,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afgb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bc1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,daines 7for himself and ,mr4      
,bishop of ,utah7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,armed ,services1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to withdraw and reserve     
certain public lands administered by the
 ,bureau of ,land ,management for       
exclusive military use as part of the   
,limestone ,hills ,training ,area1      
,montana1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,limestone ,hills ,training ,area   
,withdrawal ,act4  #b4 ,withdrawal and  
reservation of public lands for         
,limestone ,hills ,training ,area1      
,montana  7a7 ,withdrawal ,the public   

lands and interests in lands described  
in subsection 7c71 and all other areas  
within the boundaries of such lands as  
depicted on the map provided for by     
subsection 7d7 that may become subject  
to the operation of the public land     
laws1 are hereby withdrawn from all     
forms of appropriation under the public 
land laws1 including the mining laws and
 the mineral leasing and geothermal     
leasing laws4  7b7 ,reservation2 purpose
 ,subject to the limitations and        
restrictions contained in section #d1   
the public lands withdrawn by subsection
 7a7 are reserved for use by the        
,secretary of the ,army for the         
following purposes3  7#a7 ,the conduct  
of training for regular and reserve     
components of the ,armed ,forces4  7#b7 
,the construction1 operation1 and       
maintenance of organizational support   
and maintenance facilities for component
 units conducting training4  7#c7 ,the  
conduct of training by the ,montana     
,department of ,military ,affairs1      

except that any such use may not        
interfere with purposes specified in    
paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b74  7#d7 ,the    
conduct of training by ,state and local 
law enforcement agencies1 civil defense 
organizations1 and public education     
institutions1 except that any such use  
may not interfere with military training
 activities4  7#e7 ,other               
defense-related purposes consistent with
 the purposes specified in the preceding
 paragraphs4  7c7 ,land ,description    
,the public lands and interests in lands
 withdrawn and reserved by this section 
comprise approximately #ah1fdd acres in 
,broadwater ,county1 ,montana1 as       
generally depicted as ,proposed ,land   
,withdrawal on the map titled ,limestone
 ,hills ,training ,area ,land           
,withdrawal1 dated ,april #aj1 #bjac4   
7d7 ,legal description and map  7#a7 ,in
 general ,as soon as practicable after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of the ,interior shall   
publish in the ,federal ,register a     

legal description of the public land    
withdrawn under subsection 7a7 and a    
copy of a map depicting the legal       
description of the withdrawn land4  7#b7
 ,force of law ,the legal description   
and map published under paragraph 7#a7  
shall have the same force and effect as 
if included in this ,act1 except that   
the ,secretary of the ,interior may     
correct errors in the legal description4
  7#c7 ,reimbursement of costs ,the     
,secretary of the ,army shall reimburse 
the ,secretary of the ,interior for any 
costs incurred by the ,secretary of the 
,interior in implementing this          
subsection4  7e7 ,valid existing rights 
,the withdrawal and reservation of      
public land under subsection 7a7 shall  
be subject to valid existing rights4    
7f7 ,indian tribes ,nothing in this ,act
 shall be construed as altering any     
rights reserved for an ,indian tribe for
 tribal use of lands within the military
 land withdrawal by treaty or ,federal  
law4 ,the ,secretary of the ,army shall 

consult with any ,indian tribes in the  
vicinity of the military land withdrawal
 before taking action within the        
military land withdrawal affecting      
tribal rights or cultural resources     
protected by treaty or ,federal law4    
#c4 ,management of withdrawn and        
reserved lands ,during the period of the
 withdrawal and reservation specified in
 section #f1 the ,secretary of the ,army
 shall manage the public lands withdrawn
 by section #b for the purposes         
specified in subsection 7b7 of such     
section1 subject to the limitations and 
restrictions contained in section #d4   
#d4 ,special rules governing minerals   
management  7a7 ,indian ,creek ,mine    
7#a7 ,in general ,locatable mineral     
activities in the approved ,indian      
,creek ,mine plan of operations1        
,,mtm-#ghcjj1 shall be regulated        
pursuant to subparts #cgae and #chji of 
title #dc1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations4 ,the land area subject to 
the approved plan of operations shall   

permanently remain open to the amendment
 or relocation of mining claims 7or     
both7 under the ,act of ,may #aj1 #ahgb 
7commonly known as the ,general ,mining 
,act of #ahgb2 #cj ,u4,s4,c4 #bb et     
seq47 to the extent necessary to        
preserve the mining operations described
 in the approved plan of operations4    
7#b7 ,restrictions on ,secretary of the 
,army ,the ,secretary of the ,army shall
 make no determination that the         
disposition of or exploration for       
minerals as provided for in the approved
 plan of operations is inconsistent with
 the defense-related uses of the lands  
covered by the military land withdrawal4
 ,the coordination of such disposition  
of and exploration for minerals with    
defense-related uses of such lands shall
 be determined pursuant to procedures in
 an agreement provided for under        
subsection 7c74  7b7 ,removal of        
unexploded ordnance on lands ,to be     
mined  7#a7 ,removal activities ,the    
,secretary of the ,army shall request   

funding for and1 subject to the         
availability of such funds1 shall remove
 unexploded ordnance on lands withdrawn 
by section #b that are subject to mining
 under subsection 7a71 consistent with  
applicable ,federal and ,state law4 ,the
 ,secretary of the ,army may engage in  
such removal of unexploded ordnance in  
phases to accommodate the development of
 the ,indian ,creek ,mine pursuant to   
subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,report on removal
 activities ,the ,secretary of the ,army
 shall annually submit to the ,secretary
 of the ,interior a report regarding the
 unexploded ordnance removal activities 
for the previous fiscal year performed  
pursuant to this subsection4 ,the report
 shall include--  7,a7 the amounts of   
funding expended for unexploded ordnance
 removal on the lands withdrawn by      
section #b2 and  7,b7 the identification
 of the lands cleared of unexploded     
ordnance and approved for mining        
activities by the ,secretary of the     
,interior4  7c7 ,implementation         

agreement for mining activities ,the    
,secretary of the ,interior and the     
,secretary of the ,army shall enter into
 an agreement to implement this section 
with regard to coordination of          
defense-related uses and mining and the 
ongoing removal of unexploded ordnance4 
,the agreement shall provide the        
following3  7#a7 ,that ,graymont        
,western ,,us1 ,inc41 or any successor  
or assign of the approved ,indian ,creek
 ,mine mining plan of operations1       
,,mtm-#ghcjj1 is invited to be a party  
to the agreement4  7#b7 ,provisions     
regarding the day-to-day joint-use of   
the ,limestone ,hills ,training ,area1  
which shall include the following       
limitations and restrictions3  7,a7     
,military and other authorized uses of  
the withdrawn lands shall only occur    
between the second ,monday in ,april and
 ,november #cj unless otherwise         
authorized by the ,secretary of the     
,interior4  7,b7 ,military use for      
mortar target practice or training with 

respect to other weapons systems        
containing explosive material shall be  
limited to the area described on the map
 referred to in section #b7;c7 as the   
high explosive active impact area and   
shall not include any lands within the  
approved ,indian ,creek ,mine plan of   
operations4 ,immediately after any      
exercise during which live rounds are   
fired the military unit or other        
organization utilizing the area will    
take all reasonable action to locate and
 remove or destroy any undetonated      
rounds impacting any of the withdrawn   
land 7other than withdrawn land in the  
high explosive active impact area74     
7,c7 ,training activities conducted     
within the withdrawn area that restrict 
mining activities will be scheduled for 
no more than #af weeks in any year and  
for no longer than three successive     
weeks without a recess of two weeks4 ,in
 order to schedule annual mining        
operations prior to ,february #ast each 
year the ,secretary of the ,army shall  

provide the ,secretary of the ,interior 
and ,graymont ,western ,,us1 ,inc4 with 
an annual schedule of training          
activities to take place within the     
withdrawn area during the year4 ,the    
annual schedule shall specify the       
weapons systems to be used and the      
surface danger zone applicable to the   
weapon system identified in the         
schedule4 ,any proposed changes to the  
schedule shall be provided to ,graymont 
,western ,,us1 ,inc4 at least #ij days  
prior to the anticipated change and     
shall be subject to the approval of     
,graymont ,western ,,us1 ,inc4 if the   
proposed change could impact mining     
operations4  7,d7 ,the military unit or 
other organization utilizing lands      
within the approved ,indian ,creek ,mine
 plan of operations for training        
activities will bear full liability to  
the extent of the law for any injury    
caused to employees and guests of       
,graymont ,western ,,us1 ,inc41 or a    
member of the public or for damage to   

any mining equipment or facility of     
,graymont ,western ,,us1 ,inc41 it      
successors and assigns1 caused by the   
training activity4  7#c7 ,procedures for
 access through mining operations       
covered by this section to training     
areas within the boundaries of the      
,limestone ,hills ,training ,area4  7#d7
 ,procedures for scheduling of the      
removal of unexploded ordnance4  #e4    
,grazing  7a7 ,issuance and             
administration of permits and leases    
,the issuance and administration of     
grazing permits and leases1 including   
their renewal1 on the public lands      
withdrawn by section #b shall be managed
 by the ,secretary of the ,interior     
consistent with all applicable laws1    
regulations1 and policies of the        
,secretary of the ,interior relating to 
such permits and leases4  7b7 ,safety   
requirements ,with respect to any       
grazing permit or lease issued after the
 date of the enactment of this ,act for 
lands withdrawn by section #b1 the      

,secretary of the ,interior and the     
,secretary of the ,army shall jointly   
establish procedures that are consistent
 with ,department of the ,army explosive
 and range safety standards and that    
provide for the safe use of any such    
lands4  7c7 ,assignment ,the ,secretary 
of the ,interior may1 with the agreement
 of the ,secretary of the ,army1 assign 
the authority to issue and to administer
 grazing permits and leases to the      
,secretary of the ,army1 except that    
such an assignment may not include the  
authority to discontinue grazing on the 
lands withdrawn by section #b4  #f4     
,duration of withdrawal and reservation 
,the military land withdrawal made by   
section #b shall terminate on ,march    
#ca1 #bjci4