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Union Calendar No. 87 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1673 
[Report No. 113–122, Part I] 
To provide for the transfer of certain public land currently administered 
by the Bureau of Land Management to the administrative jurisdiction 
of the Secretary of the Navy for inclusion in Naval Air Weapons Station 
China Lake, California, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 23, 2013 
Mr. MCCARTHY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
JUNE 24, 2013 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
JUNE 24, 2013 
The Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 23, 2013] 
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A BILL 
To provide for the transfer of certain public land currently 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management to 
the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
Navy for inclusion in Naval Air Weapons Station China 
Lake, California, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Naval Air Weapons Sta-
tion China Lake Security Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, 
NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA LAKE, 
CALIFORNIA. 
(a) TRANSFER REQUIRED.—Not later than September 
30, 2014, the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer to the 
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy cer-
tain public land administered by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement in Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino Counties, 
California, consisting of approximately 1,045,000 acres in 
Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino Counties, California, as 
generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Naval Air Weapons 
Station China Lake Withdrawal - Renewal’’ and dated 
2012. 
(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 Naval Air Weapons 
Station China Lake, California, and authorize use of the 
land for military purposes. 
(c) LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND MAP.— 
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(1) PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal 
Register a legal description and map of the public 
land to be transferred under subsection (a). 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The legal description and 
map filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this Act, except that 
the Secretary of the Interior may correct errors in the 
legal description and map. 
(d) REIMBURSEMENT
OF COSTS.—The transfer re-
quired by subsection (a) shall be made without reimburse-
ment, except that the Secretary of the Navy shall reimburse 
the Secretary of the Interior for any costs incurred by the 
Secretary of the Interior to prepare the legal description 
and map under subsection (c). 
SEC. 3. WATER RIGHTS. 
(a) WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued— 
(1) to establish a reservation in favor of the 
United States with respect to any water or water 
right on lands transferred by this Act; or 
(2) to authorize the appropriation of water on 
lands transferred by this Act except in accordance 
with applicable State law. 
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