I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1672 
To withdraw and reserve certain public lands administered by the Bureau 
of Land Management for exclusive military use as part of the Limestone 
Hills Training Area, Montana, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 23, 2013 
Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subse-
quently 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 and reserve certain public lands administered 
by the Bureau of Land Management for exclusive mili-
tary use as part of the Limestone Hills Training Area, 
Montana, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Limestone Hills Train-
ing Area Withdrawal Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF PUBLIC 
LANDS FOR LIMESTONE HILLS TRAINING 
AREA, MONTANA. 
(a) WITHDRAWAL.—The public lands and interests in 
lands described in subsection (c), and all other areas with-
in the boundaries of such lands as depicted on the map 
provided for by subsection (d) that may become subject 
to the operation of the public land laws, are hereby with-
drawn from all forms of appropriation under the public 
land laws, including the mining laws and the mineral leas-
ing and geothermal leasing laws. 
(b) RESERVATION; PURPOSE.—Subject to the limita-
tions and restrictions contained in section 4, the public 
lands withdrawn by subsection (a) are reserved for use by 
the Secretary of the Army for the following purposes: 
(1) The conduct of training for regular and re-
serve components of the Armed Forces. 
(2) The construction, operation, and mainte-
nance of organizational support and maintenance fa-
cilities for component units conducting training. 
(3) The conduct of training by the Montana 
Department of Military Affairs, except that any such 
use may not interfere with purposes specified in 
paragraphs (1) and (2). 
(4) The conduct of training by State and local 
law enforcement agencies, civil defense organiza-
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tions, and public education institutions, except that 
any such use may not interfere with military train-
ing activities. 
(5) Other defense-related purposes consistent 
with the purposes specified in the preceding para-
graphs. 
(c) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The public lands and in-
terests in lands withdrawn and reserved by this section 
comprise approximately 18,644 acres in Broadwater 
County, Montana, as generally depicted as ‘‘Proposed 
Land Withdrawal’’ on the map titled ‘‘Limestone Hills 
Training Area Land Withdrawal’’, dated April 10, 2013. 
(d) LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND MAP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register 
a legal description of the public land withdrawn 
under subsection (a) and a copy of a map depicting 
the legal description of the withdrawn land. 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The legal description and 
map published under paragraph (1) shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex-
cept that the Secretary of the Interior may correct 
errors in the legal description. 
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(3) REIMBURSEMENT
OF
COSTS.—The Sec-
retary of the Army shall reimburse the Secretary of 
the Interior for any costs incurred by the Secretary 
of the Interior in implementing this subsection. 
(e) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The withdrawal and 
reservation of public land under subsection (a) shall be 
subject to valid existing rights. 
(f) INDIAN TRIBES.—Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed as altering any rights reserved for an Indian 
tribe for tribal use of lands within the military land with-
drawal by treaty or Federal law. The Secretary of the 
Army shall consult with any Indian tribes in the vicinity 
of the military land withdrawal before taking action within 
the military land withdrawal affecting tribal rights or cul-
tural resources protected by treaty or Federal law. 
SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT OF WITHDRAWN AND RESERVED 
LANDS. 
During the period of the withdrawal and reservation 
specified in section 6, the Secretary of the Army shall 
manage the public lands withdrawn by section 2 for the 
purposes specified in subsection (b) of such section, sub-
ject to the limitations and restrictions contained in section 
4. 
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SEC. 4. SPECIAL RULES GOVERNING MINERALS MANAGE-
MENT. 
(a) INDIAN CREEK MINE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Locatable mineral activities 
in the approved Indian Creek Mine plan of oper-
ations, MTM–78300, shall be regulated pursuant to 
subparts 3715 and 3809 of title 43, Code of Federal 
Regulations. The land area subject to the approved 
plan of operations shall permanently remain open to 
the amendment or relocation of mining claims (or 
both) under the Act of May 10, 1872 (commonly 
known as the General Mining Act of 1872; 30 
U.S.C. 22 et seq.) to the extent necessary to pre-
serve the mining operations described in the ap-
proved plan of operations. 
(2) RESTRICTIONS
ON
SECRETARY
OF
THE 
ARMY.—The Secretary of the Army shall make no 
determination that the disposition of or exploration 
for minerals as provided for in the approved plan of 
operations is inconsistent with the defense-related 
uses of the lands covered by the military land with-
drawal. The coordination of such disposition of and 
exploration for minerals with defense-related uses of 
such lands shall be determined pursuant to proce-
dures in an agreement provided for under subsection 
(c). 
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(b) REMOVAL
OF
UNEXPLODED
ORDNANCE
ON 
LANDS TO BE MINED.— 
(1) REMOVAL
ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary of 
the Army shall request funding for and, subject to 
the availability of such funds, shall remove 
unexploded ordnance on lands withdrawn by section 
2 that are subject to mining under subsection (a), 
consistent with applicable Federal and State law. 
The Secretary of the Army may engage in such re-
moval of unexploded ordnance in phases to accom-
modate the development of the Indian Creek Mine 
pursuant to subsection (a). 
(2) REPORT
ON
REMOVAL
ACTIVITIES.—The 
Secretary of the Army shall annually submit to the 
Secretary of the Interior a report regarding the 
unexploded ordnance removal activities for the pre-
vious fiscal year performed pursuant to this sub-
section. The report shall include— 
(A) the amounts of funding expended for 
unexploded ordnance removal on the lands with-
drawn by section 2; and 
(B) the identification of the lands cleared 
of unexploded ordnance and approved for min-
ing activities by the Secretary of the Interior. 
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(c) IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT FOR MINING AC-
TIVITIES.—The Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of the Army shall enter into an agreement to imple-
ment this section with regard to coordination of defense- 
related uses and mining and the ongoing removal of 
unexploded ordnance. The agreement shall provide the fol-
lowing: 
(1) That Graymont Western US, Inc., or any 
successor or assign of the approved Indian Creek 
Mine mining plan of operations, MTM–78300, is in-
vited to be a party to the agreement. 
(2) Provisions regarding the day-to-day joint- 
use of the Limestone Hills Training Area, which 
shall include the following limitations and restric-
tions: 
(A) Military and other authorized uses of 
the withdrawn lands shall only occur between 
the second Monday in April and November 30 
unless otherwise authorized by the Secretary of 
the Interior. 
(B) Military use for mortar target practice 
or training with respect to other weapons sys-
tems containing explosive material shall be lim-
ited to the area described on the map referred 
to in section 2(c) as the ‘‘high explosive active 
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impact area’’ and shall not include any lands 
within the approved Indian Creek Mine plan of 
operations. Immediately after any exercise dur-
ing which live rounds are fired the military unit 
or other organization utilizing the area will take 
all reasonable action to locate and remove or 
destroy any undetonated rounds impacting any 
of the withdrawn land (other than withdrawn 
land in the ‘‘high explosive active impact 
area’’). 
(C) Training activities conducted within 
the withdrawn area that restrict mining activi-
ties will be scheduled for no more than 16 
weeks in any year and for no longer than three 
successive weeks without a recess of two weeks. 
In order to schedule annual mining operations 
prior to February 1st each year the Secretary 
of the Army shall provide the Secretary of the 
Interior and Graymont Western US, Inc. with 
an annual schedule of training activities to take 
place within the withdrawn area during the 
year. The annual schedule shall specify the 
weapons systems to be used and the ‘‘surface 
danger zone’’ applicable to the weapon system 
identified in the schedule. Any proposed 
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changes to the schedule shall be provided to 
Graymont Western US, Inc. at least 90 days 
prior to the anticipated change and shall be 
subject to the approval of Graymont Western 
US, Inc. if the proposed change could impact 
mining operations. 
(D) The military unit or other organization 
utilizing lands within the approved Indian 
Creek Mine plan of operations for training ac-
tivities will bear full liability to the extent of the 
law for any injury caused to employees and 
guests of Graymont Western US, Inc., or a 
member of the public or for damage to any 
mining equipment or facility of Graymont West-
ern US, Inc., it successors and assigns, caused 
by the training activity. 
(3) Procedures for access through mining oper-
ations covered by this section to training areas with-
in the boundaries of the Limestone Hills Training 
Area. 
(4) Procedures for scheduling of the removal of 
unexploded ordnance. 
SEC. 5. GRAZING. 
(a) ISSUANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF PERMITS 
AND LEASES.—The issuance and administration of graz-
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ing permits and leases, including their renewal, on the 
public lands withdrawn by section 2 shall be managed by 
the Secretary of the Interior consistent with all applicable 
laws, regulations, and policies of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior relating to such permits and leases. 
(b) SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.—With respect to any 
grazing permit or lease issued after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act for lands withdrawn by section 2, the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army 
shall jointly establish procedures that are consistent with 
Department of the Army explosive and range safety stand-
ards and that provide for the safe use of any such lands. 
(c) ASSIGNMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior 
may, with the agreement of the Secretary of the Army, 
assign the authority to issue and to administer grazing 
permits and leases to the Secretary of the Army, except 
that such an assignment may not include the authority 
to discontinue grazing on the lands withdrawn by section 
2. 
SEC. 6. DURATION OF WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION. 
The military land withdrawal made by section 2 shall 
terminate on March 31, 2039. 
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