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Union Calendar No. 378 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4458 
[Report No. 113–506] 
To make permanent the withdrawal and reservation of public land previously 
withdrawn and reserved to support the operations of Naval Air Weapons 
Station China Lake, California, and to provide for the withdrawal and 
reservation of additional public land. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2014 
Mr. MCCARTHY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources 
JUNE 30, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 10, 2014] 
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A BILL 
To make permanent the withdrawal and reservation of public 
land previously withdrawn and reserved to support the 
operations of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, 
California, and to provide for the withdrawal and res-
ervation of additional public land. 
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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 ‘‘Naval Air Weapons Sta-
tion China Lake Security Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF PUBLIC LAND 
FOR NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA 
LAKE, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) PERMANENT WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION.— 
Section 2979 of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B of Public Law 113– 
66; 127 Stat. 1047) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 2979. PERMANENT WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION. 
‘‘The withdrawal and reservation of public land made 
by section 2971 shall not terminate, except pursuant to— 
‘‘(1) an election and determination by the Sec-
retary of the Navy to relinquish the land under sec-
tion 2922; or 
‘‘(2) a transfer by the Secretary of the Interior 
of permanent administrative jurisdiction over the 
land to the Secretary of the Navy.’’. 
(b) WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF ADDITIONAL 
PUBLIC LAND.—Section 2971(b) of the Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B 
of Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 1044) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘The public land’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) INITIAL WITHDRAWAL.—The public land’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
WITHDRAWAL.—Subject 
to 
valid existing rights, the public land (including inter-
ests in land) referred to in subsection (a) also in-
cludes the approximately 26,313 acres of public land 
(including interests in land) known as the Cuddeback 
Lake Air Force Range, as described in section 2 of 
Public Law 88–46 (77 Stat. 70), and an additional 
approximately 18,933 acres of public land in San 
Bernardino County, California, identified as ‘Pro-
posed Navy Acquisition Area’ (but excluding the par-
cel identified as ‘AF Fee Simple’) on the map entitled 
‘Cuddeback Land Area’ and dated April 1, 2014, and 
filed in accordance with section 2912, except that the 
withdrawal area specifically excludes any public land 
included within the Grass Valley Wilderness and all 
private lands otherwise located within the boundaries 
of the withdrawal area. The Secretary of the Navy 
shall ensure that the owners of the excluded private 
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land continue to have reasonable access to their pri-
vate land.’’. 
(c) MANAGEMENT OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC LAND.— 
Section 2973 of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B of Public Law 113– 
66; 127 Stat. 1045) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR 
CERTAIN LANDS.—Subject to existing laws and to the ex-
tent possible without compromising mission readiness, the 
Secretary of the Navy shall manage the additional lands 
withdrawn by section 2971(b)(2) to protect existing his-
toric, economic, cultural, recreational, hunting, and sci-
entific features and uses, including access to existing road-
ways and trails.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 378 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4458 
[Report No. 113–506] 
A BILL 
To make permanent the withdrawal and reservation 
of public land previously withdrawn and reserved 
to support the operations of Naval Air Weapons 
Station China Lake, California, and to provide 
for the withdrawal and reservation of additional 
public land. 
JUNE 30, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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