S.Amdt. 2188

SA 2188. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO 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___. DESERT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

(a) United States Fish and Wildlife Service Access.--
Section 3011(b)(5)(D) of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of
1999 (Public Law 106-65; 113 Stat. 888) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
``effect'' and inserting ``affect any of''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(iv) The ability of the Secretary of the Interior to
ensure access by nonmilitary personnel for a minimum of 15
percent of annual calendar days, which shall be enumerated in
an annual access schedule jointly prepared by the Secretary
of the Interior and the Secretary of the Air Force, to the
portions of the joint use area of the Desert National
Wildlife Refuge where the Secretary of the Interior exercises
primary jurisdiction to carry out the management
responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior for the
Desert National Wildlife Refuge, including--

``(I) desert bighorn sheep surveys;
``(II) water catchment (guzzler) project maintenance;
``(III) annual desert bighorn sheep hunts;
``(IV) biological surveys;
``(V) surveys and treatment of invasive plants;
``(VI) research on desert bighorn sheep and other wildlife
species;
``(VII) access for members of affected Indian tribes to
visit culturally important sites;
``(VIII) cultural resource monitoring and surveys;
``(IX) vegetation, soil, springs, and groundwater
contaminant surveys;
``(X) groundwater well monitoring; and
``(XI) other scientific research.''.

(b) Access to the Refuge Generally.--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:
``(G) Access to the refuge generally.--
``(i) Public access.--The Secretary of the Interior shall
facilitate timely public access in portions of the joint use
area of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge that are not
closed in accordance with subparagraph (C) for military
purposes for Tribal, recreational (including hunting),
educational, and research purposes--

``(I) in accordance with the laws (including regulations)
generally applicable to the Desert National Wildlife Refuge
and the National Wildlife Refuge System; and
``(II) consistent with the annual access schedules required
under subparagraph (D)(iv).

``(ii) Access for state of nevada and indian tribes.--The
Secretary of the Interior shall facilitate timely access, as
determined by the Secretary of the Interior, to the portions
of the joint use area of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge
where the Secretary of the Interior exercises primary
jurisdiction, consistent with the annual access schedules
required under subparagraph (D)(iv) and subject to such terms
and conditions as to which the Secretary of the Interior and
Secretary of the Air Force may mutually agree, to--

``(I) representatives from the Nevada Department of
Wildlife to carry out related management responsibilities to
care for wildlife and wildlife habitat; and
``(II) Indian tribes in the vicinity of those portions of
the joint use area to carry out cultural and religious
activities.''.

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