Title: To provide for the indefinite duration of certain military land withdrawals, to improve the management of lands currently subject to such withdrawals, to make the management of such lands more transparent, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
This bill provides for the continuation of certain military land withdrawals and makes changes to the administration of natural resources on military installations.
The bill removes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the acting agency that provides for the conservation and rehabilitation of natural resources on military installations, except in the case of a military installation or state-owned National Guard installation in Alaska.
Each integrated natural resources management plan for a military installation or state-owned National Guard installation outside Alaska must be reviewed (1) jointly by the military department concerned and the Department of the Interior, and (2) in a manner that provides affected states and Indian tribes and the public an opportunity to comment on any significant revisions to the plan that may be proposed.
The bill eliminates the withdrawal termination date for lands including (1) the El Centro Naval Air Facility in California, (2) the Juniper Butte military range in Idaho, (3) the Barry M. Goldwater military range in Arizona, and (4) the Fort Irwin military land withdrawal in California.
The land withdrawals for the Fort Greely and Fort Wainwright military training ranges in Alaska shall be terminated on November 6, 2026.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2945 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2945

    To provide for the indefinite duration of certain military land 
 withdrawals, to improve the management of lands currently subject to 
      such withdrawals, to make the management of such lands more 
                  transparent, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2019

Mr. Bishop of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for the indefinite duration of certain military land 
 withdrawals, to improve the management of lands currently subject to 
      such withdrawals, to make the management of such lands more 
                  transparent, 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. INDEFINITE DURATION OF CERTAIN MILITARY LAND WITHDRAWALS AND 
              RESERVATIONS AND IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF WITHDRAWN AND 
              RESERVED LANDS.

    (a) Improving Management of Current Statutory Land Withdrawals and 
Reservations and Making Management More Transparent.--
            (1) Role of secretary of the interior.--Section 101(a)(2) 
        of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a(a)(2)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``, acting through the Director of 
                the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                sentence: ``In the case of a military installation or 
                State-owned National Guard installation in Alaska, 
                cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior under 
                this paragraph shall be obtained through the Director 
                of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.''.
            (2) Additional element of integrated natural resources 
        management plan.--Section 101(b) of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 
        670a(b)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (2);
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(3) for purposes of paragraph (2), except in the case of 
        a military installation or State-owned National Guard 
        installation in Alaska, shall be reviewed--
                    ``(A) jointly by the Secretary of the military 
                department and the Secretary of the Interior; and
                    ``(B) in a manner that provides affected States and 
                Indian tribes and the public a meaningful opportunity 
                to comment on any significant revisions to the plan 
                that may be proposed; and''.
    (b) El Centro Naval Air Facility Ranges.--
            (1) Elimination of termination date and conforming 
        amendments.--The El Centro Naval Air Facility Ranges Withdrawal 
        Act (subtitle B of title XXIX of Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 
        2813) is amended--
                    (A) in section 2921(b)(3), by striking ``, before 
                the termination date specified in section 2925,'';
                    (B) in section 2924(a), by striking the third 
                sentence;
                    (C) by striking sections 2925 and 2927; and
                    (D) in section 2928(a), by striking ``specified in 
                section 2925''.
            (2) Determination of continuing military need for 
        withdrawal and reservation and public reports.--The El Centro 
        Naval Air Facility Ranges Withdrawal Act (subtitle B of title 
        XXIX of Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2813) is further amended 
        by inserting after section 2926 the following new section:

``SEC. 2927. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL 
              AND RESERVATION AND PUBLIC REPORTS.

    ``(a) Public Reports.--
            ``(1) Changes in land conditions.--(A) Concurrent with each 
        review as to operation and effect of an integrated natural 
        resources management plan covering lands withdrawn and reserved 
        under this title, as required by section 101(b)(2) of the Sikes 
        Act (16 U.S.C. 670a(b)(2)), the Secretary of the Navy and the 
        Secretary of the Interior shall jointly prepare and issue a 
        report describing any changes in the condition of the lands 
        withdrawn and reserved under this subtitle since the later of 
        the date of any previous report under this paragraph or the 
        date of the environmental analysis prepared to support the 
        actions that changed the condition of the lands.
            ``(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall include a 
        summary of current military use of the lands withdrawn and 
        reserved under this subtitle, any changes in military use of 
        the lands since the previous report, and efforts related to the 
        management of natural and cultural resources and environmental 
        remediation of the lands during the previous five years.
            ``(2) Combination with other reports.--A report under this 
        subsection may be combined with, or incorporate by reference, 
        any contemporary report required by any other provision of law 
        regarding the lands withdrawn and reserved under this subtitle.
            ``(3) Public review and comment.--(A) Before the 
        finalization of a report under this subsection, the Secretary 
        of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior shall invite 
        interested members of the public to review and comment on the 
        report, and shall hold at least one public meeting concerning 
        the report in a location or locations reasonably accessible to 
        persons who may be affected by management of the lands 
        withdrawn and reserved under this subtitle.
            ``(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph (A) shall be 
        announced not less than 15 days before the date of the meeting 
        by advertisements in local newspapers of general circulation, 
        notices on the internet, including the website of El Centro, 
        and any other means considered necessary or desirable by the 
        Secretaries.
            ``(4) Distribution of report.--The Secretary of the Navy 
        shall make the final version of a report under this subsection 
        available to the public and shall submit the final version of 
        such a report to the Committees on Armed Services and Energy 
        and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committees on Armed 
        Services and Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.
    ``(b) Determination of Continuing Military Need.--With each report 
prepared pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy shall 
attach the Secretary's determination regarding whether there will be a 
continuing military need for any or all the withdrawn and reserved 
lands for the following 5 years.''.
    (c) Juniper Butte Range.--
            (1) Elimination of termination date and conforming 
        amendments.--The Juniper Butte Range Withdrawal Act (title XXIX 
        of Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 2226) is amended--
                    (A) in section 2915--
                            (i) in the section heading, by striking 
                        ``Duration'' and inserting ``Relinquishment'';
                            (ii) in subsection (a), by striking 
                        ``Termination.--'' and all that follows through 
                        ``At the time of termination'' and inserting 
                        ``Effect of Relinquishment on Operation of 
                        General Land Laws.--Upon relinquishment of 
                        Department of the Air Force jurisdiction over 
                        lands withdrawn and reserved by this title'';
                            (iii) in subsection (b)--
                                    (I) in the subsection heading, by 
                                inserting ``Process'' after 
                                ``Relinquishment'';
                                    (II) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                                ``under subsection (c)''; and
                                    (III) in paragraph (3), by striking 
                                ``before the date of termination, as 
                                provided for in subsection (a)(1)''; 
                                and
                            (iv) by striking subsection (c); and
                    (B) in section 2916--
                            (i) in the section heading, by striking 
                        ``or upon termination of withdrawal'';
                            (ii) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 
                        ``and in all cases not later than 2 years 
                        before the date of termination of withdrawal 
                        and reservation,'';
                            (iii) in subsection (b), by striking 
                        ``environmental remediation'' and all that 
                        follows through the end of the subsection and 
                        inserting ``environmental remediation before 
                        relinquishing, to the Secretary of the 
                        Interior, jurisdiction over any lands 
                        identified in a notice of intent to relinquish 
                        under section 2915(b).''; and
                            (iv) in subsection (d)--
                                    (I) in the subsection heading, by 
                                striking ``Terminates'' and inserting 
                                ``Relinquished'';
                                    (II) by striking ``termination 
                                date'' both places it appears and 
                                inserting ``relinquishment date''; and
                                    (III) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                                ``termination'' and inserting 
                                ``relinquishment''.
            (2) Determinations of continuing military need for 
        withdrawal and reservation and public reports.--Section 2909 of 
        the Juniper Butte Range Withdrawal Act (title XXIX of Public 
        Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 2230) is amended by adding at the end 
        the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Public Reports.--
            ``(1) Changes in land conditions.--(A) Concurrent with each 
        review of an integrated natural resources management plan 
        developed under this section, the Secretary of the Air Force 
        and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly prepare and 
        issue a report describing any changes in the condition of the 
        lands withdrawn and reserved by this title since the later of 
        the date of any previous report under this paragraph or the 
        date of the environmental analysis prepared to support the 
        actions that changed the condition of the lands.
            ``(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall include a 
        summary of current military use of the lands withdrawn and 
        reserved by this title, any changes in military use of the 
        lands since the previous report, and efforts related to the 
        management of natural and cultural resources and environmental 
        remediation of the lands during the previous 5 years.
            ``(2) Combination with other reports.--A report under this 
        subsection may be combined with, or incorporate by reference, 
        any contemporary report required by any other provision of law 
        regarding the lands withdrawn and reserved by this title.
            ``(3) Public review and comment.--(A) Before the 
        finalization of a report under this subsection, the Secretary 
        of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Interior shall invite 
        interested members of the public to review and comment on the 
        report, and shall hold at least one public meeting concerning 
        the report in a location or locations reasonably accessible to 
        persons who may be affected by management of the lands 
        withdrawn and reserved by this title.
            ``(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph (A) shall be 
        announced not less than 15 days before the date of the meeting 
        by advertisements in local newspapers of general circulation, 
        notices on the internet, including the website of the Juniper 
        Butte Range (if one exists), and any other means considered 
        necessary or desirable by the Secretaries.
            ``(4) Determination of continuing military need.--With each 
        report prepared pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary of 
        the Air Force shall attach the Secretary's determination 
        regarding whether there will be a continuing military need for 
        any or all the withdrawn and reserved lands for the following 5 
        years.
            ``(5) Distribution of report.--The Secretary of the Air 
        Force shall make the final version of a report under this 
        subsection available to the public and shall submit the final 
        version of such a report to the Committees on Armed Services 
        and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
        Committees on Armed Services and Natural Resources of the House 
        of Representatives.''.
    (d) Ranges Covered by Subtitle A of Military Lands Withdrawal Act 
of 1999.--
            (1) Elimination of termination date and conforming 
        amendments.--The Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title 
        XXX of Public Law 106-65; 113 Stat. 885) is amended--
                    (A) in section 3015--
                            (i) by striking subsection (a) and 
                        inserting the following new subsection:
    ``(a) Termination of Fort Greely and Fort Wainwright Withdrawal and 
Reservation.--The withdrawal and reservation of lands by section 
3011(c) shall terminate on November 6, 2026.'';
                    (B) in section 3016--
                            (i) by striking ``this subtitle'' each 
                        place it appears (other than the second place 
                        it appears in subsection (c)) and inserting 
                        ``section 3011(c)'';
                            (ii) in subsection (c), by striking ``this 
                        subtitle'' the second place it appears and 
                        inserting ``section 3015''; and
                            (iii) in subsection (d), by striking ``by 
                        section 3011'' and inserting ``under such 
                        section'';
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 3024. RELINQUISHMENT OF CERTAIN LANDS.

    ``(a) Notice of Intent Regarding Relinquishment.--
            ``(1) General rule.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        if the Secretary of the military department concerned decides 
        to relinquish all or any of the lands withdrawn and reserved by 
        section 3011, such Secretary shall transmit a notice of intent 
        to relinquish such lands to the Secretary of the Interior.
            ``(2) Exception.--This section does not apply to the lands 
        withdrawn and reserved in Alaska by section 3011(c).
    ``(b) Opening Date.--On the date of relinquishment of the 
withdrawal and reservation of lands withdrawn and reserved by section 
3011, such lands shall not be open to any form of appropriation under 
the public land laws, including the mineral laws and the mineral 
leasing and geothermal leasing laws, until the Secretary of the 
Interior publishes in the Federal Register an appropriate order stating 
the date upon which such lands shall be restored to the public domain 
and opened.''; and
                    (D) in section 3017, by striking ``section 
                3016(d)'' each place it appears and inserting ``section 
                3016(d) or 3024''.
            (2) Establishment of intergovernmental executive 
        committees.--Section 3014 of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act 
        of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 106-65; 113 Stat. 890) is 
        amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Intergovernmental Executive Committees.--
            ``(1) Establishment and purpose.--(A) Except as provided in 
        subparagraph (B), for the lands withdrawn and reserved by 
        section 3011, the Secretary of the military department 
        concerned and the Secretary of the Interior shall establish, by 
        memorandum of understanding, an intergovernmental executive 
        committee for each range for the sole purpose of exchanging 
        views, information, and advice relating to the management of 
        the natural and cultural resources of the withdrawn and 
        reserved lands.
            ``(B) This subsection does not apply to the lands withdrawn 
        and reserved in Alaska by section 3011(c).
            ``(2) Composition.--(A) The Secretary of the military 
        department concerned and the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        include representatives from interested Federal agencies as 
        members of the intergovernmental executive committee for a 
        range.
            ``(B) The Secretary of the military department concerned 
        and the Secretary of the Interior shall invite to serve as 
        members of the intergovernmental executive committee for a 
        range--
                    ``(i) at least one elected officer (or other 
                authorized representative) from the government of the 
                State in which the withdrawn and reserved lands are 
                located; and
                    ``(ii) at least one elected officer (or other 
                authorized representative) from each local government 
                and Indian tribal government in the vicinity of the 
                withdrawn and reserved lands, as determined by the 
                Secretaries.
            ``(3) Operation.--The intergovernmental executive committee 
        for a range shall operate in accordance with the terms set 
        forth in the memorandum of understanding.
            ``(4) Procedures.--The memorandum of understanding for a 
        range shall establish procedures for creating a forum for 
        exchanging views, information, and advice relating to the 
        management of natural and cultural resources on the withdrawn 
        and reserved lands, procedures for rotating the chair of the 
        intergovernmental executive committee, and procedures for 
        scheduling regular meetings, which shall occur no less 
        frequently than twice a year.
            ``(5) Coordinator.--The Secretary of the military 
        department concerned, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
        Interior, shall appoint an individual to serve as coordinator 
        of the intergovernmental executive committee for a range. The 
        duties of the coordinator shall be included in the memorandum 
        of understanding. The coordinator shall not be a member of the 
        committee.''.
            (3) Determination of continuing military need for 
        withdrawal and reservation and public reports.--The Military 
        Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 106-65; 
        113 Stat. 885), as amended by paragraph (1)(C), is further 
        amended by inserting after section 3024 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 3025. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL 
              AND RESERVATION AND PUBLIC REPORTS.

    ``(a) Public Reports.--
            ``(1) Changes in land conditions.--(A) Concurrent with each 
        review as to operation and effect of an integrated natural 
        resources management plan covering lands withdrawn and reserved 
        under this title, as required by section 101(b)(2) of the Sikes 
        Act (16 U.S.C. 670a(b)(2)), the Secretary of the military 
        department concerned and the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        jointly prepare and issue a report describing any changes in 
        the condition of the lands withdrawn and reserved under this 
        subtitle since the later of the date of any previous report 
        under this paragraph or the date of the environmental analysis 
        prepared to support the actions that changed the condition of 
        the lands.
            ``(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall include a 
        summary of current military use of the lands covered by the 
        plan, any changes in military use of the lands since the 
        previous report, and efforts related to the management of 
        natural and cultural resources and environmental remediation of 
        the lands during the previous five years.
            ``(2) Combination with other reports.--A report under this 
        subsection may be combined with, or incorporate by reference, 
        any contemporary report required by any other provision of law 
        regarding the lands covered by the integrated natural resources 
        management plan.
            ``(3) Public review and comment.--(A) Before the 
        finalization of a report under this subsection, the Secretary 
        of the military department concerned and the Secretary of the 
        Interior shall invite interested members of the public to 
        review and comment on the report, and shall hold at least one 
        public meeting concerning the report in a location or locations 
        reasonably accessible to persons who may be affected by 
        management of the lands addressed by the report.
            ``(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph (A) shall be 
        announced not less than 15 days before the date of the meeting 
        by advertisements in local newspapers of general circulation, 
        notices on the internet, including the website of the affected 
        military range (if one exists), and any other means considered 
        necessary or desirable by the Secretaries.
            ``(4) Distribution of report.--The Secretary of the 
        military department concerned shall make the final version of a 
        report under this subsection available to the public and shall 
        submit the final version of such a report to the Committees on 
        Armed Services and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
        and the Committees on Armed Services and Natural Resources of 
        the House of Representatives.
    ``(b) Determination of Continuing Military Need.--With each report 
prepared pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of the military 
department concerned shall attach the Secretary's determination 
regarding whether there will be a continuing military need for any or 
all of the withdrawn and reserved lands for the following 5 years.
    ``(c) Exception.--This section does not apply to the lands 
withdrawn and reserved in Alaska by section 3011(c).''.
    (e) Barry M. Goldwater Range.--
            (1) Elimination of termination date and conforming 
        amendments.--Section 3031 of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act 
        of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 106-65; 113 Stat. 897) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``, 
                        including the duration of any renewal or 
                        extension'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) in the paragraph heading, by 
                                striking ``or termination''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (C), by 
                                striking the last sentence; and
                            (iii) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``or 
                        termination''; and
                    (B) in subsection (d), by striking ``Duration'' and 
                all that follows through ``of the termination'' and 
                inserting ``Effect of Relinquishment on Operation of 
                General Land Laws.--On the date of relinquishment'';
                    (C) by striking subsection (e); and
                    (D) in subsection (f)--
                            (i) in the subsection heading, by striking 
                        ``Termination and'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ``but 
                        not later than three years before the 
                        termination of the withdrawal and 
                        reservation,'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
                        ``before the termination date of the withdrawal 
                        and reservation of such lands under this 
                        section''; and
                            (iv) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking 
                        ``Notwithstanding the termination date, 
                        unless'' and inserting ``Unless''.
            (2) Determinations of continuing military need for 
        withdrawal and reservation.--Section 3031 of the Military Lands 
        Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 106-65; 113 
        Stat. 897), as amended by paragraph (1), is further amended by 
        inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Determination of Continuing Military Need.--With each report 
prepared pursuant to subsection (b)(5), the Secretary of the Navy and 
the Secretary of the Air Force shall attach the Secretary's 
determination regarding whether there will be a continuing military 
need for any or all the withdrawn and reserved lands for the following 
5 years.''.
            (3) Use of definitions.--Section 3031(c)(5) of the Military 
        Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 106-65; 
        113 Stat. 907) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
        and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) The term `military munitions' has the meaning 
                given that term in section 101(e)(4) of title 10, 
                United States Code.
                    ``(B) The term `unexploded ordnance' has the 
                meaning given that term in section 101(e)(5) of such 
                title.''.
    (f) National Training Center.--
            (1) Elimination of termination date and conforming 
        amendments.--The Fort Irwin Military Land Withdrawal Act of 
        2001 (title XXIX of Public Law 107-107; 115 Stat. 1335) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in section 2910, by striking the section 
                heading and all that follows through ``At the time of 
                the termination'' and inserting the following:

``SEC. 2910. EFFECT OF RELINQUISHMENT ON OPERATION OF GENERAL LAND 
              LAWS.

    ``On the date of relinquishment'';
                    (B) by striking section 2911; and
                    (C) in section 2912--
                            (i) in the section heading, by striking 
                        ``Termination and'';
                            (ii) in subsection (a), by striking 
                        ``During the first 22 years of the withdrawal 
                        and reservation made by this title, if'' and 
                        inserting ``If'';
                            (iii) in subsection (c), by striking 
                        ``before the termination date of the withdrawal 
                        and reservation''; and
                            (iv) in subsection (d), by striking 
                        ``Notwithstanding the termination date 
                        specified in section 2910, unless'' and 
                        inserting ``Unless''.
            (2) Determination of continuing military need for 
        withdrawal and reservation and public reports.--The Fort Irwin 
        Military Land Withdrawal Act of 2001 (title XXIX of Public Law 
        107-107; 115 Stat. 1335) is further amended by inserting after 
        section 2910 the following new section:

``SEC. 2911. DETERMINATION OF CONTINUING MILITARY NEED FOR WITHDRAWAL 
              AND RESERVATION AND PUBLIC REPORTS.

    ``(a) Public Reports.--
            ``(1) Changes in land conditions.--(A) Concurrent with each 
        review as to operation and effect of an integrated natural 
        resources management plan covering lands withdrawn and reserved 
        under this title, as required by section 101(b)(2) of the Sikes 
        Act (16 U.S.C. 670a(b)(2)), the Secretary of the Army and the 
        Secretary of the Interior shall jointly prepare and issue a 
        report describing any changes in the condition of the lands 
        withdrawn and reserved under this title since the later of the 
        date of any previous report under this paragraph or the date of 
        the environmental analysis prepared to support the actions that 
        changed the condition of the lands.
            ``(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall include a 
        summary of current military use of the lands withdrawn and 
        reserved by this title, any changes in military use of the 
        lands since the previous report, and efforts related to the 
        management of natural and cultural resources and environmental 
        remediation of the lands during the previous five years.
            ``(2) Combination with other reports.--A report under this 
        subsection may be combined with, or incorporate by reference, 
        any contemporary report required by any other provision of law 
        regarding the lands withdrawn and reserved by this title.
            ``(3) Public review and comment.--(A) Before the 
        finalization of a report under this subsection, the Secretary 
        of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior shall invite 
        interested members of the public to review and comment on the 
        report, and shall hold at least one public meeting concerning 
        the report in a location or locations reasonably accessible to 
        persons who may be affected by management of the lands 
        withdrawn and reserved by this title.
            ``(B) Each public meeting under subparagraph (A) shall be 
        announced not less than 15 days before the date of the meeting 
        by advertisements in local newspapers of general circulation, 
        notices on the internet, including the website of National 
        Training Center, and any other means considered necessary or 
        desirable by the Secretaries.
            ``(4) Distribution of report.--The Secretary of the Army 
        shall make the final version of a report under this subsection 
        available to the public and shall submit the final version of 
        such a report to the Committees on Armed Services and Energy 
        and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committees on Armed 
        Services and Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.
    ``(b) Periodic Determination of Continuing Need.--With each report 
prepared pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army shall 
attach the Secretary's determination regarding whether there will be a 
continuing military need for any or all of the withdrawn and reserved 
lands for the following 5 years.''.
            (3) Establishment of intergovernmental executive 
        committee.--The Fort Irwin Military Land Withdrawal Act of 2001 
        (title XXIX of Public Law 107-107; 115 Stat. 1335) is amended 
        by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 2914. INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

    ``(a) Establishment and Purpose.--The Secretary of the Army and the 
Secretary of the Interior shall establish, by memorandum of 
understanding, an intergovernmental executive committee for the sole 
purpose of exchanging views, information, and advice relating to the 
management of the natural and cultural resources of the lands withdrawn 
and reserved by this title.
    ``(b) Composition.--
            ``(1) Representatives of other federal agencies.--The 
        Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        include representatives from interested Federal agencies as 
        members of the intergovernmental executive committee.
            ``(2) Representatives of state and local governments.--The 
        Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        invite to serve as members of the intergovernmental executive 
        committee--
                    ``(A) at least one elected officer (or other 
                authorized representative) from the government of the 
                State of California; and
                    ``(B) at least one elected officer (or other 
                authorized representative) from each local government 
                and Indian tribal government in the vicinity of the 
                withdrawn and reserved lands, as determined by the 
                Secretaries.
    ``(c) Operation.--The intergovernmental executive committee shall 
operate in accordance with the terms set forth in the memorandum of 
understanding under subsection (a).
    ``(d) Procedures.--The memorandum of understanding under subsection 
(a) shall establish procedures for creating a forum for exchanging 
views, information, and advice relating to the management of natural 
and cultural resources on the lands withdrawn and reserved by this 
title, procedures for rotating the chair of the intergovernmental 
executive committee, and procedures for scheduling regular meetings, 
which shall occur no less frequently than twice a year.
    ``(e) Coordinator.--The Secretary of the Army, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Interior, shall appoint an individual to serve as 
coordinator of the intergovernmental executive committee. The duties of 
the coordinator shall be included in the memorandum of understanding 
under subsection (a). The coordinator shall not be a member of the 
committee.''.
    (g) Ranges Covered by Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013.--
            (1) Elimination of termination date and conforming 
        amendments.--The Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013 (title 
        XXIX of Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 1025) is amended--
                    (A) by striking sections 2919, 2920, 2936, 2946, 
                and 2979;
                    (B) in section 2921, by striking ``On the 
                termination of'' and inserting ``On the relinquishment 
                of''; and
                    (C) in section 2922(d)(3)--
                            (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
                        ``on termination'' and inserting ``upon 
                        relinquishment''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``or if at the expiration 
                        of the withdrawal and reservation,''.
            (2) Establishment of intergovernmental executive 
        committee.--The Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013 (title 
        XXIX of Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 1025) is further amended 
        by inserting after section 2918 the following new section:

``SEC. 2919. INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

    ``(a) Establishment and Purpose.--For the lands withdrawn and 
reserved by sections 2941 and 2971, the Secretary concerned and the 
Secretary of the Interior shall establish, by memorandum of 
understanding, an intergovernmental executive committee for each 
location for the sole purpose of exchanging views, information, and 
advice relating to the management of the natural and cultural resources 
of the withdrawn and reserved lands.
    ``(b) Composition.--
            ``(1) Representatives of other federal agencies.--The 
        Secretary concerned and the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        include representatives from interested Federal agencies as 
        members of the intergovernmental executive committee for a 
        location covered by subsection (a).
            ``(2) Representatives of state and local governments.--The 
        Secretary concerned and the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        invite to serve as members of the intergovernmental executive 
        committee for a location covered by subsection (a)--
                    ``(A) at least one elected officer (or other 
                authorized representative) from the government of the 
                State in which the withdrawn and reserved lands are 
                located; and
                    ``(B) at least one elected officer (or other 
                authorized representative) from each local government 
                and Indian tribal government in the vicinity of the 
                withdrawn and reserved lands, as determined by the 
                Secretaries.
    ``(c) Operation.--The intergovernmental executive committee for a 
location covered by subsection (a) shall operate in accordance with the 
terms set forth in the memorandum of understanding under subsection 
(a).
    ``(d) Procedures.--The memorandum of understanding under subsection 
(a) shall establish procedures for creating a forum for exchanging 
views, information, and advice relating to the management of natural 
and cultural resources on the withdrawn and reserved lands, procedures 
for rotating the chair of the intergovernmental executive committee, 
and procedures for scheduling regular meetings, which shall occur no 
less frequently than twice a year.
    ``(e) Coordinator.--The Secretary concerned, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Interior, shall appoint an individual to serve as 
coordinator of the intergovernmental executive committee for a location 
covered by subsection (a). The duties of the coordinator shall be 
included in the memorandum of understanding under subsection (a). The 
coordinator shall not be a member of the committee.''.
    (h) Requests for Withdrawals Made to Secretary of the Interior; 
Temporary Use Permits and Transfers of Small Parcels of Land Between 
Departments of Interior and Military Departments; More Efficient 
Surveying of Lands.--
            (1) Requiring requests for withdrawals to be made to 
        secretary of the interior.--Section 3 of Public Law 85-337 (43 
        U.S.C. 157) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Any application'' and inserting 
                ``(a) Contents of Application.--Any application''; and
                    (B) by striking ``shall specify'' and inserting 
                ``shall be filed with the Secretary of the Interior and 
                shall specify''.
            (2) Authorization of additional arrangements for use and 
        transfer of lands under jurisdiction of secretary of the 
        interior.--The Public Law 85-337 (43 U.S.C. 155 et seq.) is 
        further amended by adding at the end the following new 
        sections:

``SEC. 7. SHORT-TERM PERMITS FOR USE OF DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR LANDS 
              FOR MILITARY TRAINING AND TESTING.

    ``(a) Authority.--In addition to any other authority to grant 
permits for the use of land, the Secretary of the Interior may grant a 
permit to the Secretary of Defense to use land under the administrative 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior. Any such permit--
            ``(1) shall be issued consistent with section 2691 of title 
        10, United States Code;
            ``(2) shall allow the Department of Defense to use the land 
        only for purposes of training and testing that are consistent 
        with the purposes for which the Secretary of the Interior 
        manages the land; and
            ``(3) may contain such other requirements as the Secretary 
        of the Interior considers appropriate.
    ``(b) Duration of Permit.--A permit granted under this section 
shall be in effect for such period as the Secretary of the Interior may 
provide, except that such period may not exceed 30 days.

``SEC. 8. TRANSFERS OF SMALL PARCELS OF LAND BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS OF 
              DEFENSE AND INTERIOR.

    ``(a) Transfer Authorized.--Subject to any valid existing rights, 
upon mutual agreement, and without cost for the value of the land or 
any improvements thereon--
            ``(1) the Secretary of the Interior may transfer 
        administrative jurisdiction over land that meets the 
        requirements of subsection (b) to the Secretary of a military 
        department; and
            ``(2) the Secretary of a military department may transfer 
        administrative jurisdiction over land that meets the 
        requirements of subsection (b) to the Secretary of the 
        Interior.
    ``(b) Requirements for Land Eligible for Transfer.--The 
requirements of this subsection are as follows:
            ``(1) Contiguity.--The land is contiguous to land already 
        under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary to whom 
        such jurisdiction is transferred.
            ``(2) Limitation on acreage.--No single parcel of the land 
        is larger than 5,000 acres of contiguous area.
            ``(3) No recent prior transfer of contiguous land.--The 
        land is not contiguous to any other land for which 
        administrative jurisdiction has been transferred under the 
        authority of this section during the previous 5 years.
            ``(4) Prior use for defense purposes.--In the case of land 
        transferred to the Department of Defense, the land was used for 
        defense purposes immediately prior to the date of transfer.
    ``(c) Map and Legal Description.--
            ``(1) Preparation and publication.--The Secretary of the 
        Interior shall--
                    ``(A) publish in the Federal Register a notice 
                containing the legal description of any land 
                transferred under subsection (a);
                    ``(B) file maps and legal descriptions of the land 
                with--
                            ``(i) the Committees on Armed Services and 
                        Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and
                            ``(ii) the Committees on Armed Services and 
                        Natural Resources of the House of 
                        Representatives; and
                    ``(C) make copies of such maps and legal 
                descriptions available for public inspection in the 
                appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
            ``(2) Force of law.--For purposes of any transfer of 
        administrative jurisdiction over land under this section, the 
        legal description and map for the land shall be the legal 
        description of the land filed under paragraph (1)(B), except 
        that the Secretary of the Interior may correct clerical and 
        typographical errors in the legal description or map.
            ``(3) Costs.--The Secretary of the military department to 
        whom administrative jurisdiction over land is transferred under 
        subsection (a)(1) shall reimburse the Secretary of the Interior 
        for the costs incurred by the Secretary of the Interior in 
        implementing this subsection with respect to such land.
    ``(d) Treatment and Use of Land Transferred to the Secretary of a 
Military Department.--Upon a transfer of administrative jurisdiction 
over land to the Secretary of a military department under subsection 
(a)(1)--
            ``(1) the land shall be treated as property (as defined in 
        section 102(9) of title 40, United States Code) under the 
        administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the military 
        department; and
            ``(2) for as long as the land is under the administrative 
        jurisdiction of a Secretary of a military department, the land 
        shall be withdrawn from--
                    ``(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or 
                disposition under the public land laws,
                    ``(B) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
                laws, and
                    ``(C) disposition under all laws relating to 
                mineral materials and all laws relating to mineral and 
                geothermal leasing.
    ``(e) Treatment and Use of Land Transferred to the Secretary of the 
Interior.--Upon a transfer of administrative jurisdiction over land to 
the Secretary of the Interior under subsection (a)(2)--
            ``(1) the land shall become public land; and
            ``(2) the land shall be administered for the same purposes 
        and be subject to the same conditions of use as the adjacent 
        public land.
    ``(f) Effect on Other Authorities.--The authority provided by this 
section is in addition to, and not subject to, any other authority 
relating to transfers of land.''.
            (3) Short title.--The first section of Public Law 85-337 
        (43 U.S.C. 155) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``That, notwithstanding'' and 
                inserting the following:

``SEC. 1. WITHDRAWAL, RESERVATION, OR RESTRICTION OF PUBLIC LANDS FOR 
              DEFENSE PURPOSES.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subsection:
    ``(b) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the `Engle Act'.''.
            (4) Promoting more efficient surveying of lands.--In fixing 
        the original corner position in an official survey of 
        unsurveyed land, when applicable and feasible, Cadastral Survey 
        may, instead of using physical monuments, use geographic 
        coordinates correlated to the National Spatial Reference System 
        geodetic datum, in accordance with the Manual of Surveying 
        Instructions.
    (i) Effect on New Land Withdrawals and Reservations.--Nothing in 
this section or the amendments made by this section shall be construed 
as changing the requirements imposed on the Department of Defense to 
obtain a new or expanded land withdrawal and reservation.
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