---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460gggg"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460gggg"
heading: "Numu Newe Special Management Area"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460gggg"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter CXLIV — Numu Newe Special Management Area"
---

# §460gggg. Numu Newe Special Management Area

- (a) **Definitions—** In this section:
  - (1) **Management plan—** The term “[management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k)” means the [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k) for the Special Management [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) developed under [subsection (d)](#d).
  - (2) **Secretary—** The term “[Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1)” means the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior.
  - (3) **Special Management Area—** The term “Special Management [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A)” means the Numu Newe Special Management [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) established by [subsection (b)](#b).
- (b) **Establishment—** To protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and nationally important historic, cultural, archaeological, natural, and educational resources of the Numu Newe traditional homeland, subject to valid existing rights, there is established in Churchill and Mineral [Counties](/usc/16/544.md?p=d), Nevada, the Numu Newe Special Management [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A), to be administered by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1).
- (c) **Area included—** The Special Management [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) shall consist of the approximately 209,181 acres of public land in Churchill and Mineral [Counties](/usc/16/544.md?p=d), Nevada, administered by the Bureau of Land Management, as depicted on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) entitled “Churchill County Proposed Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization and Lands Bill” and dated November 30, 2022.
- (d) **Management plan—**
  - (1) **In general—** Not later than 2 years after December 23, 2022, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall develop a comprehensive [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k) for the long-term management of the Special Management [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A).
  - (2) **Consultation—** In developing and implementing the [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k), the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall consult with—
    - (A) appropriate Federal, Tribal, [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a), and local governmental entities; and
    - (B) interested members of the public.
  - (3) **Requirements—** The [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k) shall—
    - (A) describe the appropriate uses of the Special Management [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A);
    - (B) with respect to any land within the Special Management [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) that is withdrawn and reserved for military uses, ensure that management of the Special Management [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) is consistent with the purposes under section 2981(c)(2) of the Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013 (as added by [section 2901 of this title](/usc/16/2901.md)) for which the land is withdrawn and reserved;
    - (C) authorize the use of motor vehicles in the Special Management [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A), where appropriate, including providing for the maintenance of existing roads;
    - (D) incorporate any provision of an applicable land and resource [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k) that the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) considers to be appropriate;
    - (E) ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, the protection and preservation of traditional cultural and religious sites within the Special Management [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A);
    - (F) to the maximum extent practicable, carefully and fully integrate the traditional and historical knowledge and special expertise of the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe and other affected [Indian tribes](/usc/16/544.md?p=g);
    - (G) consistent with [subparagraph (D)](#d-3-D), ensure public access to [Federal land](/usc/16/3102.md?p=2) within the Special Management [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes;
    - (H) not affect the allocation, ownership, interest, or control, as in existence on December 23, 2022, of any water, water right, or any other valid existing right; and
    - (I) be reviewed not less frequently than annually by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) to ensure the [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k) is meeting the requirements of this section.
- (e) **Military overflights—** Nothing in this section restricts or precludes—
  - (1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over the Special Management [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A), including military overflights that can be seen or heard within the Special Management [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A);
  - (2) flight testing and evaluation; or
  - (3) the designation or creation of new [units](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4) of special use airspace, or the establishment of military flight training routes, over the Special Management [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–263, div. B, title XXIX, § 2902, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3033; Pub. L. 118–31, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2883(a), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 782.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 2981(c)(2) of the Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013 (as added by section 2901 of this title), referred to in subsec. (d)(3)(B), is section 2981(c)(2) of title XXIX of div. B of Pub. L. 113–66, as added by Pub. L. 117–263, div. B, title XXIX, § 2901, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3016, which is not classified to the Code.

### Amendments

2023—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–31 substituted “209,181 acres” for “217,845 acres”.