Utah Test and Training Range Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-2909
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Air routes
Airspace (Law)
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Grazing
Housing and Community Development
Indian economic development
Indian lands
Land transfers
Land use
Law
Maps
Military aviation
Military communications
Military readiness
Military research
Military training
Minorities
Mountains
Native Americans
Planning
Right-of-way
Roads and highways
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works
Utah
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: 
Utah Test and Training Range Protection Act - States that nothing in this Act or the Wilderness Act shall: (1) preclude low-level overflights and operations of military aircraft, missiles, or unmanned aerial vehicles over the Utah Test and Training Range, including the Dugway Proving Ground; (2) preclude the designation of new or expansion of existing units of special use airspace or the use or establishment of military training routes over such area; (3) prevent any required maintenance of existing communications, instrumentation, or electronic tracking systems in the area or the addition of communications, instrumentation, or equipment necessary for effective testing and training upon specified determinations by the Secretary of the Interior; or (4) preclude the continuation of a current memorandum of understanding between the Departments of the Interior and Air Force with respect to emergency access and response within the area.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop, maintain, and revise land use plans for Federal lands located in the area, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense. Limits the issuance of rights-of-way in the area.
 
Designates certain Federal lands in Tooele County, Utah, as the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area. Withdraws such lands from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, including mining and mineral and geothermal leasing. Authorizes fish and wildlife management and livestock grazing within such areas, as appropriate.

action_date: 2004-06-03
text: 
Utah Test and Training Range Protection Act - States that nothing in this Act or the Wilderness Act shall: (1) preclude low-level overflights and operations of military aircraft, missiles, or unmanned aerial vehicles over the Utah Test and Training Range (Range), including the Dugway Proving Ground; (2) preclude the designation of new or expansion of existing units of special use airspace or the use or establishment of military training routes over such Range; (3) prevent any required maintenance of existing communications, instrumentation, or electronic tracking systems in the Range or the addition of communications, instrumentation, or equipment necessary for effective testing and training to meet military requirements in wilderness study areas located beneath special use airspace of the Range, upon specified determinations by the Secretary of the Interior; (4) preclude the continuation of a current memorandum of understanding between the Departments of the Interior and Air Force with respect to emergency access and response within the Range; or (5) permit ground military operations in covered wilderness of the Range, unless such operations are otherwise permissible under Federal law and consistent with the Wilderness Act.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop, maintain, and revise land use plans for Federal lands located in the Range, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense. Limits the issuance of rights-of-way in the Range.
 
Designates certain Federal lands in Tooele County, Utah, as the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area. Withdraws such lands from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, including mining and mineral and geothermal leasing. Authorizes fish and wildlife management and livestock grazing within such areas, as appropriate. Releases the Browns Springs Cherrystem area from its status as a wilderness study area.
 
Directs the Secretary to identify approximately 640 additional acres of Bureau of Land Management lands in Utah to be administered in trust for the benefit of the Skull Valley Band of Goshutes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 300.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-521.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-521.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Introduced in House