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 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX D 114 STAT. 2763A-185 in equipment, by doctrinal changes, and by Force XXI doctrinal experimentation requirements. (3) The lands being considered for expansion of the National Training Center are home to the desert tortoise and other species that are protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior, in developing a plan for expansion of the National Training Center, must provide for such expansion in a manner that complies with the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and other applicable laws. (4) In order for the expansion of the National Training Center to be implemented on an expedited basis, the Secretaries should proceed without delay to define with specificity the key elements of the expansion plan, including obtaining early input regarding national security requirements, Endangered Species Act of 1973 compliance and mitigation, and National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 compliance. (b) PURPOSE. — The purpose of this section is to expedite the expansion of the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, in a manner that is fully compliant with environmental laws. (c) PREPARATION OF PROPOSED EXPANSION PLAN. — (1) PREPARATION REQUIRED.— The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior (in this section referred to as the "Secretaries") shall jointly prepare a proposed plan for the expansion of the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. (2) SUBMISSION AND AVAILABILITY.— The plan required by paragraph (1) (in this section referred to as the "proposed expansion plan") shall be completed not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. When completed, the Secretaries shall make the proposed expansion plan available to the public and shall publish in the Federal Register a "notice of availability" concerning the proposed expansion plan. (d) KEY ELEMENTS OF PROPOSED EXPANSION PLAN.— (1) JOINT REPORT.— Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall submit to Congress a joint report that identifies the key elements of the proposed expansion plan. (2) LANDS WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION. —The proposed expansion plan shall include the withdrawal and reservation of an appropriate amount of public lands for— (A) the conduct of combined arms military training at the National Training Center; (B) the development and testing of military equipment at the National Training Center; (C) other defense-related purposes; and (D) conservation and research purposes. (3) CONSERVATION MEASURES. —The proposed expansion plan shall also include a general description of conservation measures, anticipated to cost approximately $75,000,000, that may be necessary and appropriate to protect and promote the conservation of the desert tortoise and other endangered or threatened species and their critical habitats in designated wildlife management areas in the West Mojave Desert. The conservation measures may include— 79-194O-00 -8:QL3Part5

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