WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF PUBLIC LAND.

SEC. 2971. WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF PUBLIC LAND.(a) Withdrawal.—Subject to valid existing rights and except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the public land (including interests in land) described in subsection (b), and all other areas within the boundary of the land depicted on the map described in that subsection that may become subject to the operation of the public land laws, is withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, the mineral leasing laws, and the geothermal leasing laws.(b) Description of Land.—The public land (including interests in land) referred to in subsection (a) is the Federal land located within the boundaries of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, comprising approximately 1,045,000 acres in Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino Counties, California, as generally depicted on the maps entitled “Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Withdrawal—Renewal”, “North Range”, and “South Range”, dated March 18, 2013, and filed in accordance with section 2912.(c) Reservation.—The land withdrawn by subsection (a) is reserved for use by the Secretary of the Navy for the following purposes:(1) Use as a research, development, test, and evaluation laboratory.(2) Use as a range for air warfare weapons and weapon systems.(3) Use as a high-hazard testing and training area for aerial gunnery, rocketry, electronic warfare and countermeasures, tactical maneuvering and air support, and directed energy and unmanned aerial systems.(4) Geothermal leasing, development, and related power production activities.(5) Other defense-related purposes that are—(A) consistent with the purposes described in the preceding paragraphs; and(B) authorized under section 2914.