I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4579 
To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of 
Utah from all forms of public appropriation, to provide for the shared 
management of the withdrawn land by the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of the Air Force to facilitate enhanced weapons testing 
and pilot training, enhance public safety, and provide for continued 
public access to the withdrawn land, to provide for the exchange of 
certain Federal land and State land, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2016 
Mr. STEWART (for himself, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. CHAFFETZ, and Mrs. 
LOVE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land in 
the State of Utah from all forms of public appropriation, 
to provide for the shared management of the withdrawn 
land by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of the Air Force to facilitate enhanced weapons testing 
and pilot training, enhance public safety, and provide 
for continued public access to the withdrawn land, to 
provide for the exchange of certain Federal land and 
State land, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Preven-
tion and Temporary Closure Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE 
Sec. 101. Management of BLM land. 
Sec. 102. Temporary closures. 
Sec. 103. Community resource group. 
Sec. 104. Liability. 
Sec. 105. Effects of title. 
TITLE II—LAND EXCHANGE 
Sec. 201. Findings and purpose. 
Sec. 202. Definitions. 
Sec. 203. Exchange of Federal land and non-Federal land. 
Sec. 204. Status and management of non-Federal land after exchange. 
Sec. 205. Hazardous materials. 
TITLE III—HIGHWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY 
Sec. 301. Recognition and transfer of certain highway rights-of-way. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the testing and development of military 
weapons systems and the training of military forces 
are critical to ensuring the national security of the 
United States; 
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(2) the Utah Test and Training Range is a 
unique and irreplaceable national asset at the core 
of the test and training mission of the Department 
of Defense; 
(3) continued access to the special use airspace 
and land that comprise the Utah Test and Training 
Range, under the terms and conditions described in 
this Act is a national security priority; 
(4) multiple use of, sustained yield activities on, 
and access to the BLM land are vital to the cus-
toms, culture, economy, ranching, grazing, and 
transportation interests of the counties in which the 
BLM land is situated; and 
(5) the limited use by the military of the BLM 
land and airspace above the BLM land is vital to 
improving and maintaining the readiness of the 
Armed Forces. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) BLM 
LAND.—The term ‘‘BLM land’’ 
means the Bureau of Land Management land in the 
State comprising approximately 625,643 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Utah Test 
and Training Range Enhancement/West Desert 
Land Exchange’’ and dated February 12, 2016. 
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