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Bill113th CongressFiled Apr 23, 2013Public Lands and Natural Resources
H.R. 1691

Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Transfer Act of 2013

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What it doesSummary reported to house amended, part i (Jun 24, 2013)

Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Transfer Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy administrative jurisdiction over certain public lands in Imperial and Riverside Counties, California, for inclusion within the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range. Withdraws the mineral estate of such land from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws and the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, for as long as the land is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy.

Requires the Secretary of the Navy to prepare an integrated natural resources management plan with respect to the transferred lands.

Requires the Secretary of the Navy, upon determining that there is no longer a military need for the lands transferred, to transfer such lands back to the Secretary of the Interior. Requires appropriate land decontamination preceding the retransfer.

Amends the California Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1994 to extend a land withdrawal and reservation period consistent with the above transfer.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall affect existing water rights on the transferred lands.

What just happenedJun 24, 2013

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 89.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51](D-CA)Sponsor
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  • Reported in HouseJun 24, 2013
  • Introduced in HouseApr 23, 2013
  1. Jun 24, 2013CalendarsH12410

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 89.

  2. Jun 24, 2013DischargeH12300

    Committee on Armed Services discharged.

  3. Jun 24, 2013Committee5500

    Committee on Armed Services discharged.

  4. Jun 24, 2013CommitteeH12200

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-124, Part I.

  5. Jun 24, 2013Committee5000

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-124, Part I.

  6. May 15, 2013Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

  7. May 15, 2013Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  8. May 15, 2013Committee

    Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.

  9. May 6, 2013Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

  10. Apr 26, 2013Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

  11. Apr 23, 2013Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.

  12. Apr 23, 2013IntroReferralH11100

    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.

  13. Apr 23, 2013IntroReferralH11100

    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.

  14. Apr 23, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  15. Apr 23, 2013IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Reported to House amended, Part IJun 24, 201318

Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Transfer Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy administrative jurisdiction over certain public lands in Imperial and Riverside Counties, California, for inclusion within the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range. Withdraws the mineral estate of such land from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws and the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, for as long as the land is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy.

Requires the Secretary of the Navy to prepare an integrated natural resources management plan with respect to the transferred lands.

Requires the Secretary of the Navy, upon determining that there is no longer a military need for the lands transferred, to transfer such lands back to the Secretary of the Interior. Requires appropriate land decontamination preceding the retransfer.

Amends the California Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1994 to extend a land withdrawal and reservation period consistent with the above transfer.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall affect existing water rights on the transferred lands.

Introduced in HouseApr 23, 2013

Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Transfer Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy administrative jurisdiction over certain public lands in Imperial and Riverside Counties, California, for inclusion within the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range.

Requires the Secretary of the Navy, upon determining that there is no longer a military need for the lands transferred, to transfer such lands back to the Secretary of the Interior. Requires appropriate land decontamination preceding the retransfer.

Amends the California Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1994 to extend a land withdrawal and reservation period consistent with the above transfer.

Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Transfer Act of 2013 — Informed