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Multispecies Habitat Conservation Plan Implementation Act

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 122.

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Version 80 · Reported to Senate without amendment · Jun 27, 2013

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Multispecies Habitat Conservation Plan Implementation Act - Amends P.L. 99-548, commonly known as the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986, to require proceeds from sales of parcels of public lands in Mesquite, Nevada, to be used for the implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River in Clark County, Nevada, including any associated groundwater monitoring plan.

Amends the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 to require implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan in Lincoln County, Nevada.

Extends, until November 29, 2021, withdrawal and purchase authority with respect to the fifth and sixth areas.

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Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · R–NV

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  • Energy and Natural Resources Committee
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    1. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 122.

    2. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-68.

    3. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-68.

    4. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

    5. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-28.

    6. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

    7. Introduced in Senate

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