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‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the following
terms have the following meanings—
‘‘(A) the term ‘nonmilitary public land’ means
land managed by the Secretary of the Interior (in-
cluding but not limited to lands managed by the Bu-
reau of Land Management and the National Park
Service) or held by such Secretary in trust for any
Indian tribe and that has not been withdrawn pursu-
ant to this Act or otherwise reserved for military use
by the Department of Defense or the military de-
partment (or its equivalent) of any State.
‘‘(B) The term ‘defense purposes’ shall not in-
clude emergency search and rescue or firefighting
activities carried out by military personnel or
through use of military aircraft.
‘‘(c) MONITORING.—The Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of Agriculture shall monitor the effects
of military aircraft overflights on the resources and values
of nonmilitary public lands and of lands managed by the
Secretary of Agriculture, and on visitor enjoyment and
other nonmilitary uses of such lands, and shall actively
seek the assistance of the Secretary of Defense and other
appropriate officers and agencies of the United States to
resolve concerns related to such overflights and, to the ex-
tent consistent with national security needs to prevent,
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eliminate, or minimize the derogation of the resources and
values of such lands of visitor enjoyment and other non-
military uses of such lands associated with military activi-
ties, including overflights.’’.
SEC. 5. INVENTORIES AND REPORTS.
(a) EXISTING WITHDRAWALS.—(1) At the time of
submission, pursuant to section 114a of title 10, United
States Code, of the first future-years defense plan submit-
ted after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
and the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress
an inventory of all public lands withdrawn for military
purposes, including both lands withdrawn under the Engle
Act and also lands otherwise withdrawn. The Secretary
of Defense shall indicate the purposes for which such
lands were withdrawn, the uses being made of such lands,
and the justification for continuing the withdrawal of such
lands from some or all of the public land laws, including
the mining, mineral leasing, and geothermal leasing laws
of the United States.
(2) To the extent that the Secretary of the Interior
has available information concerning the natural, cultural,
environmental, scenic, recreational, scientific, and other
resources and values of the lands withdrawn for military
purposes.
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(b) PROPOSED WITHDRAWALS.—(1)(A) To the ex-
tent feasible, each future-years defense plan required by
section 114a of title 10, United States Code, shall include
an identification of public lands whose withdrawal under
the Engle Act is expected to be requested by the Secretary
of Defense or a Secretary of a department within the De-
partment of Defense during the years covered by such
plan, together with an explanation of the proposed use for
each such withdrawal expected to be requested.
(B) Nothing in this section shall be construed as pre-
cluding the submission to the Secretary of the Interior or
to Congress of a request for withdrawal of public lands
not identified in future-years defense plan.
(2) At the time the President submits a budget re-
quest for the first fiscal year beginning after the date of
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall submit to the Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate information concerning all proposals
for withdrawal of public lands under the Engle Act being
considered by the Department of the Interior and shall
indicate which such proposals have been submitted to the
Congress and which such proposals the Secretary of the
Interior expects will be submitted to the Congress during
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the succeeding calendar year. The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall also identify those prior withdrawals under the
Engle Act which will expire during the succeeding calendar
year.
SEC. 6. TERMINATION OF MILITARY USES.
(a) REVERTER.—Upon the termination of a with-
drawal of public lands under the Engle Act, or at such
time as other lands previously managed by the Secretary
or the Secretary of Agriculture are no longer used for mili-
tary purposes, such lands shall revert to the jurisdiction
and management of the Secretary or the Secretary of Ag-
riculture, as the case may be, unless the Secretary or the
Secretary of Agriculture determines that some or all of
such land is contaminated to an extent that renders it in-
appropriate for such management.
(b) CONTAMINATION.—If the Secretary or the Sec-
retary of Agriculture determines that land described in
subsection (a) is contaminated to an extent that renders
such land inappropriate for management by the Secretary
or the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Defense
shall decontaminate such lands so as to make them appro-
priate for such management.
SEC. 7. ORCHARD TRAINING AREA.
Nothing in this Act, or in any amendment to another
Act made by this Act, shall be construed as imposing any
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restriction on use for military purposes of lands military
use of which was on July 23, 1991, authorized pursuant
to the Memorandum of Understanding #ID–237, dated
May 1985, between the State of Idaho Military Division
and the Bureau of Land Management, or on the military
use of the airspace above such lands.
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