This bill would extend existing military land withdrawals and reservations for training areas in Alaska, New Mexico, and California for 25 more years. It updates expiration dates in two prior laws: the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 and the Fort Irwin Military Land Withdrawal Act of 2001. The bill also makes technical corrections to land descriptions and maps: it changes the McGregor Range acreage from 608,385 to 605,401; increases the Fort Irwin acreage listed from 110,000 to 117,710; and replaces the Fort Irwin map reference with a map dated February 28, 2025. The bill was introduced on September 4, 2025, sponsored by Nicholas Begich and Eugene Vindman, and was received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
If this bill becomes law, the named training ranges and military reservations would remain withdrawn from public use and reserved for military training for about 25 more years. The bill updates official acreage numbers and the Fort Irwin map, which would change the written descriptions used by agencies and records. It does not itself describe changes to public access, permits, or specific operations.
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The bill text and title indicate supporters seek to continue the existing military withdrawals to preserve training areas and to correct technical errors in acreage and map references in the legal descriptions.
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