[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3578-S3579]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 2187. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Ms. Rosen) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII, add the
following:
SEC. 28__. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERAGENCY COMMITTEES ON JOINT
USE OF CERTAIN LAND WITHDRAWN FROM
APPROPRIATION UNDER PUBLIC LAND LAWS.
(a) Interagency Executive Committee on Joint Use by
Department of the Navy and Department of the Interior of
Naval Air Station Fallon Ranges.--Section 3011(a) of the
Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-65; 113
Stat. 885) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(5) Intergovernmental executive committee.--
``(A) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Navy and the
Secretary of the Interior shall jointly establish, by
memorandum of understanding, an intergovernmental executive
committee (referred to in this paragraph as the `executive
committee'), for the purpose of exchanging views,
information, and advice relating to the management of the
natural and cultural resources of the land described in
paragraph (2).
``(B) Memorandum of understanding.--The memorandum of
understanding entered into under subparagraph (A) shall
include--
``(i) a description of the officials and other individuals
to be invited to participate as members in the executive
committee under subparagraph (C);
``(ii) a description of the duties of the Chairperson and
Vice Chairperson of the executive committee; and
``(iii) subject to subparagraphs (D) and (E), a procedure
for--
``(I) creating a forum to carry out the purpose described
in subparagraph (A);
``(II) rotating the Chairperson of the executive committee;
and
``(III) scheduling regular meetings of the executive
committee.
``(C) Membership.--The executive committee shall be
comprised of--
``(i) 1 representative of the Nevada Department of
Wildlife;
``(ii) 1 representative of the Nevada Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources;
``(iii) 1 county commissioner from each of Churchill, Lyon,
Nye, Mineral, and Pershing Counties, Nevada;
``(iv) 1 representative of each Indian tribe in the
vicinity of the land described in paragraph (2); and
``(v) not more than 3 members that the Secretary of the
Navy and the Secretary of the Interior jointly determine
would advance the goals and objectives of the executive
committee.
``(D) Chairperson and vice chairperson.--The members of the
executive committee shall elect from among the members--
``(i) 1 member to serve as Chairperson of the executive
committee; and
``(ii) 1 member to serve as Vice Chairperson of the
executive committee.
``(E) Meetings.--
``(i) Frequency.--The executive committee shall meet not
less frequently than 3 times each calendar year.
``(ii) Location.--The location of the meetings of the
executive committee shall rotate to facilitate ease of access
for all members of the executive committee.
``(iii) Public accessibility.--The meetings of the
executive committee shall--
``(I) be open to the public; and
``(II) serve as a forum for the public to provide comments
regarding the natural and cultural resources of the land
described in paragraph (2).
``(F) Conditions and terms.--
``(i) In general.--Each member of the executive committee
shall serve voluntarily and without compensation.
``(ii) Term of appointment.--
``(I) In general.--Except as provided in subclause
(II)(bb), each member of the executive committee shall be
appointed for a term of 4 years.
``(II) Original members.--Of the members initially
appointed to the executive committee, the Secretary of the
Navy and the Secretary of the Interior shall select--
``(aa) \1/2\ to serve for a term of 4 years; and
``(bb) \1/2\ to serve for a term of 2 years.
``(iii) Reappointment and replacement.--The Secretary of
the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior may reappoint or
replace, as appropriate, a member of the executive committee
if--
``(I) the term of the member has expired;
``(II) the member has resigned; or
``(III) the position held by the member has changed to the
extent that the ability of the member to represent the group
or entity that the member represents has been significantly
affected.
``(G) Liaisons.--The Secretary of the Navy and the
Secretary of the Interior shall each appoint appropriate
operational and land management personnel of the Department
of the Navy and the Department of the Interior, respectively,
to serve as liaisons to the executive committee.''.
(b) Joint Access and Use by Department of the Air Force and
Department of the Interior of Nevada Test and Training Range
and Desert National Wildlife Refuge.--
(1) United states fish and wildlife service and department
of the air force coordination.--Section 3011(b)(5) of the
Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-65; 113
Stat. 887) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(G) Interagency committee.--
``(i) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of the Air Force shall jointly establish an
interagency committee (referred to in this subparagraph as
the `interagency committee') to facilitate coordination,
manage public access needs and requirements, and minimize
potential conflict between the Department of the Interior and
the Department of the Air Force with respect to joint
operating areas within the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.
``(ii) Membership.--The interagency committee shall include
only the following members:
``(I) Representatives from the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service.
``(II) Representatives from the Department of the Air
Force.
``(III) The Project Leader of the Desert National Wildlife
Refuge Complex.
``(IV) The Commander of the Nevada Test and Training Range,
Nellis Air Force Base.
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``(iii) Report to congress.--The interagency committee
shall biannually submit to the Committees on Armed Services,
Environment and Public Works, and Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate and the Committees on Armed Services
and Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and
make available publicly online, a report on the activities of
the interagency committee.''.
(2) Intergovernmental executive committee.--Such section is
further amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(H) Intergovernmental executive committee.--
``(i) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of the Air Force shall jointly establish, by
memorandum of understanding, an intergovernmental executive
committee (referred to in this subparagraph as the `executive
committee') in accordance with this subparagraph.
``(ii) Purpose.--The executive committee shall be
established for the purposes of--
``(I) exchanging views, information, and advice relating to
the management of the natural and cultural resources of the
lands withdrawn and reserved by this section; and
``(II) discussing and making recommendations to the
interagency committee established under subparagraph (G) with
respect to public access needs and requirements.
``(iii) Composition.--The executive committee shall
comprise the following members:
``(I) Federal agencies.--The Secretary of the Interior and
the Secretary of the Air Force shall each appoint 1
representative from an interested Federal agency.
``(II) State government.--The Secretary of the Interior and
the Secretary of the Air Force shall jointly invite 1
representative of the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
``(III) Local governments.--The Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of the Air Force shall jointly invite 1
county commissioner of each of Clark, Nye, and Lincoln
Counties, Nevada.
``(IV) Tribal governments.--The Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of the Air Force shall jointly invite 1
representative of each Indian tribe in the vicinity of the
portions of the joint use area of the Desert National
Wildlife Refuge where the Secretary of the Interior exercises
primary jurisdiction.
``(V) Public.--The Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of the Air Force shall jointly invite not more than
3 private individuals who the Secretary of the Interior and
the Secretary of the Air Force jointly determine would
further the goals and objectives of the executive committee.
``(VI) Additional members.--The Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of the Air Force may designate such
additional members as the Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of the Air Force jointly determine to be
appropriate.
``(iv) Operation.--The executive committee shall operate in
accordance with the terms set forth in the memorandum of
understanding under clause (i), which shall specify the
officials or other individuals to be invited to participate
in the executive committee in accordance with clause (iii).
``(v) Procedures.--Subject to clauses (vi) and (vii), the
memorandum of understanding under clause (i) shall establish
procedures for--
``(I) creating a forum for carrying out the purpose
described in clause (ii);
``(II) rotating the Chairperson of the executive committee;
and
``(III) scheduling regular meetings.
``(vi) Chairperson and vice chairperson.--
``(I) In general.--The members of the executive committee
shall elect from among the members--
``(aa) 1 member to serve as the Chairperson of the
executive committee; and
``(bb) 1 member to serve as the Vice Chairperson of the
executive committee.
``(II) Duties.--The duties of each of the Chairperson and
the Vice Chairperson shall be included in the memorandum of
understanding under clause (i).
``(vii) Meetings.--
``(I) Frequency.--The executive committee shall meet not
less frequently than 3 times each calendar year.
``(II) Meeting locations.--Locations of meetings of the
executive committee shall rotate to facilitate ease of access
for all executive committee members.
``(III) Public accessibility.--Meetings of the executive
committee shall--
``(aa) be open to the public; and
``(bb) provide a forum for the public to provide comment
regarding the management of, and public access to, the Nevada
Test and Training Range and the Desert National Wildlife
Refuge.
``(viii) Conditions and terms of appointment.--
``(I) In general.--Each member of the executive committee
shall serve voluntarily and without compensation.
``(II) Term of appointment.--
``(aa) In general.--Each member of the executive committee
shall be appointed for a term of 4 years.
``(bb) Original members.--Notwithstanding item (aa), the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Air Force
shall select--
``(AA) \1/2\ of the original members of the executive
committee to serve for a term of 4 years; and
``(BB) \1/2\ of the original members of the executive
committee to serve for a term of 2 years.
``(III) Reappointment and replacement.--The Secretary of
the Interior and the Secretary of the Air Force may reappoint
or replace a member of the executive committee if--
``(aa) the term of the member has expired;
``(bb) the member has resigned; or
``(cc) the position held by the member has changed to the
extent that the ability of the member to represent the group
or entity that the member represents has been significantly
affected.
``(ix) Liaisons.--The Secretary of the Air Force and the
Secretary of the Interior shall each appoint appropriate
operational and land management personnel of the Department
of the Air Force and the Department of the Interior,
respectively, to participate in, and serve as liaisons to,
the executive committee.''.
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