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(B) the Office of the Commanding Officer, Marine 
Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona; 
(C) the Office of the Commander, Navy Region South-
west; and 
(D) the Office of the Secretary of the Navy. 
(4) FORCE OF LAW.—The legal description and map filed 
under paragraph (2) shall have the same force and effect as 
if included in this Act, except that the Secretary of the Interior 
may correct clerical and typographical errors in the legal 
description or map. 
(5) REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS.—The transfer required by 
subsection (a) shall be made without reimbursement, 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 this 
subsection. 
SEC. 2962. MANAGEMENT AND USE OF TRANSFERRED LAND. 
(a) TREATMENT AND USE OF TRANSFERRED LAND.—Upon the 
receipt of the land under section 2961— 
(1) the land shall be treated as property (as defined in 
section 102(9) of title 40, United States Code) under the 
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy; and 
(2) the Secretary of the Navy shall administer the land 
as the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, 
and continue to authorize use of the land for military purposes. 
(b) PROTECTION OF DESERT TORTOISE.—Nothing in the transfer 
required by section 2961 shall affect the prior designation of certain 
lands within the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range as 
critical habitat for the desert tortoise (Gopherus Agassizii). 
(c) WITHDRAWAL OF MINERAL ESTATE.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the mineral estate of the land to be transferred under 
section 2961 is withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under 
the public land laws, including the mining laws, the mineral leasing 
laws, and geothermal leasing laws, for as long as the land is 
under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy. 
(d) INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
Not later than one year after the transfer of the land under section 
2961, the Secretary of the Navy, in cooperation with the Secretary 
of the Interior, shall prepare an integrated natural resources 
management plan pursuant to the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a et 
seq.) for the transferred land and for land that, as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act, is under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of the Navy underlying the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gun-
nery Range. 
(e) RELATION TO GENERAL PROVISIONS.—Subtitle A does not 
apply to the land transferred under section 2961 or to the manage-
ment of such land as provided for in this subtitle. 
SEC. 2963. EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF MILITARY USE. 
(a) NOTICE AND EFFECT.—Upon a determination by the Sec-
retary of the Navy that there is no longer a military need for 
all or portions of the land transferred under section 2961, the 
Secretary of the Navy shall notify the Secretary of the Interior 
of such determination. Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d), the 
Secretary of the Navy shall transfer the land subject to such a 
notice back to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
the Interior.
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(b) CONTAMINATION.—Before transmitting a notice under sub-
section (a), the Secretary of the Navy shall prepare a written 
determination concerning whether and to what extent the land 
to be transferred is contaminated with explosive materials or toxic 
or hazardous substances. A copy of the determination shall be 
transmitted with the notice. Copies of the notice and the determina-
tion shall be published in the Federal Register. 
(c) DECONTAMINATION.—The Secretary of the Navy shall decon-
taminate any contaminated land that is the subject of a notice 
under subsection (a) if— 
(1) the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Navy, determines that— 
(A) decontamination is practicable and economically 
feasible (taking into consideration the potential future use 
and value of the land); and 
(B) upon decontamination, the land could be opened 
to operation of some or all of the public land laws, including 
the mining laws; and 
(2) funds are appropriated for such decontamination. 
(d) ALTERNATIVE.—The Secretary of the Interior is not required 
to accept land proposed for transfer under subsection (a) if the 
Secretary of the Interior is unable to make the determinations 
under subsection (c)(1) or if Congress does not appropriate a suffi-
cient amount of funds for the decontamination of the land. 
SEC. 2964. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF EXISTING WITHDRAWAL 
PERIOD. 
Notwithstanding subsection (a) of section 806 of the California 
Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1994 (title VIII 
of Public Law 103–433; 108 Stat. 4505), the withdrawal and reserva-
tion of the land transferred under section 2961 shall not terminate 
until the date on which the land transfer required by section 2961 
is executed. 
SEC. 2965. WATER RIGHTS. 
(a) NO RESERVATION OF WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this sub-
title— 
(1) establishes a reservation in favor of the United States 
with respect to any water or water right on the land transferred 
by this subtitle; or 
(2) to authorize the appropriation of water on the land 
transferred by this subtitle except in accordance with applicable 
State law. 
(b) EFFECT ON PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED OR RESERVED WATER 
RIGHTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this subtitle affects any water 
rights acquired or reserved by the United States before the 
date of enactment of this Act on the land transferred by this 
subtitle. 
(2) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—The Secretary of the Navy 
may exercise any water rights described in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 2966. REALIGNMENT OF RANGE BOUNDARY AND RELATED 
TRANSFER OF TITLE. 
(a) REALIGNMENT; PURPOSE.—The Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of the Navy shall realign the boundary of the Choco-
late Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, as in effect on the date
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of the enactment of this Act, to improve public safety and manage-
ment of the Range, consistent with the following: 
(1) The northwestern boundary of the Chocolate Mountain 
Aerial Gunnery Range shall be realigned to the edge of the 
Bradshaw Trail so that the Trail is entirely on public land 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior. 
(2) The centerline of the Bradshaw Trail shall be delineated 
by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Navy, beginning at its western terminus at Town-
ship 8 South, Range 12 East, Section 6 eastward to Township 
8 South, Range 17 East, Section 32 where it leaves the Choco-
late Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range. 
(3) The Secretary of the Navy shall relinquish to the Sec-
retary of the Interior the approximately 2,000 acres of public 
land withdrawn for military use that is located immediately 
north of the Bradshaw Trail, and the Secretary of the Interior 
shall manage the land in accordance with the applicable land 
use plan developed under section of section 202 of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712). 
(b) TRANSFERS RELATED TO REALIGNMENT.— 
(1) TRANSFERS TO REFLECT BOUNDARY REALIGNMENT.—The 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Navy shall 
make such transfers of administrative jurisdiction as may be 
necessary to reflect the results of the boundary realignment 
carried out pursuant to subsection (a). 
(2) BRADSHAW
TRAIL
MANAGEMENT.—The approximately 
600 acres of land north of the Bradshaw Trail identified as 
fee-owned lands available for disposal may be used to establish 
a maximum number of acres of land that the Secretary of 
the Navy may transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the Interior in order to improve management 
of the Bradshaw Trail. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT 
OF 1969.—The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.) shall not apply to any transfer of land made under 
subsection (b) or any decontamination actions undertaken in connec-
tion with such a transfer. 
(d) DECONTAMINATION.—The Secretary of the Navy shall main-
tain, to the extent funds are available for such purpose and con-
sistent with applicable Federal and State law, a program of decon-
tamination of any contamination caused by defense-related uses 
on land transferred under subsection (b). The Secretary of Defense 
shall include a description of such decontamination activities in 
the annual report required by section 2711 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(e) TIMELINE.—The delineation of the Bradshaw Trail under 
subsection (a) and any transfer of land under subsection (b) shall 
occur pursuant to a schedule agreed to by the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of the Navy, but in no case later than 
two years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Subtitle F—Naval Air Weapons Station 
China Lake, California 
SEC. 2971. WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF PUBLIC LAND. 
(a) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights and except 
as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the public land (including 
interests in land) described in subsection (b), and all other areas 
within the boundary of the land depicted on the map described 
in that subsection that may become subject to the operation of 
the public land laws, is withdrawn from all forms of appropriation 
under the public land laws, including the mining laws, the mineral 
leasing laws, and the geothermal leasing laws. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The public land (including interests 
in land) referred to in subsection (a) is the Federal land located 
within the boundaries of the Naval Air Weapons Station China 
Lake, California, comprising approximately 1,045,000 acres in Inyo, 
Kern, and San Bernardino Counties, California, as generally 
depicted on the maps entitled ‘‘Naval Air Weapons Station China 
Lake Withdrawal—Renewal’’, ‘‘North Range’’, and ‘‘South Range’’, 
dated March 18, 2013, and filed in accordance with section 2912. 
(c) RESERVATION.—The land withdrawn by subsection (a) is 
reserved for use by the Secretary of the Navy for the following 
purposes: 
(1) Use as a research, development, test, and evaluation 
laboratory. 
(2) Use as a range for air warfare weapons and weapon 
systems. 
(3) Use as a high-hazard testing and training area for 
aerial gunnery, rocketry, electronic warfare and counter-
measures, tactical maneuvering and air support, and directed 
energy and unmanned aerial systems. 
(4) Geothermal leasing, development, and related power 
production activities. 
(5) Other defense-related purposes that are— 
(A) consistent with the purposes described in the pre-
ceding paragraphs; and 
(B) authorized under section 2914. 
SEC. 2972. MANAGEMENT OF WITHDRAWN AND RESERVED LAND. 
(a) APPLICABLE LAWS.—Except as provided in section 2973, 
during the period of the withdrawal and reservation of land by 
section 2971, the Secretary of the Interior shall manage the land 
withdrawn and reserved by that section in accordance with— 
(1) subtitle A and this subtitle; 
(2) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 
(3) any other applicable law. 
(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—To the extent consistent with 
applicable law and Executive orders, the land withdrawn by section 
2971 may be managed in a manner that permits the following 
activities: 
(1) Grazing. 
(2) Protection of wildlife and wildlife habitat. 
(3) Preservation of cultural properties. 
(4) Control of predatory and other animals. 
(5) Recreation and education.