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43 U.S.C. § 157 — Application for withdrawal, reservation, or restriction; specifications
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Any application filed on and after February 28, 1958 for a withdrawal, reservation, or restriction, the approval of which will, under [section 156 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section156&num=0&edition=prelim), require an Act of Congress, shall specify—
(1) the name of the requesting agency and intended using agency;
(2) location of the area involved, to include a detailed description of the exterior boundaries and excepted areas, if any, within such proposed withdrawal, reservation, or restriction;
(3) gross land and water acreage within the exterior boundaries of the requested withdrawal, reservation, or restriction, and net public land, water, or public land and water acreage covered by the application;
(4) the purpose or purposes for which the area is proposed to be withdrawn, reserved, or restricted, or if the purpose or purposes are classified for national security reasons, a statement to that effect;
(5) whether the proposed use will result in contamination of any or all of the requested withdrawal, reservation, or restriction area, and if so, whether such contamination will be permanent or temporary;
(6) the period during which the proposed withdrawal, reservation, or restriction will continue in effect;
(7) whether, and if so to what extent, the proposed use will affect continuing full operation of the public land laws and Federal regulations relating to conservation, utilization, and development of mineral resources, timber and other material resources, grazing resources, fish and wildlife resources, water resources, and scenic, wilderness, and recreation and other values; and
(8) if effecting the purpose for which the area is proposed to be withdrawn, reserved, or restricted, will involve the use o
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Any application filed on and after February 28, 1958 for a withdrawal, reservation, or restriction, the approval of which will, under [section 156 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section156&num=0&edition=prelim), require an Act of Congress, shall specify—
(1) the name of the requesting agency and intended using agency;
(2) location of the area involved, to include a detailed description of the exterior boundaries and excepted areas, if any, within such proposed withdrawal, reservation, or restriction;
(3) gross land and water acreage within the exterior boundaries of the requested withdrawal, reservation, or restriction, and net public land, water, or public land and water acreage covered by the application;
(4) the purpose or purposes for which the area is proposed to be withdrawn, reserved, or restricted, or if the purpose or purposes are classified for national security reasons, a statement to that effect;
(5) whether the proposed use will result in contamination of any or all of the requested withdrawal, reservation, or restriction area, and if so, whether such contamination will be permanent or temporary;
(6) the period during which the proposed withdrawal, reservation, or restriction will continue in effect;
(7) whether, and if so to what extent, the proposed use will affect continuing full operation of the public land laws and Federal regulations relating to conservation, utilization, and development of mineral resources, timber and other material resources, grazing resources, fish and wildlife resources, water resources, and scenic, wilderness, and recreation and other values; and
(8) if effecting the purpose for which the area is proposed to be withdrawn, reserved, or restricted, will involve the use of water in any State, whether, subject to existing rights under law, the intended using agency has acquired, or proposes to acquire, rights to the use thereof in conformity with State laws and procedures relating to the control, appropriation, use, and distribution of water.
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No public land, water, or land and water area shall, except by Act of Congress, on and after February 28, 1958 be (1) withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry for the use of the Department of Defense for defense purposes; (2) reserved for such use; or (3) restricted from operation of the mineral leasing provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act [[43 U.S.C. 1331](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1331&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], if such withdrawal, reservation, or restriction would result in the withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of more than five thousand acres in the aggregate for any one defense project or facility of the Department of Defense since February 28, 1958, or since the last previous Act of Congress which withdrew, reserved, or restricted public land, water, or land and water area for that project or facility, whichever is later.
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, except in time of war or national emergency hereafter declared by the President or the Congress, on and after February 28, 1958 the provisions hereof shall apply to the withdrawal and reservation for, restriction of, and utilization by, the Department of Defense for defense purposes of the public lands of the United States, including public lands in the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided, That—
(1) for the purposes of this Act, the term “public lands” shall be deemed to include, without limiting the meaning thereof, Federal lands and waters of the Outer Continental Shelf, as defined in [section 1331 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1331&num=0&edition=prelim), and Federal lands and waters off the coast of the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii;
(2) nothing in this Act shall be deemed to be applicable to the withdrawal or reservation of public lands specifically as naval petroleum, naval oil shale, or naval coal reserves;
(3) nothing in this Act shall be deemed to be applicable to the warning areas over the Federal lands and waters of the Outer Continental Shelf and Federal lands and waters off the coast of the Territory of Alaska reserved for use of the military departments prior to August 7, 1953, and
(4) nothing in this section, section 156, or [section 157 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section157&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be deemed to be applicable either to those reservations or withdrawals which expired due to the ending of the unlimited national emergency of May 27, 1941, and which subsequent to such expiration have been and are now used by the military departments with the concurrence of the Depart
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 157
Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of
this title.
§ 155. Withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of
public lands for defense purposes; ‘‘public
lands’’ defined; exception
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law,
except in time of war or national emergency
hereafter declared by the President or the Con-
gress, on and after February 28, 1958 the provi-
sions hereof shall apply to the withdrawal and
reservation for, restriction of, and utilization
by, the Department of Defense for defense pur-
poses of the public lands of the United States,
including public lands in the Territories of Alas-
ka and Hawaii: Provided, That—
(1) for the purposes of this Act, the term
‘‘public lands’’ shall be deemed to include,
without limiting the meaning thereof, Federal
lands and waters of the Outer Continental
Shelf, as defined in section 1331 of this title,
and Federal lands and waters off the coast of
the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii;
(2) nothing in this Act shall be deemed to be
applicable to the withdrawal or reservation of
public lands specifically as naval petroleum,
naval oil shale, or naval coal reserves;
(3) nothing in this Act shall be deemed to be
applicable to the warning areas over the Fed-
eral lands and waters of the Outer Continental
Shelf and Federal lands and waters off the
coast of the Territory of Alaska reserved for
use of the military departments prior to Au-
gust 7, 1953, and
(4) nothing in this section, section 156, or
section 157 of this title shall be deemed to be
applicable either to those reservations or
withdrawals which expired due to the ending
of the unlimited national emergency of May
27, 1941, and which subsequent to such expira-
tion have been and are now used by
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