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Bill114th CongressFiled Feb 12, 2016Public Lands and Natural Resources
H.R. 4579

Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act

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What it doesSummary reported to house amended, part i (Dec 8, 2016)

Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act

This bill directs the Departments of the Interior and the Air Force to enter into a memorandum of agreement for the continued management by Interior of approximately 625,643 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Utah in a manner that provides for its limited use by the Air Force.

Under such Agreement the BLM shall continue to manage the BLM land, subject to use by the Air Force for:

  • the preservation of the Utah Test and Training Range against encroachments incompatible with test and training requirements;
  • the testing of advanced weapons systems, including hypersonic weapons, and the standoff distance for weapons;
  • increased public safety for civilians accessing the BLM land; and
  • other purposes related to meeting national security needs.

If military operations, public safety, or national security require the temporary closure of the use of roads, trails, or other portions of the BLM land to the public, the Air Force may take necessary action to carry out such closure.

The bill establishes the Utah Test and Training Range Community Resource Group to give input to Interior and the Air Force on matters involving public access to, use of, and management of the BLM land.

Interior shall convey to the state of Utah, through the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration in Utah, BLM land in Box Elder, Millard, Juab, Tooele, and Beaver Counties, Utah, in exchange for non-federal land owned by Utah in Box Elder, Juab, and Tooele Counties. Upon conveyance, the non-federal land located: (1) within the Utah Test and Training Range shall be managed according to the memorandum of agreement, and (2) within the Cedar Mountains Wilderness shall be added to and administered as part of such Wilderness.

Interior, respecting BLM land, and the Department of Agriculture, respecting Forest Service land, shall convey to Utah and to Box Elder, Juab, and Tooele Counties separate easements for motorized travel rights of way across the federal land for all Class B and Class D R.S. 2477 roads.

What just happenedDec 8, 2016

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 670.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2](R-UT)Sponsor
3 cosponsors3 R
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  1. Dec 8, 2016CalendarsH12410

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 670.

  2. Dec 8, 2016DischargeH12300

    Committee on Armed Services discharged.

    Armed Services Committee
  3. Dec 8, 2016Committee5500

    Committee on Armed Services discharged.

    Armed Services Committee
  4. Dec 8, 2016CommitteeH12200

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-857, Part I.

    Natural Resources Committee
  5. Dec 8, 2016Committee5000

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-857, Part I.

    Natural Resources Committee
  6. Mar 16, 2016Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 14.

    Natural Resources Committee
  7. Mar 16, 2016Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Natural Resources Committee
  8. Mar 15, 2016Committee

    Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.

    Natural Resources Committee
  9. Mar 15, 2016Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Natural Resources Committee
  10. Mar 4, 2016Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

    Readiness Subcommittee
  11. Feb 25, 2016Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Federal Lands Subcommittee
  12. Feb 17, 2016Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

    Federal Lands Subcommittee
  13. Feb 12, 2016IntroReferralH11100

    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.

    Armed Services Committee
  14. Feb 12, 2016IntroReferralH11100-A

    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.

  15. Feb 12, 2016IntroReferralH11100

    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.

    Natural Resources Committee
  16. Feb 12, 2016IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  17. Feb 12, 2016IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Reported to House amended, Part IDec 8, 201618

Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act

This bill directs the Departments of the Interior and the Air Force to enter into a memorandum of agreement for the continued management by Interior of approximately 625,643 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Utah in a manner that provides for its limited use by the Air Force.

Under such Agreement the BLM shall continue to manage the BLM land, subject to use by the Air Force for:

  • the preservation of the Utah Test and Training Range against encroachments incompatible with test and training requirements;
  • the testing of advanced weapons systems, including hypersonic weapons, and the standoff distance for weapons;
  • increased public safety for civilians accessing the BLM land; and
  • other purposes related to meeting national security needs.

If military operations, public safety, or national security require the temporary closure of the use of roads, trails, or other portions of the BLM land to the public, the Air Force may take necessary action to carry out such closure.

The bill establishes the Utah Test and Training Range Community Resource Group to give input to Interior and the Air Force on matters involving public access to, use of, and management of the BLM land.

Interior shall convey to the state of Utah, through the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration in Utah, BLM land in Box Elder, Millard, Juab, Tooele, and Beaver Counties, Utah, in exchange for non-federal land owned by Utah in Box Elder, Juab, and Tooele Counties. Upon conveyance, the non-federal land located: (1) within the Utah Test and Training Range shall be managed according to the memorandum of agreement, and (2) within the Cedar Mountains Wilderness shall be added to and administered as part of such Wilderness.

Interior, respecting BLM land, and the Department of Agriculture, respecting Forest Service land, shall convey to Utah and to Box Elder, Juab, and Tooele Counties separate easements for motorized travel rights of way across the federal land for all Class B and Class D R.S. 2477 roads.

Introduced in HouseFeb 12, 2016

Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Air Force to enter into a memorandum of agreement for the continued management by Interior of approximately 625,643 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Utah in a manner that provides for its limited use by the Air Force.

Under such Agreement the BLM shall continue to manage the BLM land, subject to use by the Air Force for:

  • the preservation of the Utah Test and Training Range against encroachments incompatible with test and training requirements;
  • the testing of advanced weapons systems, including hypersonic weapons, and the standoff distance for weapons;
  • increased public safety for civilians accessing the BLM land; and
  • other purposes related to meeting national security needs.

If military operations, public safety, or national security require the temporary closure of the use of roads, trails, or other portions of the BLM land to the public, the Air Force may take necessary action to carry out such closure.

The bill establishes the Utah Test and Training Range Community Resource Group to give input to Interior and the Air Force on matters involving public access to, use of, and management of the BLM land.

Interior shall convey to the state of Utah, through the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration in Utah, BLM land in Box Elder, Millard, Juab, Tooele, and Beaver Counties, Utah, in exchange for non-federal land owned by Utah in Box Elder, Juab, and Tooele Counties. Upon conveyance, the non-federal land located: (1) within the Utah Test and Training Range shall be managed according to the memorandum of agreement, and (2) within the Cedar Mountains Wilderness shall be added to and administered as part of such Wilderness.

Interior, respecting BLM land, and the Department of Agriculture, respecting Forest Service land, shall convey to Utah and to Box Elder, Juab, and Tooele Counties separate easements for motorized travel rights of way across the federal land for certain highways.

Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act — Informed