[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1673 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1673

     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 Navy for inclusion in Naval Air 
    Weapons Station China Lake, California, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 2013

  Mr. McCarthy of California 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

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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 Navy for inclusion in Naval Air 
    Weapons Station China Lake, California, 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 ``Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake 
Security Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, NAVAL AIR WEAPONS 
              STATION CHINA LAKE, CALIFORNIA.

    (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 Navy certain public land 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Inyo, Kern, and San 
Bernardino Counties, California, consisting of approximately 1,045,000 
acres in Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino Counties, California, as 
generally depicted on the map titled ``Naval Air Weapons Station China 
Lake Withdrawal - Renewal'' and dated 2012.
    (b) Use of Transferred Land.--Upon the receipt of the land under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy shall include the land as 
part of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, and 
authorize use of the land for military purposes.
    (c) Legal Description.--
            (1) Preparation and publication.--The Secretary of the 
        Interior shall publish in the Federal Register a legal 
        description of the public land to be transferred under 
        subsection (a).
            (2) Force of law.--The legal description 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 Navy shall reimburse the Secretary of the Interior for any costs 
incurred by the Secretary of the Interior to prepare the legal 
description under subsection (c).
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