[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3329-S3330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6123. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 C of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2849. LAND CONVEYANCE AND BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, ADAK, 
                   ALASKA.

       (a) Removal From National Wildlife Refuge System.--
     Notwithstanding sections 303 through 305 of the Alaska 
     National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-487; 
     94 Stat. 2389), Executive Order 1733, dated March 3, 1913, 
     Public Land Order 1949, dated August 19, 1959, and any other 
     provision of law, the land described in subsection (d) is 
     hereby removed from the National Wildlife Refuge System.
       (b) Conveyance.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
     shall convey to the Secretary of the Navy all right, title, 
     and interest of the United States in and to the land 
     described in subsection (d).
       (c) Use of Land.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the land conveyed under subsection (b) shall be used by 
     the Secretary of the Navy--
       (1) as an armament and high-hazard testing site;
       (2) for training for aerial gunnery, rocketry, electronic 
     warfare, and tactical maneuvering and air support;
       (3) for equipment and tactics development and testing; and
       (4) for other defense-related purposes as identified by the 
     Secretary of the Navy.
       (d) Land Description.--The land to be conveyed under 
     subsection (b) consists of approximately 5,399.46 acres of 
     land on Adak Island, Alaska, withdrawn under Public Land

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     Order Number 1949, dated August 19, 1959, as modified but not 
     revoked by Public Land Order Number 7609, dated July 7, 2004, 
     known as T. 95 S., R. 195 W., Seward Meridian, Alaska, Tract 
     A, as depicted on Bureau of Land Management Master Title Plat 
     dated February 18, 2014.
       (e) Effect.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
     effect--
       (1) the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act 
     of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) or any other law related to 
     management of the National Wildlife Refuge System; or
       (2) the status, boundaries, or management of any land 
     within the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, other 
     than the land described in subsection (d).
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