[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4458 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4458

    To make permanent the withdrawal and reservation of public land 
 previously withdrawn and reserved to support the operations of Naval 
  Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, and to provide for the 
         withdrawal and reservation of additional public land.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2014

  Mr. McCarthy of California introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To make permanent the withdrawal and reservation of public land 
 previously withdrawn and reserved to support the operations of Naval 
  Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, and to provide for the 
         withdrawal and reservation of additional public land.

    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. WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF PUBLIC LAND FOR NAVAL AIR WEAPONS 
              STATION CHINA LAKE, CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Permanent Withdrawal and Reservation.--Section 2979 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division 
B of Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. __) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 2979. PERMANENT WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION.

    ``The withdrawal and reservation of public land made by section 
2971 shall not terminate, except pursuant to--
            ``(1) an election and determination by the Secretary of the 
        Navy to relinquish the land under section 2922; or
            ``(2) a transfer by the Secretary of the Interior of 
        permanent administrative jurisdiction over the land to the 
        Secretary of the Navy.''.
    (b) Withdrawal and Reservation of Additional Public Land.--Section 
2971(b) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2014 (division B of Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. __) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The public land'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) Initial withdrawal.--The public land''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Additional withdrawal.--The public land (including 
        interests in land) referred to in subsection (a) also includes 
        the approximately 7,546 acres of public land (including 
        interests in land) known as the Cuddeback Lake Air Force Range, 
        as described in section 2 of Public Law 88-46 (77 Stat. 70), 
        and an additional approximately 18,933 acres of public land in 
        San Bernardino County, California, as generally depicted on the 
        map entitled `Cuddeback Land Area' and dated April 1, 2014, and 
        filed in accordance with section 2912, except that the 
        withdrawal area specifically excludes any public land included 
        within the Grass Valley Wilderness and all private lands 
        otherwise located within the boundaries of the withdrawal area. 
        The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that the owners of the 
        excluded private land continue to have reasonable access to 
        their private land.''.
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