Sec. 2961. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OF PUBLIC LAND

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## SEC. 2961 TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OF PUBLIC LAND ###

(a)Transfer Required The Secretary of the Interior shall transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy certain public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Imperial and Riverside Counties, California, consisting of approximately 228,324 acres, as generally depicted on the map titled “Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range-Administration’s Land Withdrawal Legislation Proposal Map”, dated October 30, 2013, and filed in accordance with subsection (d). ###

(b)Valid Existing Rights The transfer of administrative jurisdiction under subsection

(a)shall be subject to any valid existing rights, including any property, easements, or improvements held by the Bureau of Reclamation and appurtenant to the Coachella Canal. The Secretary of the Navy shall provide for reasonable access by the Bureau of Reclamation for inspection and maintenance purposes not inconsistent with military training. ###

(c)Time for Conveyance The transfer of administrative jurisdiction under subsection

(a)shall occur pursuant to a schedule agreed to by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Navy. ###

(d)Map and Legal Description ####

(1)Preparation and publication The Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register a legal description of the public land to be transferred under subsection (a). ####

(2)Submission to congress The Secretary of the Interior shall file with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives— #####

(A)a copy of the legal description prepared under paragraph (1); and #####

(B)the map referred to in subsection (a). ####

(3)Availability for public inspection Copies of the legal description and map filed under paragraph

(2)shall be available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of— #####

(A)the Bureau of Land Management; #####

(B)the Office of the Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona; #####

(C)the Office of the Commander, Navy Region Southwest; and #####

(D)the Office of the Secretary of the Navy. ####

(4)Force of law The legal description and map filed under paragraph

(2)shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary of the Interior may correct clerical and typographical errors in the legal description or map. ####

(5)Reimbursement of costs The transfer required by subsection

(a)shall be made without reimbursement, except that the Secretary of the Navy shall reimburse the Secretary of the Interior for any costs incurred by the Secretary of the Interior to prepare the legal description and map under this subsection.