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‘‘(4) The authority provided by paragraph (1) to fund 
military construction projects using amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available for research, development, test, 
and evaluation is limited to military construction projects 
that the Secretary of Defense, in the budget justification 
documents exhibits submitted pursuant to paragraph 
(3)(A), determines— 
‘‘(A) will support research and development ac-
tivities at laboratories described in paragraph (1); 
‘‘(B) will establish facilities that will have sig-
nificant potential for use by entities outside the De-
partment of Defense, including universities, indus-
trial partners, and other Federal agencies; 
‘‘(C) are endorsed for funding by more than one 
military department or Defense Agency; and 
‘‘(D) cannot be fully funded within the thresholds 
otherwise specified in this section. 
‘‘(5) The maximum amount of funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available for research, development, test, 
and evaluation that may be obligated in any fiscal year 
for military construction projects under paragraph (1) is 
$150,000,000. 
‘‘(6)(A) In addition to the authority provided to the 
Secretary of Defense under paragraph (1) to use amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available for research, de-
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velopment, test, and evaluation for a military construction 
project referred to in such subsection, the Secretary of the 
military department concerned may use amounts appro-
priated or otherwise made available for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation to obtain architectural and engi-
neering services and to carry out construction design in 
connection with such a project. 
‘‘(B) In the case of architectural and engineering serv-
ices and construction design to be undertaken under this 
paragraph for which the estimated cost exceeds $1,000,000, 
the Secretary concerned shall notify the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress of the scope of the proposed project and 
the estimated cost of such services before the initial obliga-
tion of funds for such services. The Secretary may then obli-
gate funds for such services only after the end of the 14- 
day period beginning on the date on which the notification 
is received by the committees in an electronic medium pur-
suant to section 480 of this title.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (g) of section 2805 of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 
shall apply with respect only to amounts appropriated after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 2803 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Pub-
lic Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4121) is repealed. 
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SEC. 2804. ELIMINATION OF SUNSET OF AUTHORITY TO 
CONDUCT 
UNSPECIFIED 
MINOR 
MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION FOR LAB REVITALIZATION. 
Section 2805(d) of title 10, United States Code, as 
amended by this Act, is further amended by striking para-
graph (5). 
SEC. 2805. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR INNO-
VATION, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, 
AND EVALUATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 169 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 2809 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2810. Military construction projects for innovation, 
research, development, test, and evalua-
tion 
‘‘(a) PROJECT AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary of Defense may carry out such military construction 
projects for innovation, research, development, test, and 
evaluation as are authorized by law, using funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available for that purpose. 
‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF PROJECT PROPOSALS.—As part 
of the defense budget materials for each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall include the following information 
for each military construction project covered by subsection 
(a): 
‘‘(1) The project title. 
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‘‘(2) The location of the project. 
‘‘(3) A brief description of the scope of work. 
‘‘(4) A completed Department of Defense Form 
1391 budget justification that includes the original 
project cost estimate. 
‘‘(5) A current working cost estimate, if different 
that the cost estimate contained in such Form 1391. 
‘‘(6) Such other information as the Secretary 
considers appropriate. 
‘‘(c) BUDGET JUSTIFICATION DISPLAY.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall include with the defense budget mate-
rials for each fiscal year a consolidated budget justification 
display that individually identifies each military construc-
tion project covered by subsection (a) and the amount re-
quested for such project for such fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION
TO
MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.—This section shall apply to military construc-
tion projects covered by subsection (a) for which a Depart-
ment of Defense Form 1391 is submitted to the appropriate 
committees of Congress in connection with the budget of the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023 and thereafter.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such subchapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 2809 the following new 
item: 
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‘‘2810. Military construction projects for innovation, research, development, test, 
and evaluation.’’. 
SEC. 2806. SUPERVISION OF LARGE MILITARY CONSTRUC-
TION PROJECTS. 
(a) SUPERVISION OF LARGE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.—Section 2851 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) REPORT ON SUPERVISION OF LARGE MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.—Before the award of a contract 
of a value greater than $500,000,000 in connection with 
a military construction project, the individual directing 
and supervising such military construction project under 
subsection (a) or the individual designated pursuant to sub-
section (b) (as applicable) shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on the intended super-
vision, inspection, and overhead plan to manage such mili-
tary construction project. Each such report shall include the 
following: 
‘‘(1) A determination of the overall funding in-
tended to manage the supervision, inspection, and 
overhead of the military construction project. 
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‘‘(2) An assessment of whether a Department of 
Defense Field Activity directly reporting to such indi-
vidual should be established. 
‘‘(3) A description of the quality assurance ap-
proach to the military construction project. 
‘‘(4) The independent cost estimate described in 
section 3221(b)(6)(A) of this title. 
‘‘(5) The overall staffing approach to oversee the 
military construction project for each year of the con-
tract term.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO DUTIES OF THE DI-
RECTOR OF COST ASSESSMENT AND PROGRAM EVALUA-
TION.—Section 3221(b)(6)(A) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(v) any decision to enter into a con-
tract in connection with a military con-
struction project of a value greater than 
$500,000,000; and’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—This section and the amendments 
made by this section shall apply to contracts entered into 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 2807. SPECIFICATION OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF 
DEFENSE FOR ENERGY, INSTALLATIONS, AND 
ENVIRONMENT AS CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER. 
Subsection (a) of section 2851a of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Energy, Installations, and Environment shall serve as 
the Chief Housing Officer, who shall oversee family housing 
and military unaccompanied housing under the jurisdic-
tion of the Department of Defense or acquired or constructed 
under subchapter IV of this chapter (in this section referred 
to as ‘covered housing units’).’’. 
SEC. 2808. CLARIFICATION OF EXCEPTIONS TO LIMITA-
TIONS ON COST VARIATIONS FOR MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND MILITARY 
FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS. 
Subparagraph (D) of section 2853(c)(1) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(D) The Secretary concerned may not use the author-
ity provided by subparagraph (A) to waive the cost limita-
tion applicable to a military construction project with a 
total authorized cost greater than $500,000,000 or a mili-
tary family housing project with a total authorized cost 
greater than $500,000,000 if that waiver would increase the 
project cost by more than 50 percent of the total authorized 
cost of the project.’’. 
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SEC. 2809. USE OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS 
FOR 
CERTAIN 
CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) PERMANENT AUTHORITY.—Section 2808 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2004 (division B of Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1723), 
as most recently amended by section 2806 of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (divi-
sion B of Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 2190), is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, inside the area of respon-
sibility of the United States Central Command 
or certain countries in the area of responsibility 
of the United States Africa Command,’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘outside the United 
States’’ after ‘‘construction project’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, unless 
the military installation is located in Afghani-
stan, for which projects using this authority may 
be carried out at installations deemed as sup-
porting a long-term presence’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking subpara-
graph (A) and redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 
(C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘subsection (f)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (e); 
(3) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 
(4) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘subsection (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 
and 
(5) by striking subsections (h) and (i). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further 
amended as follows: 
(1) The section heading for such section is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘TEMPORARY, LIMITED AU-
THORITY’’ and inserting ‘‘AUTHORITY’’ ; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘CERTAIN’’ before ‘‘CON-
STRUCTION PROJECTS’’. 
(2) The subsection heading for subsection (a) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘TEMPORARY AU-
THORITY’’ and inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL’’. 
(d) CLASSIFICATION.—The Law Revision Counsel is 
directed to classify section 2808 of the Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (division B 
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of Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1723), as amended by 
subsection (a), as a note following section 2804 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 2810. CONSIDERATION OF INSTALLATION OF INTE-
GRATED SOLAR ROOFING TO IMPROVE EN-
ERGY RESILIENCY OF MILITARY INSTALLA-
TIONS. 
The Secretary of Defense shall amend the Unified Fa-
cilities Criteria/DoD Building Code (UFC 1–200–01) to re-
quire that planning and design for military construction 
projects inside the United States include consideration of 
the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of installing integrated 
solar roofing as part of the project, for the purpose of— 
(1) promoting on-installation energy security 
and energy resilience; 
(2) providing grid support to avoid energy dis-
ruptions; and 
(3) facilitating implementation and greater use 
of the authority provided by subsection (h) of section 
2911 of title 10, United States Code. 
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SEC. 2811. REVISION OF UNIFIED FACILITIES GUIDE SPECI-
FICATIONS AND UNIFIED FACILITIES CRI-
TERIA TO INCLUDE SPECIFICATIONS ON USE 
OF GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR AND CRI-
TERIA AND SPECIFICATIONS ON MICROGRIDS 
AND MICROGRID CONVERTERS. 
(a) GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Under 
Secretary 
of 
Defense 
for 
Acquisition 
and 
Sustainment shall modify the Unified Facilities Guide 
Specifications to include a distinct specification for me-
dium voltage gas insulated switchgear. 
(b) MICROGRIDS.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall— 
(1) modify the Unified Facilities Criteria to in-
clude criteria for microgrids; and 
(2) modify the Unified Facilities Guide Speci-
fications to include specifications for microgrids and 
microgrid controllers. 
SEC. 2812. DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION RELATING 
TO EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT IMPACT COST 
AND SCOPE OF WORK OF MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) DETERMINATION AND UPDATE OF FORM 1391.— 
Not later than 30 days after the date on which an Executive 
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order is signed by the President, the Secretary concerned 
shall— 
(1) determine whether implementation of the Ex-
ecutive order would cause a cost or scope of work var-
iation for a military construction project under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned; 
(2) assess the potential for life-cycle cost savings 
associated with implementation of the Executive order 
for such a project; and 
(3) update the Department of Defense Form 1391 
for each such project that has not been submitted for 
congressional consideration, where such implementa-
tion would affect such cost or scope of work variation, 
including— 
(A) projects to be commenced in the next fis-
cal year beginning after the date on which the 
Executive order was signed; and 
(B) projects covered by the future-years de-
fense program submitted under section 221 of 
title 10, United States Code. 
(b) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 10 
days after determining under subsection (a)(1) that imple-
mentation of an Executive order would cause a cost or scope 
of work variation for a military construction project, the 
Secretary concerned shall submit to the congressional de-
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fense committees a report indicating the estimated cost in-
creases, scope of work increases, life-cycle costs, and any 
other impacts of such implementation. 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—Along with the submission to 
Congress of the budget of the President for a fiscal year 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, each 
Secretary concerned shall certify to Congress that each De-
partment of Defense Form 1391 provided to Congress for 
that fiscal year for a military construction project has been 
updated with any cost or scope of work variation specified 
in subsection (a)(1) with respect to an Executive order 
signed during the four-year period preceding such certifi-
cation, including an indication of any cost increases for 
such project that is directly attributable to such Executive 
order. 
(d) SECRETARY CONCERNED DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 2813. REQUIREMENT FOR INCLUSION OF DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE FORMS 1391 WITH ANNUAL 
BUDGET SUBMISSION BY PRESIDENT. 
Concurrently with the submission to Congress by the 
President of the annual budget of the Department of Defense 
for a fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, the President shall include each Department 
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of Defense Form 1391, or successor similar form, for a mili-
tary construction project to be carried out during that fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 2814. USE OF INTEGRATED PROJECT DELIVERY CON-
TRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In fiscal year 2023, the Secretary 
of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary 
of the Air Force shall each enter into at least one integrated 
project delivery contract for the delivery of a military con-
struction project. 
(b) INTEGRATED PROJECT DELIVERY CONTRACT DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘integrated project deliv-
ery contract’’ means a single contract for the delivery of 
a whole project that— 
(1) includes, at a minimum, the Secretary con-
cerned, builder, and architect-engineer as parties that 
are subject to the terms of the contract; 
(2) aligns the interests of all the parties to the 
contract with respect to the project costs and project 
outcomes; and 
(3) includes processes to ensure transparency 
and collaboration among all parties to the contract 
relating to project costs and project outcomes. 
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Subtitle B—Military Housing 
Reforms 
SEC. 2821. STANDARDIZATION OF MILITARY INSTALLATION 
HOUSING 
REQUIREMENTS 
AND 
MARKET 
ANALYSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 169 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 2836 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2837. Housing Requirements and Market Analysis 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than once every 
five years and in accordance with the requirements of this 
section, the Secretary concerned shall conduct a Housing 
Requirements and Market Analysis (in this section referred 
to as an ‘HRMA’) for each military installation under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned that is located in 
the United States. 
‘‘(b) PRIORITIZATION OF INSTALLATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary concerned shall prioritize the 
conduct of HRMAs for military installations— 
‘‘(A) for which an HRMA has not been con-
ducted during the five-year period preceding the 
date of the enactment of this section; or 
‘‘(B) in locations with housing shortages. 
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‘‘(2) EXISTING
5-YEAR
REQUIREMENT.—Para-
graph (1) shall not apply to a military department 
that required an HRMA to be conducted for each 
military installation not less frequently than once 
every five years before the date of the enactment of 
this section. 
‘‘(c) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall include with the budget materials for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2024 and each subsequent 
fiscal year (as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code) a list of the military 
installations for which the Secretary concerned plans to 
conduct an HRMA during the fiscal year covered by such 
budget materials. 
‘‘(d) HOUSING REQUIREMENTS AND MARKET ANAL-
YSIS.—The term ‘Housing Requirements and Market 
Analysis’or ‘HRMA’ means, with respect to a military in-
stallation, a structured analytical process under which an 
assessment is made of both the suitability and availability 
of the private sector rental housing market using assumed 
specific standards related to affordability, location, features, 
physical condition, and the housing requirements of the 
total military population of such installation.’’. 
(b) TIME FRAME.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—During each of fiscal years 
2023 through 2027, the Secretary concerned shall con-
duct an HRMA for 20 percent of the military instal-
lations under the jurisdiction of the Secretary con-
cerned located in the United States. 
(2) SUBMITTAL
OF
INFORMATION
TO
CON-
GRESS.—Not later than January 15, 2023, the Sec-
retary concerned shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a list of military installations for 
which the Secretary concerned plans to conduct an 
HRMA during fiscal year 2023. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘HRMA’’ means, with respect to a 
military installation, a structured analytical process 
under which an assessment is made of both the suit-
ability and availability of the private sector rental 
housing market using assumed specific standards re-
lated to affordability, location, features, physical con-
dition, and the housing requirements of the total mili-
tary population of such installation. 
(2) The term ‘‘military installation’’ has the 
meaning given in section 2801 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
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(3) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(a) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 2822. NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR MHPI GROUND 
LEASE EXTENSIONS. 
Section 2878 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) NOTICE OF LEASE EXTENSIONS.—(1) The Sec-
retary concerned shall provide to the congressional defense 
committees notice in writing and a briefing— 
‘‘(A) not later than 60 days after beginning ne-
gotiations with a lessor for the extension of the term 
of any ground lease of property or facilities under 
this section; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 90 days before extending the 
term of any ground lease of property or facilities 
under this section. 
‘‘(2) A notice and briefing required under paragraph 
(1) shall include each of the following: 
‘‘(A) A description of any material differences 
between the extended ground lease and the original 
ground lease, including with respect to— 
‘‘(i) the length of the term of the lease, as 
extended; and 
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‘‘(ii) any new provisions that materially af-
fect the rights and responsibilities of the ground 
lessor or the ground lessee under the original 
ground lease. 
‘‘(B) The number of housing units or facilities 
subject to the ground lease that, during the lease ex-
tension, are to be— 
‘‘(i) constructed; 
‘‘(ii) demolished; or 
‘‘(iii) renovated. 
‘‘(C) The source of any additional financing the 
lessor has obtained, or intends to obtain, during the 
term of the ground lease extension that will be used 
for the development of the property or facilities sub-
ject to the ground lease. 
‘‘(D) The following information, displayed annu-
ally, for the five-year period preceding the date of the 
notice and briefing: 
‘‘(i) The debt-to-net operating income ratio 
for the property or facility subject to the ground 
lease. 
‘‘(ii) The occupancy rates for the housing 
units subject to the ground lease. 
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‘‘(iii) An report on maintenance response 
times and completion of maintenance requests 
for the housing units subject to the ground lease. 
‘‘(iv) The occupancy rates and debt-to-net 
operating income ratios of any other military 
privatized housing initiative projects managed 
by a company that controls, or that is under 
common control with, the ground lessee entering 
into the lease extension.’’. 
SEC. 2823. ANNUAL BRIEFINGS ON MILITARY HOUSING PRI-
VATIZATION PROJECTS. 
Section 2884 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than February 1 
of each year, each Secretary concerned shall provide to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a briefing on military housing privatiza-
tion projects under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. Such 
briefing shall include, for the 12-month period preceding 
the date of the briefing, each of the following: 
‘‘(1) The information described in paragraphs 
(1) through (14) of subsection (c) with respect to all 
military housing privatization projects under the ju-
risdiction of the Secretary. 
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‘‘(2) A review of any such project that is ex-
pected to require the restructuring of a loan, includ-
ing any public or private loan. 
‘‘(3) For any such project expected to require re-
structuring, a timeline for when such restructuring is 
expected to occur. 
‘‘(4) Such other information as the Secretary de-
termines appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 2824. MOLD INSPECTION OF VACANT HOUSING UNITS. 
Section 2891a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
(f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS FOR SECRETARY CONCERNED.— 
The Secretary concerned shall be responsible for— 
‘‘(1) providing for a mold inspection of each va-
cant housing unit before any new tenant moves into 
the unit; and 
‘‘(2) providing to the new tenant the results of 
the inspection.’’. 
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SEC. 
2825. 
IMPLEMENTATION 
OF 
RECOMMENDATIONS 
FROM AUDIT OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS OF 
RESIDENTS IN PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUS-
ING. 
Not later than March 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense 
shall implement the recommendations contained in the re-
port of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense 
published on April 1, 2022, and titled ‘‘Audit of Medical 
Conditions of Residents in Privatized Military Housing’’ 
(DODIG–2022–078). 
Subtitle C—Real Property and 
Facilities Administration 
SEC. 2831. AUTHORIZED LAND AND FACILITIES TRANSFER 
TO SUPPORT CONTRACTS WITH FEDERALLY 
FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 159 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2668a 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2669. Transfer of land and facilities to support con-
tracts with federally funded research and 
development centers 
‘‘(a) LEASE
OF LAND, FACILITIES, AND IMPROVE-
MENTS.—(1) The Secretary of a military department may 
lease, for no consideration, land, facilities, infrastructure, 
and improvements to a covered FFRDC if the lease is to 
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further the purposes of a contract between the Department 
of Defense and the covered FFRDC. 
‘‘(2) A lease entered into under paragraph (1) shall 
terminate on the earlier of the following dates: 
‘‘(A) The date that is 50 years after the date on 
which the Secretary enters into the lease. 
‘‘(B) The date of the termination or non-renewal 
of the contract between the Department of Defense and 
the covered FFRDC related to the lease. 
‘‘(b) CONVEYANCE
OF
FACILITIES
AND
IMPROVE-
MENTS.—(1) The Secretary of a military department may 
convey, for no consideration, ownership of facilities and im-
provements located on land leased to a covered FFRDC to 
further the purposes of a contract between the Department 
of Defense and the covered FFRDC. 
‘‘(2) The ownership of any facilities and improvements 
conveyed by the Secretary of a military department or any 
improvements made to the leased land by the covered 
FFRDC under this subsection shall, as determined by the 
Secretary of a military department, revert or transfer to 
the United States upon the termination or non-renewal of 
the underlying land lease. 
‘‘(3) Any facilities and improvements conveyed by the 
Secretary of a military department shall be demolished by 
the covered FFDRC as determined by such Secretary. 
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‘‘(c) CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.—A lease entered 
into under this section may provide that any facilities con-
structed on the leased land may be constructed using com-
mercial standards in a manner that provides force protec-
tion safeguards appropriate to the activities conducted in, 
and the location of, such facilities. 
‘‘(d) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROPERTY MAN-
AGEMENT LAWS.—(1) The conveyance or lease of property 
or facilities, improvements, and infrastructure under this 
section shall not be subject to the following provisions of 
law: 
‘‘(A) Section 2667 of this title. 
‘‘(B) Section 1302 of title 40. 
‘‘(C) Section 501 of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411). 
‘‘(2) Sections 2662 and 2802 of this title shall not 
apply to any improvements or facilities constructed by the 
covered FFRDC on land leased or conveyed to a covered 
FFRDC described in subsection (a) or (b). 
‘‘(e) COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES FOR SELECTION OF 
CERTAIN LESSEES; EXCEPTION.—If a proposed lease under 
this section is with respect to a covered FFRDC, the use 
of competitive procedures for the selection of the lessee is 
not required and the provisions of chapter 33 of title 41, 
United States Code, or chapter 221 of title 10, United 
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States Code, and the related provisions of the Federal Ac-
quisition Regulation shall not apply. 
‘‘(f) COVERED FFRDC DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘covered FFRDC’ means a federally funded research 
and development center that is sponsored by, and has en-
tered into a contract with, the Department of Defense.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 2668a and in-
serting the following new item: 
‘‘2669. Transfer of land and facilities to support contracts with federally funded 
research and development centers.’’. 
SEC. 2832. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS PENDING COM-
PLETION OF MILITARY INSTALLATION RESIL-
IENCE COMPONENT OF MASTER PLANS FOR 
AT-RISK MAJOR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2023 for the Of-
fice of the Secretary of Defense for administration and serv-
ice-wide activities, not more than 50 percent may be obli-
gated or expended until the date on which each Secretary 
of a military department has satisfied the requirements of 
section 2833 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 2864 
note). 
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SEC. 2833. PHYSICAL ENTRANCES TO CERTAIN MILITARY 
INSTALLATIONS. 
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, to the extent 
practicable that— 
(1) each military installation in the United 
States has a designated main entrance that, at all 
times, is manned by at least one member of the 
Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Department 
of Defense; 
(2) the location of each such designated main en-
trance is published on a publicly accessible internet 
website of the Department; 
(3) in the case of a military installation in the 
United States that has any additional entrance des-
ignated for commercial deliveries to the military in-
stallation, the location of such entrance (and any ap-
plicable days or hours of operation for such entrance) 
is published on the same internet website as the 
website referred to in paragraph (2); and 
(4) the information required to be published on 
the internet website under paragraph (2) is reviewed 
and, as necessary, updated on a basis that is not less 
frequent than annually. 
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Subtitle D—Land Conveyances 
SEC. 2841. EXTENSION OF TIME FRAME FOR LAND CONVEY-
ANCE, SHARPE ARMY DEPOT, LATHROP, CALI-
FORNIA. 
Section 2833(g) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
(Public Law 116–283) is amended by striking ‘‘one year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘three years’’. 
SEC. 2842. LAND CONVEYANCE, JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, 
SOUTH CAROLINA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the 
Air Force (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
may convey to the City of North Charleston, South Carolina 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘City’’) all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real 
property, including any improvements thereon, consisting 
of approximately 26 acres known as the Old Navy Yard 
at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, for the purpose 
of permitting the City to use the property for economic de-
velopment. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As consideration for the con-
veyance under subsection (a), the City shall pay to 
the Secretary an amount equal to not less than the 
fair market value, as determined by the Secretary, 
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based on an appraisal of the property to be conveyed 
under such subsection, which may consist of cash pay-
ment, in-kind consideration as described under para-
graph (3), or a combination thereof. 
(2) SUFFICIENCY OF CONSIDERATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Consideration paid to 
the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be in an 
amount sufficient, as determined by the Sec-
retary, to provide replacement space for, and for 
the relocation of, any personnel, furniture, fix-
tures, equipment, and personal property of any 
kind belonging to any military department lo-
cated upon the property to be conveyed under 
subsection (a). 
(B) COMPLETION PRIOR TO CONVEYANCE.— 
Any cash consideration shall be paid in full and 
any in-kind consideration shall be complete, use-
able, and delivered to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary at or prior to the conveyance under sub-
section (a). 
(3) IN-KIND CONSIDERATION.—In-kind consider-
ation provided by the City under paragraph (1) may 
include the acquisition, construction, provision, im-
provement, maintenance, repair, or restoration (in-
cluding environmental restoration), or combination 
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thereof, of any facilities or infrastructure with prox-
imity to Joint Base Charleston Weapons Station 
(South Annex) and located on Joint Base Charleston, 
that the Secretary considers acceptable. 
(4) TREATMENT OF CASH CONSIDERATION RE-
CEIVED.—Any cash consideration received by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the 
special account in the Treasury under subparagraph 
(A) of section 572(b)(5) of title 40, United States 
Code, and shall be available in accordance with sub-
paragraph (B)(ii) of such section. 
(c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may re-
quire the City to cover all costs to be incurred 
by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary 
for costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry out 
the conveyance under subsection (a), including 
survey costs, appraisal costs, costs related to en-
vironmental documentation, and any other ad-
ministrative costs related to the conveyance. 
(B) REFUND
OF
AMOUNTS.—If amounts 
paid by the City to the Secretary in advance ex-
ceed the costs actually incurred by the Secretary 
to carry out the conveyance under subsection (a), 
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the Secretary shall refund the excess amount to 
the City. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received under paragraph (1) as reimburse-
ment for costs incurred by the Secretary to carry out 
the conveyance under subsection (a) shall be credited 
to the fund or account that was used to cover the costs 
incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the convey-
ance or to an appropriate fund or account currently 
available to the Secretary for the purposes for which 
the costs were paid. Amounts so credited shall be 
merged with amounts in such fund or account and 
shall be available for the same purposes, and to the 
same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such 
fund or account. 
(d) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of the property to be conveyed under 
subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 
to the Secretary. 
(e) CONDITION
OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance 
under subsection (a) shall be subject to all valid existing 
rights and the City shall accept the property (and any im-
provements thereon) in its condition at the time of the con-
veyance (commonly known as a conveyance ‘‘as is’’). 
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(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions 
in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as 
the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests 
of the United States. 
(g) OLD NAVY YARD DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘Old Navy Yard’’ includes the facilities used by the 
Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic, including 
buildings 1602, 1603, 1639, 1648, and such other facilities, 
infrastructure, and land along or near the Cooper River 
waterfront at Joint Base Charleston as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
SEC. 
2843. 
LAND 
CONVEYANCE, 
NAVAL 
AIR 
STATION 
OCEANA, DAM NECK ANNEX, VIRGINIA BEACH, 
VIRGINIA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the 
Navy may convey to the Hampton Roads Sanitation Dis-
trict (in this section referred to as the ‘‘HRSD’’) all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel 
of installation real property, including any improvements 
thereon, consisting of approximately 7.9 acres located at 
Naval Air Station Oceana in Dam Neck Annex, Virginia 
Beach, Virginia. The Secretary may void any land use re-
strictions associated with the property to be conveyed under 
this subsection. 
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(b) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) AMOUNT AND DETERMINATION.—As consider-
ation for the conveyance under subsection (a), the 
HRSD shall pay to the Secretary of the Navy an 
amount that is not less than the fair market value of 
the property conveyed, as determined by the Sec-
retary. Such determination of fair market value shall 
be final. In lieu of all or a portion of cash payment 
of consideration, the Secretary may accept in-kind 
consideration. 
(2) TREATMENT OF CASH CONSIDERATION.—The 
Secretary of the Navy shall deposit any cash payment 
received under paragraph (1) in the special account 
in the Treasury established for the Secretary of the 
Navy under of paragraph (1) of section 2667(e) of 
title 10, United States Code. The entire amount de-
posited shall be available for use in accordance with 
subparagraph (D) of such paragraph. 
(c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the 
Navy shall require the HRSD to cover costs to be in-
curred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary 
for costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the 
conveyance under subsection (a), including survey 
costs, costs related to environmental documentation, 
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and any other administrative costs related to the con-
veyance. If amounts are collected in advance of the 
Secretary incurring the actual costs, and the amount 
collected exceeds the costs actually incurred by the 
Secretary to carry out the conveyance, the Secretary 
shall refund the excess amount to the HRSD. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received as reimbursement under paragraph 
(1) shall be credited to the fund or account that was 
used to cover those costs incurred by the Secretary in 
carrying out the conveyance. Amounts so credited 
shall be merged with amounts in such fund or account 
and shall be available for the same purposes, and sub-
ject to the same conditions and limitations, as 
amounts in such fund or account. 
(d) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of the parcel of real property to be 
conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a sur-
vey satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy. 
(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary of the Navy may require such additional terms and 
conditions in connection with the conveyance under sub-
section (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect 
the interests of the United States. 
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SEC. 2844. LAND EXCHANGE, MARINE RESERVE TRAINING 
CENTER, OMAHA, NEBRASKA. 
(a) LAND EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
the Navy may convey to the Metropolitan Community Col-
lege Area, a political subdivision of the State of Nebraska 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘College’’), all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real 
property, including improvements thereon, known as the 
Marine Reserve Training Center in Omaha, Nebraska. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the convey-
ance under subsection (a), the College shall convey to the 
Secretary of the Navy real property interests, either adja-
cent or proximate, to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. 
(c) LAND EXCHANGE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary of 
the Navy and the College may enter into a land exchange 
agreement to implement this section. 
(d) VALUATION.—The value of each property interest 
to be exchanged by the Secretary of the Navy and the College 
described in subsections (a) and (b) shall be determined— 
(1) by an independent appraiser selected by the 
Secretary; and 
(2) in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal 
Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and the 
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Prac-
tice. 
(e) CASH EQUALIZATION PAYMENTS.— 
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(1) TO THE SECRETARY.—If the value of the 
property interests described in subsection (a) is great-
er than the value of the property interests described 
in subsection (b), the values shall be equalized through 
either of the following or a combination thereof: 
(A) A cash equalization payment from the 
College to the Department of the Navy. 
(B) In-kind consideration provided by the 
College, which may include the acquisition, con-
struction, provision, improvement, maintenance, 
repair, or restoration (including environmental 
restoration), or combination thereof, of any fa-
cilities or infrastructure, or delivery of services 
relating to the needs of Marine Corps Reserve 
Training Center Omaha. 
(2) NO EQUALIZATION.—If the value of the prop-
erty interests described in subsection (b) is greater 
than the value of the property interests described in 
subsection (a), the Secretary may not make a cash 
equalization payment to equalize the values. 
(f) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the 
Navy shall require the College to pay all costs to be 
incurred by the Secretary to carry out the exchange 
of property interests under this section, including 
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such costs related to land survey, environmental docu-
mentation, real estate due diligence such as apprais-
als, and any other administrative costs related to the 
exchange of property interests, including costs in-
curred preparing and executing a land exchange 
agreement authorized under subsection (c). If amounts 
are collected from the College in advance of the Sec-
retary incurring the actual costs and the amount col-
lected exceeds the costs actually incurred by the Sec-
retary to carry out the exchange of property interests, 
the Secretary shall refund the excess amount to the 
College. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received by the Secretary of the Navy under 
paragraph (1) shall be used in accordance with sec-
tion 2695(c) of title 10, United States Code. 
(g) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of the property interests to be ex-
changed under this section shall be determined by surveys 
that are satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy. 
(h) CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT.—The exchange of real 
property interests under this section shall be accomplished 
using an appropriate legal instrument and upon terms and 
conditions mutually satisfactory to the Secretary of the 
Navy and the College, including such additional terms and 
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conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect 
the interests of the United States. 
(i) EXEMPTION FROM SCREENING REQUIREMENTS 
FOR ADDITIONAL FEDERAL USE.—The authority under 
this section is exempt from the screening process required 
under section 2696(b) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 2845. LAND CONVEYANCE, STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the 
Army (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may 
convey to the City of Starkville, Mississippi (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘City’’), all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to a parcel of real property, in-
cluding improvements thereon, consisting of approximately 
five acres, located at 343 Highway 12, Starkville, Mis-
sissippi 39759, to be used for economic development pur-
poses. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As consideration for the con-
veyance of property under subsection (a), the City 
shall pay to the United States an amount equal to the 
fair market value of the property to be conveyed. The 
Secretary shall determine the fair market value of the 
property using an independent appraisal based on the 
highest and best use of the property. 
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(2) DETERMINATION OF FAIR MARKET VALUE.— 
The Secretary shall determine the fair market value 
of the property to be conveyed under subsection (a) 
using an independent appraisal based on the highest 
and best use of the property. 
(3) 
TREATMENT
OF
CONSIDERATION
RE-
CEIVED.—Consideration received under paragraph (1) 
shall be deposited in the special account in the Treas-
ury established under subsection (b) of section 572 of 
title 40, United States Code, and shall be available in 
accordance with paragraph (5)(B) of such subsection. 
(c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may re-
quire the City to cover all costs (except costs for 
environmental remediation of the property under 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.)) to be incurred by the Sec-
retary, or to reimburse the Secretary for costs in-
curred by the Secretary, to carry out the convey-
ance under subsection (a), including survey 
costs, costs for environmental documentation, 
and any other administrative costs related to the 
conveyance. 
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(B) REFUND.—If amounts are collected 
from the City under subparagraph (A) in ad-
vance of the Secretary incurring the actual costs, 
and the amount collected exceeds the costs actu-
ally incurred by the Secretary to carry out the 
conveyance under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall refund the excess amount to the City. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received under paragraph (1) as reimburse-
ment for costs incurred by the Secretary to carry out 
the conveyance under subsection (a) shall be credited 
to the fund or account that was used to cover the costs 
incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the convey-
ance, or to an appropriate fund or account currently 
available to the Secretary for the purposes for which 
the costs were paid. Amounts so credited shall be 
merged with amounts in such fund or account and 
shall be available for the same purposes, and subject 
to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in 
such fund or account. 
(d) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of the property to be conveyed under 
subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 
to the Secretary. 
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(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions 
in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as 
the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests 
of the United States. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Studies 
and Reports 
SEC. 2851. STUDY ON PRACTICES WITH RESPECT TO DEVEL-
OPMENT 
OF 
MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall seek to enter into an agreement with a federally 
funded research and development center for the conduct of 
a study on the practices of the Department of Defense with 
respect to the development of military construction projects. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—An agreement under subsection (a) 
shall specify that the study conducted pursuant to the agree-
ment shall address each of the following: 
(1) Practices with respect to adoption of Unified 
Facilities Criteria changes and the inclusion of such 
changes into advanced planning, Department of De-
fense Form 1391 documentation, and planning and 
design. 
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(2) Practices with respect to how sustainable ma-
terials, such as mass timber and low carbon concrete, 
are assessed and included in advanced planning, De-
partment of Defense Form 1391 documentation, and 
planning and design. 
(3) Barriers to incorporating innovative tech-
niques, including 3D printed building techniques. 
(4) Whether the Strategic Environmental Re-
search and Development Program (established under 
section 2901 of title 10, United States Code) or the 
Environmental Security Technology Certification 
Program could be used to validate such sustainable 
materials and innovative techniques to encourage the 
use of such sustainable materials and innovative tech-
niques by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Naval 
Facilities Engineering Systems Command. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 60 days 
after the completion of the study described in this section, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the results of the study. 
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SEC. 2852. REPORT ON CAPACITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE TO PROVIDE SURVIVORS OF NATURAL 
DISASTERS WITH EMERGENCY SHORT-TERM 
HOUSING. 
Not later than 220 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report analyzing the capac-
ity of the Department of Defense to provide survivors of 
natural disasters with emergency short-term housing. 
SEC. 2853. REPORTING ON LEAD SERVICE LINES AND LEAD 
PLUMBING. 
(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 
2025, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report that includes— 
(1) a list of military installations (including 
Government-owned family housing facilities), mili-
tary housing, and privatized military housing 
projects that, as of the date of the report, are being 
serviced by lead service lines or lead plumbing for the 
purposes of receiving drinking water; 
(2) an evaluation of whether military installa-
tions and privatized military housing projects are in 
compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule and, to 
the extent that such installations and projects are not 
in compliance, an identification of— 
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(A) the name and location of each such in-
stallation or project that is not in compliance; 
and 
(B) the timeline and plan for bringing each 
such installation or project into compliance; and 
(3) an identification of steps and resources need-
ed to remove any remaining lead plumbing from 
military installations and housing. 
(b) INCLUSION
OF INFORMATION
IN ANNUAL RE-
PORT.—If, after reviewing the initial report required under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense finds that any mili-
tary installation or privatized family housing project is not 
in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule, the Sec-
retary shall include in the annual report on defense envi-
ronmental programs required under section 2711 of title 10, 
United States Code, for each year after the year in which 
the initial report is submitted, an update on the efforts of 
the Secretary, including negotiations with privatized mili-
tary family housing providers, to fully comply with the 
Lead and Copper Rule. 
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SEC. 2854. BRIEFING ON ATTEMPTS TO ACQUIRE LAND 
NEAR UNITED STATES MILITARY INSTALLA-
TIONS 
BY 
THE 
PEOPLE’S 
REPUBLIC 
OF 
CHINA. 
The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment, in consultation with the head of the Depart-
ment of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, shall 
provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 
June 1, 2023, that details— 
(1) attempts by the People’s Republic of China 
to acquire land that is located in close proximity (as 
determined by the Secretary of Defense) to a United 
States military installation; and 
(2) ongoing Department of Defense efforts to 
counter such attempts. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 2861. REQUIRED CONSULTATION WITH STATE AND 
LOCAL ENTITIES FOR NOTIFICATIONS RE-
LATED TO THE BASING DECISION-MAKING 
PROCESS. 
Section 483(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end a new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) With respect to any decision of the Sec-
retary concerned that would result in a significant 
increase in the number of members of the Armed 
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Forces assigned to a military installation, a descrip-
tion of the consultation with appropriate State and 
local entities regarding the basing decision to ensure 
consideration of matters affecting the local commu-
nity, including requirements for transportation, util-
ity infrastructure, housing, education, and family 
support activities.’’. 
SEC. 2862. INCLUSION IN DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRA-
STRUCTURE PILOT PROGRAM OF CERTAIN 
PROJECTS FOR ROTC TRAINING. 
Section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(1)(B)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) 
as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-
lowing new clause (ii): 
‘‘(ii) Projects that will contribute to the training 
of cadets enrolled in an independent Reserve Officer 
Training Corps program at a covered educational in-
stitution.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) The term ‘covered educational institution’ 
means a college or university that is— 
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‘‘(A) a part B institution, as defined in sec-
tion 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1061); 
‘‘(B) an 1890 Institution, as defined in sec-
tion 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 
7601); 
‘‘(C) not affiliated with a consortium; and 
‘‘(D) located at least 40 miles from a major 
military installation.’’. 
SEC. 2863. INCLUSION OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVE-
MENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT ON STRA-
TEGIC SEAPORTS IN DEFENSE COMMUNITY 
INFRASTRUCTURE PILOT PROGRAM. 
Section 2391(d) of title 10, United States Code, as 
amended by this Act, is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) In selecting community infrastructure projects to 
receive assistance under this subsection, the Secretary shall 
consider infrastructure improvements identified in the re-
port on strategic seaports required by section 3515 of the 
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
(Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1985).’’. 
SEC. 2864. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FOR PUR-
POSES 
OF 
DEFENSE 
COMMUNITY 
INFRA-
STRUCTURE PILOT PROGRAM. 
Section 2391(e)(4)(A)(i) of title 10, United States 
Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by insert-
ing ‘‘or on property under the jurisdiction of a Secretary 
of a military department that is subject to a real estate 
agreement (including a lease or easement)’’ after ‘‘installa-
tion’’. 
SEC. 2865. EXPANSION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON INCREASED 
USE OF SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS 
IN MILITARY CONSTRUCTION TO INCLUDE 
LOCATIONS 
THROUGHOUT 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES. 
Section 2861(b)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 
U.S.C. 2802 note) is amended in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A) by striking ‘‘continental’’. 
SEC. 2866. BASING DECISION SCORECARD CONSISTENCY 
AND TRANSPARENCY. 
Section 2883(h) of the Military Construction Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 
U.S.C. 1781b note) is amended— 
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(1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A current version of 
each scorecard established under this subsection 
shall be available to the public through an Inter-
net website of the military department con-
cerned. 
‘‘(B) METHODOLOGY AND CRITERIA.— 
‘‘(i) AVAILABILITY.—Each Secretary of 
a military department shall publish on the 
website described in subparagraph (A) the 
methodology and criteria each time such 
Secretary establishes or updates a scorecard. 
‘‘(ii) PUBLIC
COMMENT.—Each Sec-
retary of a military department shall estab-
lish a 60-day public comment period begin-
ning on each date of publication of such 
methodology and criteria.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—In establishing or updat-
ing a scorecard under this subsection, each Secretary 
of the military department concerned shall coordinate 
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with the Secretary of Defense to ensure consistency 
across the military departments.’’. 
SEC. 2867. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY FOR ACCEPTANCE AND 
USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. 
Section 2863 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 
1899) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘cash’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and construction’’ after ‘‘The design’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) METHOD OF CONTRIBUTION.—Contributions 
may be accepted under this subsection in any of the 
forms referred to in section 2350k(c) of title 10, 
United States Code.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Contributions’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Cash contributions’’. 
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SEC. 2868. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR INTERAGENCY 
COORDINATION GROUP OF INSPECTORS GEN-
ERAL FOR GUAM REALIGNMENT. 
Section 2835 of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (division B of Public Law 
111–84; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) is repealed. 
SEC. 2869. LEASE OR USE AGREEMENT FOR CATEGORY 3 
SUBTERRANEAN TRAINING FACILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may seek 
to enter into a lease or use agreement with a category 3 
subterranean training facility that— 
(1) is located in close proximity (as determined 
by the Secretary of Defense) to the home station of an 
air assault unit or a special operations force; and 
(2) has the capacity to— 
(A) provide brigade or large full-mission 
profile training; 
(B) rapidly replicate full-scale underground 
venues; 
(C) support helicopter landing zones; and 
(D) support underground live fire. 
(b) USE OF FACILITY.—A lease or use agreement en-
tered into pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide that the 
category 3 subterranean training facility shall be made 
available for— 
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(1) hosting of training and testing exercises 
for— 
(A) members of the Armed Forces, including 
members a special operations force; 
(B) personnel of combat support agencies, 
including the Defense Threat Reduction Agency; 
and 
(C) such other personnel as the Secretary of 
Defense determines appropriate; and 
(2) such other purposes as the Secretary of De-
fense determines appropriate. 
(c) DURATION.—The duration of any lease or use 
agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 
for a period of not less than 5 years. 
(d) CATEGORY 3 SUBTERRANEAN TRAINING FACILITY 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘category 3 subterra-
nean training facility’’ means an underground structure 
designed and built— 
(1) to be unobserved and to provide maximum 
protection; and 
(2) to serve as a command and control, oper-
ations, storage, production, and protection facility. 
(e) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 375 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Pub-
lic Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 2001 note prec.) is repealed. 
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SEC. 2870. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CLOSURE OF 
COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTERS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2023 for the Air Force may be obligated or ex-
pended to close, or prepare to close, any combat readiness 
training center. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Air Force may 
waive the limitation under subsection (a) with respect to 
a combat readiness training center if the Secretary submits 
to the congressional defense committees the following: 
(1) A certification that— 
(A) the closure of the center would not be in 
violation of section 2687 of title 10, United 
States Code; and 
(B) the support capabilities provided by the 
center will not be diminished as a result of the 
closure of the center. 
(2) A report that includes— 
(A) a detailed business case analysis for the 
closure of the center; and 
(B) an assessment of the effects the closure 
of the center would have on training units of the 
Armed Forces, including any active duty units 
that may use the center. 
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SEC. 2871. REQUIRED INVESTMENTS IN IMPROVING CHILD 
DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. 
(a) INVESTMENTS
IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TERS.—Of the total amount authorized to be appropriated 
for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Defense for Fa-
cilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization ac-
tivities of a military department, the Secretary of that mili-
tary department shall reserve an amount greater than or 
equal to one percent of the estimated replacement cost for 
fiscal year 2023 of the total inventory of child development 
centers under the jurisdiction of that Secretary for the pur-
pose of carrying out projects for the improvement of child 
development centers. 
(b) CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘child development center’’ has meaning 
given the term ‘‘military child development center’’ in sec-
tion 1800(1) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 2872. INTERAGENCY REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR 
RESILIENCE PILOT PROJECT. 
(a) PILOT PROJECT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary shall 
establish within the Department of Defense four Interagency 
Regional Coordinators. Each Interagency Regional Coordi-
nator shall be responsible for improving the resilience of a 
community that supports a military installation and serv-
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ing as a model for enhancing community resilience before 
disaster strikes. 
(b) SELECTION.—Each Interagency Regional Coordi-
nator shall support military installations and surrounding 
communities within a geographic area, with at least one 
such Coordinator serving each of the East, West, and Gulf 
coasts. For purposes of the project, the Secretary shall select 
geographic areas— 
(1) with significant sea level rise and recurrent 
flooding that prevents members of the Armed Forces 
from reaching their posts or jeopardizes military 
readiness; and 
(2) where communities have collaborated on 
multi-jurisdictional climate adaptation planning ef-
forts, including such collaboration with the Army 
Corps of Engineers Civil Works Department and 
through Joint Land Use Studies. 
(c) COLLABORATION.—In carrying out the pilot 
project, the Secretary shall build on existing efforts through 
collaboration with State and local entities, including emer-
gency management, transportation, planning, housing, 
community development, natural resource managers, and 
governing bodies and with the heads of appropriate Federal 
departments and agencies. 
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SEC. 2873. ACCESS TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS FOR 
HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS PER-
SONNEL IN GUAM. 
The commander of a military installation located in 
Guam shall grant to an officer or employee of Homeland 
Security Investigations the same access to such military in-
stallation such commander grants to an officer or employee 
of U.S. Customs and Border Protection or of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation. 
SEC. 2874. PROHIBITION ON JOINT USE OF HOMESTEAD AIR 
RESERVE BASE WITH CIVIL AVIATION. 
On or before September 30, 2026, the Secretary of the 
Air Force may not enter into an agreement that would pro-
vide for or permit the joint use of Homestead Air Reserve 
Base, Homestead, Florida, by the Air Force and civil air-
craft. 
SEC. 2875. ELECTRICAL CHARGING CAPABILITY CONSTRUC-
TION REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PARKING 
FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MOTOR VEHI-
CLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary concerned develops 
plans for a project to construct any facility that includes 
or will include parking for covered motor vehicles, the Sec-
retary concerned shall include in any Department of De-
fense Form 1391, or successor form, submitted to Congress 
for that project— 
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(1) the provision of electric vehicle charging ca-
pability at the facility adequate to provide electrical 
charging, concurrently, for not less than 15 percent of 
all covered motor vehicles planned to be parked at the 
facility; 
(2) the inclusion of the cost of constructing such 
capability in the overall cost of the project; and 
(3) an analysis of whether a parking structure 
or lot will be the primary charging area for covered 
motor vehicles or if another area, such as public 
works or the motor pool, will be the primary charging 
area. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered motor vehicle’’ means a 
Federal Government motor vehicle, including a motor 
vehicle leased by the Federal Government. 
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of a military department 
with respect to facilities under the jurisdiction of 
that Secretary; and 
(B) the Secretary of Defense with respect to 
matters concerning the Defense Agencies and fa-
cilities of a reserve component owned by a State 
rather than the United States. 
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TITLE XXIX—FALLON RANGE 
TRAINING COMPLEX 
Subtitle A—Fallon Range Training Complex 
Sec. 2901. Military land withdrawal for Fallon Range Training Complex. 
Sec. 2902. Numu Newe Special Management Area. 
Sec. 2903. National conservation areas. 
Sec. 2904. Collaboration with State and county. 
Sec. 2905. Wilderness areas in Churchill County, Nevada. 
Sec. 2906. Release of wilderness study areas. 
Sec. 2907. Land conveyances and exchanges. 
Sec. 2908. Checkerboard resolution. 
Subtitle B—Lander County Economic Development and Conservation 
Sec. 2911. Definitions. 
PART I—LANDER COUNTY PUBLIC PURPOSE LAND CONVEYANCES 
Sec. 2921. Definitions. 
Sec. 2922. Conveyances to Lander County, Nevada. 
PART II—LANDER COUNTY WILDERNESS AREAS 
Sec. 2931. Definitions. 
Sec. 2932. Designation of wilderness areas. 
Sec. 2933. Release of wilderness study areas. 
Subtitle A—Fallon Range Training 
Complex 
SEC. 2901. MILITARY LAND WITHDRAWAL FOR FALLON 
RANGE TRAINING COMPLEX. 
The Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013 (Public 
Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 1025) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘Subtitle G—Fallon Range 
Training Complex, Nevada 
‘‘SEC. 2981. WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF PUBLIC 
LAND. 
‘‘(a) WITHDRAWAL.— 
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‘‘(1) BOMBING RANGES.—Subject to valid rights 
in existence on the date of enactment of this subtitle, 
and except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the 
land established as the B–16, B–17, B–19, and B–20 
Ranges, as referred to in subsection (b), and all other 
areas within the boundary of such land as depicted 
on the map entitled ‘Churchill County Proposed 
Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization and 
Lands Bill’ and dated November 30, 2022, which may 
become subject to the operation of the public land 
laws, are withdrawn from all forms of— 
‘‘(A) entry, appropriation, or disposal 
under the public land laws; 
‘‘(B) location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws; and 
‘‘(C) disposition under all laws relating to 
mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral ma-
terials. 
‘‘(2) DIXIE VALLEY TRAINING AREA.—The land 
and interests in land within the boundaries estab-
lished at the Dixie Valley Training Area, as referred 
to in subsection (b), are withdrawn from all forms 
of— 
‘‘(A) entry, appropriation, or disposal 
under the public land laws; and 
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‘‘(B) location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws. 
‘‘(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The public land and in-
terests in land withdrawn and reserved by this section com-
prise approximately 790,825 acres of land in Churchill 
County, Lyon County, Mineral County, Pershing County, 
and Nye County, Nevada, as generally depicted as ‘Pro-
posed FRTC Modernization’ and ‘Existing Navy With-
drawal Areas’ on the map entitled ‘Churchill County Pro-
posed Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization and 
Lands Bill’, dated November 30, 2022, and filed in accord-
ance with section 2912. The ranges in the Fallon Range 
Training Complex described in this subsection are identi-
fied as B–16, B–17, B–19, B–20, Dixie Valley Training 
Area and the Shoal Site. 
‘‘(c) PURPOSE OF WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION.— 
‘‘(1) BOMBING
RANGES.—The land withdrawn 
by subsection (a)(1) is reserved for use by the Sec-
retary of the Navy for— 
‘‘(A) aerial testing and training, bombing, 
missile firing, electronic warfare, tactical combat 
maneuvering, and air support; 
‘‘(B) ground combat tactical maneuvering 
and firing; and 
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‘‘(C) other defense-related purposes that 
are— 
‘‘(i) consistent with the purposes speci-
fied in the preceding paragraphs; and 
‘‘(ii) authorized under section 2914. 
‘‘(2) DIXIE VALLEY TRAINING AREA.—The land 
withdrawn by subsection (a)(2) is reserved for use by 
the Secretary of the Navy for— 
‘‘(A) aerial testing and training, electronic 
warfare, tactical combat maneuvering, and air 
support; and 
‘‘(B) ground combat tactical maneuvering. 
‘‘(d) INAPPLICABILITY
OF GENERAL PROVISIONS.— 
Notwithstanding section 2911(a) and except as otherwise 
provided in this subtitle, sections 2913 and 2914 shall not 
apply to the land withdrawn by subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘SEC. 2982. MANAGEMENT OF WITHDRAWN AND RESERVED 
LAND. 
‘‘(a) MANAGEMENT
BY
THE SECRETARY
OF
THE 
NAVY.—During the duration of the withdrawal under sec-
tion 2981, the Secretary of the Navy shall manage the land 
withdrawn and reserved comprising the B–16, B–17, B– 
19, and B–20 Ranges for the purposes described in section 
2981(c)— 
‘‘(1) in accordance with— 
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‘‘(A) an integrated natural resources man-
agement plan prepared and implemented under 
title I of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a et seq.); 
‘‘(B) a written agreement between the Sec-
retary of the Navy and the Governor of Nevada 
that provides for a minimum of 15 days annu-
ally for big game hunting on portions of the B– 
17 Range consistent with military training re-
quirements; 
‘‘(C) a programmatic agreement between the 
Secretary of the Navy and the Nevada State His-
toric Preservation Officer and other parties, as 
appropriate, regarding management of historic 
properties as the properties relate to operation, 
maintenance, training, and construction at the 
Fallon Range Training Complex; 
‘‘(D) written agreements between the Sec-
retary of the Navy and affected Indian tribes 
and other stakeholders to accommodate access by 
Indian tribes and State and local governments to 
the B–16, B–17, B–19, and B–20 Ranges con-
sistent with military training requirements and 
public safety; 
‘‘(E) a written agreement entered into by 
the Secretary of the Navy and affected Indian 
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tribes that provides for regular, guaranteed ac-
cess, consisting of a minimum of 4 days per 
month, for affected Indian tribes; and 
‘‘(F) any other applicable law; and 
‘‘(2) in a manner that— 
‘‘(A) provides that any portion of the land 
withdrawn by section 2981(a) that is located 
outside of the Weapons Danger Zone, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Navy, shall be re-
linquished to the Secretary of the Interior and 
managed under all applicable public land laws; 
‘‘(B) ensures that the Secretary of the Navy 
avoids target placement and training within— 
‘‘(i) biologically sensitive areas, as 
mapped in the Record of Decision for the 
Fallon Range Training Complex Mod-
ernization Final Environmental Impact 
Statement dated March 12, 2020; and 
‘‘(ii) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, areas that have cultural, religious, 
and archaeological resources of importance 
to affected Indian tribes; 
‘‘(C) ensures that access is provided for spe-
cial events, administrative, cultural, educational, 
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wildlife management, and emergency manage-
ment purposes; and 
‘‘(D) provides that within the B–17 Range 
the placement of air to ground ordnance targets 
shall be prohibited throughout the entirety of the 
withdrawal in the areas identified as the ‘Monte 
Cristo Range Protection Area’ on the map enti-
tled ‘Churchill County Proposed Fallon Range 
Training Complex Modernization and Lands 
Bill’ and dated November 30, 2022. 
‘‘(b) MANAGEMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTE-
RIOR.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During the duration of the 
withdrawal under section 2981, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall manage the land withdrawn and re-
served comprising the Dixie Valley Training Area 
and the Shoal Site for the applicable purposes de-
scribed in section 2981(c) in accordance with— 
‘‘(A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 
‘‘(B) the Record of Decision for the Fallon 
Range Training Complex Modernization Final 
Environmental Impact Statement dated March 
12, 2020; 
‘‘(C) this subtitle; and 
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‘‘(D) any other applicable law. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION WITH SECRETARY OF THE 
NAVY.—Prior to authorizing any use of the land com-
prising the Dixie Valley Training Area or Shoal Site 
withdrawn and reserved by section 2981, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall consult with the Secretary 
of the Navy. Such consultation shall include— 
‘‘(A) informing the Secretary of the Navy of 
the pending authorization request so that the 
Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the 
Interior may work together to preserve the train-
ing environment; and 
‘‘(B) prior to authorizing any installation 
or use of mobile or stationary equipment used to 
transmit and receive radio signals, obtaining 
permission from the Secretary of the Navy to au-
thorize the use of such equipment. 
‘‘(3) AGREEMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy 
and the Secretary of the Interior shall enter into an 
agreement describing the roles and responsibilities of 
each Secretary with respect to the management and 
use of the Dixie Valley Training Area and Shoal Site 
to ensure no closure of an existing county road and 
no restrictions or curtailment on public access for the 
duration of the withdrawal while preserving the 
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training environment and in accordance with this 
subsection. 
‘‘(4) ACCESS.—The land comprising the Dixie 
Valley Training Area withdrawn and reserved by sec-
tion 2981(a)(2) shall remain open for public access 
for the duration of the withdrawal. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZED USES.—Subject to applicable 
laws and policy, the following uses are permitted in 
the Dixie Valley Training Area for the duration of 
the withdrawal: 
‘‘(A) Livestock grazing. 
‘‘(B) Geothermal exploration and develop-
ment west of State Route 121, as managed by 
the Bureau of Land Management in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of the Navy. 
‘‘(C) Exploration and development of sal-
able minerals or other fluid or leasable minerals, 
as managed by the Bureau of Land Management 
in coordination with the Secretary of the Navy. 
‘‘(6) INFRASTRUCTURE.—The Secretary of the 
Navy and the Secretary of the Interior shall allow 
water and utility infrastructure within the Dixie Val-
ley Training Area withdrawn by section 2981(a)(2) 
as described in sections 2995(a)(4) and 2996. 
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‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON USE OF LAND PRIOR TO COMPLE-
TION OF COMMITMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall not make operational use of the expanded area 
of the B–16, B–17, or B–20 Ranges, as depicted on 
the map entitled ‘Churchill County Proposed Fallon 
Range Training Complex Modernization and Lands 
Bill’ and dated November 30, 2022, that were not 
subject to previous withdrawals comprising the Fallon 
Range Training Complex which are withdrawn and 
reserved by section 2981 until the Secretary of the 
Navy and the Secretary of the Interior certify in 
writing to the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the 
Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on 
the completion of the commitments pertaining to each 
range from the Record of Decision for the Fallon 
Range Training Complex Modernization Final Envi-
ronmental Impact Statement dated March 12, 2020, 
and the provisions of this subtitle. The Secretary of 
the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior may sub-
mit certifications for individual ranges to allow oper-
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ational use of a specific range prior to completion of 
commitments related to other ranges. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC ACCESS.—Public access to the exist-
ing Pole Line Road shall be maintained until comple-
tion of construction of an alternate route as specified 
by section 2991(a)(2)(B). 
‘‘(3) PAYMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this subtitle, subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, from amounts appropriated 
to the Secretary of the Navy for operation and main-
tenance, the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer to 
Churchill County, Nevada, $20,000,000 for deposit in 
an account designated by Churchill County, Nevada, 
to resolve the loss of public access and multiple use 
within Churchill County, Nevada. 
‘‘SEC. 2983. ORDNANCE LANDING OUTSIDE TARGET AREAS. 
‘‘The Secretary of the Navy, in the administration of 
an Operational Range Clearance program, shall ensure that 
tracked ordnance (bombs, missiles, and rockets) known to 
have landed outside a target area in the B–17 and B–20 
Ranges is removed within 180 days of the event and, to 
the extent practicable, tracked ordnance known to have 
landed within the Monte Cristo Range Protection Area de-
scribed in section 2982(a)(2)(D) shall be removed within 
45 days of the event. The Secretary of the Navy shall report 
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to the Fallon Range Training Complex Intergovernmental 
Executive Committee directed by section 3011(a)(5) of the 
Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of Pub-
lic Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 885; 134 Stat. 4349) not less 
frequently than annually, instances in which ordnance land 
outside target areas and the status of efforts to clear such 
ordnance. 
‘‘SEC. 2984. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER RESERVATIONS. 
‘‘(a) B–16 AND B–20 RANGES.—To the extent the 
withdrawal and reservation made by section 2981 for the 
B–16 and B–20 Ranges withdraws land currently with-
drawn and reserved for use by the Bureau of Reclamation, 
the reservation made by section 2981 shall be the primary 
reservation for public safety management actions only, and 
the existing Bureau of Reclamation reservation shall be the 
primary reservation for all other management actions. The 
Secretary of the Navy shall enter into an agreement with 
the Secretary of the Interior to ensure continued access to 
the B–16 and B–20 Ranges by the Bureau of Reclamation 
to conduct management activities consistent with the pur-
poses for which the Bureau of Reclamation withdrawal was 
established. 
‘‘(b) SHOAL SITE.—The Secretary of Energy shall re-
main responsible and liable for the subsurface estate and 
all activities of the Secretary of Energy at the Shoal Site 
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withdrawn and reserved by Public Land Order Number 
2771, as amended by Public Land Order Number 2834. 
‘‘SEC. 2985. INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGE-
MENT PLAN. 
‘‘(a) PREPARATION REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) PREPARATION; DEADLINE.—Within 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall update the current integrated 
natural resources management plan for the land with-
drawn and reserved by section 2981. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall prepare the integrated natural resources man-
agement plan in coordination with the Secretary of 
the Interior, the State of Nevada, Churchill County, 
Nevada, other impacted counties in the State of Ne-
vada, and affected Indian tribes. 
‘‘(b) RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any disagreement among the 
parties referred to in subsection (a) concerning the 
contents or implementation of the integrated natural 
resources management plan prepared under that sub-
section or an amendment to the management plan 
shall be resolved by the Secretary of the Navy, the 
Secretary of the Interior, and the State of Nevada, 
acting through— 
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‘‘(A) the State Director of the Nevada State 
Office of the Bureau of Land Management; 
‘‘(B) the Commanding Officer of Naval Air 
Station Fallon, Nevada; 
‘‘(C) the State Director of the Nevada De-
partment of Wildlife; 
‘‘(D) if appropriate, the Regional Director 
of the Pacific Southwest Region of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service; and 
‘‘(E) if appropriate, the Regional Director 
of the Western Region of the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—Prior to the resolution of 
any conflict under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the 
Navy shall consult with the Intergovernmental Execu-
tive Committee in accordance with section 3011(a)(5) 
of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title 
XXX of Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 885; 134 Stat. 
4349). 
‘‘(c) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—Subject to subsection (b), 
the integrated natural resources management plan under 
subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) shall be prepared and implemented in ac-
cordance with the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670 et seq.); 
‘‘(2) shall include provisions for— 
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‘‘(A) proper management and protection of 
the natural resources of the land; and 
‘‘(B) sustainable use by the public of such 
resources to the extent consistent with the mili-
tary purposes for which the land is withdrawn 
and reserved; 
‘‘(3) shall coordinate access with the Nevada De-
partment of Wildlife to manage hunting, fishing, and 
trapping on the land where compatible with the mili-
tary mission; 
‘‘(4) shall provide for livestock grazing and agri-
cultural out-leasing on the land, if appropriate— 
‘‘(A) in accordance with section 2667 of 
title 10, United States Code; and 
‘‘(B) at the discretion of the Secretary of the 
Navy; 
‘‘(5) shall identify current test and target impact 
areas and related buffer or safety zones on the land; 
‘‘(6) shall provide that the Secretary of the 
Navy— 
‘‘(A) shall take necessary actions to prevent, 
suppress, manage, and rehabilitate brush and 
range fires occurring on land withdrawn or 
owned within the Fallon Range Training Com-
plex and fires resulting from military activities 
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outside the withdrawn or owned land of the 
Fallon Range Training Complex; and 
‘‘(B) notwithstanding section 2465 of title 
10, United States Code— 
‘‘(i) may obligate funds appropriated 
or otherwise available to the Secretary of 
the Navy to enter into memoranda of under-
standing, cooperative agreements, and con-
tracts for fire management; and 
‘‘(ii) shall reimburse the Secretary of 
the Interior for costs incurred under this 
paragraph; 
‘‘(7) shall provide that all gates, fences, and bar-
riers constructed after the date of enactment of this 
subtitle shall be designed and erected, to the max-
imum extent practicable and consistent with military 
security, safety, and sound wildlife management use, 
to allow for wildlife access; 
‘‘(8) if determined appropriate by the Secretary 
of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the 
State of Nevada after review of any existing manage-
ment plans applicable to the land, shall incorporate 
the existing management plans; 
‘‘(9) shall include procedures to ensure that— 
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‘‘(A) the periodic reviews of the integrated 
natural resources management plan required by 
the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670 et seq.) are con-
ducted jointly by the Secretary of the Navy, the 
Secretary of the Interior, and the State of Ne-
vada; and 
‘‘(B) affected counties and affected Indian 
tribes and the public are provided a meaningful 
opportunity to comment on any substantial revi-
sions to the plan that may be proposed pursuant 
to such a review; 
‘‘(10) shall provide procedures to amend the inte-
grated natural resources management plan as nec-
essary; 
‘‘(11) shall allow access to, and ceremonial use 
of, Tribal sacred sites to the extent consistent with the 
military purposes for which the land is withdrawn 
and reserved by section 2981(a); and 
‘‘(12) shall provide for timely consultation with 
affected Indian tribes. 
‘‘SEC. 2986. USE OF MINERAL MATERIALS. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle 
or of the Act of July 31, 1947 (commonly known as the 
Materials Act of 1947; 30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Secretary 
of the Navy may use sand, gravel, or similar mineral mate-
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rials resources of the type subject to disposition under that 
Act from land withdrawn and reserved by this subtitle if 
use of such resources is required for construction needs on 
the land. 
‘‘SEC. 2987. TRIBAL ACCESS AGREEMENT AND CULTURAL 
RESOURCES SURVEY. 
‘‘(a) TRIBAL ACCESS AGREEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Sec-
retary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior 
shall enter into an agreement with each affected In-
dian tribe for the purpose of establishing continued, 
regular, and timely access to the land withdrawn and 
reserved by section 2981, including all land subject to 
previous withdrawals under section 3011(a) of the 
Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of 
Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 885), for cultural, reli-
gious, gathering and ceremonial uses by affected In-
dian tribes. 
‘‘(2) ACCESS.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall— 
‘‘(A) provide access in accordance with the 
agreement entered into under paragraph (1); 
and 
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‘‘(B) to the extent practicable and consistent 
with operational, safety, and security needs, seek 
to minimize notice from the affected Indian tribe 
and chaperoning requirements for Tribal access. 
‘‘(3) RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS.—If an affected 
Indian tribe provides written comments to the Sec-
retary of the Navy or the Secretary of the Interior 
proposing changes or additions to the agreement en-
tered into under paragraph (1) and the proposals are 
not incorporated in the final agreement, the Secretary 
concerned shall— 
‘‘(A) respond in writing to the affected In-
dian tribe explaining a clear, identifiable ration-
ale why the proposed change was not incor-
porated; and 
‘‘(B) share the written responses under sub-
paragraph (A) with the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate, and the Committee on Indian 
Affairs of the Senate. 
‘‘(b) ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY.—The Secretary of the 
Navy, in consultation with the State of Nevada and appro-
priate Tribal governments, shall conduct an ethnographic 
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study of the expanded Fallon Range Training Complex to 
assess the importance of that area to Indian tribes and the 
religious and cultural practices of those Indian tribes. 
‘‘(c) CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY.— 
‘‘(1) SURVEY.—The Secretary of the Navy, after 
consultation with affected Indian tribes and review of 
data, studies, and reports in the possession of such In-
dian tribes, shall conduct a cultural resources survey 
of the land withdrawn and reserved by section 2981 
for each of the expanded areas of the B–16, B–17, and 
B–20 Ranges that were not subject to previous sur-
veys in support of the Record of Decision for the 
Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization Final 
Environmental Impact Statement dated March 12, 
2020, and previous withdrawals comprising the 
Fallon Range Training Complex that includes pedes-
trian field surveys and the inventory and identifica-
tion of specific sites containing cultural, religious, 
and archaeological resources of importance to affected 
Indian tribes. 
‘‘(2) RESULTS.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary of the 
Navy shall provide the results of the survey conducted 
under paragraph (1) to affected Indian tribes for re-
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view and comment prior to concluding survey activi-
ties. 
‘‘(3) INCLUSION IN AGREEMENT.—The agreement 
under subsection (a) shall include access to the spe-
cific sites identified by the survey conducted under 
paragraph (1) by affected Indian tribes, including 
proper disposition or protection of, and any requested 
access to, any identified burial sites, in accordance 
with the Native American Graves Protection and Re-
patriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.). 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION ON USE OF LAND PRIOR TO 
COMPLETION OF SURVEY.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall not make operational use of the expanded areas 
of the B–16, B–17, and B–20 Ranges that were not 
subject to previous withdrawals comprising the Fallon 
Range Training Complex until the date of completion 
of the survey required by paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) PARTICIPATION OF AFFECTED INDIAN TRIBES.— 
In conducting an ethnographic study or cultural resources 
survey under subsection (b) or (c), the Secretary of the Navy 
shall coordinate with, and provide for the participation of, 
each applicable affected Indian tribe. 
‘‘(e) AGREEMENT TO MITIGATE ADVERSE EFFECTS.— 
The Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, 
and affected Indian tribes shall enter into an agreement 
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consistent with section 306108 of title 54, United States 
Code, that identifies actions to avoid, minimize, or mitigate 
adverse effects to sites identified in subsection (c), including 
adverse effects from noise. Using the results of surveys con-
ducted under subsection (c), the Navy shall, in coordination 
with affected Indian tribes and to the extent practicable, 
avoid placing targets or other range infrastructure in cul-
turally sensitive areas. The Navy shall avoid placement of 
targets in known sensitive habitat, cultural, or historic 
areas within the Monte Cristo Mountains. 
‘‘(f) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date on 
which each of the agreements required under this section 
have been entered into and the survey and study required 
under this section have been completed, the Secretary of the 
Navy and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly submit 
to Congress a report describing— 
‘‘(1) the access protocols established by the agree-
ment under subsection (a); 
‘‘(2) the results of the ethnographic study con-
ducted under subsection (b); 
‘‘(3) the results of the cultural resources survey 
under subsection (c); and 
‘‘(4) actions to be taken to avoid, minimize, or 
mitigate adverse effects to sites on the land with-
drawn and reserved by section 2981. 
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‘‘(g) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Information concerning 
the nature and specific location of a cultural resource shall 
be exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5 and 
any other law unless the Secretary of the Navy, in consulta-
tion with affected Indian tribes, determines that disclosure 
would— 
‘‘(1) further the purposes of this section; 
‘‘(2) not create risk of harm to or theft or de-
struction of the cultural resource or the site con-
taining the cultural resource; and 
‘‘(3) be in accordance with other applicable 
laws.’’. 
‘‘SEC. 2988. RESOLUTION OF WALKER RIVER PAIUTE TRIBE 
CLAIMS. 
‘‘(a) PAYMENT TO TRIBE.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this subtitle and subject to the 
availability of appropriations, the Secretary of the Navy 
shall transfer $20,000,000 of amounts appropriated to the 
Secretary of the Navy for operation and maintenance to 
an account designated by the Walker River Paiute Tribe 
(referred to in this section as the ‘Tribe’) to resolve the 
claims of the Tribe against the United States for the con-
tamination, impairment, and loss of use of approximately 
6,000 acres of land that is within the boundaries of the res-
ervation of the Tribe. 
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‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF LAND PRIOR TO COMPLE-
TION OF PAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy shall not 
make operational use of the expanded areas of the B–16, 
B–17, and B–20 Ranges that were not subject to previous 
withdrawals comprising the Fallon Range Training Com-
plex and that are withdrawn and reserved by section 2981 
until the date on which the amount is transferred under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL TRUST LAND.— 
‘‘(1) ENVIRONMENTAL
SITE
ASSESSMENT.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
subtitle and prior to taking the land described in 
paragraph (4) into trust for the benefit of the Tribe 
under paragraph (3)(A), the Director of the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs (referred to in this subsection as the 
‘Director’) shall complete an environmental site as-
sessment to determine with respect to the land— 
‘‘(A) the likelihood of the presence of haz-
ardous substance-related or other environmental 
liability; and 
‘‘(B) if the Director determines the presence 
of hazardous substance-related or other environ-
mental liability is likely under subparagraph 
(A)— 
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‘‘(i) the extent of the contamination 
caused by such hazardous substance or other 
environmental liability; and 
‘‘(ii) whether that liability can be re-
mediated by the United States. 
‘‘(2) CONTAMINATED LAND.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Director deter-
mines pursuant to the environmental site assess-
ment completed under paragraph (1) that there 
is a likelihood of the presence of hazardous sub-
stance-related or other environmental liability on 
the land described in paragraph (4), the Director 
shall consult with the Tribe on whether the land 
is still suitable for transfer into trust for the ben-
efit of the Tribe. 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—If the Tribe deter-
mines land identified as contaminated under 
subparagraph (A) is still suitable to take into 
trust for the benefit of the Tribe, the Director, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
shall take the land into trust for the benefit of 
the Tribe in accordance with paragraph (3). 
‘‘(3) LAND
TO
BE
HELD
IN
TRUST
FOR
THE 
TRIBE; IDENTIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVE LAND.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Tribe determines 
pursuant to paragraph (2) that the land de-
scribed in paragraph (4) should be taken into 
trust for the benefit of the Tribe (including if 
such land is determined to be contaminated), 
subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to the 
land shall be— 
‘‘(i) held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit of the Tribe; and 
‘‘(ii) made part of the existing reserva-
tion of the Tribe. 
‘‘(B) IDENTIFICATION
OF
SUITABLE
AND 
COMPARABLE ALTERNATIVE LAND.—If the Tribe 
determines pursuant to paragraph (2), due to 
discovered environmental issues that the land de-
scribed in paragraph (4) is not suitable to be 
taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, not 
later than 1 year after the date on which the 
Tribe makes that determination, the Director 
and the Tribe shall enter into an agreement to 
identify suitable and comparable alternative 
land in relative distance and located in the same 
county as the land described in paragraph (4) to 
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be withdrawn from Federal use and taken into 
trust for the benefit of the Tribe. 
‘‘(C) ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the United 
States shall not be liable for any soil, sur-
face water, groundwater, or other contami-
nation resulting from the disposal, release, 
or presence of any environmental contami-
nation on any portion of the land described 
in paragraph (4) that occurred on or before 
the date on which the land was taken into 
trust for the benefit of the Tribe. The United 
States shall not fund or take any action to 
remediate such land after such land has 
been so taken into trust. 
‘‘(ii) ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION 
DESCRIPTION.—An environmental contami-
nation described in clause (i) includes any 
oil or petroleum products, hazardous sub-
stances, hazardous materials, hazardous 
waste, pollutants, toxic substances, solid 
waste, or any other environmental contami-
nation or hazard as defined in any Federal 
law or law of the State of Nevada. 
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5, 6, 8, 9, 16, 17, 20, 21, 28, 29, 32, and 
33, Mount Diablo Meridian. 
‘‘(iii) All land held by the Bureau of 
Land Management in T. 10.5 N., R. 30 E., 
secs. 31 and 32, Mount Diablo Meridian. 
‘‘(5) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this subtitle, the 
Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this 
paragraph as the ‘Secretary’) shall complete a 
survey to fully describe, and adequately define 
the boundaries of, the land described in para-
graph (4). 
‘‘(B) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Upon completion of 
the survey required under subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall publish in the Fed-
eral Register a legal description of the land 
described in paragraph (4). 
‘‘(ii) TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS.—Be-
fore the date of publication of the legal de-
scription under this subparagraph, the Sec-
retary may correct any technical or clerical 
errors in the legal description as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate. 
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‘‘(iii) EFFECT.—Effective beginning on 
the date of publication of the legal descrip-
tion under this subparagraph, the legal de-
scription shall be considered to be the offi-
cial legal description of the land to be held 
in trust for the benefit of the Tribe under 
paragraph (3)(A). 
‘‘(6) USE OF TRUST LAND.—The land taken into 
trust under paragraph (3)(A) shall not be eligible, or 
considered to have been taken into trust, for class II 
gaming or class III gaming (as those terms are de-
fined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY
FOR FEDERAL
AND FEDERALLY 
FUNDED PROGRAMS.—Funds paid to the Tribe pursuant 
to this section, including any interest or investment income 
earned, may not be treated as income or resources or other-
wise used as the basis for denying or reducing the basis 
for Federal financial assistance or other Federal benefit (in-
cluding under the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et 
seq.)) to which the Tribe, a member of the Tribe, or a house-
hold would otherwise be entitled. 
‘‘SEC. 2989. LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE FALLON 
PAIUTE SHOSHONE TRIBE. 
‘‘(a) LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the land described in paragraph (2) 
shall be— 
‘‘(A) held in trust by the United States for 
the benefit of the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe; 
and 
‘‘(B) made part of the reservation of the 
Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe. 
‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 
to in paragraph (1) is the approximately 10,000 
acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management and the Bureau of Reclamation, as gen-
erally depicted as ‘Reservation Expansion Land’ on 
the map entitled ‘Churchill County Proposed Fallon 
Range Training Complex Modernization and Lands 
Bill’ and dated November 30, 2022. 
‘‘(3) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall complete a survey of the boundary lines 
to establish the boundaries of the land taken into trust 
under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) USE OF TRUST LAND.—The land taken into 
trust under this section shall not be eligible, or con-
sidered to have been taken into trust, for class II gam-
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ing or class III gaming (as those terms are defined 
in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 
U.S.C. 2703)). 
‘‘(5) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—On request by 
the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall enter into a cooperative agreement with 
the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe to provide assist-
ance in the management of the land taken into trust 
under this section for cultural protection and con-
servation management purposes. 
‘‘SEC. 2990. NUMU NEWE CULTURAL CENTER. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations from amounts appropriated to the Secretary 
of the Navy for operation and maintenance, the Secretary 
of the Navy shall provide financial assistance to a cultural 
center established and operated by the Fallon Paiute Sho-
shone Tribe and located on the Reservation of the Fallon 
Paiute Shoshone Tribe, the purpose of which is to help sus-
tain Numu Newe knowledge, culture, language, and identity 
associated with aboriginal land and traditional ways of life 
for the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe and other affected In-
dian tribes (referred to in this section as the ‘Center’). 
‘‘(b) STUDIES AND INVENTORIES.—The Center shall 
integrate information developed in the cultural resources 
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inventories and ethnographic studies carried out under sec-
tion 2987. 
‘‘(c) TRANSFER.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this subtitle and subject to the availability 
of appropriations, the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer 
to an account designated by the Fallon Paiute Shoshone 
Tribe— 
‘‘(1) $10,000,000 for the development and con-
struction of the Center; and 
‘‘(2) $10,000,000 to endow operations of the Cen-
ter. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON USE OF LAND PRIOR TO COMPLE-
TION OF PAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy shall not 
make operational use of the expanded areas of the B–16, 
B–17, and B–20 Ranges that were not subject to previous 
withdrawals comprising the Fallon Range Training Com-
plex and that are withdrawn and reserved by section 2981 
until the date on which the amounts are transferred under 
subsection (c). 
‘‘SEC. 2991. ROAD RECONSTRUCTION AND TREATMENT OF 
EXISTING ROADS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY. 
‘‘(a) ROAD RECONSTRUCTION.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the Secretary of the Navy shall 
be responsible for the timely— 
‘‘(1) reconstruction of— 
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‘‘(A) Lone Tree Road leading to the B–16 
Range; and 
‘‘(B) State Highway 361; and 
‘‘(2) relocation of— 
‘‘(A) Sand Canyon and Red Mountain 
Roads, consistent with alternative 2A, as de-
scribed in the Final FRTC Road Realignment 
Study dated March 14, 2022; and 
‘‘(B) Pole Line Road, consistent with alter-
native 3B, as described in the Final FRTC Road 
Realignment Study dated March 14, 2022. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF LAND PRIOR TO COMPLE-
TION
OF REQUIREMENTS.—In accordance with section 
2982(c)(1), the Secretary of the Navy shall not make oper-
ational use of the expanded areas of the B–16, B–17, and 
B–20 Ranges that were not subject to previous withdrawals 
comprising the Fallon Range Training Complex and that 
are withdrawn and reserved by section 2981 until the date 
on which the Secretary of the Navy determines that each 
of the requirements of subsection (a) have been met. 
‘‘(c) EXISTING
ROADS
AND
RIGHTS-OF-WAY; AC-
CESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The withdrawal and reserva-
tion of land made by section 2981 shall not be con-
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strued to affect the following roads and associated 
rights-of-way: 
‘‘(A) United States Highways 50 and 95. 
‘‘(B) State Routes 121 and 839. 
‘‘(C) The Churchill County, Nevada, roads 
identified as Simpson Road, East County Road, 
Earthquake Fault Road, and Fairview Peak 
Road. 
‘‘(2) ACCESS.—Any road identified on the map 
described in section 2981(b) as an existing minor 
county road shall be available for managed access 
consistent with the purposes of the withdrawal. 
‘‘(d) NEW RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—The Secretary of the 
Navy, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, 
shall be responsible for the timely grant of new rights-of- 
way for Sand Canyon and Red Mountain Road, Pole Line 
Road, and East County Road to the appropriate County. 
‘‘(e) I–11 CORRIDORS.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall manage the land located within the ‘Churchill County 
Preferred I–11 Corridor’ and ‘NDOT I–11 Corridor’ as de-
picted on the map entitled ‘Churchill County Proposed 
Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization and Lands 
Bill’ and dated November 30, 2022, in accordance with this 
section. 
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‘‘(f) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—A copy of the 
map described in section 2981(b) shall be on file and avail-
able for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
Bureau of Land Management. 
‘‘(g) WITHDRAWAL OF LAND.—Subject to any valid 
rights in existence on the date of enactment of this subtitle, 
the land located within the corridors depicted as ‘Utility 
and Infrastructure Corridors’ on the map entitled ‘Church-
ill County Proposed Fallon Range Training Complex Mod-
ernization and Lands Bill’ and dated November 30, 2022, 
is withdrawn from— 
‘‘(1) location and entry under the mining laws; 
and 
‘‘(2) disposition under all laws pertaining to 
mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
‘‘(h) TERMINATION OF WITHDRAWAL.—A withdrawal 
under subsection (g) shall terminate on the date on which— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of the Interior, in coordina-
tion with Churchill County, Nevada, terminates the 
withdrawal; or 
‘‘(2) the applicable corridor or land is patented. 
‘‘(i) REVISED STATUTES SECTION 2477 CLAIMS.—The 
withdrawal and reservation of land by section 2981 shall 
not affect the ability of Churchill County, Nevada, to seek 
adjudication of claims under section 2477 of the Revised 
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Statutes (43 U.S.C. 932), as in effect prior to being repealed 
by section 706(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–579; 90 Stat. 2793). 
‘‘(j) TREATMENT OF THE WEST-WIDE ENERGY COR-
RIDOR.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Nothing in section 2981 
shall be construed to restrict the development of high 
voltage electrical power utility lines within the por-
tion of the designated West-Wide Energy Corridor 
that is located outside of the B–16 Range. 
‘‘(2) TRANSMISSION LINE.—The Secretary of the 
Navy shall allow 1 transmission line within that por-
tion of the designated West-Wide Energy Corridor 
that is located within the B–16 Range nearest the ex-
isting transmission line adjacent to the western 
boundary of the B–16 Range. 
‘‘(3) FUTURE TRANSMISSION LINE.—If the Sec-
retary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior 
determine that additional transmission lines cannot 
be accommodated outside of the B–16 Range, to the 
extent practicable, the Secretary of the Navy shall 
allow the construction of a new transmission line as 
close as practicable to the existing transmission line. 
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‘‘SEC. 2992. SAGE GROUSE STUDY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the State 
of Nevada, shall conduct a study to further assess greater 
sage grouse reactions to military overflights within the 
Fallon Range Training Complex. 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION.—If the Secretary of the Navy 
determines under the study under subsection (a) that great-
er sage grouse in the Fallon Range Training Complex are 
significantly impacted by aircraft overflights, the Secretary 
of the Navy shall implement adaptive management activi-
ties, in coordination with the State of Nevada and the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
‘‘SEC. 2993. TREATMENT OF LIVESTOCK GRAZING PERMITS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy shall 
notify holders of grazing allotments impacted by the with-
drawal and reservation of land by section 2981 and, if 
practicable, assist the holders of the grazing allotments in 
obtaining replacement forage. 
‘‘(b) REVISIONS
TO ALLOTMENT PLANS.—The Sec-
retary of the Navy shall reimburse the Secretary of the Inte-
rior for grazing program-related administrative costs rea-
sonably incurred by the Bureau of Land Management due 
to the withdrawal and reservation of land by section 2981. 
‘‘(c) ALTERNATIVE TO REPLACEMENT FORAGE.—If re-
placement forage cannot be identified under subsection (a), 
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the Secretary of the Navy shall make full and complete pay-
ments to Federal grazing permit holders for all losses suf-
fered by the permit holders as a result of the withdrawal 
or other use of former Federal grazing land for national 
defense purposes pursuant to the Act of June 28, 1934 (com-
monly known as the ‘Taylor Grazing Act’) (48 Stat. 1269, 
chapter 865; 43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.). 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION AND PAYMENT.—The Secretary of 
the Navy shall— 
‘‘(1) notify, by certified mail, holders of grazing 
allotments that are terminated; and 
‘‘(2) compensate the holders of grazing allotments 
described in paragraph (1) for authorized permanent 
improvements associated with the allotments. 
‘‘(e) PAYMENT.—For purposes of calculating and mak-
ing a payment to a Federal grazing permit holder under 
this section (including the conduct of any appraisals re-
quired to calculate the amount of the payment)— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of the Navy shall consider the 
permanent loss of the applicable Federal grazing per-
mit; and 
‘‘(2) the amount of the payment shall not be lim-
ited to the remaining term of the existing Federal 
grazing permit. 
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‘‘SEC. 2994. TRANSFER OF LAND UNDER THE ADMINISTRA-
TIVE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
THE NAVY. 
‘‘(a) TRANSFER REQUIRED.—Subject to subsection (b), 
the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer to the Secretary 
of the Interior, at no cost, administrative jurisdiction of 
the approximately 86 acres of a noncontiguous parcel of 
land as depicted on the map entitled ‘Churchill County Pro-
posed Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization and 
Lands Bill’ and dated November 30, 2022, acquired by the 
Department of the Navy in Churchill County, Nevada, for 
inclusion in the Sand Mountain Recreation Area. 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION WITH RESPECT
TO ENVIRON-
MENTAL HAZARDS.—Prior to transferring land under sub-
section (a), the Secretary of the Navy shall certify that the 
land to be transferred under that subsection is free from 
environmental hazards. 
‘‘SEC. 2995. REDUCTION OF IMPACT OF FALLON RANGE 
TRAINING COMPLEX MODERNIZATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the Record of De-
cision for the Fallon Range Training Complex Moderniza-
tion Final Environmental Impact Statement dated March 
12, 2020, the Secretary of the Navy shall carry out the fol-
lowing additional mitigations and other measures not oth-
erwise included in other sections of this Act to reduce the 
impact of the modernization of the Fallon Range Training 
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Complex by the Secretary of the Navy on the land and local 
community: 
‘‘(1) Develop Memoranda of Agreement or other 
binding protocols, in coordination with agencies, af-
fected Indian tribes, and other stakeholders, for— 
‘‘(A) management of that portion of Bureau 
of Reclamation infrastructure in the B–16 and 
B–20 Ranges that will be closed to public access 
but will continue to be managed for flood control; 
and 
‘‘(B) access for research, resource manage-
ment, and other activities within the B–16, B– 
17, B–19, and B–20 Ranges. 
‘‘(2) Establish wildlife-friendly configured four- 
wire fencing, on coordination with the Nevada De-
partment of Wildlife, to restrict access to the smallest 
possible area necessary to ensure public safety and to 
minimize impacts on wildlife from fencing. 
‘‘(3) Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions— 
‘‘(A) purchase the impacted portion of the 
Great Basin Transmission Company (formerly 
named the ‘Paiute Pipeline Company’) pipeline 
within the B–17 Range; and 
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‘‘(B) pay for the relocation of the pipeline 
acquired under subparagraph (A) to a location 
south of the B–17 Range. 
‘‘(4) Accommodate permitting and construction 
of additional utility and infrastructure projects with-
in 3 corridors running parallel to the existing north- 
south power line in proximity to Nevada Route 121, 
existing east-west power line north of Highway 50, 
and the area immediately north of Highway 50 as 
shown on the map entitled ‘Churchill County Pro-
posed Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization 
and Lands Bill’ and dated November 30, 2022, sub-
ject to the requirement that any project authorized 
under this paragraph shall complete appropriate Fed-
eral and State permitting requirements prior to the 
accommodation under this paragraph. 
‘‘(5)(A) Notify holders of mining claims im-
pacted by the modernization by certified mail. 
‘‘(B) Make payments to the holders of min-
ing claims described in subparagraph (A), sub-
ject to the availability of appropriations. 
‘‘(6) Allow a right-of-way to accommodate I–11 
(which could also include a transmission line) if a 
route is chosen by Churchill County, Nevada, or the 
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State of Nevada that overlaps the northeast corner of 
the withdrawal area for the B–16 Range. 
‘‘(7) Revise the applicable range operations man-
ual— 
‘‘(A) to include Crescent Valley and Eureka 
as noise-sensitive areas; and 
‘‘(B) to implement a 5-nautical-mile buffer 
around the towns of Crescent Valley and Eureka. 
‘‘(8) Implement a 3-nautical-mile airspace exclu-
sion zone over the Gabbs, Eureka, and Crescent Valley 
airports. 
‘‘(9) Extend the Visual Flight Rules airspace 
corridor through the newly established Military Oper-
ations Areas on the east side of the Dixie Valley 
Training Area. 
‘‘(10) Notify affected water rights holders by cer-
tified mail and, if water rights are adversely affected 
by the modernization and cannot be otherwise miti-
gated, acquire existing and valid State water rights. 
‘‘(11) Allow Nevada Department of Wildlife ac-
cess for spring and wildlife guzzler monitoring and 
maintenance. 
‘‘(12) Implement management practices and 
mitigation measures specifically designed to reduce or 
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avoid potential impacts on surface water and ground-
water, such as placing targets outside of washes. 
‘‘(13) Develop and implement a wildland fire 
management plan with the State of Nevada to ensure 
wildland fire prevention, suppression, and restoration 
activities are addressed, as appropriate, for the entire 
expanded range complex. 
‘‘(14) To the maximum extent practicable and if 
compatible with mission training requirements, avoid 
placing targets in biologically sensitive areas identi-
fied by the Nevada Department of Wildlife. 
‘‘(15) Fund 2 conservation law enforcement offi-
cer positions at Naval Air Station Fallon. 
‘‘(16) Post signs warning the public of any con-
tamination, harm, or risk associated with entry into 
the withdrawal land. 
‘‘(17) Enter into an agreement for compensation 
from the Secretary of the Navy to Churchill County, 
Nevada, and the counties of Lyon, Nye, Mineral, and 
Pershing in the State of Nevada to offset any reduc-
tions made in payments in lieu of taxes. 
‘‘(18) Review, in consultation with affected In-
dian tribes, and disclose any impacts caused by the 
activities of the Secretary of the Navy at Fox Peak, 
Medicine Rock, and Fairview Mountain. 
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‘‘(19) Consult with affected Indian tribes to 
mitigate, to the maximum extent practicable, any im-
pacts disclosed under paragraph (18). 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF LAND PRIOR TO COMPLE-
TION
OF REQUIREMENTS.—In accordance with section 
2982(c)(1), the Secretary of the Navy shall not make oper-
ational use of the expanded areas of the B–16, B–17, and 
B–20 Ranges that were not subject to previous withdrawals 
comprising the Fallon Range Training Complex and that 
are withdrawn and reserved by section 2981 until the date 
on which the Secretary of the Navy determines that each 
of the requirements of subsection (a) have been met. 
‘‘SEC. 2996. DIXIE VALLEY WATER PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) CONTINUATION OF PROJECT.—The withdrawal of 
land authorized by section 2981(a)(2) shall not interfere 
with the Churchill County Dixie Valley Water Project. 
‘‘(b) PERMITTING.—On application by Churchill 
County, Nevada, the Secretary of the Navy shall concur 
with the Churchill County Dixie Valley Water Project and, 
in collaboration with the Secretary of the Interior, complete 
any permitting necessary for the Dixie Valley Water 
Project, subject to the public land laws and environmental 
review, including regulations. 
‘‘(c) COMPENSATION.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Secretary of the Navy shall compensate 
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Churchill County, Nevada, for any cost increases for the 
Dixie Valley Water Project that result from any design fea-
tures required by the Secretary of the Navy to be included 
in the Dixie Valley Water Project. 
‘‘SEC. 2997. EXPANSION OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXECU-
TIVE COMMITTEE ON JOINT USE BY DEPART-
MENT OF THE NAVY AND DEPARTMENT OF 
THE INTERIOR OF FALLON RANGE TRAINING 
COMPLEX. 
‘‘The Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the 
Interior shall expand the membership of the Fallon Range 
Training Complex Intergovernmental Executive Committee 
directed by section 3011(a)(5) of the Military Lands With-
drawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 106–65; 113 
Stat. 885; 134 Stat. 4349) relating to the management of 
the natural and cultural resources of the withdrawal land 
to include representatives of Eureka County, Nevada, the 
Nevada Department of Agriculture, and the Nevada Divi-
sion of Minerals. 
‘‘SEC. 2998. TRIBAL LIAISON OFFICE. 
‘‘The Secretary of the Navy shall establish and main-
tain a dedicated Tribal liaison position at Naval Air Sta-
tion Fallon. 
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‘‘SEC. 2999. TERMINATION OF PRIOR WITHDRAWAL. 
‘‘Notwithstanding section 2842 of the William M. 
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) and section 3015 
of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX 
of Public Law 106–65), the withdrawal and reservation 
under section 3011(a) of that Act is terminated. 
‘‘SEC. 2999A. DURATION OF WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVA-
TION. 
‘‘The withdrawal and reservation of public land by 
section 2981 shall terminate on November 6, 2047.’’. 
SEC. 2902. NUMU NEWE SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the management plan for the Spe-
cial Management Area developed under subsection (d). 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) SPECIAL
MANAGEMENT
AREA.—The term 
‘‘Special Management Area’’ means the Numu Newe 
Special Management Area established by subsection 
(b). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—To protect, conserve, and en-
hance the unique and nationally important historic, cul-
tural, archaeological, natural, and educational resources of 
the Numu Newe traditional homeland, subject to valid exist-
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ing rights, there is established in Churchill and Mineral 
Counties, Nevada, the Numu Newe Special Management 
Area, to be administered by the Secretary. 
(c) AREA INCLUDED.—The Special Management Area 
shall consist of the approximately 217,845 acres of public 
land in Churchill and Mineral Counties, Nevada, adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Land Management, as depicted on 
the map entitled ‘‘Churchill County Proposed Fallon Range 
Training Complex Modernization and Lands Bill’’ and 
dated November 30, 2022. 
(d) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
develop a comprehensive management plan for the 
long-term management of the Special Management 
Area. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—In developing and imple-
menting the management plan, the Secretary shall 
consult with— 
(A) appropriate Federal, Tribal, State, and 
local governmental entities; and 
(B) interested members of the public. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The management plan 
shall— 
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(A) describe the appropriate uses of the Spe-
cial Management Area; 
(B) with respect to any land within the 
Special Management Area that is withdrawn 
and reserved for military uses, ensure that man-
agement of the Special Management Area is con-
sistent 
with 
the 
purposes 
under 
section 
2981(c)(2) of the Military Land Withdrawals 
Act of 2013 (as added by section 2901 of this 
title) for which the land is withdrawn and re-
served; 
(C) authorize the use of motor vehicles in 
the Special Management Area, where appro-
priate, including providing for the maintenance 
of existing roads; 
(D) incorporate any provision of an appli-
cable land and resource management plan that 
the Secretary considers to be appropriate; 
(E) ensure, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the protection and preservation of tradi-
tional cultural and religious sites within the 
Special Management Area; 
(F) to the maximum extent practicable, 
carefully and fully integrate the traditional and 
historical knowledge and special expertise of the 
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Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe and other affected 
Indian tribes; 
(G) consistent with subparagraph (D), en-
sure public access to Federal land within the 
Special Management Area for hunting, fishing, 
and other recreational purposes; 
(H) not affect the allocation, ownership, in-
terest, or control, as in existence on the date of 
enactment of this Act, of any water, water right, 
or any other valid existing right; and 
(I) be reviewed not less frequently than an-
nually by the Secretary to ensure the manage-
ment plan is meeting the requirements of this 
section. 
(e) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this section 
restricts or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
the Special Management Area, including military 
overflights that can be seen or heard within the Spe-
cial Management Area; 
(2) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(3) the designation or creation of new units of 
special use airspace, or the establishment of military 
flight training routes, over the Special Management 
Area. 
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SEC. 2903. NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREAS. 
(a) 
NUMUNAA
NOBE
NATIONAL
CONSERVATION 
AREA.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) CONSERVATION AREA.—The term ‘‘Con-
servation Area’’ means the Numunaa Nobe Na-
tional Conservation Area established by para-
graph (2). 
(B) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘man-
agement plan’’ means the management plan for 
the Conservation Area developed under para-
graph (3)(B). 
(C) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To conserve, protect, and 
enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of present 
and future generations the cultural, archae-
ological, natural, wilderness, scientific, geologi-
cal, historical, biological, wildlife, educational, 
recreational, and scenic resources of the Con-
servation Area, subject to valid existing rights, 
there is established the Numunaa Nobe National 
Conservation Area in the State of Nevada, to be 
administered by the Secretary. 
(B) AREA INCLUDED.— 
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(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Conservation 
Area shall consist of approximately 160,224 
acres of public land in Churchill County, 
Nevada, as generally depicted on the map 
entitled ‘‘Churchill County Proposed Fallon 
Range Training Complex Modernization 
and Lands Bill’’ and dated November 30, 
2022. 
(ii) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map 
described in clause (i) shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement. 
(3) MANAGEMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ad-
minister the Conservation Area in a manner 
that conserves, protects, and enhances the re-
sources of the Conservation Area— 
(i) in accordance with— 
(I) this subsection; 
(II) the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.); and 
(III) any other applicable law; 
and 
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(ii) as a component of the National 
Landscape Conservation System. 
(B) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall develop a management 
plan for the Conservation Area. 
(ii) CONSULTATION.—In developing the 
management plan, the Secretary shall con-
sult with— 
(I) appropriate Federal, State, 
Tribal, and local governmental entities; 
and 
(II) members of the public. 
(iii) REQUIREMENTS.—The manage-
ment plan shall— 
(I) describe the appropriate uses 
of the Conservation Area; 
(II) in accordance with para-
graph (5), authorize the use of motor 
vehicles in the Conservation Area, 
where appropriate, including for the 
maintenance of existing roads; and 
(III) incorporate any provision of 
an applicable land and resource man-
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agement plan that the Secretary con-
siders to be appropriate, to include the 
Search and Rescue Training Coopera-
tive Agreement between the Bureau of 
Land Management and the Naval 
Strike and Air Warfare Training Cen-
ter dated July 6, 1998, and the Carson 
City District BLM Administrative 
Guide to Military Activities on and 
Over the Public Lands dated January 
25, 2012. 
(4) USES.—The Secretary shall allow only those 
uses of the Conservation Area that the Secretary de-
termines would further the purposes of the Conserva-
tion Area. 
(5) MOTORIZED
VEHICLES.—Except as needed 
for administrative purposes, planned military activi-
ties authorized by paragraph (3)(B)(iii)(III), or to 
respond to an emergency, the use of motorized vehicles 
in the Conservation Area shall be permitted only on 
roads and trails designated for the use of motorized 
vehicles by the management plan. 
(6) WITHDRAWAL.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, all public land in the Conservation Area 
is withdrawn from— 
(i) all forms of entry, appropriation, 
and disposal under the public land laws; 
(ii) location, entry, and patent under 
the mining laws; and 
(iii) disposition under all laws relat-
ing to mineral and geothermal leasing or 
mineral materials. 
(B) ADDITIONAL
LAND.—If the Secretary 
acquires mineral or other interests in a parcel of 
land within the Conservation Area after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the parcel is withdrawn 
from operation of the laws referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) on the date of acquisition of the 
parcel. 
(7) HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 
(B), nothing in this subsection affects the juris-
diction of the State of Nevada with respect to 
fish and wildlife, including hunting, fishing, and 
trapping in the Conservation Area. 
(B) LIMITATIONS.— 
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(i) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may 
designate by regulation areas in which, and 
establish periods during which, no hunting, 
fishing, or trapping will be permitted in the 
Conservation Area, for reasons of public 
safety, administration, or compliance with 
applicable laws. 
(ii) CONSULTATION
REQUIRED.—Ex-
cept in an emergency, the Secretary shall 
consult with the appropriate State agency 
and notify the public before taking any ac-
tion under clause (i). 
(8) GRAZING.—In the case of land included in 
the Conservation Area on which the Secretary per-
mitted, as of the date of enactment of this Act, live-
stock grazing, the livestock grazing shall be allowed to 
continue, subject to applicable laws (including regula-
tions). 
(9) NO BUFFER ZONES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Nothing in this sub-
section creates a protective perimeter or buffer 
zone around the Conservation Area. 
(B) ACTIVITIES
OUTSIDE
CONSERVATION 
AREA.—The fact that an activity or use on land 
outside the Conservation Area can be seen or 
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heard within the Conservation Area shall not 
preclude the activity or use outside the boundary 
of the Conservation Area. 
(10) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this 
subsection restricts or precludes— 
(A) low-level overflights of military aircraft 
over the Conservation Area, including military 
overflights that can be seen or heard within the 
Conservation Area; 
(B) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(C) the designation or creation of new units 
of special use airspace, or the establishment of 
military flight training routes, over the Con-
servation Area. 
(10) EFFECT ON WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in 
this subsection constitutes an express or implied res-
ervation of any water rights with respect to the Con-
servation Area. 
(b) PISTONE-BLACK MOUNTAIN NATIONAL CONSERVA-
TION AREA.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) CONSERVATION AREA.—The term ‘‘Con-
servation Area’’ means the Pistone-Black Moun-
tain National Conservation Area established by 
paragraph (2)(A). 
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(B) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of the Interior. 
(C) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Walker River Paiute Tribe. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To protect, conserve, and 
enhance the unique and nationally important 
historic, cultural, archaeological, natural, and 
educational resources of the Pistone Site on 
Black Mountain, subject to valid existing rights, 
there is established in Mineral County, Nevada, 
the Pistone-Black Mountain National Conserva-
tion Area. 
(B) AREA INCLUDED.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Conservation 
Area shall consist of the approximately 
3,415 acres of public land in Mineral Coun-
ty, Nevada, administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management, as depicted on the map 
entitled ‘‘Black Mountain/Pistone Archae-
ological District’’ and dated May 12, 2020. 
(ii) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map 
described in clause (i) shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the appro-
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priate offices of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement. 
(3) MANAGEMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
manage the Conservation Area— 
(i) in a manner that conserves, pro-
tects, and enhances the resources and values 
of the Conservation Area, including the re-
sources and values described in paragraph 
(2)(A); 
(ii) in accordance with— 
(I) this subsection; 
(II) the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.); and 
(III) any other applicable law; 
and 
(iii) as a component of the National 
Landscape Conservation System. 
(B) USES.—The Secretary shall allow only 
those uses of the Conservation Area that the Sec-
retary determines would further the purposes of 
the Conservation Area. 
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(C) TRIBAL
CULTURAL
RESOURCES.—In 
administering the Conservation Area, the Sec-
retary shall provide for— 
(i) access to and use of cultural re-
sources by the Tribe at the Conservation 
Area; and 
(ii) the protection from disturbance of 
the cultural resources and burial sites of the 
Tribe located in the Conservation Area. 
(D) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may, in a manner consistent with this 
subsection, enter into cooperative agreements 
with the State of Nevada, affected Indian tribes, 
and institutions and organizations to carry out 
the purposes of this subsection, subject to the re-
quirement that the Tribe shall be a party to any 
cooperative agreement entered into under this 
subparagraph. 
(4) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall develop a management plan for the 
Conservation Area. 
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(B) CONSULTATION.—In developing the 
management plan required under subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall consult with— 
(i) appropriate State, Tribal, and local 
governmental entities; and 
(ii) members of the public. 
(C) 
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
management 
plan developed under subparagraph (A) shall— 
(i) describe the appropriate uses and 
management of the Conservation Area; 
(ii) incorporate, as appropriate, deci-
sions contained in any other management 
or activity plan for the land in or adjacent 
to the Conservation Area; 
(iii) take into consideration any infor-
mation developed in studies of the land and 
resources in or adjacent to the Conservation 
Area; and 
(iv) provide for a cooperative agree-
ment with the Tribe to address the histor-
ical, archaeological, and cultural values of 
the Conservation Area. 
(5) WITHDRAWAL.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, all public land in the Conservation Area 
is withdrawn from— 
(i) all forms of entry, appropriation, 
and disposal under the public land laws; 
(ii) location, entry, and patent under 
the mining laws; and 
(iii) disposition under all laws relat-
ing to mineral and geothermal leasing or 
mineral materials. 
(B) ADDITIONAL
LAND.—If the Secretary 
acquires mineral or other interests in a parcel of 
land within the Conservation Area after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the parcel is withdrawn 
from operation of the laws referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) on the date of acquisition of the 
parcel. 
(6) HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 
(B), nothing in this subsection affects the juris-
diction of the State of Nevada with respect to 
fish and wildlife, including hunting, fishing, and 
trapping in the Conservation Area. 
(B) LIMITATIONS.— 
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(i) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may 
designate by regulation areas in which, and 
establish periods during which, no hunting, 
fishing, or trapping will be permitted in the 
Conservation Area, for reasons of public 
safety, administration, or compliance with 
applicable laws. 
(ii) CONSULTATION
REQUIRED.—Ex-
cept in an emergency, the Secretary shall 
consult with the appropriate State agency 
and notify the public before taking any ac-
tion under clause (i). 
(7) GRAZING.—In the case of land included in 
the Conservation Area on which the Secretary per-
mitted, as of the date of enactment of this Act, live-
stock grazing, the livestock grazing shall be allowed to 
continue, subject to applicable laws (including regula-
tions). 
(8) NO BUFFER ZONES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Nothing in this sub-
section creates a protective perimeter or buffer 
zone around the Conservation Area. 
(B) ACTIVITIES
OUTSIDE
CONSERVATION 
AREA.—The fact that an activity or use on land 
outside the Conservation Area can be seen or 
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heard within the Conservation Area shall not 
preclude the activity or use outside the boundary 
of the Conservation Area. 
(9) MILITARY
OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this 
subsection restricts or precludes— 
(A) low-level overflights of military aircraft 
over the Conservation Area, including military 
overflights that can be seen or heard within the 
Conservation Area; 
(B) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(C) the designation or creation of new units 
of special use airspace, or the establishment of 
military flight training routes, over the Con-
servation Area. 
(10) EFFECT ON WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in 
this subsection constitutes an express or implied res-
ervation of any water rights with respect to the Con-
servation Area. 
SEC. 2904. COLLABORATION WITH STATE AND COUNTY. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the 
Navy and Secretary of the Interior should collaborate with 
the State of Nevada, Churchill County, Nevada, the city of 
Fallon, Nevada, and affected Indian tribes with the goal 
of preventing catastrophic wildfire and resource damage in 
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the land withdrawn or owned within the Fallon Range 
Training Complex. 
SEC. 2905. WILDERNESS AREAS IN CHURCHILL COUNTY, NE-
VADA. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 
area’’ means a wilderness area designated by sub-
section (b)(1). 
(b) ADDITIONS TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA-
TION SYSTEM.— 
(1) ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following par-
cels of Federal land in Churchill County, Nevada, are 
designated as wilderness and as components of the 
National Wilderness Preservation System: 
(A) CLAN
ALPINE
MOUNTAINS
WILDER-
NESS.—Certain Federal land managed by the 
Bureau of Land Management, comprising ap-
proximately 128,362 acres, as generally depicted 
on the map entitled ‘‘Churchill County Proposed 
Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization 
and Lands Bill’’ and dated November 30, 2022, 
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which shall be known as the ‘‘Clan Alpine Moun-
tains Wilderness’’. 
(B) DESATOYA MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.— 
Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of 
Land Management, comprising approximately 
32,537 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
entitled ‘‘Churchill County Proposed Fallon 
Range Training Complex Modernization and 
Lands Bill’’ and dated November 30, 2022, 
which shall be known as the ‘‘Desatoya Moun-
tains Wilderness’’. 
(C) CAIN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management, comprising approximately 7,664 
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Churchill County Proposed Fallon Range 
Training Complex Modernization and Lands 
Bill’’ and dated November 30, 2022, which shall 
be known as the ‘‘Cain Mountain Wilderness’’. 
(2) BOUNDARY.—The boundary of any portion of 
a wilderness area that is bordered by a road shall be 
at least 150 feet from the edge of the road. 
(3) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary shall prepare a map and legal description 
of each wilderness area. 
(B) EFFECT.—Each map and legal descrip-
tion prepared under subparagraph (A) shall 
have the same force and effect as if included in 
this section, except that the Secretary may cor-
rect clerical and typographical errors in the map 
or legal description. 
(C) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal 
description prepared under subparagraph (A) 
shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 
Land Management. 
(4) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, each wilderness area is withdrawn from— 
(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, and 
disposal under the public land laws; 
(B) location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws; and 
(C) operation of the mineral leasing and 
geothermal leasing laws. 
(c) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
each wilderness area shall be administered by the Secretary 
in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.), except that— 
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(1) any reference in that Act to the effective date 
of that Act shall be considered to be a reference to the 
date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
(d) LIVESTOCK.—The grazing of livestock in a wilder-
ness area administered by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, if established as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
shall be allowed to continue, subject to such reasonable regu-
lations, policies, and practices as the Secretary considers 
necessary, in accordance with— 
(1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 
(2) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of the 
report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives accompanying 
H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House Report 101– 
405). 
(e) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTER-
ESTS.—Any land or interest in land within the boundaries 
of a wilderness area that is acquired by the United States 
after the date of enactment of this Act shall be added to 
and administered as part of the wilderness area within 
which the acquired land or interest is located. 
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(f) WATER RIGHTS.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(A) the wilderness areas— 
(i) are located in the semiarid region 
of the Great Basin region; and 
(ii) include ephemeral and perennial 
streams; 
(B) the hydrology of the wilderness areas is 
predominantly characterized by complex flow 
patterns and alluvial fans with impermanent 
channels; 
(C) the subsurface hydrogeology of the re-
gion in which the wilderness areas are located is 
characterized by— 
(i) groundwater subject to local and re-
gional flow gradients; and 
(ii) unconfined and artesian condi-
tions; 
(D) the wilderness areas are generally not 
suitable for use or development of new water re-
source facilities; and 
(E) because of the unique nature and hy-
drology of the desert land in the wilderness 
areas, it is possible to provide for proper man-
agement and protection of the wilderness areas 
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and other values of land in ways different from 
those used in other laws. 
(2) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection— 
(A) constitutes an express or implied res-
ervation by the United States of any water or 
water rights with respect to the wilderness areas; 
(B) affects any water rights in the State of 
Nevada (including any water rights held by the 
United States) in existence on the date of enact-
ment of this Act; 
(C) establishes a precedent with regard to 
any future wilderness designations; 
(D) affects the interpretation of, or any des-
ignation made under, any other Act; or 
(E) limits, alters, modifies, or amends any 
interstate compact or equitable apportionment 
decree that apportions water among and between 
the State of Nevada and other States. 
(3) NEVADA WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall 
follow the procedural and substantive requirements of 
Nevada State law in order to obtain and hold any 
water rights not in existence on the date of enactment 
of this Act with respect to the wilderness areas. 
(4) NEW PROJECTS.— 
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(A) DEFINITION OF WATER RESOURCE FA-
CILITY.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ means ir-
rigation and pumping facilities, reservoirs, 
water conservation works, aqueducts, ca-
nals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower 
projects, transmission and other ancillary 
facilities, and other water diversion, stor-
age, and carriage structures. 
(ii) EXCLUSION.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ does not 
include wildlife guzzlers. 
(B) RESTRICTION
ON
NEW
WATER
RE-
SOURCE FACILITIES.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, on and after the date of en-
actment of this Act, neither the President nor 
any other officer, employee, or agent of the 
United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or 
issue a license or permit for the development of 
any new water resource facility within a wilder-
ness area. 
(g) WILDFIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASE.—In accord-
ance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1133(d)(1)), the Secretary may take such measures in a wil-
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derness area as are necessary for the control of fire, insects, 
and diseases (including, as the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate, the coordination of the activities with a State 
or local agency). 
(h) DATA COLLECTION.—Subject to such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, nothing in this 
section precludes the installation and maintenance of hy-
drologic, meteorological, or climatological collection devices 
in a wilderness area, if the Secretary determines that the 
devices and access to the devices are essential to flood warn-
ing, flood control, or water reservoir operation activities. 
(i) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this section 
restricts or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
a wilderness area, including military overflights that 
can be seen or heard within a wilderness area; 
(2) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(3) the designation or creation of new units of 
special use airspace, or the establishment of military 
flight training routes, over a wilderness area. 
(j) WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In accordance with section 
4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 
nothing in this chapter affects or diminishes the juris-
diction of the State of Nevada with respect to fish and 
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wildlife management, including the regulation of 
hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the wilderness 
areas. 
(2) MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.—In furtherance of 
the purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Secretary may conduct any 
management activities in the wilderness areas that 
are necessary to maintain or restore fish and wildlife 
populations and the habitats to support the popu-
lations, if the activities are carried out— 
(A) consistent with relevant wilderness 
management plans; and 
(B) in accordance with— 
(i) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
et seq.); and 
(ii) appropriate policies, such as those 
set forth in Appendix B of the report of the 
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 
of the House of Representatives accom-
panying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress 
(House Report 101–405), including the oc-
casional and temporary use of motorized ve-
hicles, if the use, as determined by the Sec-
retary, would promote healthy, viable, and 
more naturally distributed wildlife popu-
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lations that would enhance wilderness val-
ues with the minimal impact necessary to 
reasonably accomplish those tasks. 
(3) EXISTING ACTIVITIES.—In accordance with 
section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1133(d)(1)) and in accordance with appropriate poli-
cies such as those set forth in Appendix B of the Com-
mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House 
of Representatives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 
101st Congress (House Report 101–405), the State 
may continue to use aircraft (including helicopters) 
to survey, capture, transplant, monitor, and provide 
water for wildlife populations. 
(4) 
WILDLIFE
WATER
DEVELOPMENT 
PROJECTS.—Subject to subsection (f), the Secretary 
shall authorize structures and facilities, including ex-
isting structures and facilities, for wildlife water de-
velopment projects, including guzzlers, in the wilder-
ness areas if— 
(A) the structures and facilities would, as 
determined by the Secretary, enhance wilderness 
values by promoting healthy, viable, and more 
naturally distributed wildlife populations; and 
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(B) the visual impacts of the structures and 
facilities on the wilderness areas can reasonably 
be minimized. 
(5) HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may des-
ignate areas in which, and establish periods dur-
ing which, for reasons of public safety, adminis-
tration, or compliance with applicable laws, no 
hunting, fishing, or trapping will be permitted 
in the wilderness areas. 
(B) 
CONSULTATION.—Except 
in 
emer-
gencies, the Secretary shall consult with the ap-
propriate State agency and notify the public be-
fore taking any action under subparagraph (A). 
(6) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The State of Nevada, in-
cluding a designee of the State, may conduct 
wildlife management activities in the wilderness 
areas— 
(i) in accordance with the terms and 
conditions specified in the cooperative 
agreement between the Secretary and the 
State entitled ‘‘Memorandum of Under-
standing between the Bureau of Land Man-
agement and the Nevada Department of 
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Wildlife Supplement No. 9’’ and signed No-
vember and December 2003, including any 
amendments to the cooperative agreement 
agreed to by the Secretary and the State of 
Nevada; and 
(ii) subject to all applicable laws (in-
cluding regulations). 
(B) REFERENCES.—For the purposes of this 
subsection, any references to Clark County, Ne-
vada, in the cooperative agreement described this 
paragraph shall be considered to be a reference 
to Churchill or Lander County, Nevada, as ap-
plicable. 
SEC. 2906. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the purposes of 
section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), the public land in Church-
ill County, Nevada, that is administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management in the following areas has been ade-
quately studied for wilderness designation: 
(1) The Stillwater Range Wilderness Study 
Area. 
(2) The Job Peak Wilderness Study Area. 
(3) The Clan Alpine Mountains Wilderness 
Study Area. 
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(4) That portion of the Augusta Mountains Wil-
derness Study Area located in Churchill County, Ne-
vada. 
(5) That portion of the Desatoya Mountains Wil-
derness Study Area located in Churchill County, Ne-
vada. 
(6) Any portion of any other wilderness study 
area located in Churchill County, Nevada, that is not 
a wilderness area. 
(b) RELEASE.—The portions of the public land de-
scribed in subsection (a) not designated as wilderness by 
section 2905(b)— 
(1) are no longer subject to section 603(c) of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 
(2) shall be managed in accordance with— 
(A) land management plans adopted under 
section 202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712); and 
(B) existing cooperative conservation agree-
ments. 
SEC. 2907. LAND CONVEYANCES AND EXCHANGES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the city of 
Fallon, Nevada. 
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(2) PUBLIC PURPOSE.—The term ‘‘public pur-
pose’’ includes any of the following: 
(A) The construction and operation of a 
new fire station for Churchill County, Nevada. 
(B) The operation or expansion of an exist-
ing wastewater treatment facility for Churchill 
County, Nevada. 
(C) The operation or expansion of existing 
gravel pits and rock quarries of Churchill Coun-
ty, Nevada. 
(D) The operation or expansion of an exist-
ing City landfill. 
(b) PUBLIC PURPOSE CONVEYANCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 202 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712), the Secretary of the Interior 
shall convey, subject to valid existing rights and para-
graph (2), for no consideration, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in approximately 6,892 
acres of Federal land to Churchill County, Nevada, 
and 212 acres of land to the City identified as ‘‘Pub-
lic Purpose Conveyances to Churchill County and 
City of Fallon’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Churchill Coun-
ty Proposed Fallon Range Training Complex Mod-
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ernization and Lands Bill’’ and dated November 30, 
2022. 
(2) USE.—Churchill County, Nevada, and the 
City shall use the Federal land conveyed under para-
graph (1) for public purposes and the construction 
and operation of public recreational facilities. 
(3) REVERSIONARY
INTEREST.—If a parcel of 
Federal land conveyed to Churchill County, Nevada, 
under paragraph (1) ceases to be used for public 
recreation or other public purposes consistent with the 
Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the 
‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’; 43 U.S.C. 869 
et seq.), the parcel of Federal land shall, at the discre-
tion of the Secretary of the Interior, revert to the 
United States. 
(4) GRAVEL PIT AND ROCK QUARRY ACCESS.— 
Churchill County, Nevada, shall provide at no cost to 
the Department of the Interior access to and use of 
any existing gravel pits and rock quarries conveyed 
to Churchill County, Nevada, under this section. 
(c) EXCHANGE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
seek to enter into an agreement for an exchange with 
Churchill County, Nevada, for the land identified as 
‘‘Churchill County Conveyance to the Department of Inte-
rior’’ in exchange for the land administered by the Sec-
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retary of the Interior identified as ‘‘Department of Interior 
Conveyance to Churchill County’’ on the map entitled 
‘‘Churchill County Proposed Fallon Range Training Com-
plex Modernization and Lands Bill’’ and dated November 
30, 2022. 
SEC. 2908. CHECKERBOARD RESOLUTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, in 
consultation with Churchill County, Nevada, and land-
owners in Churchill County, Nevada, and after providing 
an opportunity for public comment, shall seek to consolidate 
Federal land and non-Federal land ownership in Churchill 
County, Nevada. 
(b) LAND EXCHANGES.— 
(1) LAND EXCHANGE AUTHORITY.—To the extent 
practicable, the Secretary of the Interior shall offer to 
exchange land identified for exchange under para-
graph (3) for private land in Churchill County, Ne-
vada, that is adjacent to Federal land in Churchill 
County, Nevada, if the exchange would consolidate 
land ownership and facilitate improved land manage-
ment in Churchill County, Nevada, as determined by 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) APPLICABLE LAW.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, a land exchange under this sec-
tion shall be conducted in accordance with— 
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(A) section 206 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716); 
and 
(B) any other applicable law. 
(3) IDENTIFICATION OF FEDERAL LAND FOR EX-
CHANGE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall identify 
appropriate Federal land in Churchill County, Ne-
vada, to offer for exchange from Federal land identi-
fied as potentially suitable for disposal in an applica-
ble resource management plan and managed by— 
(A) the Commissioner of Reclamation; or 
(B) the Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management. 
(c) EQUAL VALUE LAND EXCHANGES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Land to be exchanged under 
this section shall be of equal value, based on apprais-
als prepared in accordance with— 
(A) the Uniform Standards for Professional 
Land Acquisitions; and 
(B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 
Appraisal Practice. 
(2) USE OF MASS APPRAISALS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 
(B), the Secretary of the Interior may use a 
mass appraisal to determine the value of land to 
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be exchanged under this section, if the Secretary 
of the Interior determines that the land to be 
subject to the mass appraisal is of similar char-
acter and value. 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall exclude from a mass appraisal under 
subparagraph (A) any land, the value of which 
is likely to exceed $250 per acre, as determined 
by the Secretary of the Interior. 
(C) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall make the results of a mass ap-
praisal conducted under subparagraph (A) avail-
able to the public. 
(d) FUNDING ELIGIBILITY.—Section 4(e)(3)(A) of the 
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 
(Public Law 105–263; 31 U.S.C. 6901 note) is amended— 
(1) in clause (iv) by inserting ‘‘Churchill,’’ after 
‘‘Lincoln,’’; 
(2) in clause (x) by striking ‘‘Nevada; and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Nevada;’’; 
(3) in clause (xi) by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)(A).’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(A); and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(xii) reimbursement of costs incurred 
by the Secretary in the identification, im-
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plementation, and consolidation of Federal 
and non-Federal lands in Churchill County 
in accordance with section 2908 of division 
B of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.’’. 
Subtitle B—Lander County Eco-
nomic Development and Con-
servation 
SEC. 2911. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Lander 
County, Nevada. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Nevada. 
PART I—LANDER COUNTY PUBLIC PURPOSE 
LAND CONVEYANCES 
SEC. 2921. DEFINITIONS. 
In this part: 
(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map enti-
tled ‘‘Lander County Selected Lands’’ and dated Au-
gust 4, 2020. 
(2) SECRETARY
CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
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(A) the Secretary, with respect to land 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary; and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
through the Chief of the Forest Service, with re-
spect to National Forest System land. 
SEC. 2922. CONVEYANCES TO LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE
FOR
WATERSHED
PROTECTION, 
RECREATION, AND PARKS.—Notwithstanding the land use 
planning requirements of sections 202 and 203 of the Fed-
eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1712, 1713), not later than 60 days after the date on which 
the County identifies and selects the parcels of Federal land 
for conveyance to the County from among the parcels identi-
fied on the Map as ‘‘Lander County Parcels BLM and 
USFS’’ and dated August 4, 2020, the Secretary concerned 
shall convey to the County, subject to valid existing rights 
and for no consideration, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the identified parcels of Federal 
land (including mineral rights) for use by the County for 
watershed protection, recreation, and parks. 
(b) CONVEYANCE FOR AIRPORT FACILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the land use 
planning requirements of sections 202 and 203 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713), the Secretary concerned shall 
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convey to the County, subject to valid existing rights, 
including mineral rights, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the parcels of Federal 
land identified on the Map as ‘‘Kingston Airport’’ for 
the purpose of improving the relevant airport facility 
and related infrastructure. 
(2) COSTS.—The only costs for the conveyance to 
be paid by the County under paragraph (1) shall be 
the survey costs relating to the conveyance. 
(c) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal description 
of any parcel of Federal land to be conveyed under sub-
section (a) or (b) shall be determined by a survey satisfac-
tory to the Secretary concerned and the County. 
(d) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If a parcel of Federal 
land conveyed to the County under subsections (a) or (b) 
ceases to be used for public recreation or other public pur-
poses consistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’; 43 
U.S.C. 869 et seq.), the parcel of Federal land shall, at the 
discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, revert to the 
United States. 
(e) MAP, ACREAGE ESTIMATES, AND LEGAL DESCRIP-
TIONS.— 
(1) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary concerned 
and the County may, by mutual agreement— 
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(A) make minor boundary adjustments to 
the parcels of Federal land to be conveyed under 
subsection (a) or (b); and 
(B) correct any minor errors in— 
(i) the Map; or 
(ii) an acreage estimate or legal de-
scription of any parcel of Federal land con-
veyed under subsection (a) or (b). 
(2) CONFLICT.—If there is a conflict between the 
Map, an acreage estimate, or a legal description of 
Federal land conveyed under subsection (a) or (b), the 
Map shall control unless the Secretary concerned and 
the County mutually agree otherwise. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make the 
Map available for public inspection in— 
(A) the Office of the Nevada State Director 
of the Bureau of Land Management; and 
(B) the Bureau of Land Management Battle 
Mountain Field Office. 
PART II—LANDER COUNTY WILDERNESS AREAS 
SEC. 2931. DEFINITIONS. 
In this part: 
(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map enti-
tled ‘‘Lander County Wilderness Areas Proposal’’ and 
dated April 19, 2021. 
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(2) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 
area’’ means a wilderness area designated by section 
2932(a). 
SEC. 2932. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following land in the State 
of Nevada is designated as wilderness and as components 
of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 
(1) CAIN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-
eral land managed by the Director of the Bureau of 
Land Management, comprising approximately 6,386 
acres, generally depicted as ‘‘Cain Mountain Wilder-
ness’’ on the Map, which shall be part of the Cain 
Mountain Wilderness designated by section 2905(b) of 
this title. 
(2) DESATOYA
MOUNTAINS
WILDERNESS.—Cer-
tain Federal land managed by the Director of the Bu-
reau of Land Management, comprising approximately 
7,766 acres, generally depicted as ‘‘Desatoya Moun-
tains Wilderness’’ on the Map, which shall be part of 
the Desatoya Mountains Wilderness designated by sec-
tion 2905(b) of this title. 
(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
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file with, and make available for inspection in, the 
appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, a map and legal description of each wilderness 
area. 
(2) EFFECT.—Each map and legal description 
filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same force 
and effect as if included in this chapter, except that 
the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical 
errors in the map or legal description. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.—The 
wilderness areas designated in subsection (a) shall be ad-
ministered in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and the wilderness management provi-
sions in section 2905 of this title. 
SEC. 2933. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the purposes of 
section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), the following public land 
in the County has been adequately studied for wilderness 
designation: 
(1) The approximately 10,777 acres of the Au-
gusta Mountain Wilderness Study Area within the 
County that has not been designated as wilderness by 
section 2902(a) of this title. 
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(2) The approximately 1,088 acres of the 
Desatoya Wilderness Study Area within the County 
that has not been designated as wilderness by section 
2902(a) of this title. 
(b) RELEASE.—The public land described in sub-
section (a)— 
(1) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 
(2) shall be managed in accordance with the ap-
plicable land use plans adopted under section 202 of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712). 
DIVISION 
C—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
AND 
OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE 
XXXI—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—National Security Programs and Authorizations 
Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration. 
Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup. 
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. 
Sec. 3104. Nuclear energy. 
Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 3111. Requirements for specific request for new or modified nuclear weapons. 
Sec. 3112. Modifications to long-term plan for meeting national security require-
ments for unencumbered uranium. 
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Sec. 3113. Modification of minor construction threshold for plant projects. 
Sec. 3114. Update to plan for deactivation and decommissioning of non-
operational defense nuclear facilities. 
Sec. 3115. Use of alternative technologies to eliminate proliferation threats at vul-
nerable sites. 
Sec. 3116. Unavailability for overhead costs of amounts specified for laboratory- 
directed research and development. 
Sec. 3117. Workforce enhancement for National Nuclear Security Administration. 
Sec. 3118. Modification of cost baselines for certain projects. 
Sec. 3119. Purchase of real property options. 
Sec. 3120. Prohibition on availability of funds to reconvert or retire W76–2 war-
heads. 
Sec. 3121. Acceleration of depleted uranium manufacturing processes. 
Sec. 3122. Assistance by the National Nuclear Security Administration to the Air 
Force for the development of the Mark 21A fuse. 
Sec. 3123. Determination of standardized indirect cost elements. 
Sec. 3124. Certification of completion of milestones with respect to plutonium pit 
aging. 
Sec. 3125. National Nuclear Security Administration facility advanced manufac-
turing development. 
Sec. 3126. Authorization of workforce development and training partnership pro-
grams within National Nuclear Security Administration. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 3131. Modification to certain reporting requirements. 
Sec. 3132. Repeal of obsolete provisions of the Atomic Energy Defense Act and 
other provisions. 
Subtitle A—National Security 
Programs and Authorizations 
SEC. 3101. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Energy for fiscal year 2023 for the activities of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs 
as specified in the funding table in section 4701. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF NEW PLANT PROJECTS.— 
From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available 
for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy 
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may carry out new plant projects for the National Nuclear 
Security Administration as follows: 
Project 23–D–516, Energetic Materials Charac-
terization Facility, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 
Los Alamos, New Mexico, $19,000,000. 
Project 23–D–517, Electrical Power Capacity 
Upgrade, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Ala-
mos, New Mexico, $24,000,000. 
Project 23–D–518, Plutonium Modernization 
Operations & Waste Management Office Building, 
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New 
Mexico, $48,500,000. 
Project 23–D–519, Special Materials Facility, 
Y–12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Ten-
nessee, $49,500,000. 
Project 23–D–533, Component Test Complex 
Project, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, West Miff-
lin, Pennsylvania, $57,420,000. 
SEC. 3102. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Energy for fiscal year 2023 for defense environmental 
cleanup activities in carrying out programs as specified in 
the funding table in section 4701. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF NEW PLANT PROJECTS.— 
From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available 
for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy 
may carry out, for defense environmental cleanup activities, 
the following new plant projects: 
Project 23–D–402, Calcine Construction, Idaho 
National 
Laboratory, 
Idaho 
Falls, 
Idaho, 
$10,000,000. 
Project 23–D–403, Hanford 200 West Area Tank 
Farms Risk Management Project, Office of River Pro-
tection, Richland, Washington, $4,408,000. 
Project 23–D–404, 181D Export Water System 
Reconfiguration and Upgrade, Hanford Site, Rich-
land, Washington, $6,770,000. 
Project 23–D–405, 181B Export Water System 
Reconfiguration and Upgrade, Hanford Site, Rich-
land, Washington, $480,000. 
SEC. 3103. OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 2023 for other defense 
activities in carrying out programs as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4701. 
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SEC. 3104. NUCLEAR ENERGY. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 2023 for nuclear en-
ergy as specified in the funding table in section 4701. 
Subtitle 
B—Program 
Authoriza-
tions, Restrictions, and Limita-
tions 
SEC. 3111. REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR 
NEW OR MODIFIED NUCLEAR WEAPONS. 
Section 4209 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 
U.S.C. 2529) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘beyond 
phase 1 or phase 6.1 (as the case may be) of the 
nuclear 
weapon 
acquisition 
process’’ 
after 
‘‘modified nuclear weapon’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘research 
and development which could lead to the produc-
tion’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘re-
search and development for the production’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) BUDGET REQUEST FORMAT.—In a request for 
funds under subsection (a), the Secretary shall include a 
dedicated line item for each activity described in subsection 
(a)(2) for a new nuclear weapon or modified nuclear weap-
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on that is in phase 2 or higher or phase 6.2 or higher (as 
the case may be) of the nuclear weapon acquisition proc-
ess.’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION AND BRIEFING OF NONCOVERED 
ACTIVITIES.—In any fiscal year after fiscal year 2022, the 
Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator, in 
conjunction with the annual submission of the budget of the 
President to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall notify the congressional defense 
committees of— 
‘‘(1) any activities described in subsection (a)(2) 
relating to the development of a new nuclear weapon 
or modified nuclear weapon that, during the calendar 
year prior to the budget submission, were carried out 
prior to phase 2 or phase 6.2 (as the case may be) 
of the nuclear weapon acquisition process; and 
‘‘(2) any plans to carry out, prior to phase 2 or 
phase 6.2 (as the case may be) of the nuclear weapon 
acquisition process, activities described in subsection 
(a)(2) relating to the development of a new nuclear 
weapon or modified nuclear weapon during the fiscal 
year covered by that budget.’’. 
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SEC. 3112. MODIFICATIONS TO LONG-TERM PLAN FOR 
MEETING 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY 
REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR UNENCUMBERED URANIUM. 
(a) TIMING.—Subsection (a) of section 4221 of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538c) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘each even-numbered year 
through 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘each odd-numbered 
year through 2031’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2065’’ and inserting ‘‘2070’’. 
(b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection (b) of such sec-
tion is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘through 
2070’’ after ‘‘unencumbered uranium’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) 
as paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (4): 
‘‘(4) An assessment of current and projected 
unencumbered uranium production by private indus-
try in the United States that could support future de-
fense requirements.’’; and 
(4) by striking paragraphs (8) and (9), as so re-
designated, and inserting the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(8) An assessment of— 
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‘‘(A) when additional enrichment of ura-
nium will be required to meet national security 
requirements; and 
‘‘(B) the options the Secretary is consid-
ering to meet such requirements, including an es-
timated cost and timeline for each option and a 
description of any changes to policy or law that 
the Secretary determines would be required for 
each option. 
‘‘(9) An assessment of how options to provide ad-
ditional enriched uranium to meet national security 
requirements could, as an additional benefit, con-
tribute to the establishment of a sustained domestic 
enrichment capacity and allow the commercial sector 
of the United States to reduce reliance on importing 
uranium from adversary countries.’’. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Such section 
is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL BRIEFING.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date on which the congressional 
defense committees receive each plan under subsection (a), 
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the Comptroller General of the United States shall provide 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a briefing that includes an as-
sessment of the plan.’’. 
SEC. 
3113. 
MODIFICATION 
OF 
MINOR 
CONSTRUCTION 
THRESHOLD FOR PLANT PROJECTS. 
(a) THRESHOLD.—Paragraph (2) of section 4701 of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2741(2)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided by subparagraphs 
(B) and (C), the term ‘minor construction threshold’ 
means $30,000,000. 
‘‘(B) During the period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 and ending on November 30, 
2025, the Administrator may calculate the amount 
specified in subparagraph (A) based on fiscal year 
2022 constant dollars if the Administrator— 
‘‘(i) submits to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the method used by the 
Administrator to calculate the adjustment; 
‘‘(ii) a period of 30 days elapses following 
the date of such submission; and 
‘‘(iii) publishes the adjusted amount in the 
Federal Register. 
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‘‘(C) Beginning on December 1, 2025, the term 
‘minor construction threshold’ means— 
‘‘(i) $30,000,000; or 
‘‘(ii) if the Administrator calculated a dif-
ferent amount pursuant to subparagraph (B), 
the last such calculated amount as published in 
the Federal Register under clause (iii) of such 
subparagraph.’’. 
(b) REPORTS.—Section 4703(b) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 
2743) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The 
report shall include with respect to each project the fol-
lowing:’’ 
‘‘(1) The estimated original total project cost and 
the estimated original date of completion. 
‘‘(2) The percentage of the project that is com-
plete. 
‘‘(3) The current estimated total project cost and 
estimated date of completion.’’. 
SEC. 3114. UPDATE TO PLAN FOR DEACTIVATION AND DE-
COMMISSIONING OF NONOPERATIONAL DE-
FENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES. 
Section 4423 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 
U.S.C. 2603) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘during each 
even-numbered year beginning in 2016’’; and insert-
ing ‘‘every four years beginning in 2025’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘2025’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 
‘‘2029’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘determines—’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘determines are non-
operational as of September 30, 2024.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Not later than March 31 of 
each even-numbered year beginning in 2016’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Not later than March 31, 2025, 
and every four years thereafter,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘submitting during 2016’’ 
and inserting ‘‘submitted during 2025’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) a description of the deactivation and decom-
missioning actions taken at each nonoperational de-
fense nuclear facility during the period following the 
date on which the previous report required by this 
section was submitted.’’; and 
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(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2026’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2033’’. 
SEC. 3115. USE OF ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO ELIMI-
NATE PROLIFERATION THREATS AT VULNER-
ABLE SITES. 
Section 4306B of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 
U.S.C. 2569) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)(M)(ii), by inserting ‘‘(in-
cluding through the use of alternative technologies)’’ 
after ‘‘convert’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) The term ‘alternative technologies’ means 
technologies, such as accelerator-based equipment, that 
do not use radiological materials.’’. 
SEC. 3116. UNAVAILABILITY FOR OVERHEAD COSTS OF 
AMOUNTS SPECIFIED FOR LABORATORY-DI-
RECTED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4812 of the Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2792) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION
ON USE
OF FUNDS
FOR OVER-
HEAD.—A national security laboratory may not use funds 
made available under section 4811(c) to cover the costs of 
general and administrative overhead for the laboratory.’’. 
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(b) REPEAL OF PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 3119 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–328; 50 U.S.C. 2791 note) is repealed. 
SEC. 3117. WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT FOR NATIONAL NU-
CLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF CAP ON FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT 
EMPLOYEES OF THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY AD-
MINISTRATION.—Section 3241A of the National Nuclear Se-
curity Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2441a) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (a) and (c); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) 
as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively; and 
(3) by redesignating the first subsection (b) as 
subsection (d) and moving the subsection so as to ap-
pear after subsection (c), as redesignated by para-
graph (2). 
(b) ANNUAL BRIEFING.—Subsection (c) of such section, 
as so redesignated, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL BRIEFING.—In conjunction with the sub-
mission of the budget of the President to Congress pursuant 
to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Adminis-
trator shall provide to the congressional defense committees 
a briefing containing the following information: 
‘‘(1) A projection of the expected number of em-
ployees of the Office of the Administrator, as counted 
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under subsection (d), for the fiscal year covered by the 
budget and the four subsequent fiscal years, broken 
down by the office in which the employees are pro-
jected to be assigned. 
‘‘(2) With respect to the most recent fiscal year 
for which data is available— 
‘‘(A) the number of service support contracts 
of the Administration and whether such con-
tracts are funded using program or program di-
rection funds; 
‘‘(B) the number of full-time equivalent con-
tractor employees working under each contract 
identified under subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(C) the number of full-time equivalent con-
tractor employees described in subparagraph (B) 
that have been employed under such a contract 
for a period greater than two years; 
‘‘(D) with respect to each contract identified 
under subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) identification of each appropria-
tions account that supports the contract; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the amount obligated under the 
contract during the fiscal year, listed by 
each such account; and 
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‘‘(E) with respect to each appropriations 
account identified under subparagraph (D)(i), 
the total amount obligated for contracts identi-
fied under subparagraph (A).’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (d) of such 
section, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by 
striking ‘‘under subsection (a)’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘under subsection (c)’’. 
SEC. 3118. MODIFICATION OF COST BASELINES FOR CER-
TAIN PROJECTS. 
Section 4713(a) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 
U.S.C. 2753(a)) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
paragraph 
(2)(D), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$750,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$800,000,000’’; 
(2) 
in 
paragraph 
(3)(A)(i), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$65,000,000’’; and 
(3) 
in 
paragraph 
(4)(A)(i), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$65,000,000’’. 
SEC. 3119. PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY OPTIONS. 
Subtitle E of the National Nuclear Security Adminis-
tration Act (50 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section (and conforming the 
table of contents at the beginning of such Act accordingly): 
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(i) in subtitle A, by striking section 
4215; and 
(ii) in subtitle B, by striking section 
4235; and 
(B) in title XLIV— 
(i) in subtitle A, by striking section 
4403; 
(ii) in subtitle C, by striking sections 
4444, 4445, and 4446; and 
(iii) in subtitle D, by striking section 
4454. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended 
by striking the items relating to sections 4215, 4235, 
4403, 4444, 4445, 4446, and 4454. 
(b) REPEAL OF OTHER PROVISIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY
TO
USE
INTERNATIONAL
NU-
CLEAR
MATERIALS
PROTECTION
AND
COOPERATION 
PROGRAM
FUNDS
OUTSIDE
THE
FORMER
SOVIET 
UNION.—Section 3124 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (50 U.S.C. 2568) 
is repealed. 
(2) SILK
ROAD
INITIATIVE; 
NUCLEAR
NON-
PROLIFERATION
FELLOWSHIPS.—Sections 3133 and 
3134 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Au-
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