Sec. 2966. REALIGNMENT OF RANGE BOUNDARY AND RELATED TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION
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## SEC. 2966 REALIGNMENT OF RANGE BOUNDARY AND RELATED TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION ###
(a)Realignment; Purpose The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Navy shall realign the boundary of the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, to improve public safety and management of the Range, consistent with the following: ####
(1)The northwestern boundary of the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range shall be realigned to the edge of the Bradshaw Trail so that the Trail is entirely on public land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior. ####
(2)The centerline of the Bradshaw Trail shall be delineated by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy, beginning at its western terminus at Township 8 South, Range 12 East, Section 6 eastward to Township 8 South, Range 17 East, Section 32 where it leaves the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range. ####
(3)The Secretary of the Navy shall relinquish to the Secretary of the Interior the approximately 2,000 acres of public land withdrawn for military use that is located immediately north of the Bradshaw Trail, and the Secretary of the Interior shall manage the land in accordance with the applicable land use plan developed under section of section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712). ###
(b)Transfers Related to Realignment ####
(1)Transfers to reflect boundary realignment The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Navy shall make such transfers of administrative jurisdiction as may be necessary to reflect the results of the boundary realignment carried out pursuant to subsection (a). ####
(2)Bradshaw trail management The approximately 600 acres of land north of the Bradshaw Trail identified as fee-owned lands available for disposal may be used to establish a maximum number of acres of land that the Secretary of the Navy may transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in order to improve management of the Bradshaw Trail. ###
(c)Applicability of National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) shall not apply to any transfer of land made under subsection
(b)or any decontamination actions undertaken in connection with such a transfer. ###
(d)Decontamination The Secretary of the Navy shall maintain, to the extent funds are available for such purpose and consistent with applicable Federal and State law, a program of decontamination of any contamination caused by defense-related uses on land transferred under subsection (b). The Secretary of Defense shall include a description of such decontamination activities in the annual report required by section 2711 of title 10, United States Code. ###
(e)Timeline The delineation of the Bradshaw Trail under subsection
(a)and any transfer of land under subsection
(b)shall occur pursuant to a schedule agreed to by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Navy, but in no case later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. ## Subtitle F Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California
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Sec. 2966
REALIGNMENT OF RANGE BOUNDARY AND RELATED TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION
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