H.R. 1691: Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Transfer Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-04-23 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 89.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-04-23 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 89. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Transfer Act of 2013

Plain summary

Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Transfer Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy administrative jurisdiction over certain public lands in Imperial and Riverside Counties, California, for inclusion within the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range. Withdraws the mineral estate of such land from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws and the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, for as long as the land is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to prepare an integrated natural resources management plan with respect to the transferred lands. Requires the Secretary of the Navy, upon determining that there is no longer a military need for the lands transferred, to transfer such lands back to the Secretary of the Interior. Requires appropriate land decontamination preceding the retransfer. Amends the California Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1994 to extend a land withdrawal and reservation period consistent with the above transfer. Provides that nothing in this Act shall affect existing water rights on the transferred lands.

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Official text

Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Transfer Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House amended, Part I)

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Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51] reported raising $836,097 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Jurisdiction: The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House amended, Part I)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr1691.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1691 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113