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or geothermal leasing activity conducted on lands compris-
ing the Fort Carson Military Reservation or Pinon Canyon
Maneuver Site, including liabilities to non-Federal entities
under section 107 or 113 of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response Compensation and Liability Act (42
U.S.C. 9607 and 9613), or section 7003 of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6973).
(b) INDEMNIFICATION.—Any party conducting any
mining, mineral or geothermal leasing activity on such
lands shall indemnify the United States and its depart-
ments or agencies thereof against any costs, fees, damages,
or other liabilities, including costs of litigation, arising
from or related to such mining activities, including costs
of minerals disposal, whether arising under the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Resource Compensation and Liability
Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, or other-
wise.
SEC. 1910. AMENDMENTS TO MILITARY LANDS WITH-
DRAWAL ACT OF 1986.
(a) USE OF CERTAIN RESOURCES.—Section 3(f) of the
Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–
606; 100 Stat. 3461) is amended by adding at the end a
new paragraph (2) as follows:
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‘‘(2) Subject to valid existing rights, the Sec-
retary of the military department concerned may uti-
lize sand, gravel, or similar mineral or material re-
sources from lands withdrawn for the purposes of this
Act when the use of such resources is required for con-
struction needs on the respective lands withdrawn by
this Act.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 9(b) of the
Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–
606; 100 Stat. 3466) is amended by striking ‘‘7(f)’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof, ‘‘8(f)’’.
SEC. 1911. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to carry out this title.
TITLE XX—SNOWBASIN LAND EXCHANGE
ACT
SEC. 2001. FINDINGS AND DETERMINATION.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) in June 1995, Salt Lake City, Utah, was se-
lected to host the 2002 Winter Olympic Games and
the Snowbasin Ski Resort, which is owned by the Sun
Valley Company, was identified as the site of six
Olympic events: the men’s and women’s downhills,
men’s and women’s Super-Gs, and men’s and wom-
en’s combined downhills;
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(2) in order to adequately accommodate these
events, which are traditionally among the most popu-
lar and heavily attended at the Winter Olympic
Games, major new skiing, visitor, and support facili-
ties will have to be constructed at the Snowbasin Ski
Resort on land currently administered by the United
States Forest Service;
(3) while certain of these new facilities can be
accommodated on National Forest land under tradi-
tional Forest Service permitting authorities, the base
area facilities necessary to host visitors to the ski area
and the Winter Olympics are of such a nature that
they should logically be located on private land;
(4) land exchanges have been routinely utilized
by the Forest Service to transfer base area lands to
many other ski areas, and the Forest Service and the
Sun Valley Company have concluded that a land ex-
change to transfer base area lands at the Snowbasin
Ski Resort to the Sun Valley Company is both logical
and advisable;
(5) an environmental impact statement and nu-
merous resource studies have been completed by the
Forest Service and the Sun Valley Company for the
lands proposed to be transferred to the Sun Valley
Company by this title;