PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996
110 STAT. 2813
SEC. 2912. AMENDMENT TO MILITARY LANDS WITHDRAWAL ACT OF
1986.
(a) USE OF CERTAIN RESOURCES.— Section 3(0 of the Military
Lands Withdrawal Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-606; 100 Stat. 3461)
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(2) Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the military
department concerned may utilize sand, gravel, or similar mineral
or material resources when the use of such resources is required
for construction needs on the respective lands withdrawn by this
Act.".
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.— Section 9(b) of the Military Lands
Withdrawal Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-606; 100 Stat. 3466) is
amended by striking "section 7(f)" and inserting in lieu thereof
"section 8(f)".
SEC. 2913. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.
Subtitle B—El Centro Naval Air Facility
Ranges Withdrawal
SEC. 2921. SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS.
(a) SHORT TITLE. —T his subtitle may be cited as the "El Centro
Naval Air Facility Ranges Withdrawal Act".
(b) DEFINITIONS. —In this subtitle:
(1) The term "El Centro" means the Naval Air Facility,
El Centro, California.
(2) The term "cooperative agreement" means the cooperative agreement entered into between the Bureau of Land
Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Department
of the Navy, dated June 29, 1987, with regard to the defenserelated uses of Federal lands to further the mission of El
Centro.
(3) The term "relinquishment notice" means a notice of
intention by the Secretary of the Navy under section 2928(a)
to relinquish, before the termination date specified in section
2925, the withdrawal and reservation of certain lands withdrawn under this subtitle.
SEC. 2922. WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF LANDS FOR EL
CENTRO.
(a) WITHDRAWALS.— Subject to valid existing rights, and except
as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the Federal lands utilized
in the mission of the Naval Air Facility, El Centro, California,
that are described in subsection (c) are hereby withdrawn from
all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including
the mining laws, but not the mineral leasing or geothermal leasing
laws or the mineral materials sales laws.
(b) RESERVATION. — The lands withdrawn under subsection (a)
are reserved for the use by the Secretary of the Navy—
(1) for defense-related purposes in accordance with the
cooperative agreement; and
(2) subject to notice to the Secretary of the Interior under
section 2924(e), for other defense-related purposes determined
by the Secretary of the Navy.
El Centro Naval
Air Facility
Ranges
Withdrawal Act.
California.
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