H.R. 4253: Bureau of Land Management Withdrawn Military Lands Efficiency and Savings Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-03-14 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 503.

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Where it came from: introduced 2014-03-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Bureau of Land Management Withdrawn Military Lands Efficiency and Savings Act

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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Bureau of Land Management Withdrawn Military Lands Efficiency and Savings Act - Amends the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to declare that the withdrawal and reservation of certain lands and interests concerning the Naval Air Station Fallon Ranges and the Nellis Air Force Range in Nevada, the Fort Greely East and West Training Ranges and the Yukon Training Range of Fort Wainright in Alaska, and the McGregor Range of Fort Bliss in New Mexico shall not terminate except by an election and a determination of the Secretary of the military department concerned or until the Secretary of the Interior can permanently transfer administrative jurisdiction of the withdrawn and reserved lands to that Secretary. (Currently the withdrawal and reservation of such lands must terminate, except in certain circumstances, 25 years after November 6, 2001.)

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Bureau of Land Management Withdrawn Military Lands Efficiency and Savings Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment, Part I)

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Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] · 3 cosponsors

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Mark E. Amodei (R-NV)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment, Part I)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr4253.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr4253 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113