S.Amdt. 3506
What it does: Adds SEC. 1087. WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE AND FORT BLISS at the end of subtitle H of title X
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)What it changes
1 change to S. 2410 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1087. WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE AND FORT BLISS at the end of subtitle H of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 2410 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(j) Coordination With Other Amendments Made by This Act.--For purposes of applying amendments made by provisions of this Act other than this section, the amendments made by subsections (b) through (h) of this section shall be treated as having been enacted immediately before any such amendments by other provisions of this Act.
Inserted: SEC. 1087. WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE AND FORT BLISS.
Inserted: (a) Withdrawal.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights and paragraph (3), the Federal land described in paragraph (2) is withdrawn from--
Inserted: (A) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws, except for the issuance of oil and gas pipeline rights-of-way;
Inserted: (B) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
Inserted: (C) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.
Inserted: (2) Description of federal land.--The Federal land referred to in paragraph (1) consists of--
Inserted: (A) the approximately 6,500 acres of land depicted as "Parcel 1" on the map entitled "Fort Bliss/BLM Land Transfer and Withdrawal" and dated June 18, 2014 (referred to in this section as the "map"); and
Inserted: (B) any land or interest in land that is acquired by the United States within the boundaries of "Parcel 1", as depicted on the map.
Inserted: (b) Administration.--Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this Act--
Inserted: (1) Public Land Order 833, dated May 21, 1952 (17 Fed. Reg. 4822) shall not apply to the approximately 2,050 acres of land generally depicted as "Parcel 2" on the map; and
Inserted: (2) the land described in paragraph (1) shall be--
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Inserted: (A) added to the Organ Mountains--Desert Peaks National Monument; and
Inserted: (B) managed in accordance with--
Inserted: (i) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
Inserted: (ii) any other applicable laws.
Inserted: (c) Legal Description.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register a legal description of the Federal land withdrawn by subsection (a).
Inserted: (2) Force of law.--The legal description published 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.
Inserted: (3) Reimbursement of costs.--The Secretary of the Army shall reimburse the Secretary of the Interior for any costs incurred by the Secretary of the Interior in implementing this subsection with regard to the Federal land described in subsection (a)(2)(A).
Original wording
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 3506. Mr. HEINRICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 H of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1087. WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE AND FORT BLISS.
(a) Withdrawal.--
(1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights and paragraph (3), the Federal land described in paragraph (2) is withdrawn from--
(A) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws, except for the issuance of oil and gas pipeline rights-of-way;
(B) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
(C) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.
(2) Description of federal land.--The Federal land referred to in paragraph (1) consists of--
(A) the approximately 6,500 acres of land depicted as “Parcel 1” on the map entitled “Fort Bliss/BLM Land Transfer and Withdrawal” and dated June 18, 2014 (referred to in this section as the “map”); and
(B) any land or interest in land that is acquired by the United States within the boundaries of “Parcel 1”, as depicted on the map.
(b) Administration.--Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this Act--
(1) Public Land Order 833, dated May 21, 1952 (17 Fed. Reg. 4822) shall not apply to the approximately 2,050 acres of land generally depicted as “Parcel 2” on the map; and
(2) the land described in paragraph (1) shall be--
(A) added to the Organ Mountains--Desert Peaks National Monument; and
(B) managed in accordance with--
(i) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
(ii) any other applicable laws.
(c) Legal Description.--
(1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register a legal description of the Federal land withdrawn by subsection (a).
(2) Force of law.--The legal description published 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.
(3) Reimbursement of costs.--The Secretary of the Army shall reimburse the Secretary of the Interior for any costs incurred by the Secretary of the Interior in implementing this subsection with regard to the Federal land described in subsection (a)(2)(A).
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Senate amendment submitted
July 9, 2014