H.R. 4377 amends the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to update and extend the boundaries of the Barry M. Goldwater Range, a large military training area in Arizona used by the Air Force and Marine Corps. The bill increases the range's acreage slightly, from about 1,650,200 to roughly 1,656,492 acres, and adds a new 2,365.89-acre parcel near Gila Bend, Arizona to the range based on updated 2022 survey maps. It also revokes several older, outdated land withdrawal orders from the 1930s and 1940s that overlap with the range, and transfers a specific mining claim (the Legal Tender claim) from the Air Force to the Department of the Interior, where it will become part of the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness. Finally, the bill extends the current land withdrawal, which allows the military to use this federal land, through October 5, 2049, ensuring continued military training access for the next roughly 25 years. This legislation primarily affects the Department of Defense, the Department of the Interior, and Arizona land management, with no new direct funding appropriated but continuing existing military and conservation land use arrangements.
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