads, no larger than 150-by- 
150 feet in size, along existing roads to allow 
placement and operation of threat emitters; 
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‘‘(F) for the use and maintenance of roads 
in existence as of January 1, 2024, to allow ac-
cess to threat emitters and repeaters for instal-
lation, maintenance, and periodic relocation; 
and’’. 
(b) 
INTERAGENCY
COMMITTEE.—Section 
3011(b)(5)(G), as added by paragraph (1) of section 
2844(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
116–283; 134 Stat. 4351), is further amended— 
(1) by amending clause (i) to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
the Interior and the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall jointly establish an interagency 
committee (referred to in this subpara-
graph as the ‘interagency committee’) to— 
‘‘(I) facilitate coordination, man-
age public access needs and require-
ments, and minimize potential conflict 
between the Department of the Inte-
rior and the Department of the Air 
Force with respect to joint operating 
areas within the Desert National 
Wildlife Refuge; and 
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‘‘(II) discuss the activities au-
thorized in paragraph (1) and provide 
input to the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service and the Department 
of the Air Force when assessing 
whether these activities may be con-
ducted on the joint operating areas 
within the Desert National Wildlife 
Refuge that are under the primary ju-
risdiction of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior in a manner that is consistent 
with the National Wildlife Refuge 
System 
Administration 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) and other appli-
cable law.’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, including a designee of 
the Director of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service’’ before the period at the end of 
subclause (I); and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, including a designee of 
the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Energy, Installations, and Environment’’ before 
the period at the end of subclause (II). 
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(c) ADDITIONAL PURPOSE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—Section 3011(b)(H)(5)(ii), as 
added by paragraph (2) of such section 2844(b), is amend-
ed in clause (ii)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause 
(I); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
clause (II) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
clause: 
‘‘(III) discussing and making rec-
ommendations to the interagency com-
mittee established under subpara-
graph (G) with respect to any pro-
posal by the Secretary of the Air 
Force to undertake any of the activi-
ties authorized in paragraph (1) on 
the joint operating areas within the 
Desert National Wildlife Refuge.’’. 
Æ 
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