PRESERVATION OF CALVERTON PINE BARRENS, NAVAL WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL RESERVE PLANT, NEW YORK, AS NATURE PRESERVE.

SEC. 2823. PRESERVATION OF CALVERTON PINE BARRENS, NAVAL WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL RESERVE PLANT, NEW YORK, AS NATURE PRESERVE. (a) Preservation as Nature Preserve Required.— Section 2854 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (division B of Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2626) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (a) and (b) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and (2) by inserting before subsection (c), as so redesignated, the following new subsections: “(a) Purpose.— It is the purpose of this section to ensure that the Calverton Pine Barrens is maintained and preserved, in perpetuity, as a nature preserve in its current undeveloped state. “(b) Prohibition on Inconsistent Development.— The Secretary of the Navy shall not carry out or permit any development, commercial or residential, at the Calverton Pine Barrens that is inconsistent with the purpose specified in subsection (a).”. (b) Conforming Amendments.— Subsection (c) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended— (1) by striking out “Prohibition.—” and inserting in lieu therefore “Reversionary Interest.—”; and (2) by striking out “for commercial purposes” and all that follows through the period and inserting in lieu thereof “in a manner inconsistent with the purpose specified in subsection (a) (as determined by the head of the department or agency making the conveyance).”.