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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 20, 2018
Lyon County Economic Development and Environmental Remediation Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey to Atlantic Richfield Company all right, title, and interest (including miner rights) of the United States in and to approximately 2,062 acres of five parcels of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and located in Lyon County, Nevada. This conveyance is for the purpose of remediation and reclamation of abandoned copper mines on the land and economic development in the county.
People & committees
Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] · R–NV
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 783.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1002.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1002.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 15.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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