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 PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 895 funds for the decontamination of such land, the Secretary of the Interior shall not be required to accept such land for relinquishment. (e) STATUS OF CONTAMINATED LANDS.—I f because of their contaminated state the Secretary of the Interior declines to accept jurisdiction over lands withdrawn by this subtitle which have been proposed for relinquishment, or if at the expiration of the withdrawal of such lands by this subtitle the Secretary of the Interior determines that some of such lands are contaminated to an extent which prevents opening such lands to operation of the public land laws— (1) the Secretary of the military department concerned shall take appropriate steps to warn the public of the contaminated state of such lands and any risks associated with entry onto such lands; (2) after the expiration of the withdrawal of such lands under this subtitle, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall undertake no activities on such lands except in connection with decontamination of such lands; and (3) the Secretary of the military department concerned shall submit to the Secretary of the Interior and Congress a report on the status of such lands and all actions taken under this subsection. (f) REVOCATION AUTHORITY.— (1) AUTHORITY.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior, upon deciding that it is in the public interest to accept jurisdiction over lands proposed for relinquishment under section 3016(d), may revoke the withdrawal and reservation of lands under this subtitle as it applies to such lands. (2) ORDER. —Should a decision be made to revoke the with- Federal Register, drawal and reservation of lands under paragraph (1), the Sec- publiaition. retary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register an appropriate order which shall— (A) terminate the withdrawal and reservation of such lands under this subtitle; (B) constitute official acceptance of full jurisdiction over such lands by the Secretary of the Interior; and (C) state the date on which such lands will be opened to the operation of some or all of the public lands laws, including the mining laws. SEC. 3018. DELEGATION. (a) MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.—The functions of the Secretary of Defense, or of the Secretary of a military department, under this subtitle may be delegated. (b) DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR.—The functions of the Secretary of the Interior under this subtitle may be delegated, except that an order described in section 3017(f)(2) may be approved and signed only by the Secretary of the Interior, the Under Secretary of the Interior, or an Assistant Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 3019. WATER RIGHTS. Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to establish a reservation to the United States with respect to any water or water right on lands covered by section 3011. No provision of this subtitle shall be construed as authorizing the appropriation of water on lands covered by section 3011 by the United States after the date of the enactment of this Act, except in accordance with the law

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