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Union Calendar No. 86 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1672 
[Report No. 113–121, Part I] 
To withdraw and reserve certain public lands administered by the Bureau 
of Land Management for exclusive military use as part of the Limestone 
Hills Training Area, Montana, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 23, 2013 
Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) 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 subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
JUNE 24, 2013 
Additional sponsor: Mr. AMODEI 
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 withdraw and reserve certain public lands administered 
by the Bureau of Land Management for exclusive mili-
tary use as part of the Limestone Hills Training Area, 
Montana, 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 ‘‘Limestone Hills Train-
ing Area Withdrawal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF PUBLIC LANDS 
FOR LIMESTONE HILLS TRAINING AREA, MON-
TANA. 
(a) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights 
and except as provided in this Act, the public lands and 
interests in lands described in subsection (c), and all other 
areas within the boundaries of such lands as depicted on 
the map provided for by subsection (d) that may become 
subject to the operation of the public land laws, are hereby 
withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the pub-
lic land laws, including the mining laws and the mineral 
leasing and geothermal leasing laws. 
(b) RESERVATION; PURPOSE.—Subject to the limita-
tions and restrictions contained in section 4, the public 
lands withdrawn by subsection (a) are reserved for use by 
the Secretary of the Army for the following purposes: 
(1) The conduct of training for active and re-
serve components of the Armed Forces. 
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(2) The construction, operation, and mainte-
nance of organizational support and maintenance fa-
cilities for component units conducting training. 
(3) The conduct of training by the Montana De-
partment of Military Affairs, except that any such 
use may not interfere with purposes specified in 
paragraphs (1) and (2). 
(4) The conduct of training by State and local 
law enforcement agencies, civil defense organizations, 
and public education institutions, except that any 
such use may not interfere with military training ac-
tivities. 
(5) Other defense-related purposes consistent 
with the purposes specified in the preceding para-
graphs. 
(c) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The public lands and inter-
ests in lands withdrawn and reserved by this section com-
prise approximately 18,644 acres in Broadwater County, 
Montana, as generally depicted as ‘‘Proposed Land With-
drawal’’ on the map titled ‘‘Limestone Hills Training Area 
Land Withdrawal’’, dated April 10, 2013. 
(d) LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND MAP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register a 
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