Title: Military LAND Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Military Land and National Defense Act or the Military LAND Act
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to notify specified congressional committees if a property owned by the federal government is being considered for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, for designation as a National Historic Landmark, or for nomination to the World Heritage List. If any federal agency managing any such federal property objects to its inclusion or designation for national security reasons, it shall be neither included nor designated until the objection is withdrawn.
The bill requires Interior to allow for expedited removal of federal property from such register at the request of the managing agency for reasons of national security.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 473 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 473

 To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide that if the head of 
   the agency managing Federal property objects to the inclusion of 
   certain property on the National Register or its designation as a 
   National Historic Landmark for reasons of national security, the 
  Federal property shall be neither included nor designated until the 
            objection is withdrawn, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2017

 Mr. Issa (for himself and Mr. Coffman) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 54, United States Code, to provide that if the head of 
   the agency managing Federal property objects to the inclusion of 
   certain property on the National Register or its designation as a 
   National Historic Landmark for reasons of national security, the 
  Federal property shall be neither included nor designated until the 
            objection is withdrawn, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Land and National Defense 
Act'' or the ``Military LAND Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Chapter 3021 of title 54, United States Code, is amended as 
follows:
            (1) In section 302103(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) notifying the Committee on Natural Resources 
                of the United States House of Representatives and the 
                Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
                if the property is owned by the Federal Government when 
                the property is being considered for inclusion on the 
                National Register, for designation as a National 
                Historic Landmark, or for nomination to the World 
                Heritage List.''.
            (2) In section 302107--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) to allow for expedited removal of Federal property 
        listed on the National Register of Historic Places if the 
        managing agency of that Federal property submits to the 
        Secretary a written request to remove the Federal property from 
        the National Register of Historic Places for reasons of 
        national security, such as any impact the inclusion or 
        designation would have on use of the property for military 
        training or readiness purposes.''.
            (3) By adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 302108. Objection by head of agency
    ``If the head of the agency managing any Federal property objects 
to such inclusion or designation for reasons of national security, such 
as any impact the inclusion or designation would have on use of the 
property for military training or readiness purposes, that Federal 
property shall be neither included on the National Register nor 
designated as a National Historic Landmark until the objection is 
withdrawn.''.
            (4) In the table of sections, by adding at the end the 
        following:

``302108. Objection by head of agency.''.
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