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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 29, 2018
Nevada Lands Bill Technical Corrections Act of 2018
This bill modifies provisions concerning lands in Nevada. Specifically, the bill:
repeals the expedited program for the examination of unpatented mining claims within the mining townsites in Virginia City in Storey County;
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requires the exterior boundaries of identified "subject federal land" in Storey County to be surveyed as the conveyed townsites;
requires implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan in Lincoln County;
provides for the implementation of certain rangeland and woodland restoration projects, particularly for pinyon-juniper dominated landscapes, in Lincoln County;
requires cooperative agreements for certain law enforcement and planning-related activities in Lincoln County;
provides for the use of certain land sale proceeds in Lincoln and White Pine Counties;
adjusts the boundaries of the Mt. Moriah Wilderness and Arc Dome Wilderness; and
establishes a deadline for a land conveyance to White Pine County.
The U.S. Postal Service shall designate a single zip code for Storey County.
The Department of the Interior shall realign a specified portion of an identified 2,640-foot wide corridor established on public land for utilities in Lincoln and Clark Counties.
The bill affirms and validates a certain patent for the benefit of desert tortoise and other species and their habitats in Clark County.
The Bureau of Land Management may issue a corrective patent for specified land in Lincoln County.
People & committees
Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] · R–NV
Legislative record
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8854-8856)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8854-8856)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6299.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8854-8856)
Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 759.
Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-971, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-971, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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