An Act to provide for the withdrawal and reservation for the Departments of the Air Force and the Navy of certain public lands of the United States at Luke-Williams Air Force Range, Yuma, Ariz., for defense purposes
PL 87-597 (H.R.3507), enacted 08/24/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-597-AUG. 24, 1962 
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AN ACT 
August 24, 1962 
To provide for the withdrawal and reservation for the Departments of the Air —2!l_L 
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Force and the Navy of certain public lands of the United States at Luke-
Williams Air Force Range, Yuma, Arizona, for defense purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^senwled, That (a) subject to 
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valid existing rights the public lands, and the minerals therein, within yimarArfi!*"^* 
the areas described in section .2 of this Act are hereby withdrawn from 
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all appropriations and other forms of disposition under the public ^servauon.*" 
land laws including the mining and mineral leasing laws and disposals 
of materials under the Act of July 31,1947, as amended (60 Stat. 681; 
30 U.S.C. 601-604) except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, 
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and reserved (subject to an agreement which has been approved by ^^ ®
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the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior for the 
joint use of the lands in area "A" for military and wildlife purposes) 
for the use of the Department of Defense for a period of ten years 
with an option to renew the withdrawal and reservation for a period 
of five years by notice from the Secretary of Defense to the Secretary 
of the Interior, and subject to the condition that the reservation may 
be terminated at any time during either of such periods by the 
Secretary of Defense upon notice to the Secretary of the Interior. 
However, this Act does not affect Executive Order Numbered 8038 of 
January 5, 1939 (4 F.K. 437), establishing the Cabeza Prieta Game 
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Range, except to the extent rendered necessary by the national defense. ^PP" P- ^*^-
(b) Lands and resources within area "A" withdrawn and reserved 
by subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to such appropriation 
and other disposition as the Secretary of the Interior shall determine 
to be consistent both with the requirements of Executive Order 
Numbered 8038 of January 5, 1939 (4 F.R. 437), and, with the ap-
proval of the Secretary of Defense, with the requirements of the 
national defense. 
The Secretary of the Interior may, with the con-
currence of the Secretary of Defense, authorize use or disposition 
of any of the lands or resources within area "B" withdrawn and 
reserved by subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) Upon request of the Secretary of the Interior at the time of final Termination, 
termination of tlie reservation effected by this Act, the Department si^sf^"^ ^'**^^* 
of Defense shall make safe for nonmilitary uses the land withdrawn 
and reserved, or such portions thereof as may be specified by the 
Secretary of the Interior, by .neutralizing unexploded ammunition, 
bombs, artillery projectiles, or other explosive objects and chemical 
agents. Thereafter the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to law 
shall provide for the appropriate use or disposition of all or any part 
of the land withdrawn and reserved under provisions of this Act. 
Nothing in this subsection, however, shall be construed to prevent the 
Secretary of a military department at that time from making applica-
tion for further withdrawal and reservation of all or part of said lands 
under laws and regulations then existing. 
SEC. 2. The lands withdrawn and reserved by this Act are those 
that are now or may hereafter become subject to the public land 
laws within the areas described as follows: Approximately 479,100 
acres, more or less, within the Luke-Williams Air Force Range, Pima, 
Maricopa, and Yuma Counties, Arizona, and more fully described as 
follows: 
(1) Area "A", located in the southeastern portion of Luke-Williams 
Air Force Range, Pima County, Arizona, comprised of— 
sections 19 to 21, inclusive, and sections 28 to 33, inclusive, 
township 14 south, range 8 west; sections 4 to 9, inclusive, sections 
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16 to 21, inclusive, sections 28 to 33, inclusive, township 15 south, 
range 8 west; sections 4 to 9, inclusive, sections 16 to 21, inclusive, 
sections 28 to 33, inclusive, township 16 south, range 8 west; 
sections 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9, township 17 south, range 8 west; 
sections 16 to 36, inclusive, township 14 south, range 9 west; 
all in townships 15 south, 16 south, and 17 south, range 9 west; 
sections 13 to 36, inclusive, township 14 south, range 10 west; all 
in townships 15 south and 16 south, range 10 west, Gila and Salt 
River base and meridian, Pima County, Arizona, a total of 
132,900 acres, more or less. 
(2) Area "B", located in the western and northwestern portions of 
Luke-Williams Air Force Range, Yuma County, Arizona, comprised 
of— 
all in townships 8 and 9 south, range 12 west; sections 1, 2, 3, 
and 4, lot 1 and the south half of section 5, the southeast quarter 
of the southeast quarter of section 6, sections 7 to 36, inclusive, 
township 8 south, range 13 west; 
all in township 9, south, range 13 west; the south half of the 
southeast quarter of section 11, the south half of the northeast 
quarter and the south half of section 12, sections 13 and 14, the 
south half of the northeast quarter and the south half of section 
15, the south half of the southwest quarter and the southeast quar-
ter of section 16, sections 19 to 36, inclusive, township 8 south, 
range 14 west; all in township 9 south, range 14 west; 
sections 33 to 36, inclusive, township 8 south, range 15 west; 
all in township 9 south, range 15 west; sections 1 and 2, in sec-
tions 7 to 36, inclusive, township 9 south, range 16 west; sections 
12 to 16, inclusive, the south half of section 17, sections 19 to 36, 
inclusive, township 9 south, range 17 west; 
the southeast quarter of section 21, the south half of section 22, 
sections 23 to 36, inclusive, township 9 south, range 18 west; 
sections 25 to 36, inclusive, township 9 south, range 19 west; 
sections 25 to 36, inclusive, township 9 south, range 20 west; 
sections 4 to 10, inclusive, sections 14 to 23, inclusive, sections 
26 to 36, inclusive, township 10 south, range 20 west; 
sections 25 to 36, inclusive, township 9 south, range 21 west; 
all in townships 10 south, 11 south, 12 south, .range 21 west; 
sections 25 to 28, inclusive, the east half, the east half of the 
northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of section 29, sec-
tions 32 to 36, inclusive, township 9 south, range 22 west; sections 
1 to 5, inclusive, the east half of section 6, sections 7 to 36, inclusive, 
township 10 south, range 22 west; all in townships 11 south, and 
12 south, range 22 west, Gila and Salt River base and meridian, 
Yuma County, Arizona, a total of 346,200 acres, more or less. 
Approved August 24, 1962. 
Public Law 87-598 
August 24, 1962 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 3508] 
T«) amend the Tariff Act of 1830, as, amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America In Congress assembled^ That section 551 
59 Stat. 667. 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1551), is amended by 
striking out "or any freight forwarder, as defined in section 402 of 
part IV of the Interstate Commerce Act (U.S.C, 1940 edition, Supp. 
56 Stat. 284. 
I l l , title 49, sec. 1002(5))," and inserting in lieu thereof "or any 
freight forwarder authorized to operate as such by any agency of the 
United States,". 
Approved August 24, 1962.