[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4377 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4377
To amend the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 with respect to
extensions, additions, and revisions to the Barry M. Goldwater Range in
Arizona.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 27, 2023
Mr. Grijalva (for himself and Mr. Gallego) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in
addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 with respect to
extensions, additions, and revisions to the Barry M. Goldwater Range in
Arizona.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
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: ``comprise--
``(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: ``section 3033; and
``(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''.
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