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To amend the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 with respect to extensions, additions, and revisions to the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Arizona.

H.R. 4377 · 118th Congress · Jun 27, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Extensions, additions, and revisions to the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 relating to Barry M. Goldwater Range

(a)
Extension of withdrawal and gila bend addition to Barry M. Goldwater range— Section 3031(a)(3) of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 898) is amended—
(1)
by striking “comprise approximately 1,650,200 acres” and inserting the following:

“(A) approximately 1,656,491.94 acres”

(2)
by striking ““Barry M. Goldwater Range Land Withdrawal”, dated June 17, 1999” and inserting the following: ““Barry M. Goldwater Range Requested Withdrawal Extension Map”, dated June 13, 2022”; and
(3)
by striking “section 3033.” and inserting the following:

“(B) approximately 2,365.89 acres of land in Maricopa County, Arizona, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Gila Bend Addition to Barry M. Goldwater Range”, dated July 5, 2022, and filed in accordance with section 3033.”

(b)
Relation to other withdrawals and reservations— Section 3031(a) of such Act is amended—
(1)
by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8), respectively;
(2)
in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by inserting “, whichever is later” after “accepted by the Secretary of the Interior”; and
(3)
by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:

“(4) Relation to other withdrawals and reservations

“(A) The prior withdrawals and reservations identified as Public Land Order Nos. 56 and 97, and Executive Order Nos. 8892, 9104, and 9215, are hereby revoked in their entirety.

“(B) Upon the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the patented mining claim known as the Legal Tender, Mineral Survey No. 3445, located in Section 26, Township 15 South, Range 10 West, Gila Salt River Meridian, Arizona, is hereby transferred from the Secretary of the Air Force to the Secretary of the Interior, at no cost and in “as-is” condition, and shall be managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as a land parcel included within the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and in wilderness status as part of the Cabeza Prieta Wilderness.”

(c)
Renewal of current withdrawal and reservation— Section 3031(d) of such Act is amended by striking “25 years after the date of the enactment of this Act” and inserting “on October 5, 2049”.
(d)
Extension— Section 3031(e) of such Act is amended—
(1)
in the heading, by striking “initial”; and
(2)
in paragraph (1), by striking “initial”.