Military LAND Act

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Military Land and National Defense Act or the Military LAND Act - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to notify the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources if a property owned by the federal government is being considered for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, for designation as a National Historic Landmark, or for nomination to the World Heritage List. Prohibits such inclusion or designation of federal property if the head of any federal agency managing such property objects to such inclusion or designation for national security reasons, such as any impact the inclusion or designation of such property would have on use of the property for military training or readiness.

Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations to allow for expedited removal of a federal property listed on the National Register of Historic Places if the managing agency of such property submits a written request to remove the property for national security reasons.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3687 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3687

To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to provide that if the 
 head of the agency managing Federal property objects to the inclusion 
 of certain property on the National Register or its designation as a 
   National Historic Landmark for reasons of national security, the 
  Federal property shall be neither included nor designated until the 
            objection is withdrawn, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 10, 2013

   Mr. Issa (for himself, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Broun of 
 Georgia, Mr. Coffman, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. LaMalfa, 
Mr. Yoho, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. King of Iowa, 
Mr. Posey, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr. Franks of Arizona, and Mr. 
   Conaway) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to provide that if the 
 head of the agency managing Federal property objects to the inclusion 
 of certain property on the National Register or its designation as a 
   National Historic Landmark for reasons of national security, the 
  Federal property shall be neither included nor designated until the 
            objection is withdrawn, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Land and National Defense 
Act'' or the ``Military LAND Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT.

    Section 101(a) of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
470a(a)) is amended as follows:
            (1) In paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(G) notifying the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
        United States House of Representatives and the Committee on 
        Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate if the property is 
        owned by the Federal Government when the property is being 
        considered for inclusion on the National Register, for 
        designation as a National Historic Landmark, or for nomination 
        to the World Heritage List.''.
            (2) By redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs 
        (8) and (9), respectively.
            (3) By inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) If the head of the agency managing any Federal 
        property objects to such inclusion or designation for reasons 
        of national security, such as any impact the inclusion or 
        designation would have on use of the property for military 
        training or readiness purposes, that Federal property shall be 
        neither included on the National Register nor designated as a 
        National Historic Landmark until the objection is withdrawn.''.
            (4) By adding after paragraph (9) (as so redesignated by 
        paragraph (2) of this section) the following:
            ``(10) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to allow 
        for expedited removal of Federal property listed on the 
        National Register of Historic Places if the managing agency of 
        that Federal property submits to the Secretary a written 
        request to remove the Federal property from the National 
        Register of Historic Places for reasons of national security, 
        such as any impact the inclusion or designation would have on 
        use of the property for military training or readiness 
        purposes.''.
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