Military Land Reform and Reassessment Act of 1991

Summary

Military Land Reform and Reassessment Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) permit the use of public lands within a State by a military department (or its equivalent) of one or more States for military training, equipment testing, or other authorized military activities; and (2) issue, with specified exceptions, a general (renewable) authorization for up to three years for such department to use public lands where the activities are not likely to result in a significant degree of residual contamination (through use of explosive projectiles or otherwise), except in certain circumstances, and such use would not be inconsistent with the land-use plans prepared pursuant to the FLPMA. Prohibits any authorization of construction of permanent structures or facilities on such public lands. Makes the using department responsible for any necessary cleanup and decontamination of the lands used and for any other terms and conditions which the Secretary may impose to minimize adverse impacts on the resources and values of such lands. Requires a report to specified congressional committees on any such authorizations since January 1, 1987. Amends Federal law to prohibit the interchange of National Forest System lands between the Department of Agriculture and military departments of the Department of Defense if they lie within a conservation system unit or other area designated or established for conservation or protection by proclamation, Executive order, or an Act of Congress. Makes interchanges of lands within the same State effective forty-five days after notice has been submitted to the Congress by the appropriate Secretaries, or one-hundred-eighty days with respect to other interchanges. Allows the Secretary to exercise interchange authority only if the interchange will improve the protection and management of the natural, cultural, or other resources and values of the National Forest System. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior, a head or officer of any U.S. agency or department from submitting to the Congress for its approval, any proposal for withdrawal of more than 5,000 acres of public land, until after the submission of a five-year defense plan for FY 1992 through 1996. Amends the Engle Act to prohibit the Department of Defense from establishing a zone or area in the airspace over nonmilitary public land for defense purposes or to restrict or prohibit the flight of civil aircraft without submittal of a proposal and an environmental impact statement to the Congress. Requires an Act of Congress to approve an airspace zone proposal. Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and of Defense to inventory and report to the Congress along with the first future-years defense plan submitted after enactment of this Act with respect to: (1) all public lands withdrawn for military purposes; and (2) the resources and values of such lands. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report annually to specified congressional committees, at the time the President submits a fiscal year budget request, on all proposals for withdrawal of public lands under the Engle Act being considered by the Department of the Interior, as well as prior withdrawals under the Act that will expire during such time. Reverts withdrawn public lands to the jurisdiction and management of the Secretaries of the Interior or of Agriculture upon termination of withdrawal for military uses, unless some or all of such lands is contaminated to an extent that renders it inappropriate for such management. Directs the Secretary of Defense to decontaminate such lands to make them appropriate to be managed.

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• Introduced in House (text)

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• Reported to House amended, Part I

  summary · EN · 5 October 1992

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 15 October 1991

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