; (B) despite those policies, American Indians continue to practice their religions as they have done for thousands of years; (C) American Indian places of worship, or sacred areas, are often land-based, including mountains, streams, and trees; and (D) as a result of previous Federal land policies that resulted in the significant loss of land of Indian tribes, many sacred areas of the tribes are currently located on Federal land; (7) (A) the United States has a trust responsibility acknowledged by Congress to protect tribal sacred areas on Federal land, including pursuant to laws requiring meaningful consultation with affected Indian tribes before making decisions that will impact American Indians; but (B) in contradiction to those laws, section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ( 16 U.S.C. 539p ) requires the mandatory conveyance of a tribal sacred area located on Federal land, regardless of the outcome of consultation with affected Indian tribes; (8) section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ( 16 U.S.C. 539p )— (A) was strongly opposed by Indian tribes throughout the United States because that section establishes a dangerous legislative precedent for the lack of protection of tribal sacred areas located on Federal land by mandating the conveyance of Federal land with significant religious, cultural, historic, and anthropological significance for Indian tribes to a private company that will destroy the land; (B) circumvents standard environmental review procedures that ensure that the public interest is protected, including the interests of Indian tribes; and (C) requires a mandatory conveyance of Oak Flat, regardless of the findings resulting from the environmental review process