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Union Calendar No. 777 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6070 
[Report No. 118–752, Part I] 
To amend the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to clarify the authority 
of Department of Defense to conduct certain military activities at the 
Nevada test and training range, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 26, 2023 
Mr. AMODEI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
NOVEMBER 18, 2024 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
NOVEMBER 18, 2024 
Referral to the Committee on Armed Services extended for a period ending 
not later than December 19, 2024 
DECEMBER 19, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mr. HORSFORD and Ms. LEE of Nevada 
DECEMBER 19, 2024 
Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 26, 2023] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to 
clarify the authority of Department of Defense to con-
duct certain military activities at the Nevada test and 
training range, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE TO CONDUCT CERTAIN 
MILITARY ACTIVITIES AT NEVADA TEST AND 
TRAINING RANGE. 
(a) SPECIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED MILITARY AC-
TIVITIES.—Paragraph (1) of section 3011(b) of the Military 
Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000; Public Law 
106–65; 113 Stat. 886) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting ‘‘, subject to the conditions set forth in 
subsection (a) of section 3014’’ after ‘‘Secretary of the 
Air Force’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C); 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (G); and 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(D) for emergency response; 
‘‘(E) for the establishment and use of exist-
ing or new electronic tracking and communica-
tions sites, including the construction of up to 15 
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equipment pads, no larger than 150-by-150 feet 
in size, along existing roads to allow placement 
and operation of threat emitters; 
‘‘(F) for the use and maintenance of roads 
in existence as of January 1, 2024, to allow ac-
cess to threat emitters and repeaters for installa-
tion, maintenance, and periodic relocation; 
and’’. 
(b) 
INTERAGENCY
COMMITTEE.—Section 
3011(b)(5)(G) of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 
1999 (title XXX of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2000; Public Law 106–65) is amended— 
(1) by amending clause (i) to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
the Interior and the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall jointly establish an interagency 
committee (referred to in this subparagraph 
as the ‘interagency committee’) to— 
‘‘(I) facilitate coordination, man-
age public access needs and require-
ments, and minimize potential conflict 
between the Department of the Interior 
and the Department of the Air Force 
with respect to joint operating areas 
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within the Desert National Wildlife 
Refuge; and 
‘‘(II) discuss the activities author-
ized in paragraph (1) and provide 
input to the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service and the Department of 
the Air Force when assessing whether 
these activities may be conducted on 
the joint operating areas within the 
Desert National Wildlife Refuge that 
are under the primary jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the Interior in a man-
ner that is consistent with the National 
Wildlife Refuge System Administration 
Act (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) and other 
applicable law.’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, including a designee of 
the Director of the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service’’ before the period at the end of sub-
clause (I); and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, including a designee of 
the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for En-
ergy, Installations, and Environment’’ before the 
period at the end of subclause (II). 
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(c) ADDITIONAL PURPOSE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—Section 3011(b)(5)(H)(ii) of the 
Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000; 
Public Law 106–65) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause (I); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of subclause 
(II) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
clause: 
‘‘(III) discussing and making rec-
ommendations to the interagency com-
mittee established under subparagraph 
(G) with respect to any proposal by the 
Secretary of the Air Force to undertake 
any of the activities authorized in 
paragraph (1) on the joint operating 
areas within the Desert National Wild-
life Refuge.’’. 
(d) COMPLETION OF INTERAGENCY MEMORANDUM OF 
UNDERSTANDING.— 
(1) DEADLINE.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Air Force and the Secretary of the Interior 
shall— 
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(A) enter into a complete new operational 
memorandum of understanding under paragraph 
(5)(E) of section 3011(b) of the Military Lands 
Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2000; Public Law 106–65); or 
(B) amend the current memorandum of un-
derstanding in effect under that paragraph that 
will complete the memorandum of under-
standing. 
(2) ACCESS TO JOINT USE AREA FOR FISH AND 
WILDLIFE
SERVICE.—The memorandum of under-
standing entered into or amended under paragraph 
(1) shall include one or more provisions to ensure 
adequate access for the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service to the joint use area. 
(e) BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND STATE OF 
NEVADA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall submit to the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report 
that describes the status of the cooperative agreement au-
thorized under section 2905(j)(6) of the James M. Inhofe 
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 
(Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 3043). 
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Union Calendar No. 777 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6070 
[Report No. 118–752, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 
1999 to clarify the authority of Department of 
Defense to conduct certain military activities at 
the Nevada test and training range, and for 
other purposes. 
DECEMBER 19, 2024 
Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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