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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-606—NOV. 6, 1986

100 STAT. 3461

under section 1 during the period of such withdrawal. Each plan shall— (1) be consistent with applicable law; (2) be subject to conditions and restrictions specified in subsection (a)(3) of this section; (3) include such provisions as may be necessary for proper management and protection of the resources and values of such areas; and (4) be developed not later than three years after the date of enactment of this Act. (d) BRUSH AND RANGE FIRES.—The Secretary of the military

department concerned shall take necessary precautions to prevent and suppress brush and range fires occurring within and outside the lands withdrawn under section 1 as a result of military activities and may seek assistance from the Bureau of Land Management in the suppression of such fires. The memorandum of understanding required by subsection (e) shall provide for Bureau of Land Management assistance in the suppression of such fires, and for a transfer of funds from the Department of the Navy, Army, or Air Force, as appropriate, to the Bureau of Land Management as compensation for such assistance. (e) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—(1) The Secretary of the

Interior and the Secretary of the military department concerned shall (with respect to each land withdrawal under section 1) enter into a memorandum of understanding to implement the management plan developed under subsection (c). Any such memorandum of understanding shall provide that the Director of the Bureau of Land Mang^ement shall provide assistance in the suppression of fires resulting from the military use of lands withdrawn under section 1 if requested by the Secretary of the military department concerned. (2) The duration of any such memorandum shall be the same as the period of the withdrawal of the lands under section 1. (f) ADDITIONAL MILITARY USES.—(1) Lands withdrawn by section 1 (except those within the Desert National Wildlife Range or within the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge) may be used for defense-related uses other than those specified in such section. The Secretary of Defense shall promptly notify the Secretary of the Interior in the event that the lands withdrawn by this Act will be used for defense-related purposes other than those specified in section 1. Such notification shall indicate the additional use or uses involved, the proposed duration of such uses, and the extent to which such additional military uses of the withdrawn lands will require that additional or more stringent conditions or restrictions be imposed on otherwise-permitted nonmilitary uses of the withdrawn land or portions thereof. SEC. 4. SPECIAL WILDLIFE RULES. (a) NELUS AIR FORCE RANGE.—(1) Neither the withdrawal under

section 1(b) nor any other provision of this Act shall be construed to amend— (A) the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) or any other law related to management of the National Wildlife Refuge System; or (B) any Executive order or public land order in effect on the date of enactment of this Act with respect to the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.