[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[H.R. 1299 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 85
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1299
[Report No. 113-120, Part I]
To provide for the transfer of certain public land currently
administered by the Bureau of Land Management to the administrative
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army for inclusion in White Sands
Missile Range, New Mexico, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 20, 2013
Mr. Pearce 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
June 24, 2013
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
June 24, 2013
The 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 March
20, 2013]
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A BILL
To provide for the transfer of certain public land currently
administered by the Bureau of Land Management to the administrative
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army for inclusion in White Sands
Missile Range, New Mexico, 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 ``White Sands Missile Range Security
Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, WHITE SANDS MISSILE
RANGE, NEW MEXICO.
(a) Transfer Required.--Not later than September 30, 2014, the
Secretary of the Interior shall transfer to the administrative
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army certain public land
administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Dona Ana County, New
Mexico, consisting of approximately 5,100 acres depicted as ``Parcel
1'' on the map titled ``White Sands Missile Range Land Reservation''
and dated January 4, 2013.
(b) Use of Transferred Land.--Upon the receipt of the land under
subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army shall include the land as
part of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and authorize use of the
land for military purposes.
(c) Legal Description and Map.--
(1) Preparation and publication.--The Secretary of the
Interior shall publish in the Federal Register a legal
description and map of the public land to be transferred under
subsection (a).
(2) Force of law.--The legal description and map filed
under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if
included in this Act, except that the Secretary of the Interior
may correct errors in the legal description.
(d) Reimbursement of Costs.--The transfer required by subsection
(a) shall be made without reimbursement, except that the Secretary of
the Army shall reimburse the Secretary of the Interior for any costs
incurred by the Secretary of the Interior to prepare the legal
description and map under subsection (c).
(e) Treatment of Grazing Leases.--If a grazing permit or lease
exists on the date of the enactment of this Act for any portion of the
public land to be transferred under subsection (a), the Secretary of
the Interior shall transfer or relocate the grazing allotments
associated with the permit or lease to other public land, acceptable to
the permit or lease holder, so that the grazing continues to have the
same value to the holder.
SEC. 3. WATER RIGHTS.
(a) Water Rights.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed--
(1) to establish a reservation in favor of the United
States with respect to any water or water right on lands
transferred by this Act; or
(2) to authorize the appropriation of water on lands
transferred by this Act except in accordance with applicable
State law.
(b) Effect on Previously Acquired or Reserved Water Rights.--This
section shall not be construed to affect any water rights acquired or
reserved by the United States before the date of the enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 4. WITHDRAWAL.
Subject to valid existing rights, the public land to be transferred
under section 2 is withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the
public land laws, including the mining laws and geothermal leasing
laws, so long as the lands remain under the administrative jurisdiction
of the Secretary of the Army.
Union Calendar No. 85
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1299
[Report No. 113-120, Part I]
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A BILL
To provide for the transfer of certain public land currently
administered by the Bureau of Land Management to the administrative
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army for inclusion in White Sands
Missile Range, New Mexico, and for other purposes.
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June 24, 2013
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
June 24, 2013
The Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed