Sec. 101. Management of BLM land
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Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Secretary of the Air Force shall complete a draft of the memorandum of agreement required under paragraph (2). During the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the draft memorandum of agreement is completed under subparagraph (A), there shall be an opportunity for public comment on the draft memorandum of agreement, including an opportunity for the Utah Test and Training Range Community Resource Group established under section 103(a) to provide comments on the draft memorandum of agreement.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Secretary of the Air Force shall enter into a memorandum of agreement that provides for the continued management of the BLM land by the Secretary, in a manner that provides for the limited use of the BLM land by the Secretary of the Air Force, consistent with this Act. The terms of the memorandum of agreement, including a temporary closure of the BLM land under the memorandum of agreement, may not be carried out until the date on which all parties to the memorandum of agreement have signed the memorandum of agreement.
The memorandum of agreement under paragraph
(2)shall provide that the Secretary (acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management) shall continue to manage the BLM land— as land described in section 6901(1)(B) of title 31, United States Code; for multiple use and sustained yield goals and activities as required under sections 102(a)(7) and 202(c)(1) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701(a)(7) , 1712(c)(1)) and defined in sections 103 of that Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 ), including all principal or major uses on Federal land recognized pursuant to the definition of the term in section 103 of that Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 ); in accordance with section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1712 ); and subject to use by the Secretary of the Air Force provided under section 102 for— the preservation of the Utah Test and Training Range against current and future encroachments that the Secretary of the Air Force finds to be incompatible with current and future test and training requirements; the testing of— advanced weapon systems, including current weapons systems, 5th generation weapon systems, and future weapon systems; and the standoff distance for weapons; the testing and evaluation of hypersonic weapons; increased public safety for civilians accessing the BLM land; and other purposes relating to meeting national security needs. The Secretary may correct any minor errors in the map described in section 3(1). Any land use plan in existence on the date of enactment of this Act that applies to the BLM land shall continue to apply to the BLM land. Notwithstanding subsection (a)(3)(D), the memorandum of agreement entered into under subsection
(a)and the land use plans described in subsection
(c)shall not diminish any major or principle use that is recognized pursuant to section 103(l) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1702(l) ), except to the extent authorized in subsection (a). The Secretary of the Air Force shall— if corrective action is necessary due to an action of the Air Force, as determined by the Secretary of the Air Force, render the BLM land safe for public use; and appropriately communicate the safety of the land to the Secretary once the BLM land is rendered safe for public use. The Secretary shall issue and administer any new grazing lease or permit on the BLM land, in accordance with applicable law (including regulations) and other authorities applicable to livestock grazing on Bureau of Land Management land. The Secretary (acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management) shall continue to issue and administer livestock grazing leases and permits on the non-Federal land described in section 202(3), subject to the requirements described in subparagraphs
(A)through
(C)of paragraph (2). Any livestock grazing lease or permit applicable to the BLM land that is in existence on the date of enactment of this Act shall continue in effect— at the number of permitted animal unit months authorized under current applicable land use plans; if range conditions permit, at levels greater than the level of active use; and subject to such reasonable increases and decreases of active use of animal unit months and other reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary may consider appropriate based on rangeland conditions. Nothing in this section precludes the continuation of the memorandum of understanding that is between the Department of the Interior and the Department of the Air Force with respect to emergency access and response, as in existence as of the date of enactment of this Act. Subject to valid existing rights, the BLM land is withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, the mineral leasing laws, and the geothermal leasing laws. The Secretary may not issue any new use permits or rights-of-way on the BLM land for any purposes that the Secretary of the Air Force determines to be incompatible with current or projected military requirements, with consideration given to the rangeland improvements under section 105(h). Efforts described in this Act to facilitate grazing and ranching on the BLM land and the non-Federal land described in section 202(3) shall be considered to be compatible with mission requirements of the Utah Test and Training Range.
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