113 HR 1299 RH: White Sands Missile Range Security Enhancement Act U.S. House of Representatives 2013-06-24 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IB Union Calendar No. 85 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1299 [Report No. 113–120, Part I] 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 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.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the White Sands Missile Range Security Enhancement Act.

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.

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.

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.

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