To require the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy administrative jurisdiction of certain land located on Adak Island, Alaska, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Summary
The bill orders the Interior Department to hand over about 5,600 acres on Adak Island, Alaska, to the Navy. The land can then be used for weapons testing, training and other military activities, and it will be removed from the National Wildlife Refuge system. This change aims to give the Navy direct control over a strategic site for defense purposes.
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