§460gggg Numu Newe Special Management Area

Summary

Creates the Numu Newe Special Management Area in Churchill and Mineral Counties, Nevada. It covers about 209,181 acres of Bureau of Land Management public land shown on the map titled “Churchill County Proposed Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization and Lands Bill” dated November 30, 2022. The area is meant to protect important historic, cultural, archaeological, natural, and educational resources of the Numu Newe traditional homeland, while respecting valid existing rights. Defined terms: management plan — the plan the Secretary must make for the area; Secretary — the Secretary of the Interior; Special Management Area — the Numu Newe area just created. The Secretary must make a comprehensive management plan within 2 years after December 23, 2022, after consulting federal, Tribal, State, local governments, and the public. The plan must say what uses are allowed; follow the military-withdrawal purposes for any land reserved for military use (see section 2981(c)(2) of the Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013); allow motor vehicles and keep existing roads where appropriate; include parts of any suitable land and resource plans; protect traditional cultural and religious sites as much as possible; include the knowledge of the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe and other affected tribes; ensure public access for hunting, fishing, and recreation; not change water rights or other valid existing rights as of December 23, 2022; and be reviewed at least once a year. The law does not stop low-level military overflights, flight testing and evaluation, or new special-use airspace or military training routes over the area.