sensitive areas as mapped in Appendix D of the Final En-
vironmental Impact Statement. 
SEC. 112. SPECIAL RULES FOR DIXIE VALLEY SPECIAL 
MANAGEMENT AREA. 
(a) SECRETARY OF THE NAVY DUTIES FOR DIXIE 
VALLEY SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA.— 
(1) TRAINING RELATED.—In using the Dixie 
Valley Special Management Area for Navy purposes, 
as authorized by section 101(b)(2)(A) of this title, 
the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the 
Secretary of the Interior, shall provide, to the max-
imum extent possible, for the following: 
(A) Installation of permanent aircraft 
threat emitters and two electronic warfare 
training sites. 
(B) Temporary aircraft threat emitters. 
(C) Ground training and convoy training 
that utilizes existing roads. 
(D) Aircraft training that would include a 
flight floor of 50 feet above ground level, except 
for the area designated as a flight sanctuary 
area. 
(2) ACCESS AND USE GENERALLY.—In man-
aging the Dixie Valley Special Management Area, 
the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the 
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Secretary of the Interior, shall ensure that there is 
no closure of an existing County road and no restric-
tion or curtailment on public access and recreation 
for the duration of the withdrawal. 
(3) AUTHORIZED
USES.—In managing the 
Dixie Valley Special Management Area, the Sec-
retary of the Navy, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of the Interior, shall provide the following ac-
tivities: 
(A) Livestock grazing. 
(B) Geothermal exploration and develop-
ment west of State Route 121, as managed by 
the Bureau of Land Management in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of the Navy. 
(C) Exploration and development of salable 
minerals or other fluid or leasable minerals, as 
managed by the Bureau of Land Management 
in coordination with the Secretary of the Navy. 
(4) DIXIE VALLEY WATER PROJECT.— 
(A) CONTINUATION
OF
PROJECT.—The 
withdrawal of lands as the Dixie Valley Special 
Management Area shall not be construed to 
interfere with the Dixie Valley Water Project of 
the County. 
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(B) PERMITTING.—On application by the 
County, the Secretary of the Navy shall concur 
with the Dixie Valley Water Project of the 
County and, in collaboration with the Secretary 
of the Interior, complete any permitting nec-
essary for the Dixie Valley Water Project, sub-
ject to the public land laws and environmental 
review. 
(C) COMPENSATION.—The Secretary of 
the Navy shall compensate the County for any 
cost increases for the Dixie Valley Water 
Project of the County that result from any de-
sign features required by the Secretary of the 
Navy to be included in the Dixie Valley Water 
Project. 
(5) RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—With regard to the Dixie 
Valley Special Management Area, the Secretary of 
the Navy shall grant the following rights-of-way: 
(A) A 2,640-foot-wide right-of-way imme-
diately west of the existing north-south power-
line along State Route 121 to the intersection 
with U.S. Highway 50, as depicted on the Map, 
for the placement, on a nonexclusive basis, of 
utility infrastructure. 
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(B) A 2,640-foot-wide right-of-way imme-
diately north of U.S. Highway 50, as depicted 
on the Map, for the placement, on a nonexclu-
sive basis, of utility infrastructure. 
(C) A 2,640-foot-wide right-of-way imme-
diately south of the existing east-west trans-
mission line across Dixie Valley, as depicted on 
the Map, for the placement, on a nonexclusive 
basis, of utility infrastructure. 
(b) SECRETARY
OF
THE INTERIOR DUTIES
FOR 
DIXIE VALLEY SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA.— 
(1) ACCESS
AND
USE
GENERALLY.—For the 
duration of the withdrawal of lands as the Dixie Val-
ley Special Management Area, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall ensure that there is no restriction or 
curtailment of public access to, and recreation on, 
the lands. 
(2) GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION AND DEVELOP-
MENT.—For the duration of the withdrawal of lands 
as the Dixie Valley Special Management Area, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall ensure that geo-
thermal exploration and development is authorized 
on the portion of such lands located west of State 
Route 121, consistent with the required design fea-
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tures described by the Secretary of the Navy in the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement. 
SEC. 113. WATER. 
Effective as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that the Depart-
ment of the Navy complies with the portion of the memo-
randum of understanding between the Department of the 
Navy and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
dated July 26, 1995, requiring the Department of the 
Navy to limit water rights to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, consistent with safety of operations, for Naval Air 
Station Fallon, Nevada, currently not more than 4,402 
acre-feet of water per year. 
SEC. 114. MANAGEMENT OF SHOAL SITE. 
(a) SUBSURFACE ESTATE.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall remain responsible and liable for the management 
and use of the subsurface estate of the Shoal Site, includ-
ing all activities conducted with respect to the subsurface 
estate. 
(b) SURFACE ESTATE.—Pursuant to the withdrawal 
and reservation made by section 3011(a)(1) of the Mili-
tary Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of Public 
Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 885), the Secretary of the Navy 
shall be responsible for the management and use of the 
surface estate of the Shoal Site. 
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SEC. 115. INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGE-
MENT PLAN. 
(a) PREPARATION REQUIRED.— 
(1) JOINT
PREPARATION; DEADLINE.—Within 
two years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the 
Interior shall jointly prepare an integrated natural 
resources management plan for the withdrawal 
lands. 
(2) COORDINATION.—The Secretaries shall pre-
pare the integrated natural resources management 
plan in coordination with the State, the County, 
other impacted counties in the State, and affected 
Indian tribes. 
(b) RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any disagreement among 
the parties referred to in subsection (a) concerning 
the contents or implementation of the integrated 
natural resources management plan prepared under 
that subsection or an amendment to the manage-
ment plan shall be resolved by the Secretary of the 
Navy and the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through— 
(A) the State Director of the Nevada State 
Office of the Bureau of Land Management; and 
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(B) if appropriate, the Regional Director 
of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
(2) DELEGATION.—The Secretary of the Navy 
may delegate that Secretary’s resolution authority 
under paragraph (1) to the commander of Naval Air 
Station Fallon, Nevada. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—Prior to the resolution of 
any conflict under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior shall con-
sult with the executive committee. 
(c) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—Subject to subsection (b), 
the integrated natural resources management plan pre-
pared under subsection (a)— 
(1) shall be prepared and implemented in ac-
cordance with the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670 et seq.); 
(2) shall include provisions for— 
(A) proper management and protection of 
the natural and cultural resources of the land; 
and 
(B) sustainable use by the public of such 
resources to the extent consistent with the mili-
tary purposes for which the land is withdrawn 
and reserved; 
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(3) shall include provisions, developed in con-
sultation with affected Indian tribes, that address 
how the Secretary of the Navy intends— 
(A) to fulfill the trust responsibility of the 
United States to the affected Indian tribes, in-
cluding with respect to land and rights of the 
affected Indian tribes reserved by treaty or 
Federal law that are affected by the withdrawal 
and reservation; 
(B) to allow access to, and ceremonial use 
of, Indian sacred sites to the extent consistent 
with the military purposes for which the land is 
withdrawn and reserved; and 
(C) to provide for timely consultation with 
affected Indian tribes; 
(4) shall provide that any hunting, fishing, and 
trapping on the land shall be conducted in accord-
ance with section 2671 of title 10, United States 
Code; 
(5) shall provide for livestock grazing and agri-
cultural out-leasing on the land, if appropriate— 
(A) in accordance with section 2667 of 
title 10, United States Code; and 
(B) at the discretion of the Secretary of 
the Navy; 
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(6) shall identify current test and target impact 
areas and related buffer or safety zones on the land; 
(7) shall provide that the Secretary of the 
Navy— 
(A) shall take any and all necessary ac-
tions to prevent, suppress, manage, and reha-
bilitate brush and range fires occurring within 
the boundaries of the Fallon Range Training 
Complex and brush and range fires occurring 
outside the boundaries of the Fallon Range 
Training Complex resulting from military ac-
tivities; and 
(B) notwithstanding section 2465 of title 
10, United States Code— 
(i) may obligate funds appropriated or 
otherwise available to the Secretary of the 
Navy to enter into memoranda of under-
standing, cooperative agreements, and con-
tracts for fire management; and 
(ii) shall reimburse the Secretary of 
the Interior for costs incurred under this 
paragraph; 
(8) shall provide that all gates, fences, and bar-
riers constructed after the date of enactment of this 
Act shall be designed and erected, to the maximum 
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extent practicable and consistent with military secu-
rity, safety, and sound wildlife management use, to 
allow wildlife access; 
(9) if determined appropriate by the Secretary 
of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior after 
review of any existing management plans applicable 
to the land, shall incorporate the existing manage-
ment plans; 
(10) shall include procedures to ensure that— 
(A) the periodic reviews of the integrated 
natural resources management plan required by 
the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670 et seq.) are con-
ducted jointly by the Secretary of the Navy and 
the Secretary of the Interior; and 
(B) affected States and affected Indian 
tribes and the public are provided a meaningful 
opportunity to comment on any substantial re-
visions to the plan that may be proposed pursu-
ant to such a review; 
(11) shall incorporate the cooperative agree-
ments, class III cultural resource inventories, and 
ethnographic studies described in section 123; and 
(12) shall provide procedures to amend the in-
tegrated natural resources management plan as nec-
essary. 
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SEC. 116. ROAD RECONSTRUCTION AND TREATMENT OF EX-
ISTING ROADS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY. 
(a) ROAD RECONSTRUCTION
AND RELOCATION.— 
The Secretary of the Navy shall be responsible for the 
timely— 
(1) reconstruction of Lone Tree Road leading to 
the B–16 range; 
(2) reconstruction and relocation of State High-
way 361 in the B–17 range; and 
(3) relocation of Sand Canyon/Red Mountain 
Roads as depicted on the Map. 
(b) EXISTING ROADS
AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—The 
withdrawal and reservation of the withdrawal lands shall 
not affect the following roads and associated rights-of- 
way: 
(1) U.S. Highways 50 and 95. 
(2) State Routes 121 and 839. 
(3) County roads identified as Simpson Road, 
East County Road, Earthquake Fault Road, Fair-
view Peak Road, and Pole Line Road. 
(c) RS 2477 CLAIMS.—The withdrawal and reserva-
tion of the withdrawal lands shall not obstruct or interfere 
with the ability of the County to seek adjudication of 
claims for existing County roads under section 2477 of 
the Revised Statutes (43 U.S.C. 932), repealed by section 
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706(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (Public Law 94–579; 90 Stat. 2793). 
SEC. 117. ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the Military 
Lands Withdrawals Act of 2013 (title XXIX of Public 
Law 113–66, 127 Stat. 1025), with respect to the with-
drawal lands— 
(1) the Secretary of the Navy shall— 
(A) carry out a decontamination program 
that prioritizes the remediation of sites that 
contain Tribal cultural resources or Tribal trust 
land, including the contaminated trust land of 
the Walker River Paiute Tribe; 
(B) until the date on which all remediation 
activities under subparagraph (A) are com-
pleted in accordance with applicable law, in-
clude in the applicable fiscal year budget re-
quest of the Secretary of the Navy sufficient 
funds to conduct the remediation; and 
(C) shall consult with each affected Indian 
tribe regarding any decontamination plan, in-
cluding with respect to— 
(i) the treatment of any cultural re-
sources of the affected Indian tribe, includ-
ing sacred sites; and 
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(ii) any opportunities for the use or 
conservation of the affected area for the 
benefit of the affected Indian tribe; and 
(2) the Secretary of Defense shall include in the 
annual report required under section 2711 of title 
10, United States Code, a description of decon-
tamination activities planned for and carried out 
under paragraph (1)(A), including a description of 
the level of appropriations allocated, authorized, ex-
pended, or requested under paragraph (1)(B) for 
those activities. 
(b) REPORT.—After the termination pursuant to sec-
tion 104 of this title of the withdrawal and reservation 
of the withdrawal lands, the Secretary of the Navy shall 
submit to the Secretary of the Interior and the applicable 
congressional committees a report describing the status 
of— 
(1) the previously withdrawn withdrawal lands; 
(2) any other affected land and resources af-
fected by the activities of the Secretary of the Navy 
under this section; and 
(3) all remediation activities carried out by the 
Secretary of the Navy under this section. 
(c) PUBLIC WARNINGS.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall carry out appropriate measures to warn the public 
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of any contamination, harm, or risk associated with entry 
into the withdrawal lands. 
(d) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—If the Secretary 
of the Navy delegates to another Federal agency responsi-
bility for or jurisdiction over, or permits another Federal 
agency to operate on, any portion of the withdrawal lands, 
the Federal agency shall assume all responsibility and li-
ability under applicable law for the activities of the Fed-
eral agency with respect to that portion of the withdrawal 
lands. 
SEC. 118. NO DIMINISHMENT OF INDIAN TRIBAL RIGHTS. 
Nothing in this title alters— 
(1) any right reserved by treaty or Federal law 
for an Indian tribe, including for tribal use of the 
withdrawal lands; or 
(2) except as provided in section 105 of this 
title, any other withdrawal or reservation of land for 
the Fallon Range Training Complex in effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle C—Cooperation, 
Coordination, and Consultation 
SEC. 121. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON MOD-
ERNIZATION OF FALLON RANGE TRAINING 
COMPLEX. 
(a) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Navy, in collaboration with applicable 
Federal agencies, shall enter into a memorandum of 
understanding with the parties specified in para-
graph (2) to address issues of concern to the local 
community and affected Indian tribes associated 
with the project for the modernization of the Fallon 
Range Training Complex. 
(2) PARTIES.—The parties covered by para-
graph (1) include the State, the County, the counties 
of Elko, Eureka, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Per-
shing, and Washoe in the State, affected Indian 
tribes, and other interested parties, such as the 
Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada and the Nevada In-
dian Commission. 
(b) 
ELEMENTS.—The 
memorandum 
of 
under-
standing shall address, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) The agreed upon methods to be used by the 
Secretary of the Navy to mitigate and control fuels, 
invasive weeds, and rangeland fires on the expanded 
Fallon Range Training Complex that are caused by 
ordnance, aircraft, vehicles, or any other activity by 
the Department of Defense. 
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(2) An agreement to mitigate or remove 
unexploded ordnance that is currently present on 
surrounding public, private, and Tribal land that is 
the result of past activity by the Department of De-
fense conducted at Naval Air Station Fallon. 
(3) An agreement to remediate environmental 
contamination that— 
(A) currently exists on surrounding public, 
private, and Tribal land that is the result of 
past activity by the Department of Defense con-
ducted at Naval Air Station Fallon; and 
(B) future environmental contamination 
that may take place on that land as a result of 
future activity by the Department. 
(4) An agreement for compensation from the 
Secretary of the Navy for private property and valid 
existing rights impacted by the withdrawal and res-
ervation of the withdrawal lands, including— 
(A) private lands located within the with-
drawal lands; 
(B) water rights within the withdrawal 
lands that cannot otherwise be mitigated; 
(C) grazing permits and existing infra-
structure that cannot otherwise be mitigated; 
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(D) existing land use authorizations (such 
as rights-of-way) that cannot otherwise be miti-
gated; and 
(E) mineral rights and claims. 
(5) An agreement for compensation from the 
Secretary of the Navy to the County to mitigate the 
loss of transportation infrastructure, water infra-
structure, and public access related to the with-
drawal lands, including— 
(A) reconstruction of Lone Tree Road, 
which shall include all costs related to permit-
ting (including environmental and cultural), de-
sign, and construction; 
(B) realignment of Sand Canyon Road, 
which shall include all costs related to permit-
ting (including right-of-way, environmental, and 
cultural), design, and construction; and 
(C) increased costs for the Dixie Valley 
Water Project as a result of designed features 
required by the Secretary of the Navy. 
(6) An agreement for compensation from the 
Secretary of the Navy to the Nevada Department of 
Transportation to mitigate the loss of transportation 
infrastructure and public access related to the with-
drawal lands, including— 
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(A) realignment of Nevada State Route 
361, Gabbs Highway, which shall include all 
costs related to permitting (including right-of- 
way, environmental, and cultural), design, and 
construction; and 
(B) reconstruction of Nevada State Route 
718, Lone Tree Road, which shall include all 
costs related to permitting (including environ-
mental and cultural), design, and construction. 
(7) An agreement for compensation from the 
Secretary of the Navy to the State for public health 
and safety improvements, which shall include— 
(A) wildland fire suppression; 
(B) wildland fire restoration; 
(C) wildlife planning, fuel reduction, and 
pre-suppression; and 
(D) an emergency response fund. 
(8) An agreement for compensation from the 
Secretary of the Navy to the County and the coun-
ties of Lyon, Nye, Mineral, and Pershing in the 
State to offset any reductions made in payments in 
lieu of taxes. 
(9) An agreement for compensation from the 
Secretary of the Navy to the State to mitigate im-
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pacts of the withdrawal lands on biological re-
sources, including— 
(A) bighorn sheep; 
(B) greater sage grouse; 
(C) wildlife species specified by the State, 
including aquatic species; 
(D) other wildlife species of conservation 
priority or concern; 
(E) botanical and invertebrate species or 
similar species of concern specified by the 
State; and 
(F) management of nonnative, invasive 
species. 
(10) An agreement for compensation from the 
Secretary of the Navy to the County for the survey, 
appraisal, environmental permitting, checkerboard 
land resolution, and land acquisition costs related to 
municipal land conveyances. 
(11) An agreement for compensation from the 
Secretary of the Navy to a mutually agreed upon 
party to conduct a comprehensive class III cultural 
resource inventory and ethnographic study on the 
existing and expanded Fallon Range Training Com-
plex. 
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(12) An agreement for compensation from the 
Secretary of the Navy to the Nevada State Historic 
Preservation Office— 
(A) to oversee and manage the comprehen-
sive cultural resources inventory described in 
paragraph (11); and 
(B) to compensate the spatial and cultural 
resource database, the Nevada Cultural Re-
source Inventory System, maintained by the 
Nevada State Historic Preservation Office pur-
suant to section 383.021 of the Nevada Revised 
Statutes and section 302503(a)(3) of title 54, 
United States Code. 
(13) An agreement to coordinate subsequent 
land management planning efforts that require co-
operation with State, local, and Tribal governments 
that include implementation of— 
(A) the integrated natural resource man-
agement plan required by section 115 of this 
title; 
(B) County zoning changes; and 
(C) other resource management plans un-
dertaken by the Bureau of Land Management. 
(14) An agreement to implement outdoor recre-
ation in applicable areas. 
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(15) An agreement to facilitate public access 
for administrative, recreational, cultural, religious, 
wildlife management, wildfire management, edu-
cational, and other purposes. 
(16) A cost assessment and evaluation by the 
Secretary of the Navy to determine— 
(A) how much funding will be required 
over the future-years defense plan to address 
the elements contained in the memorandum of 
understanding; 
(B) which funding sources will be used to 
address those elements; and 
(C) how much funding should be assigned 
to each year in that plan to address those ele-
ments. 
(17) The relocation of the Paiute pipeline. 
(c) SUBMITTAL
OF
MEMORANDUM
OF
UNDER-
STANDING.—Not later than one year after finalizing the 
memorandum of understanding, the Secretary of the Navy 
shall submit a copy of the memorandum of understanding 
to the applicable congressional committees and the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives. 
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SEC. 122. EXPANSION OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXECU-
TIVE COMMITTEE ON JOINT USE BY DEPART-
MENT OF THE NAVY AND DEPARTMENT OF 
THE INTERIOR OF FALLON RANGE TRAINING 
COMPLEX. 
The Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the 
Interior shall expand the membership of the intergovern-
mental executive committee established pursuant to para-
graph (5) of section 3011(a) of the Military Lands With-
drawal Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–65), as added by 
section 2844 of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act of Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116– 
283), and relating to the management of the natural and 
cultural resources of the withdrawal lands to include rep-
resentatives of Eureka County of the State, the Nevada 
Department of Agriculture, and the Nevada Division of 
Minerals. 
SEC. 123. COOPERATIVE EFFORTS FOR IDENTIFICATION 
OF, ACCESS TO, AND PROTECTION OF CUL-
TURAL RESOURCES. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION.— 
(1) ACCESS TO AFFECTED INDIAN TRIBES.— 
Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy and the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall provide to each affected 
Indian tribe such access to the withdrawal lands as 
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the Secretaries, in consultation with the affected In-
dian tribes, determine to be reasonable and suffi-
cient for the purpose of identifying within the 
land— 
(A) cultural resources (as defined in sec-
tion 2684(d) of title 10, United States Code); 
and 
(B) burial sites (as defined in section 2 of 
the Native American Graves Protection and Re-
patriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001)). 
(2) SUBMISSION OF RESULTS.—Not later than 
240 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
each affected Indian tribe provided access under 
paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary of the 
Navy a notice describing each cultural resource and 
burial site identified within the withdrawal lands. 
(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Not later than 
one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior shall 
offer to enter into a cooperative agreement with each af-
fected Indian tribe that submitted to the Secretary of the 
Navy a notice under subsection (a)(2)— 
(1) to provide to the affected Indian tribe— 
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(A) reasonable and recurrent access to, 
and use of, the identified cultural resources; 
and 
(B) proper disposition or protection of, and 
any requested access to, the identified burial 
sites, in accordance with the Native American 
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 
U.S.C. 3001 et seq.); 
(2)(A) to protect relevant cultural resources 
from disturbance; and 
(B) if requested by the affected Indian tribe, to 
protect burial sites from disturbance; and 
(3) to support any other activities that are nec-
essary and reasonable to achieve the purposes de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2). 
(c) 
PROCEDURES
FOR
ADDITIONAL
WITH-
DRAWALS.—After the date of the enactment of this Act, 
if additional land is withdrawn and reserved for the Fallon 
Range Training Complex, the Secretary of the Navy and 
the Secretary of the Interior shall— 
(1) provide to each affected Indian tribe similar 
access, identification, and notice procedures, within 
similar timeframes, as those access, identification, 
and notice procedures and timeframes described in 
subsection (a); and 
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(2) amend each cooperative agreement, or enter 
into a new cooperative agreement, as necessary and 
requested by an affected Indian tribe, to provide 
similar protections, access, and use of cultural re-
sources and burial sites as the protections, access, 
and use of cultural resources and burial sites de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
(d) CLASS III INVENTORIES AND ETHNOGRAPHIC 
STUDIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall conduct, as appropriate, one 
or more class III cultural resource inventories and 
ethnographic studies regarding such portions of the 
withdrawal lands that were not previously withdrawn 
for military purposes. 
(2) LOCATION AND ORDER.—The Secretary of 
the Navy shall determine the location and order of 
any class III inventory and ethnographic study con-
ducted under paragraph (1). 
(3) PHASES.—The Secretary of the Navy may 
conduct any class III inventory and ethnographic 
study under paragraph (1) in phases. 
(4) PARTICIPATION
OF
AFFECTED
INDIAN 
TRIBES.—In conducting a class III inventory and 
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ethnographic study under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall coordinate with, and provide 
for the participation of, each applicable affected In-
dian tribe. 
(5) RESULTS
OF
INVENTORY
AND
ETHNO-
GRAPHIC STUDIES.—The Secretary of the Navy shall 
use the results of any class III inventory and ethno-
graphic study conducted under paragraph (1)— 
(A) to achieve compliance with applicable 
Federal law; and 
(B) to determine the obligations of the 
Secretary of the Navy under— 
(i) the integrated natural resources 
management plan prepared under section 
115 of this title; and 
(ii) any cooperative agreement entered 
into under subsection (b) or (c). 
(e) FUNDING.—In addition to any other amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, there 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Navy, for distribution among the Department of the Navy, 
the Department of the Interior, and the applicable af-
fected Indian tribes, such sums as are necessary to carry 
out the cooperative agreements under subsections (b) and 
(c), subject to the condition that the amounts distributed 
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to the applicable affected Indian tribes shall be sufficient 
to fund— 
(1) not fewer than three full-time equivalent po-
sitions to carry out the cooperative agreements; and 
(2) other reasonable costs associated with par-
ticipation by affected Indian tribes. 
(f) NAVY PURPOSES.—Nothing in this section inter-
feres with the purposes described in subsection (b)(1) of 
section 101 of this title for which the lands withdrawn 
by subsection (a)(1) of such section were reserved. 
Subtitle D—Reduction of Impact of 
Withdrawal and Reservation 
SEC. 131. REDUCTION OF IMPACT OF FALLON RANGE 
TRAINING COMPLEX MODERNIZATION BY DE-
PARTMENT OF THE NAVY. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy shall 
carry out the mitigations and other measures set forth in 
this section to reduce the impact of the modernization of 
the Fallon Range Training Complex (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘modernization’’) by the Secretary of the 
Navy on the land and local community. 
(b) WITHDRAWAL OR ACQUISITION OF LAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Withdrawal or acquisition by 
the Secretary of the Navy for military purposes of 
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land impacted by the modernization is contingent 
upon— 
(A) finalization of payments under this 
section for private property affected by the 
modernization, including— 
(i) lost land rights; 
(ii) lost mining claims; 
(iii) lost water rights; and 
(iv) lost grazing rights, permits, or in-
frastructure; 
(B) implementation of conservation and 
Tribal cultural resource mitigation measures re-
lating to the modernization; 
(C) completion of studies relating to the 
modernization; 
(D) completion of ethnographic studies and 
class III cultural resource inventories of Tribal 
cultural resources and burial sites; 
(E) payments to affected Indian tribes; 
and 
(F) conveyance of land required to be con-
veyed by this title. 
(2) APPLICATION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to the land previously withdrawn for the 
Fallon 
Range 
Training 
Complex 
by 
section 
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3011(a)(1) of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 
1999 (title XXX of Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 
885). 
(c) REALIGNMENT OF PAIUTE PIPELINE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall purchase the portion of the Paiute pipeline im-
pacted by the modernization and pay for relocation 
of the existing Paiute pipeline south of the proposed 
B–17 range on the Fallon Range Training Complex. 
(2) 
REALIGNMENT
OF
PIPELINE.—Using 
amounts provided by the Department of the Navy, 
the Paiute Pipeline Company shall be responsible for 
planning, designing, permitting, funding, and con-
structing any realignment of the Paiute pipeline. 
(3) RESOURCE
IMPACTS.—Any potential re-
source impacts associated with the relocation of the 
Paiute pipeline shall be subject to the same commit-
ments by the Secretary of the Navy as any resource 
impacts under the modernization. 
(d) TREATMENT
OF MINING
AND MINERAL RE-
SOURCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall notify, by certified mail, holders of mining 
claims impacted by the modernization, including re-
alignment of existing roads, and shall make pay-
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ments to those holders in accordance with this sub-
section. 
(2) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CLAIMS.— 
(A) PATENTED OR VALIDITY EXAM.—The 
Secretary of the Navy shall fully compensate, in 
accordance with the conditions and procedures 
outlined in section 3.3 of the Final Environ-
mental Impact Statement, any claims described 
in paragraph (1) that are patented or have a 
validity exam. 
(B) OTHER CLAIMS.—For claims described 
in paragraph (1) that are not described in sub-
paragraph (A), the Secretary of the Navy shall 
offer to the claimant nominal payments (fac-
toring in expenses previously incurred by the 
claimant) subject to the conditions and proce-
dures outlined in section 3.3 of the Final Envi-
ronmental Impact Statement. 
(3) APPRAISAL
PROCESS.—In providing pay-
ments to claimants under this subsection, the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall follow section 1.10.3 of the 
appraisal process described in the Uniform Appraisal 
Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions (Special 
Consideration for Mineral Properties). 
(e) LIVESTOCK GRAZING.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall notify holders of grazing allotments impacted 
by the modernization and, if possible, work with 
those holders to obtain replacement forage. 
(2) REVISIONS
TO
ALLOTMENT
PLANS.—The 
Secretary of the Navy shall pay for required revi-
sions to grazing allotment plans, permits, and asso-
ciated environmental approvals impacted by the 
modernization. 
(3) ALTERNATIVE
TO
REPLACEMENT
FOR-
AGE.—If replacement forage cannot be identified 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Navy shall 
make payments to Federal grazing permit holders 
for all losses suffered by the permit holders as a re-
sult of the withdrawal or other use of former Fed-
eral grazing lands for national defense purposes pur-
suant to the Act of June 28, 1934 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Taylor Grazing Act’’; 43 U.S.C. 315 
et seq.). 
(4) NOTIFICATION
AND
PAYMENT.—The Sec-
retary of the Navy shall notify, by certified mail, 
holders of grazing allotments (or portions thereof) 
that are terminated and shall compensate those 
holders for authorized permanent improvements 
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(such as corrals) associated with those allotments 
(or portions thereof). 
(5) CONSIDERATIONS.—For purposes of calcu-
lating and making a payment to a Federal grazing 
permit holder under paragraphs (3) and (4) (includ-
ing the conduct of any appraisals required to cal-
culate the amount of the payment)— 
(A) the Secretary of the Navy shall con-
sider the permanent loss of the applicable Fed-
eral grazing permit; and 
(B) the amount of the payment shall not 
be limited to the remaining term of the existing 
Federal grazing permit. 
(f) WATER RESOURCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall notify, by certified mail, water rights holders 
impacted by the modernization and, if water rights 
are adversely affected and cannot be otherwise miti-
gated, acquire existing and valid State water rights 
(including improvements within the Bravo ranges). 
(2) PRACTICES
AND
MEASURES.—In carrying 
out the modernization, the Secretary of the Navy 
shall implement management practices and mitiga-
tion measures specifically designed to reduce or 
avoid potential impacts on surface water and 
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groundwater, such as placing targets outside of 
washes. 
(g) BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES.— 
(1) 
MITIGATIONS
OF
IMPACTS
ON
SAGE 
GROUSE.— 
(A) STUDY.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
the Navy shall conduct a study to assess 
the reactions of greater sage grouse in the 
area impacted by the modernization to air-
craft overflights. 
(ii) COORDINATION.—The Secretary 
of the Navy shall conduct the study under 
clause (i) in coordination with the State 
and United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice. 
(B) MITIGATIONS AND MANAGEMENT.—If 
the Secretary of the Navy determines under the 
study under subparagraph (A) that greater 
sage grouse in the area impacted by the mod-
ernization are impacted by aircraft overflights, 
the Secretary of the Navy shall implement such 
mitigations and adaptive management, in co-
ordination with the State and the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service, before operational 
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use of the air space by the Armed Forces over 
the land of the impacted habitat. 
(2) USE OF FENCING.—In constructing fences 
on the area impacted by the modernization, the Sec-
retary of the Navy, in coordination with the Nevada 
Department of Wildlife, shall— 
(A) use wildlife friendly configured four- 
wire fencing to minimize impacts on wildlife 
from fencing; and 
(B) configure the spacing of wires appro-
priately for the wildlife in the area. 
(3) CONSERVATION LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-
CERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 
Navy shall establish two Conservation Law En-
forcement Officer positions at Naval Air Station 
Fallon. 
(B) DUTIES.—The duties of the Conserva-
tion Law Enforcement Officer position estab-
lished under subparagraph (A) shall include, in 
part— 
(i) patrolling the new fence line for 
trespass issues and reporting to the Sec-
retary of the Navy any broken or downed 
fences for maintenance repair; 
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(ii) facilitating public hunting and rec-
reational activities; 
(iii) conducting historic tours of with-
drawn lands; 
(iv) facilitating wildfire monitoring 
and prevention (whether relating to activi-
ties of the Department of the Navy or oth-
erwise); and 
(v) serving as liaison to appropriate 
local, State, and Federal agencies with re-
sponsibilities relating to law enforcement, 
emergency management, wildlife manage-
ment, habitat conservation, and mainte-
nance of wildlife water infrastructure. 
(4) ACCESS
FOR
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT.— 
The Secretary of the Navy shall work with the Bu-
reau of Land Management, the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service, and the Nevada Department of 
Wildlife to provide continued access for wildlife man-
agement activities and to existing wildlife water de-
velopments and guzzlers in the area impacted by the 
modernization and to install additional guzzlers out-
side weapons danger zones. 
(h) LOSS OF PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY.—The 
Secretary of the Navy shall notify, by certified mail, hold-
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ers of private property rights impacted by the moderniza-
tion and compensate those holders for loss of privately 
owned real property as described in section 3.13 of the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement. 
(i) MITIGATION FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall establish a mitigation fund to pay for expenses 
in the counties in the State impacted by the mod-
ernization relating to carrying out activities under 
the memorandum of understanding. 
(2) ADDITIONAL USES OF FUNDS.—Funds de-
posited in the fund established under paragraph (1) 
may be used— 
(A) to implement the memorandum of un-
derstanding; and 
(B) for land consolidation or checkerboard 
resolution purposes. 
(j) TREATMENT OF THE WEST-WIDE ENERGY COR-
RIDOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section re-
stricts the development of power utility lines within 
that portion of the designated West-Wide Energy 
Corridor as is located outside of the B–16 range at 
the Fallon Range Training Complex, as depicted on 
the Map. 
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(2) NEW
TRANSMISSION
LINES
WITHIN
B–16 
RANGE.—The Secretary of the Navy shall allow one 
transmission line within that portion of the des-
ignated West-Wide Energy Corridor as is located 
within the B–16 range at the Fallon Range Training 
Complex, as depicted on the Map, subject to the con-
dition that the transmission line shall be located as 
closely as possible to the existing transmission line 
located immediately adjacent to the western bound-
ary of the B–16 range. 
SEC. 132. RESOLUTION OF WALKER RIVER PAIUTE TRIBE 
CLAIMS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Walker River Paiute Tribe is a feder-
ally recognized Indian Tribe with reservation land 
located in the midwestern region of the State. 
(2) Since the 1940s, the land of the Walker 
River Paiute Tribe located south of and adjacent to 
the Fallon Range Training Complex has been ad-
versely impacted by military testing and training ex-
ercises that resulted in the impairment and loss of 
use of the land due to the presence of munitions 
constituents. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this section are— 
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(1) to resolve the claims of the Walker River 
Paiute Tribe against the United States for the con-
tamination, impairment, and loss of use of approxi-
mately 6,000 acres of land in the State that is with-
in the boundaries of the reservation of the Tribe, 
with such lands to remain in trust and part of the 
Tribe’s reservation; 
(2) to authorize the actions and appropriations 
necessary to carry out this section; and 
(3) to maintain the trust responsibility of the 
United States to the Walker River Paiute Tribe. 
(c) PAYMENT TO WALKER RIVER PAIUTE TRIBE.— 
Not later than one year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer 
$20,000,000 to an account designated by the Walker 
River Paiute Tribe. The funds transferred shall be derived 
from amounts appropriated to the Secretary of the Navy 
for operation and maintenance of the Navy and available 
to the Secretary of the Navy at the time of transfer. 
(d) TRUST LAND IMPACTS.—With respect to the land 
established as the B–19 range at the Fallon Range Train-
ing Complex, as depicted on the Map (as defined in section 
100), the Secretary of the Navy shall maintain the pri-
mary target run alignment in effect as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, or establish any alternative align-
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ment, so as to continue to mitigate the risk of ordnance 
landing off-range on the approximately 6,000 acres of con-
taminated land of the Walker River Paiute Tribe or any 
other land of the Tribe. 
(e) ADDITIONAL TRUST LAND.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ 
means the Director of the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs. 
(B) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the 
map entitled ‘‘Walker River Paiute Trust 
Lands’’, dated October 5, 2020, that reflects 
the additional trust land identified as ‘‘Walker 
Lake Parcel’’ to be designated as part of the 
Tribe’s existing reservation. Such map shall be 
on file and available for public inspection in the 
appropriate offices of the Department of the In-
terior. 
(C) WALKER
LAKE
PARCEL.—The term 
‘‘Walker lake parcel’’ means the Bureau of 
Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation 
land located in Mineral County, Nevada, as 
generally depicted on the map and more par-
ticularly described in paragraph (5). 
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(2) ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT.—Not 
later than one year after the date of enactment of 
this Act and prior to taking the Walker lake parcel 
into trust for the benefit of the Walker River Paiute 
Tribe under paragraph (4)(A), the Director shall 
complete an environmental site assessment to deter-
mine with respect to the Walker lake parcel— 
(A) the likelihood of the presence of haz-
ardous substance-related or other environmental 
liability; and 
(B) if the presence of hazardous sub-
stance-related or other environmental liability is 
determined to be likely— 
(i) the extent of that liability; and 
(ii) whether that liability can be reme-
diated by the United States. 
(3) EXERCISE OF DISCRETION BY TRIBE.—If 
the Director determines pursuant to the environ-
mental site assessment completed under paragraph 
(2) that there is a likelihood of the presence of haz-
ardous substance-related or other environmental li-
ability on the Walker lake parcel that cannot be re-
mediated by the United States, the Walker River 
Paiute Tribe may exercise discretion regarding 
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whether the Walker Lake parcel should be taken 
into trust for the benefit of the Tribe. 
(4) LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE 
TRIBE; IDENTIFICATION OF REPLACEMENT LAND.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—If the Walker River 
Paiute Tribe determines pursuant to paragraph 
(3) that the Walker lake parcel should be taken 
into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, subject 
to valid existing rights, all right, title, and in-
terest of the United States in and to the land 
shall be— 
(i) held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit of the Walker River Paiute 
Tribe; and 
(ii) made part of the reservation of 
the Tribe. 
(B) IDENTIFICATION
OF
SUITABLE
AND 
COMPARABLE
REPLACEMENT
LAND.—If the 
Walker River Paiute Tribe determines pursuant 
to paragraph (3) that the Walker lake parcel 
should not be taken into trust for the benefit of 
the Tribe, not later than one year after the date 
on which the Tribe makes the determination, 
the Director and the Walker River Paiute Tribe 
shall— 
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(i) enter into an agreement to identify 
suitable and comparable replacement land 
to be withdrawn from Federal use and 
taken into trust for the benefit of the 
Walker River Paiute Tribe to meet the 
purpose described in subsection (b)(1); 
(ii) jointly submit to Congress a pro-
posal describing the replacement land to be 
taken into trust for the benefit of the 
Tribe; and 
(iii) provide written notification to any 
impacted county and the State. 
(5) WALKER LAKE PARCEL DESCRIBED.—Sub-
ject to paragraph (6), the Walker Lake parcel in 
Mineral County, Nevada, to be held in trust for the 
benefit of the Walker River Paiute Tribe under 
paragraph (4)(A) consists of the following lands: 
(A) All land held by the Bureau of Rec-
lamation in T. 10 N., R. 30 E., secs. 4, 5, 6, 
8, 9, 16, 17, 20, 21, 28, 29, 32, and 33, Mount 
Diablo Meridian. 
(B) All land held by the Bureau of Land 
Management in T. 10.5 N., R. 30 E., secs. 31 
and 32, Mount Diablo Meridian. 
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SEC. 502. MANAGEMENT OF CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION 
AND UTILITY CORRIDORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
manage the land located within the corridors described in 
subsection (b) in accordance with this section. 
(b) CORRIDORS DESCRIBED.—The corridors covered 
by subsection (a) are the following: 
(1) The corridors depicted as the ‘‘County Pre-
ferred I–11 Corridor’’ and ‘‘NDOT I–11 Corridor’’ 
on the map entitled ‘‘Churchill County Proposed 
Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization and 
Lands Bill’’ and dated February 2, 2021 (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Interstate 11 corridors’’). 
(2) The corridor depicted as ‘‘Sand Canyon/Red 
Mountain Road Realignment’’ on such map (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Sand Canyon/Red Moun-
tain Road Realignment corridor’’). 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—A copy of the 
map referred to in subsection (b)(2) shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the appropriate offices 
of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(d) WITHDRAWAL OF LAND.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) 
and any valid rights in existence on the date of en-
actment of this Act, the land located within the cor-
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