Alaska Military Lands Withdrawal Act

Summary

Alaska Military Lands Withdrawal Act - Withdraws for military purposes certain public lands in Alaska in the areas designated as the Fort Wainwright Maneuver Area, the Fort Greeley Maneuver Area, and the Fort Greeley Air Drop Zone. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) publish in the Federal Register a notice of the legal description of each area withdrawn; and (2) file a map and the legal description of each area withdrawn with the Congress. Makes such maps and legal descriptions available for public inspection at specified sites. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, during the period of withdrawal, to manage the lands withdrawn. Includes among uses for which such lands may be managed grazing, wildlife habitat, control of predatory animals, and the prevention and suppression of brush and range fires resulting from nonmilitary activities. Makes such uses secondary to the military use of such lands. Permits the Secretary of the Interior to issue easements, rights-of-way, or other authorizations with regard to the use of such lands only with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Army. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to close such withdrawn lands to the public to the degree required by military operations, public safety, or national security. Directs the Secretary of the Interior (after consultation with the Secretary of the Army, Federal agencies, and the State of Alaska) to develop a management plan for each area withdrawn within five years after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Army, and the State of Alaska to develop a wildlife management and conservation agreement for the withdrawn lands within one year after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Army to allow public access to and use of the lands withdrawn for purposes of recreation, hunting, fishing, and trapping to the fullest extent compatible with essential military requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Army to prevent and suppress fires occurring within and outside of the lands withdrawn as a result of the military use of such lands. Authorizes such Secretary to request assistance for such purpose from the Bureau of Land Management on a reimbursable basis. Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army to enter into a memorandum of understanding to implement the management plan for the withdrawn lands. Reserves specified amounts of water located on, under, over, or appurtenant to the withdrawn lands for future military use by the Secretary of the Army. Sets forth provisions for acquisition of additional water rights by the Secretary of the Army. Terminates these public land withdrawals 25 years after the enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Army to notify the Secretary of the Interior at least three years before such termination if there is a continuing military need for the withdrawn lands, in which case a special rule for extension of the withdrawal will apply. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to refuse to accept withdrawn lands for relinquishment if such lands are contaminated with explosives or toxic or other hazardous materials and if the Secretary of the Army determines that otherwise mandatory decontamination is not feasible. Requires the Secretary of the Army to reassess the determination of contamination of such lands every five years. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to publish in the Federal Register an appropriate withdrawal revocation order, if such Secretary decides to accept jurisdiction of the withdrawn lands which are proposed for relinquishment.

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 30 September 1986

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 11 August 1986

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