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Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act
This bill provides for the conservation or transfer of specified land in Nevada.
Specifically, the bill transfers certain land so as to be to be held in trust for Native American tribes and modifies the boundaries of conservation areas. For example, the bill
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transfers land to be held in trust for the Moapa Band of Paiutes of the Moapa River Indian Reservation;
transfers land to be held in trust for the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe;
adjusts the boundary of the Red Rock National Conservation Area to include additional lands;
revokes the Ivanpah Area of Critical Environmental Concern, with the exception of areas designated as special management areas for conservation purposes; and
expands the boundaries of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area and grants rights-of-way for a water transmission pipeline and related facilities.
The bill also allows certain funds to be used for additional purposes relating to preservation sites, and it provides for additional land and public uses with respect to these sites. For example, the bill
makes certain funds available for capital improvements in the Tule Springs Fossil Bed National Monument,
designates additional lands in Nevada as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System,
requires land conveyances to local governments in Nevada for specified public purposes,
makes certain funds available to the City of Mesquite for implementation of a watershed plan for the Lower Virgin River,
expands the limited transition area located in the city of Henderson, and
establishes off-highway vehicle recreation areas.
People & committees
Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · D–NV
Legislative record
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-394.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced in Senate
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