[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 135 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 135

To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to provide that if the 
 head of the agency managing Federal property objects to the inclusion 
 of certain property on the National Register or its designation as a 
   National Historic Landmark for reasons of national security, the 
  Federal property shall be neither included nor designated until the 
            objection is withdrawn, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2015

   Mr. Issa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to provide that if the 
 head of the agency managing Federal property objects to the inclusion 
 of certain property on the National Register or its designation as a 
   National Historic Landmark for reasons of national security, the 
  Federal property shall be neither included nor designated until the 
            objection is withdrawn, and for other purposes.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 ``Military Land and National Defense 
Act'' or the ``Military LAND Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT.

    Section 101(a) of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
470a(a)) is amended as follows:
            (1) In paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(G) notifying the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
        United States House of Representatives and the Committee on 
        Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate if the property is 
        owned by the Federal Government when the property is being 
        considered for inclusion on the National Register, for 
        designation as a National Historic Landmark, or for nomination 
        to the World Heritage List.''.
            (2) By redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs 
        (8) and (9), respectively.
            (3) By inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) If the head of the agency managing any Federal 
        property objects to such inclusion or designation for reasons 
        of national security, such as any impact the inclusion or 
        designation would have on use of the property for military 
        training or readiness purposes, that Federal property shall be 
        neither included on the National Register nor designated as a 
        National Historic Landmark until the objection is withdrawn.''.
            (4) By adding after paragraph (9) (as so redesignated by 
        paragraph (2) of this section) the following:
            ``(10) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to allow 
        for expedited removal of Federal property listed on the 
        National Register of Historic Places if the managing agency of 
        that Federal property submits to the Secretary a written 
        request to remove the Federal property from the National 
        Register of Historic Places for reasons of national security, 
        such as any impact the inclusion or designation would have on 
        use of the property for military training or readiness 
        purposes.''.
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