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Union Calendar No. 85 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1299 
[Report No. 113–120, 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 Army for inclusion in White Sands Missile 
Range, New Mexico, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 20, 2013 
Mr. PEARCE 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 
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 March 20, 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 
Army for inclusion in White Sands Missile Range, New 
Mexico, 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 ‘‘White Sands Missile 
Range Security Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, 
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO. 
(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 Army 
certain public land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, consisting 
of approximately 5,100 acres depicted as ‘‘Parcel 1’’ on the 
map titled ‘‘White Sands Missile Range Land Reservation’’ 
and dated January 4, 2013. 
(b) USE OF TRANSFERRED LAND.—Upon the receipt 
of the land under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army 
shall include the land as part of White Sands Missile 
Range, New Mexico, and authorize use of the land for mili-
tary purposes. 
(c) LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND MAP.— 
(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). 
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(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. 
(d) REIMBURSEMENT
OF COSTS.—The transfer re-
quired by subsection (a) shall be made without reimburse-
ment, except that the Secretary of the Army 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). 
(e) TREATMENT OF GRAZING LEASES.—If a grazing 
permit or lease exists on the date of the enactment of this 
Act for any portion of the public land to be transferred 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
transfer or relocate the grazing allotments associated with 
the permit or lease to other public land, acceptable to the 
permit or lease holder, so that the grazing continues to have 
the same value to the holder. 
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 
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(2) to authorize the appropriation of water on 
lands transferred by this Act except in accordance 
with applicable State law. 
(b) EFFECT ON PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED OR RESERVED 
WATER RIGHTS.—This section shall not be construed to af-
fect any water rights acquired or reserved by the United 
States before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. WITHDRAWAL. 
Subject to valid existing rights, the public land to be 
transferred under section 2 is withdrawn from all forms 
of appropriation under the public land laws, including the 
mining laws and geothermal leasing laws, so long as the 
lands remain under the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of the Army. 
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Union Calendar No. 85 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1299 
[Report No. 113–120, Part I] 
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 Army for inclusion in White 
Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and for other 
purposes. 
JUNE 24, 2013 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 
an amendment 
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 
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