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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2134
To provide for conservation and economic development in the State of Nevada,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH14, 2025
Ms. L
EEof Nevada (for herself and Mr. AMODEIof Nevada) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To provide for conservation and economic development in
the State of Nevada, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conserva-5
tion Act’’. 6
(b) T
ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7
this Act is as follows: 8
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—TRIBAL EMPOWERMENT AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
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Sec. 101. Transfer of land to be held in trust for the Moapa Band of Paiutes.
Sec. 102. Tribal fee land to be held in trust.
Sec. 103. Transfer of land to be held in trust for the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe.
TITLE II—CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA
Sec. 201. Definition of public park under the Red Rock Canyon National Con-
servation Area Protection and Enhancement Act of 2002.
Sec. 202. Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area boundary adjustment.
Sec. 203. Land disposal and public purpose conveyances.
Sec. 204. Revocation of Ivanpah Area of Critical Environmental Concern and
establishment of special management areas.
Sec. 205. Relationship to the Clark County Multiple Species Habitat Conserva-
tion Plan.
Sec. 206. Designation of Maude Frazier Mountain.
Sec. 207. Availability of special account.
Sec. 208. Nevada Cancer Institute land conveyance.
Sec. 209. Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area boundary adjustment.
Sec. 210. Clark County conveyance.
TITLE III—WILDERNESS
Sec. 301. Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System.
TITLE IV—LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONVEYANCES IN THE STATE
OF NEVADA FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES
Sec. 401. City of Boulder City, Nevada, conveyance.
Sec. 402. City of Mesquite, Nevada, conveyance for the protection of the Virgin
River watershed.
Sec. 403. Clark County, Nevada, conveyance to support public safety and wild-
fire response.
Sec. 404. Moapa Valley Water District, Nevada, conveyance to support access
to rural water supply.
Sec. 405. City of North Las Vegas, Nevada, conveyance for fire training facil-
ity.
TITLE V—IMPLEMENTATION OF LOWER VIRGIN RIVER
WATERSHED PLAN
Sec. 501. Implementation of Lower Virgin River watershed plan.
TITLE VI—SOUTHERN NEVADA LIMITED TRANSITION AREA
Sec. 601. Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area.
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 701. Off-highway vehicle recreation areas.
Sec. 702. Lower Las Vegas Wash weirs.
Sec. 703. Critical flood control facilities.
Sec. 704. Jurisdiction over fish and wildlife.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
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In this Act: 2
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(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Clark 1
County, Nevada. 2
(2) F
EDERAL INCIDENTAL TAKE PERMIT .—The 3
term ‘‘Federal incidental take permit’’ means an in-4
cidental take permit issued under section 5
10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 6
(16 U.S.C. 1539(a)(1)(B)) to— 7
(A) the Nevada Department of Transpor-8
tation; 9
(B) the County; or 10
(C) any of the following cities in the State: 11
(i) Las Vegas. 12
(ii) North Las Vegas. 13
(iii) Henderson. 14
(iv) Boulder City. 15
(v) Mesquite. 16
(3) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 17
the Secretary of the Interior. 18
(4) S
ECRETARY CONCERNED .—The term ‘‘Sec-19
retary concerned’’ means— 20
(A) the Secretary, with respect to Federal 21
land managed by the Director of the Bureau of 22
Land Management; and 23
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-24
spect to National Forest System land. 25
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(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 1
of Nevada. 2
TITLE I—TRIBAL EMPOWER-3
MENT AND ECONOMIC DE-4
VELOPMENT 5
SEC. 101. TRANSFER OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR 6
THE MOAPA BAND OF PAIUTES. 7
(a) D
EFINITION OFTRIBE.—In this section and sec-8
tion 102, the term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Moapa Band of Pai-9
utes of the Moapa River Indian Reservation, Nevada. 10
(b) T
RANSFER OFLAND.— 11
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 12
rights, including existing rights-of-way for water and 13
wastewater facilities and for electric generation, 14
storage, transmission, distribution, and supporting 15
facilities, all right, title, and interest of the United 16
States in and to the land described in subsection (c) 17
shall be— 18
(A) held in trust by the United States for 19
the benefit of the Tribe; and 20
(B) part of the reservation of the Tribe. 21
(2) C
ERTAIN TRANSMISSION FACILITIES .— 22
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The transfer of land 23
under paragraph (1) shall be subject to the res-24
ervation to the United States of electric trans-25
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mission corridor rights-of-way, which shall be 1
administered by the Secretary under the laws 2
applicable to such rights-of-way. 3
(B) R
EQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 4
ensure that any payments after the date of en-5
actment of this Act for the right-of-way under 6
subparagraph (A) shall be— 7
(i) made for the benefit of the Tribe; 8
and 9
(ii) transferred from the Secretary to 10
the Tribe in a timely manner. 11
(c) D
ESCRIPTION OFLAND.—The land referred to in 12
subsection (b)(1) is the approximately 44,950 acres of 13
land administered by the Bureau of Land Management 14
and the Bureau of Reclamation, as generally depicted on 15
the map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land Management’’ 16
and dated November 14, 2024. 17
(d) S
URVEY.—Not later than 60 days after the date 18
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a 19
survey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries 20
of the land taken into trust under subsection (b)(1). 21
(e) G
AMING.—Land taken into trust under this sec-22
tion shall not be eligible, or considered to have been taken 23
into trust, for class II gaming or class III gaming (as 24
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those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming 1
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 2
(f) W
ATERRIGHTS.— 3
(1) I
N GENERAL.—There shall not be Federal 4
reserved rights to surface water or groundwater for 5
any land taken into trust by the United States for 6
the benefit of the Tribe under subsection (b)(1). 7
(2) S
TATE WATER RIGHTS.—The Tribe shall re-8
tain any right or claim to water under State law for 9
any land taken into trust by the United States for 10
the benefit of the Tribe under subsection (b)(1). 11
SEC. 102. TRIBAL FEE LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST. 12
(a) I
NGENERAL.—All right, title, and interest of the 13
Tribe in and to the land described in subsection (b) shall 14
be— 15
(1) held in trust by the United States for the 16
benefit of the Tribe; and 17
(2) part of the reservation of the Tribe. 18
(b) D
ESCRIPTION OFLAND.—The land referred to in 19
subsection (a) is the approximately 196 acres of land held 20
in fee by the Tribe, as generally depicted on the map enti-21
tled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land Management’’ and dated 22
November 14, 2024. 23
(c) S
URVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 24
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a 25
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survey to establish the boundaries of the land taken into 1
trust under subsection (a). 2
SEC. 103. TRANSFER OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR 3
THE LAS VEGAS PAIUTE TRIBE. 4
(a) D
EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Tribe’’ 5
means the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe. 6
(b) T
RANSFER OFLAND.—Subject to valid existing 7
rights, all right, title, and interest of the United States 8
in and to the land described in subsection (c) shall be— 9
(1) held in trust by the United States for the 10
benefit of the Tribe; and 11
(2) part of the reservation of the Tribe. 12
(c) D
ESCRIPTION OFLAND.—The land referred to in 13
subsection (b) is the approximately 3,156 acres of land 14
administered by the Bureau of Land Management, as gen-15
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada 16
Land Management’’ and dated November 14, 2024. 17
(d) S
URVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 18
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a 19
survey to establish the boundaries of the land taken into 20
trust under subsection (b). 21
(e) R
ENEWABLE ENERGYTRANSMISSION COR-22
RIDOR.—As a condition of the transfer of land under sub-23
section (b), not later than 30 days after the date on which 24
the land is taken into trust by the United States for the 25
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benefit of the Tribe under subsection (b), a 300-foot-wide 1
right-of-way (as generally depicted on the map described 2
in subsection (c)) shall be granted by the Tribe to a quali-3
fied electric utility for the construction and maintenance 4
of high-voltage transmission facilities consistent with ex-5
isting renewable energy transmission agreements between 6
the Tribe and the qualified electric utility on the Snow 7
Mountain Reservation. 8
(f) G
AMING.—Land taken into trust under this sec-9
tion shall not be eligible, or considered to have been taken 10
into trust, for class II gaming or class III gaming (as 11
those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming 12
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 13
(g) W
ATERRIGHTS.— 14
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Nothing in this section af-15
firms or denies Federal reserved rights to surface 16
water or groundwater for any land taken into trust 17
by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe 18
under subsection (b). 19
(2) S
TATE WATER RIGHTS.—The Tribe shall re-20
tain any right or claim to water under State law for 21
any land taken into trust by the United States for 22
the benefit of the Tribe under subsection (b). 23
(h) I
NTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT.—Nothing 24
in this section affects the implementation of the March 25
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2021 Intergovernmental Agreement between the Las 1
Vegas Paiute Tribe and the City of Las Vegas. 2
(i) C
ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 3092 of the 3
Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National De-4
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 5
113–291; 128 Stat. 3870) is amended by striking sub-6
section (d). 7
TITLE II—CLARK COUNTY, 8
NEVADA 9
SEC. 201. DEFINITION OF PUBLIC PARK UNDER THE RED 10
ROCK CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION 11
AREA PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT ACT 12
OF 2002. 13
Section 102 of the Red Rock Canyon National Con-14
servation Area Protection and Enhancement Act of 2002 15
(16 U.S.C. 460ccc–4 note; Public Law 107–282) is 16
amended— 17
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and 18
(3) as paragraphs (2), (4), and (5), respectively; 19
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re-20
designated) the following: 21
‘‘(1) A
SSOCIATED SUPPORTIVE USE .—The term 22
‘associated supportive use’ means a use that sup-23
ports the overall function and enjoyment of a public 24
park.’’; and 25
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so re-1
designated) the following: 2
‘‘(3) P
UBLIC PARK.—The term ‘public park’ in-3
cludes land developed or managed by a partnership 4
between Clark County, Nevada, and a private entity 5
for recreational uses and associated supportive uses, 6
including uses that require a fee for admittance or 7
use of property within the public park.’’. 8
SEC. 202. RED ROCK CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION 9
AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 10
Section 3(a) of the Red Rock Canyon National Con-11
servation Area Establishment Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 12
460ccc–1(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and 13
inserting the following: 14
‘‘(2) The conservation area shall consist of ap-15
proximately 253,950 acres of land, as generally de-16
picted on the map entitled ‘Southern Nevada Land 17
Management’ and dated November 14, 2024.’’. 18
SEC. 203. LAND DISPOSAL AND PUBLIC PURPOSE CONVEY-19
ANCES. 20
(a) L
ANDDISPOSAL.— 21
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Section 4(a) of the Southern 22
Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 23
(Public Law 105–263; 112 Stat. 2344; 116 Stat. 24
2007; 127 Stat. 3872) is amended, in the first sen-25
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tence, by striking ‘‘September 17, 2012.’’ and insert-1
ing ‘‘November 14, 2024. The Secretary and Clark 2
County shall jointly nominate not more than 25,000 3
acres from land depicted on the map as ‘Proposed 4
Expanded Las Vegas Disposal Boundary’ for addi-5
tion to the disposal boundary.’’. 6
(2) S
AND AND GRAVEL .—For purposes of the 7
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 8
1998 (Public Law 105–263; 112 Stat. 2343) or the 9
Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Nat-10
ural Resources Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–282; 11
116 Stat. 1994), the Secretary may authorize any of 12
the following: 13
(A) The movement of common varieties of 14
sand and gravel on a surface estate acquired 15
under the Southern Nevada Public Land Man-16
agement Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–263; 17
112 Stat. 2343) or the Clark County Conserva-18
tion of Public Land and Natural Resources Act 19
of 2002 (Public Law 107–282; 116 Stat. 1994) 20
by the owner of the surface estate for purposes 21
including recontouring or balancing the surface 22
estate or filling utility trenches on the surface 23
estate. 24
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(B) The disposal of sand or gravel de-1
scribed in subparagraph (A) at an off-site land-2
fill. 3
(b) R
ECREATION AND PUBLICPURPOSEACTCON-4
VEYANCES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of en-5
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall offer to enter into 6
an agreement with the County under which the County 7
is authorized to implement immediate management modi-8
fications necessary to protect and improve public health 9
and safety on Federal land conveyed to the County under 10
the authority of the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly 11
known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) (43 12
U.S.C. 869 et seq.), for public safety facilities (including 13
flood control and water management facilities), parks, and 14
educational facilities, without requiring approval of the 15
Secretary, consistent with the requirements of that Act. 16
(c) U
SE OFPUBLIC-PRIVATEPARTNERSHIPS BY 17
U
NITS OFLOCALGOVERNMENT FOR AFFORDABLEHOUS-18
ING.—Section 7(b) of the Southern Nevada Public Land 19
Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–263; 112 Stat. 20
2349) is amended— 21
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The Sec-22
retary’’ and inserting the following: 23
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 24
(2) by adding the following: 25
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‘‘(2) REVIEW PRIORITIZATION.—If a local gov-1
ernmental entity submits an application to use land 2
for affordable housing purposes under this sub-3
section, the Secretary shall prioritize review of the 4
application over other pending land disposal applica-5
tions under this Act. 6
‘‘(3) D
EADLINE.—The Secretary (and the Sec-7
retary of Housing and Urban Development, if appli-8
cable) shall complete all necessary reviews of an ap-9
plication submitted under this subsection not later 10
than 180 days after the date of submission of the 11
application, consistent with any applicable laws.’’. 12
SEC. 204. REVOCATION OF IVANPAH AREA OF CRITICAL EN-13
VIRONMENTAL CONCERN AND ESTABLISH-14
MENT OF SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS. 15
(a) R
EVOCATION OF IVANPAHAREA OFCRITICAL 16
E
NVIRONMENTAL CONCERN.—Any portion of the designa-17
tion by the Bureau of Land Management of the Ivanpah 18
Area of Critical Environmental Concern in the State dated 19
February 14, 2014, not included within a Special Manage-20
ment Area designated by subsection (b) is revoked. 21
(b) E
STABLISHMENT OF SPECIALMANAGEMENT 22
A
REAS.—The following areas in the County are des-23
ignated as special management areas: 24
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(1) STUMP SPRINGS SPECIAL MANAGEMENT 1
AREA.—Certain Federal land in the County adminis-2
tered by the Bureau of Land Management, com-3
prising approximately 140,976 acres, as generally 4
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada 5
Land Management’’ and dated November 14, 2024, 6
which shall be known as the ‘‘Stump Springs Special 7
Management Area’’. 8
(2) B
IRD SPRINGS VALLEY SPECIAL MANAGE -9
MENT AREA.—Certain Federal land in the County 10
administered by the Bureau of Land Management, 11
comprising approximately 39,327 acres, as generally 12
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada 13
Land Management’’ and dated November 14, 2024, 14
which shall be known as the ‘‘Bird Springs Valley 15
Special Management Area’’. 16
(3) D
ESERT TORTOISE PROTECTIVE CORRIDOR 17
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA .—Certain Federal land 18
in the County administered by the Bureau of Land 19
Management, comprising approximately 45,881 20
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 21
‘‘Southern Nevada Land Management’’ and dated 22
November 14, 2024, which shall be known as the 23
‘‘Desert Tortoise Protective Corridor Special Man-24
agement Area’’. 25
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(4) JEAN LAKE SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA .— 1
Certain Federal land in the County administered by 2
the Bureau of Land Management, comprising ap-3
proximately 2,645 acres, as generally depicted on the 4
map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land Management’’ 5
and dated November 14, 2024, which shall be known 6
as the ‘‘Jean Lake Special Management Area’’. 7
(5) G
ALE HILLS SPECIAL MANAGEMENT 8
AREA.—Certain Federal land in the County adminis-9
tered by the Bureau of Land Management, com-10
prising approximately 16,355 acres, as generally de-11
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land 12
Management’’ and dated November 14, 2024, which 13
shall be known as the ‘‘Gale Hills Special Manage-14
ment Area’’. 15
(6) C
ALIFORNIA WASH SPECIAL MANAGEMENT 16
AREA.—Certain Federal land in the County adminis-17
tered by the Bureau of Land Management, com-18
prising approximately 10,120 acres, as generally de-19
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land 20
Management’’ and dated November 14, 2024, which 21
shall be known as the ‘‘California Wash Special 22
Management Area’’. 23
(7) B
ITTER SPRINGS SPECIAL MANAGEMENT 24
AREA.—Certain Federal land in the County adminis-25
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tered by the Bureau of Land Management, com-1
prising approximately 61,813 acres, as generally de-2
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land 3
Management’’ and dated November 14, 2024, which 4
shall be known as the ‘‘Bitter Springs Special Man-5
agement Area’’. 6
(8) M
UDDY MOUNTAINS SPECIAL MANAGEMENT 7
AREA.—Certain Federal land in the County adminis-8
tered by the Bureau of Land Management, com-9
prising approximately 33,430 acres, as generally de-10
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land 11
Management’’ and dated November 14, 2024, which 12
shall be known as the ‘‘Muddy Mountains Special 13
Management Area’’. 14
(9) M
ESA MILKVETCH SPECIAL MANAGEMENT 15
AREA.—Certain Federal land in the County adminis-16
tered by the Bureau of Land Management, com-17
prising approximately 8,417 acres, as generally de-18
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land 19
Management’’ and dated November 14, 2024, which 20
shall be known as the ‘‘Mesa Milkvetch Special Man-21
agement Area’’. 22
(c) P
URPOSES.—The purposes of a special manage-23
ment area designated by subsection (b) (referred to in this 24
section as a ‘‘Special Management Area’’) are to conserve, 25
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protect, and enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of 1
present and future generations the cultural, archae-2
ological, natural, wilderness, scientific, geological, histor-3
ical, biological, wildlife (including wildlife referred to in 4
the Clark County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation 5
Plan), educational, and scenic resources of the Special 6
Management Area. 7
(d) M
ANAGEMENT OF SPECIALMANAGEMENT 8
A
REAS.— 9
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage 10
each Special Management Area— 11
(A) in a manner that— 12
(i) conserves, protects, and enhances 13
the purposes for which the Special Man-14
agement Area is established; and 15
(ii) ensures protection of species cov-16
ered by the Clark County Multiple Species 17
Habitat Conservation Plan and Federal in-18
cidental take permit; and 19
(B) in accordance with— 20
(i) this section; 21
(ii) the Federal Land Policy and Man-22
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 23
seq.); and 24
(iii) any other applicable law. 25
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(2) USES.—The Secretary shall allow only uses 1
of a Special Management Area that are consistent 2
with the purposes for which the Special Management 3
Area is established. 4
(3) M
OTORIZED VEHICLES; NEW ROADS.— 5
(A) M
OTORIZED VEHICLES .—Except as 6
needed for emergency response or administra-7
tive purposes, the use of motorized vehicles in 8
the Special Management Areas shall be per-9
mitted only on roads and motorized routes des-10
ignated for the use of motorized vehicles in the 11
management plan developed under subsection 12
(h). 13
(B) N
EW ROADS.—No new permanent or 14
temporary roads or other motorized vehicle 15
routes shall be constructed within the Special 16
Management Areas after the date of enactment 17
of this Act. 18
(e) M
AP ANDLEGALDESCRIPTION.— 19
(1) I
N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 20
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 21
shall prepare a map and legal description of each 22
Special Management Area. 23
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(2) EFFECT.—A map or legal description filed 1
under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and 2
effect as if included in this Act. 3
(3) C
ORRECTIONS.—The Secretary, in consulta-4
tion and coordination with the County, may correct 5
minor errors in a map or legal description filed 6
under paragraph (1). 7
(4) P
UBLIC AVAILABILITY.—A copy of each 8
map and legal description filed under paragraph (1) 9
shall be on file and available for public inspection in 10
the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Man-11
agement. 12
(f) I
NCORPORATION OF ACQUIREDLAND ANDINTER-13
ESTS INLAND.—Any land or interest in land that is ac-14
quired by the United States within a Special Management 15
Area shall— 16
(1) become part of the Special Management 17
Area in which the acquired land or interest in land 18
is located; 19
(2) be withdrawn in accordance with subsection 20
(g); and 21
(3) be managed in accordance with subsection 22
(d). 23
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(g) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 1
all Federal land within a Special Management Area is 2
withdrawn from— 3
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-4
posal under the public land laws; 5
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 6
laws; and 7
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 8
materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 9
(h) M
ANAGEMENT PLAN.—As soon as practicable, 10
but not later than 1 year, after the date on which the 11
County is issued an amended Federal incidental take per-12
mit under section 205, the Secretary, in consultation and 13
coordination with the County, shall— 14
(1) develop a comprehensive management plan 15
for the long-term protection and management of the 16
Special Management Areas; and 17
(2) amend the applicable resource management 18
plan to incorporate the provisions of the manage-19
ment plan for the Special Management Areas devel-20
oped under paragraph (1). 21
(i) T
RANSPORTATION AND UTILITYCORRIDORS.— 22
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Consistent with this sub-23
section, the management plan for the Special Man-24
agement Areas developed under subsection (h) shall 25
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establish provisions, including avoidance, minimiza-1
tion, and mitigation measures, for ongoing mainte-2
nance of public utility and other rights-of-way in ex-3
isting designated transportation and utility corridors 4
within a Special Management Area. 5
(2) E
FFECT.—Nothing in this section— 6
(A) affects the existence, use, operation, 7
maintenance, repair, construction, reconfigura-8
tion, expansion, inspection, renewal, reconstruc-9
tion, alteration, addition, relocation improve-10
ment funding, removal, or replacement of any 11
utility facility or appurtenant right-of-way with-12
in an existing designated transportation and 13
utility corridor within a Special Management 14
Area; 15
(B) precludes the Secretary from author-16
izing the establishment of a new or the renewal 17
or expansion of an existing utility facility right- 18
of-way within an existing designated transpor-19
tation and utility corridor within a Special 20
Management Area, including the potential re-21
alignment of a corridor numbered 224–225 es-22
tablished under section 368 of the Energy Pol-23
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15926) through the 24
Stump Springs Management Area— 25
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(i) in accordance with— 1
(I) the National Environmental 2
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 3
et seq.); and 4
(II) any other applicable law; and 5
(ii) subject to such terms and condi-6
tions as the Secretary determines to be ap-7
propriate; or 8
(C) prohibits access to, or the repair or re-9
placement of, a transmission line within a right- 10
of-way within a Special Management Area 11
issued before the date of enactment of this Act. 12
(j) E
FFECT.—Nothing in this section prevents or 13
interferes with— 14
(1) the construction or operation of the Ivanpah 15
Valley Airport authorized under the Ivanpah Valley 16
Airport Public Lands Transfer Act (Public Law 17
106–362; 114 Stat. 1404); or 18
(2) the Airport Environs Overlay District au-19
thorized under section 501(c) of the Clark County 20
Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources 21
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–282; 116 Stat. 2008) 22
and section 3092(i) of the Carl Levin and Howard 23
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization 24
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Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 1
Stat. 3875). 2
SEC. 205. RELATIONSHIP TO THE CLARK COUNTY MUL-3
TIPLE SPECIES HABITAT CONSERVATION 4
PLAN. 5
(a) E
XTENSION OF HABITATCONSERVATION 6
P
LAN.—On receipt from the County of a complete applica-7
tion for an amendment to the applicable Federal incidental 8
take permit, as required by sections 17.22(b)(1) and 9
17.32(b)(1) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or 10
successor regulations), and an amended Clark County 11
Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan which incor-12
porates the Special Management Areas established by sec-13
tion 204(b) and the provisions of the management plan 14
required under section 204(h), the Secretary shall, in ac-15
cordance with this Act, the National Environmental Policy 16
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Endangered 17
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and any 18
other applicable Federal environmental laws— 19
(1) credit approximately 358,954 acres of the 20
land conserved and designated as Special Manage-21
ment Areas under section 204(b), as depicted on the 22
map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land Management’’ 23
and dated November 14, 2024, as mitigation to fully 24
or partially offset, as determined by the Secretary 25
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using the best available scientific and commercial in-1
formation, additional incidental take impacts result-2
ing from development of additional land within the 3
County covered under the existing Clark County 4
Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan or to be 5
covered through an amendment to the Clark County 6
Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan and 7
Federal incidental take permit; and 8
(2) extend the Clark County Multiple Species 9
Habitat Conservation Plan and Federal incidental 10
take permit for the maximum authorized duration, 11
as determined by the Secretary. 12
(b) E
FFECT.—Nothing in this Act otherwise limits, 13
alters, modifies, or amends the Clark County Multiple 14
Species Habitat Conservation Plan. 15
SEC. 206. DESIGNATION OF MAUDE FRAZIER MOUNTAIN. 16
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The peak of Frenchman Moun-17
tain in the State located at latitude 3610031′45″ N, by 18
longitude 11459031′52″ W, shall be designated as 19
‘‘Maude Frazier Mountain’’. 20
(b) R
EFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-21
ulation, document, record, or other paper of the United 22
States to the peak described in subsection (a) shall be con-23
sidered to be a reference to ‘‘Maude Frazier Mountain’’. 24
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SEC. 207. AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT. 1
Section 4(e)(3)(A)(ii) of the Southern Nevada Public 2
Land Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–263; 3
112 Stat. 2346; 120 Stat. 3045) is amended by striking 4
‘‘the Great Basin National Park, and other areas’’ and 5
inserting ‘‘the Great Basin National Park, the Tule 6
Springs Fossil Bed National Monument, and other areas’’. 7
SEC. 208. NEVADA CANCER INSTITUTE LAND CONVEYANCE. 8
Section 2603(a)(3) of the Omnibus Public Land 9
Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 10
1118) is amended by inserting ‘‘, or any successors in in-11
terest’’ before the period at the end. 12
SEC. 209. SLOAN CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA 13
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 14
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 15
(1) C
ONSERVATION AREA .—The term ‘‘Con-16
servation Area’’ means the Sloan Canyon National 17
Conservation Area. 18
(2) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 19
the Secretary (acting through the Director of the 20
Bureau of Land Management). 21
(b) B
OUNDARYADJUSTMENT.— 22
(1) M
AP.—Section 603(4) of the Sloan Canyon 23
National Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq– 24
1(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘map entitled ‘South-25
ern Nevada Public Land Management Act’ and 26
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dated October 1, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘map entitled 1
‘Proposed Sloan Canyon Expansion’ and dated May 2
20, 2024’’. 3
(2) A
CREAGE.—Section 604(b) of the Sloan 4
Canyon National Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 5
460qqq–2(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘48,438’’ and 6
inserting ‘‘57,728’’. 7
(c) R
IGHT-OF-WAY.—Section 605 of the Sloan Can-8
yon National Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq– 9
3) is amended by adding at the end the following: 10
‘‘(h) H
ORIZONLATERALPIPELINERIGHT-OF- 11
W
AY.— 12
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 13
202 and 503 of the Federal Land Policy and Man-14
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1763) and 15
subject to valid existing rights and paragraph (3), 16
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-17
rector of the Bureau of Land Management (referred 18
to in this subsection as the ‘Secretary’), shall, not 19
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 20
subsection, grant to the Southern Nevada Water Au-21
thority (referred to in this subsection as the ‘Author-22
ity’), not subject to the payment of rents or other 23
charges, the temporary and permanent water pipe-24
line infrastructure, and outside the boundaries of the 25
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Conservation Area, powerline, facility, and access 1
road rights-of-way depicted on the map for the pur-2
poses of— 3
‘‘(A) performing geotechnical investigations 4
within the rights-of-way; and 5
‘‘(B) constructing and operating water 6
transmission and related facilities. 7
‘‘(2) E
XCAVATION AND DISPOSAL .— 8
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—The Authority may, 9
without consideration, excavate and use or dis-10
pose of sand, gravel, minerals, or other mate-11
rials from the tunneling of the water pipeline 12
necessary to fulfill the purpose of the rights-of- 13
way granted under paragraph (1). 14
‘‘(B) M
EMORANDUM OF UNDER -15
STANDING.—Not later than 30 days after the 16
date on which the rights-of-way are granted 17
under paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Au-18
thority shall enter into a memorandum of un-19
derstanding identifying Federal land on which 20
the Authority may dispose of materials under 21
subparagraph (A) to further the interests of the 22
Bureau of Land Management. 23
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‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—A right-of-way issued 1
under this subsection shall be subject to the fol-2
lowing requirements: 3
‘‘(A) The Secretary may include reasonable 4
terms and conditions, consistent with section 5
505 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-6
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1765), as are nec-7
essary to protect Conservation Area resources. 8
‘‘(B) Construction of the water pipeline 9
shall not permanently adversely affect conserva-10
tion area surface resources. 11
‘‘(C) The right-of-way shall not be located 12
through or under any area designated as wilder-13
ness.’’. 14
(d) P
RESERVATION OFTRANSMISSION AND UTILITY 15
C
ORRIDORS ANDRIGHTS-OF-WAY.—The expansion of the 16
Conservation Area boundary under the amendment made 17
by subsection (b)— 18
(1) shall be subject to valid existing rights, in-19
cluding land within a designated utility transmission 20
corridor or a transmission line right-of-way grant 21
approved by the Secretary in a record of decision 22
issued before the date of enactment of this Act; and 23
(2) shall not preclude— 24
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(A) any activity authorized in accordance 1
with a designated corridor or right-of-way re-2
ferred to in paragraph (1), including the oper-3
ation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of 4
any authorized utility facility within the cor-5
ridor or right-of-way; or 6
(B) the Secretary from authorizing the es-7
tablishment of a new utility facility right-of-way 8
within an existing designated transportation 9
and utility corridor referred to in paragraph 10
(1)— 11
(i) in accordance with the National 12
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 13
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other applicable 14
laws; and 15
(ii) subject to such terms and condi-16
tions as the Secretary determines to be ap-17
propriate. 18
(e) M
ANAGEMENT OF THE CONSERVATIONAREA.— 19
Except as provided in the amendment made by subsection 20
(c), nothing in this section or the amendments made by 21
this section shall modify the management of the Conserva-22
tion Area pursuant to section 605 of the Sloan Canyon 23
National Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq–3). 24
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SEC. 210. CLARK COUNTY CONVEYANCE. 1
(a) D
EFINITION OFJOBCREATIONZONE.—In this 2
section, the term ‘‘Job Creation Zone’’ means the approxi-3
mately 350 acres of Federal land located in Sloan, Ne-4
vada, and identified as ‘‘Clark County Job Creation Zone’’ 5
on the map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land Manage-6
ment’’ and dated November 14, 2024. 7
(b) C
LARKCOUNTYCONVEYANCE.— 8
(1) C
ONVEYANCE.—Notwithstanding sections 9
202 and 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Man-10
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713), on re-11
quest of the County, the Secretary shall, without 12
consideration and subject to all valid existing rights, 13
convey to the County all right, title, and interest of 14
the United States in and to the Job Creation Zone, 15
except as otherwise provided in this subsection. 16
(2) U
SE OF LAND FOR NONRESIDENTIAL DE -17
VELOPMENT.— 18
(A) I
N GENERAL.—After the date of the 19
conveyance to the County under paragraph (1), 20
the County may sell, lease, or otherwise convey 21
any portion or portions of the Job Creation 22
Zone for purposes of nonresidential develop-23
ment, subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C). 24
(B) F
AIR MARKET VALUE .—Any sale, 25
lease, or other conveyance of land under sub-26
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paragraph (A) shall be for not less than fair 1
market value. 2
(C) D
ISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS .—The 3
gross proceeds from the sale, lease, or other 4
conveyance of land under subparagraph (A) 5
shall be distributed in accordance with section 6
4(e) of the Southern Nevada Public Land Man-7
agement Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–263; 8
112 Stat. 2345). 9
(3) U
SE OF LAND FOR RECREATION OR OTHER 10
PUBLIC PURPOSES.—The County may elect to retain 11
parcels in the Job Creation Zone for public recre-12
ation or other public purposes consistent with the 13
Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the 14
‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 15
869 et seq.), by providing to the Secretary written 16
notice of the election. 17
(4) N
OISE COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS .— 18
The County shall— 19
(A) plan and manage the Job Creation 20
Zone in accordance with section 47504 of title 21
49, United States Code, and regulations pro-22
mulgated in accordance with that section; and 23
(B) agree that if any land in the Job Cre-24
ation Zone is sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed 25
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by the County, the sale, lease, or conveyance 1
shall contain a limitation to require uses com-2
patible with airport noise compatibility plan-3
ning. 4
(5) R
EVERSION.— 5
(A) I
N GENERAL.—If any parcel of land 6
within the Job Creation Zone is not conveyed 7
for nonresidential development under this sec-8
tion or reserved for recreation or other public 9
purposes under paragraph (3) by the date that 10
is 30 years after the date of enactment of this 11
Act, the parcel of land shall, at the discretion 12
of the Secretary, revert to the United States. 13
(B) I
NCONSISTENT USE .—If the County 14
uses any parcel of land within the Job Creation 15
Zone in a manner that is inconsistent with the 16
uses specified in this subsection, at the discre-17
tion of the Secretary, the parcel shall revert to 18
the United States. 19
TITLE III—WILDERNESS 20
SEC. 301. ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS 21
PRESERVATION SYSTEM. 22
(a) D
ESIGNATION.—Section 202(a) of the Clark 23
County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Re-24
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sources Act of 2002 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 1
107–282; 116 Stat. 1999) is amended— 2
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and 3
inserting ‘‘2002, and the approximately 10,095 acres 4
of Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land 5
Management, as generally depicted on the map enti-6
tled ‘Southern Nevada Land Management’ and 7
dated November 14, 2024’’; 8
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and 9
inserting ‘‘2002, and the approximately 3,789 acres 10
of Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land 11
Management, as generally depicted on the map enti-12
tled ‘Southern Nevada Land Management’ and 13
dated November 14, 2024’’; 14
(3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and 15
inserting ‘‘2002, and the approximately 19,716 acres 16
of Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land 17
Management, as generally depicted on the map enti-18
tled ‘Southern Nevada Land Management’ and 19
dated November 14, 2024’’; 20
(4) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and 21
inserting ‘‘2002, and the approximately 33,164 acres 22
of Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land 23
Management, as generally depicted on the map enti-24
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tled ‘Southern Nevada Land Management’ and 1
dated November 14, 2024’’; 2
(5) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and 3
inserting ‘‘2002, and the approximately 30,134 acres 4
of Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land 5
Management, as generally depicted on the map enti-6
tled ‘Southern Nevada Land Management’ and 7
dated November 14, 2024’’; 8
(6) in paragraph (16), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and 9
inserting ‘‘2002, and the approximately 29,966 acres 10
of Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land 11
Management, as generally depicted on the map enti-12
tled ‘Southern Nevada Land Management’ and 13
dated November 14, 2024’’; 14
(7) in paragraph (17), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and 15
inserting ‘‘2002, and the approximately 699 acres of 16
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-17
agement, as generally depicted on the map entitled 18
‘Southern Nevada Land Management’ and dated 19
November 14, 2024’’; and 20
(8) by adding at the end the following: 21
‘‘(19) M
OUNT STIRLING WILDERNESS .—Certain 22
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-23
agement and the Forest Service, comprising approxi-24
mately 72,942 acres, as generally depicted on the 25
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map entitled ‘Southern Nevada Land Management’ 1
and dated November 14, 2024, which shall be known 2
as the ‘Mount Stirling Wilderness’. 3
‘‘(20) G
ATES OF THE GRAND CANYON WILDER -4
NESS.—Certain Federal land managed by the Na-5
tional Park Service, comprising approximately 6
91,963 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-7
tled ‘Southern Nevada Land Management’ and 8
dated November 14, 2024, which shall be known as 9
the ‘Gates of the Grand Canyon Wilderness’. 10
‘‘(21) N
EW YORK MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS .— 11
Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of 12
Land Management, comprising approximately 13
14,459 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-14
tled ‘Southern Nevada Land Management’ and 15
dated November 14, 2024, which is incorporated in, 16
and considered to be a part of, the Mojave Wilder-17
ness designated by section 601(a)(3) of the Cali-18
fornia Desert Protection Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 19
1132 note; Public Law 103–433; 108 Stat. 4496). 20
‘‘(22) P
IUTE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS .—Cer-21
tain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land 22
Management, comprising approximately 7,520 acres, 23
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Southern 24
Nevada Land Management’ and dated November 14, 25
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2024, which is incorporated in, and considered to be 1
a part of, the Mojave Wilderness designated by sec-2
tion 601(a)(3) of the California Desert Protection 3
Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 103– 4
13 433; 108 Stat. 4496). 5
‘‘(23) S
OUTHERN PAIUTE WILDERNESS .—Cer-6
tain Federal land managed by the Director of the 7
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, comprising 8
approximately 1,276,246 acres, as generally depicted 9
as ‘Southern Paiute Wilderness’ on the map entitled 10
‘Southern Nevada Land Management’ and dated 11
November 14, 2024, which shall be known as the 12
‘Southern Paiute Wilderness’. 13
‘‘(24) L
UCY GRAY WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-14
eral land managed by the Bureau of Land Manage-15
ment, comprising approximately 9,601 acres, as gen-16
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘Southern Ne-17
vada Land Management’ and dated November 14, 18
2024, which shall be known as the ‘Lucy Gray Wil-19
derness’.’’. 20
(b) A
PPLICABLELAW.—Subject to valid existing 21
rights and notwithstanding section 203(a) of the Clark 22
County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Re-23
sources Act of 2002 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 24
107–282; 116 Stat. 2002), any reference in the Wilder-25
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ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) to the effective date 1
of that Act shall be considered to be a reference to the 2
date of enactment of this Act for purposes of admin-3
istering land designated as wilderness or a wilderness ad-4
dition by an amendment to section 202(a) of the Clark 5
County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Re-6
sources Act of 2002 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 7
107–282; 116 Stat. 1999) made by subsection (a). 8
TITLE IV—LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9
CONVEYANCES IN THE STATE 10
OF NEVADA FOR PUBLIC PUR-11
POSES 12
SEC. 401. CITY OF BOULDER CITY, NEVADA, CONVEYANCE. 13
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 14
(1) C
ITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the city of 15
Boulder City, Nevada. 16
(2) F
EDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 17
means the public land that was reserved to the 18
United States, as described in item 2 under exhibit 19
B of Patent Nev–048100, which was created pursu-20
ant to Public Law 85–339 (72 Stat. 31). 21
(b) A
UTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE.—On request 22
of the City, the Secretary shall convey to the City, without 23
consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United 24
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States in and to the Federal land, except as otherwise pro-1
vided in this section. 2
(c) A
DMINISTRATION OFACQUIREDLAND.— 3
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Federal land conveyed 4
under subsection (b) shall be subject to valid exist-5
ing rights. 6
(2) A
DMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY .—The Sec-7
retary shall continue to have administrative author-8
ity over the Federal land conveyed under subsection 9
(b) after the date of the conveyance. 10
(d) R
EVERSION.— 11
(1) I
N GENERAL.—If the Federal land conveyed 12
under subsection (b) ceases to be used for the public 13
purpose for which the Federal land was conveyed, 14
the Federal land shall revert to the United States, 15
at the discretion of the Secretary, if the Secretary 16
determines that reversion is in the best interest of 17
the United States. 18
(2) R
ESPONSIBILITY OF CITY.—If the Secretary 19
determines under paragraph (1) that the Federal 20
land should revert to the United States and that the 21
Federal land is contaminated with hazardous waste, 22
the City shall be responsible for remediation of the 23
contamination of the Federal land. 24
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SEC. 402. CITY OF MESQUITE, NEVADA, CONVEYANCE FOR 1
THE PROTECTION OF THE VIRGIN RIVER WA-2
TERSHED. 3
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
(1) C
ITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the city of 5
Mesquite, Nevada. 6
(2) F
EDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 7
means the approximately 250 acres of Federal land, 8
as generally depicted on the Map. 9
(3) M
AP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-10
titled ‘‘City of Mesquite, River Park’’ and dated No-11
vember 18, 2024. 12
(b) A
UTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE.—Notwith-13
standing the land use planning requirements of sections 14
202 and 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 15
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713), on request of the 16
City, the Secretary shall convey to the City, without con-17
sideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States 18
(except for the reversionary interest described in sub-19
section (d)) in and to the Federal land for use by the City 20
in developing and implementing a watershed management 21
plan for the protection of the Virgin River watershed, sub-22
ject to the provisions of this section. 23
(c) M
AP ANDLEGALDESCRIPTIONS.— 24
(1) I
N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 25
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 26
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shall complete the surveys necessary to develop the 1
final legal descriptions of the Federal land to be con-2
veyed under subsection (b). 3
(2) C
ORRECTIONS.—The Secretary may correct 4
any minor errors in the Map or legal descriptions 5
prepared under paragraph (1). 6
(3) A
VAILABILITY.—The Map and legal descrip-7
tions prepared under paragraph (1) shall be on file 8
and available for public inspection in the Las Vegas 9
Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management. 10
(d) R
EVERSION.— 11
(1) I
N GENERAL.—If the Federal land conveyed 12
under subsection (b) ceases to be used for the public 13
purpose for which the Federal land was conveyed, 14
the Federal land shall revert to the United States, 15
at the discretion of the Secretary, if the Secretary 16
determines that reversion is in the best interest of 17
the United States. 18
(2) R
ESPONSIBILITY OF CITY.—If the Secretary 19
determines under paragraph (1) that the Federal 20
land should revert to the United States and that the 21
Federal land is contaminated with hazardous waste, 22
the City shall be responsible for the remediation of 23
the contamination of the Federal land. 24
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SEC. 403. CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, CONVEYANCE TO SUP-1
PORT PUBLIC SAFETY AND WILDFIRE RE-2
SPONSE. 3
(a) A
UTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE.—Notwith-4
standing the land use planning requirements of sections 5
202 and 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 6
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713), on request of the 7
County, the Secretary concerned shall convey to the Coun-8
ty, on completion of any necessary environmental analysis 9
under any applicable law, including the National Environ-10
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), with-11
out consideration, all right, title, and interest of the 12
United States in and to the following parcels of Federal 13
land, subject to the provisions of this section and con-14
sistent with uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 1926 15
(commonly known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes 16
Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 17
(1) M
OUNT CHARLESTON PUBLIC SAFETY COM -18
PLEX.—The approximately 12-acre parcel of Federal 19
land generally depicted as Parcel A on the map enti-20
tled ‘‘Southern Nevada Economic Development and 21
Conservation Act Mount Charleston Public Safety 22
Complex’’ and dated November 22, 2024, and the 23
1.5-acre parcel of Federal land depicted on the map 24
entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada Economic Development 25
and Conservation Act Parcel for Lee Canyon Fire 26
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Station’’ and dated November 22, 2024, for police 1
and fire facilities. 2
(2) P
UBLIC SAFETY TRAINING FACILITIES .— 3
The approximately 127.6 acres of Federal land, as 4
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Metro Par-5
cels’’ and dated November 18, 2024, for public safe-6
ty training facilities. 7
(b) P
AYMENT OFCOSTS.—As a condition of the con-8
veyance under subsection (a), the County shall pay any 9
costs relating to any land surveys and other associated 10
costs of conveying the parcels of Federal land under sub-11
section (a). 12
(c) M
AP ANDLEGALDESCRIPTIONS.— 13
(1) I
N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 14
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary con-15
cerned shall prepare legal descriptions of the parcels 16
of Federal land to be conveyed under subsection (a). 17
(2) C
ORRECTIONS.—The Secretary concerned 18
may correct any minor errors in the maps described 19
in subsection (a) or legal descriptions prepared 20
under paragraph (1). 21
(3) A
VAILABILITY.—The maps described in 22
subsection (a) and legal descriptions prepared under 23
paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for pub-24
lic inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bu-25
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reau of Land Management or the Forest Service, as 1
applicable. 2
(d) R
EVERSION.— 3
(1) I
N GENERAL.—If any parcel of Federal land 4
conveyed under subsection (a) ceases to be used for 5
the public purpose for which the parcel of Federal 6
land was conveyed, the parcel of Federal land shall 7
revert to the United States, at the discretion of the 8
Secretary concerned, if the Secretary concerned de-9
termines that reversion is in the best interest of the 10
United States. 11
(2) R
ESPONSIBILITY OF COUNTY .—If the Sec-12
retary concerned determines under paragraph (1) 13
that a parcel of Federal land should revert to the 14
United States and that the parcel of Federal land is 15
contaminated with hazardous waste, the County 16
shall be responsible for remediation of the contami-17
nation of the parcel of Federal land. 18
SEC. 404. MOAPA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, NEVADA, CON-19
VEYANCE TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO RURAL 20
WATER SUPPLY. 21
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 22
(1) D
ISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the 23
Moapa Valley Water District. 24
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(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 1
means the approximately 121 acres of Federal land, 2
as generally depicted on the Map. 3
(3) M
AP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-4
titled ‘‘Moapa Valley Water District–Facilities and 5
Land Conveyances’’ and dated November 18, 2024. 6
(b) A
UTHORIZATION OFCONVEYANCE.— 7
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the land 8
use planning requirements of sections 202 and 203 9
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 10
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713) and subject to para-11
graph (2), on request of the District, the Secretary 12
shall convey to the District, without consideration, 13
all right, title, and interest of the United States in 14
and to the Federal land for the construction, oper-15
ation, and maintenance of critical water conveyance 16
infrastructure necessary to supply water to the com-17
munities of Logandale, Overton, Glendale, and 18
Moapa, Nevada, except as otherwise provided in this 19
section. 20
(2) L
IMITATION.—If any parcel of Federal land 21
authorized for conveyance under paragraph (1) is 22
subject to transfer for the benefit of the Tribe (as 23
defined in section 101(a)), the interest in the parcel 24
of Federal land to be conveyed to the District under 25
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paragraph (1) shall be in the form of a right-of-way 1
for construction, maintenance, and operation of crit-2
ical water conveyance infrastructure. 3
(c) M
AP ANDLEGALDESCRIPTIONS.— 4
(1) I
N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 5
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 6
shall prepare final legal descriptions of the Federal 7
land to be conveyed under subsection (b). 8
(2) C
ORRECTIONS.—The Secretary may correct 9
any minor errors in the Map or legal descriptions 10
prepared under paragraph (1). 11
(3) A
VAILABILITY.—The Map and legal descrip-12
tions prepared under paragraph (1) shall be on file 13
and available for public inspection in the appropriate 14
offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 15
(d) R
EVERSION.— 16
(1) I
N GENERAL.—If the Federal land conveyed 17
under subsection (b) ceases to be used for the public 18
purpose for which the Federal land was conveyed, as 19
described in subsection (b), the Federal land shall 20
revert to the United States, at the discretion of the 21
Secretary, if the Secretary determines that reversion 22
is in the best interest of the United States. 23
(2) R
ESPONSIBILITY OF DISTRICT.—If the Sec-24
retary determines under paragraph (1) that the Fed-25
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eral land should revert to the United States and that 1
the Federal land is contaminated with hazardous 2
waste, the District shall be responsible for remedi-3
ation of the contamination of the Federal land. 4
SEC. 405. CITY OF NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, CONVEY-5
ANCE FOR FIRE TRAINING FACILITY. 6
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 7
(1) C
ITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of 8
North Las Vegas, Nevada. 9
(2) F
EDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 10
means the approximately 10 acres of Federal land, 11
as generally depicted on the Map. 12
(3) M
AP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-13
titled ‘‘North Las Vegas Fire Department Training 14
Facility’’ and dated November 18, 2024. 15
(b) A
UTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE.—Notwith-16
standing the land use planning requirements of sections 17
202 and 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 18
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713), on request of the 19
City, the Secretary shall convey to the City, without con-20
sideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States 21
in and to the Federal land for the construction, operation, 22
and maintenance of a training facility necessary to sup-23
port public safety and fire response, subject to the provi-24
sions of this section, and consistent with uses allowed 25
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under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the 1
‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 869 2
et seq.). 3
(c) P
AYMENT OFCOSTS.—As a condition of the con-4
veyance under subsection (b), the City shall pay any costs 5
relating to any surveys and other associated costs of con-6
veying the Federal land. 7
(d) M
AP ANDLEGALDESCRIPTIONS.— 8
(1) I
N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 9
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 10
shall prepare final legal descriptions of the Federal 11
land to be conveyed under subsection (b). 12
(2) C
ORRECTIONS.—The Secretary may correct 13
any minor errors in the Map or legal descriptions 14
prepared under paragraph (1). 15
(3) A
VAILABILITY.—The Map and legal descrip-16
tions prepared under paragraph (1) shall be on file 17
and available for public inspection in the appropriate 18
offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 19
(e) R
EVERSION.— 20
(1) I
N GENERAL.—If the Federal land conveyed 21
under subsection (b) ceases to be used for the public 22
purpose for which the Federal land was conveyed, 23
the Federal land shall revert to the United States, 24
at the discretion of the Secretary, if the Secretary 25
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determines that reversion is in the best interest of 1
the United States. 2
(2) R
ESPONSIBILITY OF CITY.—If the Secretary 3
determines under paragraph (1) that the Federal 4
land should revert to the United States and that the 5
Federal land is contaminated with hazardous waste, 6
the City shall be responsible for remediation of the 7
contamination on the Federal land. 8
TITLE V—IMPLEMENTATION OF 9
LOWER VIRGIN RIVER WA-10
TERSHED PLAN 11
SEC. 501. IMPLEMENTATION OF LOWER VIRGIN RIVER WA-12
TERSHED PLAN. 13
Section 3(d)(3) of Public Law 99–548 (commonly 14
known as the ‘‘Mesquite Lands Act of 1988’’) (100 Stat. 15
3061; 110 Stat. 3009–202; 116 Stat. 2018) is amended— 16
(1) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and 17
inserting the following: 18
‘‘(A) for the development and implementa-19
tion of a watershed plan for the Lower Virgin 20
River; and’’; and 21
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-22
paragraph (B). 23
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TITLE VI—SOUTHERN NEVADA 1
LIMITED TRANSITION AREA 2
SEC. 601. SOUTHERN NEVADA LIMITED TRANSITION AREA. 3
(a) D
EFINITION OF TRANSITIONAREA.—Section 4
2602(a) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 5
2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1117) is amended 6
by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 7
‘‘(4) T
RANSITION AREA.—The term ‘Transition 8
Area’ means the approximately 742 acres of Federal 9
land located in Henderson, Nevada, identified as 10
‘Subject Area’ on the map entitled ‘Limited Transi-11
tion Area (LTA) 2023 Amendment’ and dated No-12
vember 18, 2024, excluding the east 100 feet of the 13
NW
1
⁄4sec. 21, T. 23 S., R. 61 E., identified on the 14
map as ‘NV Energy Utility Corridor’.’’. 15
(b) U
SE OFLAND FORNONRESIDENTIALDEVELOP-16
MENT; RETENTION OFLAND BYCITY.—Section 2602(b) 17
of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 18
(Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1117) is amended— 19
(1) in paragraph (2)— 20
(A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) 21
and inserting the following: 22
‘‘(A) A
UTHORIZED USES.—After the con-23
veyance to the City under paragraph (1), the 24
City may sell, lease, or otherwise convey any 25
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portion of the Transition Area for purposes 1
of— 2
‘‘(i) nonresidential development; or 3
‘‘(ii) limited residential development 4
that— 5
‘‘(I) augments and integrates any 6
nonresidential development under 7
clause (i); and 8
‘‘(II) is not freestanding. 9
‘‘(B) F
AIR MARKET VALUE .—Any land 10
sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed under sub-11
paragraph (A) shall be for not less than fair 12
market value.’’; and 13
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 14
‘‘and applicable State law’’ before the period at 15
the end; 16
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 17
following: 18
‘‘(3) U
SE OF LAND FOR RECREATION OR OTHER 19
PUBLIC PURPOSES; RETENTION BY CITY.—The City 20
may elect to retain parcels in the Transition Area— 21
‘‘(A) for public recreation or other public 22
purposes consistent with the Act of June 14, 23
1926 (commonly known as the ‘Recreation and 24
Public Purposes Act’) (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), 25
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by providing to the Secretary written notice of 1
the election; or 2
‘‘(B) for any other use by the City, by pro-3
viding to the Secretary— 4
‘‘(i) written notice of the election; and 5
‘‘(ii) consideration in an amount equal 6
to the fair market value of the land re-7
tained, which shall be subject to disposition 8
in accordance with paragraph (2)(D).’’; 9
and 10
(3) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘or re-11
served for recreation or other public purposes under 12
paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘, reserved for recre-13
ation or other public purposes under paragraph 14
(3)(A), or retained by the City under paragraph 15
(3)(B)’’. 16
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS 17
PROVISIONS 18
SEC. 701. OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION AREAS. 19
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 20
rights, and to rights-of-way for the construction, mainte-21
nance, and operation of Moapa Valley Water District fa-22
cilities, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Moapa Valley 23
Water District–Facilities and Land Conveyances’’, and 24
dated November 13, 2019, the following areas of Federal 25
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land administered by the Bureau of Land Management 1
in the State are established as off-highway vehicle recre-2
ation areas: 3
(1) L
AUGHLIN OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECRE -4
ATION AREA.—The approximately 13,050 acres of 5
Federal land, as generally depicted on the map enti-6
tled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land Management’’ and 7
dated November 14, 2024, to be known as the 8
‘‘Laughlin Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area’’. 9
(2) L
OGANDALE TRAILS OFF -HIGHWAY VEHI-10
CLE RECREATION AREA .—The approximately 21,729 11
acres of Federal land, as generally depicted on the 12
map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land Management’’ 13
and dated November 14, 2024, to be known as the 14
‘‘Logandale Trails Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation 15
Area’’. 16
(3) N
ELSON HILLS OFF -HIGHWAY VEHICLE 17
RECREATION AREA .—The approximately 43,775 18
acres of Federal land, as generally depicted on the 19
map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land Management’’ 20
and dated November 14, 2024, to be known as the 21
‘‘Nelson Hills Off-Highway Recreation Area’’. 22
(4) S
ANDY VALLEY OFF -HIGHWAY VEHICLE 23
RECREATION AREA .—The approximately 39,022 24
acres of Federal land, as generally depicted on the 25
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map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land Management’’ 1
and dated November 14, 2024, to be known as the 2
‘‘Sandy Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation 3
Area’’. 4
(b) P
URPOSES.—The purposes of each off-highway 5
vehicle recreation area established by subsection (a) (re-6
ferred to in this section as an ‘‘off-highway vehicle recre-7
ation area’’) are to preserve, protect, and enhance for the 8
benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations— 9
(1) off-highway vehicle use; 10
(2) other activities as the Secretary determines 11
to be appropriate; and 12
(3) the scenic, watershed, habitat, cultural, his-13
toric, and ecological resources of the off-highway ve-14
hicle recreation areas. 15
(c) M
ANAGEMENTPLANS.— 16
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 17
the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance 18
with applicable law, the Secretary shall develop a 19
comprehensive plan for the long-term management 20
of each off-highway vehicle recreation area. 21
(2) C
ONSULTATION.—In developing the man-22
agement plans under paragraph (1), the Secretary 23
shall consult with— 24
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(A) appropriate State, Tribal, and local 1
governmental entities; and 2
(B) members of the public. 3
(d) M
ANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall manage the 4
off-highway vehicle recreation areas— 5
(1) to support the purposes described in sub-6
section (b); and 7
(2) in accordance with— 8
(A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-9
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 10
(B) this section; and 11
(C) any other applicable law (including 12
regulations). 13
(e) M
OTORIZEDVEHICLES.— 14
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Except as needed for admin-15
istrative purposes or to respond to an emergency, 16
the use of motorized vehicles in the off-highway vehi-17
cle recreation areas shall be permitted only on roads 18
and trails designated for the use of motorized vehi-19
cles by the applicable management plan under sub-20
section (c). 21
(2) I
NTERIM MANAGEMENT .—During the period 22
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and 23
ending on the date on which the management plan 24
under subsection (c) for an off-highway vehicle 25
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recreation area takes effect, the use of motorized ve-1
hicles in the off-highway vehicle recreation areas 2
shall be permitted in accordance with applicable land 3
management requirements. 4
(3) E
FFECT OF SUBSECTION .—Nothing in this 5
subsection prevents the Secretary from closing an 6
existing road or trail to protect natural resources or 7
public safety, as the Secretary determines to be ap-8
propriate. 9
(f) T
RANSPORTATION AND UTILITYCORRIDORS.— 10
Nothing in this section— 11
(1) affects the existence, use, operation, mainte-12
nance, repair, construction, reconfiguration, expan-13
sion, inspection, renewal, reconstruction, alteration, 14
addition, relocation improvement funding, removal, 15
or replacement of any utility facility or appurtenant 16
right-of-way within an existing designated transpor-17
tation and utility corridor within an off-highway ve-18
hicle recreation area; 19
(2) precludes the Secretary from authorizing 20
the establishment of a new utility facility right-of- 21
way within an existing designated transportation 22
and utility corridor within an off-highway vehicle 23
recreation area— 24
(A) in accordance with— 25
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(i) the National Environmental Policy 1
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 2
(ii) any other applicable law; and 3
(B) subject to such terms and conditions 4
as the Secretary determines to be appropriate; 5
or 6
(3) prohibits access to, or the repair or replace-7
ment of, a transmission line within a right-of-way 8
grant within an off-highway vehicle recreation area 9
issued before the date of enactment of this Act. 10
(g) W
ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 11
all Federal land within the boundaries of an off-highway 12
vehicle recreation area, together with any land designated 13
as the ‘‘Nellis Dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation 14
Area’’ under section 3092(j)(3)(A) of Public Law 113– 15
291 (16 U.S.C. 460aaaa(3)(A)), is withdrawn from— 16
(1) all forms of appropriation or disposal under 17
the public land laws; 18
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 19
laws; and 20
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 21
materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 22
(h) M
APS ANDLEGALDESCRIPTIONS.— 23
(1) I
N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 24
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 25
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shall finalize the legal description of each off-high-1
way vehicle recreation area. 2
(2) E
RRORS.—The Secretary may correct any 3
minor error in— 4
(A) a map referred to in subsection (a); or 5
(B) a legal description under paragraph 6
(1). 7
(3) T
REATMENT.—The maps and legal descrip-8
tions referred to in paragraph (2) shall— 9
(A) be on file and available for public in-10
spection in the appropriate offices of the Bu-11
reau of Land Management; and 12
(B) have the same force and effect as if in-13
cluded in this Act, subject to paragraph (2). 14
SEC. 702. LOWER LAS VEGAS WASH WEIRS. 15
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 16
the availability of appropriations, and all applicable laws, 17
the Secretary shall complete construction of the 6 erosion 18
control weirs on the lower Las Vegas Wash within the 19
Lake Mead National Recreation Area that are unfinished 20
as of the date of enactment of this Act, as identified in 21
the study of the Federal Highway Administration entitled 22
‘‘2010 Lower Las Vegas Wash Planning Study’’. 23
(b) D
EADLINE.—It is the intent of Congress that the 24
construction of the weirs described in subsection (a) be 25
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completed by the Secretary by not later than 8 years after 1
the date of enactment of this Act. 2
SEC. 703. CRITICAL FLOOD CONTROL FACILITIES. 3
The Secretary shall amend the Las Vegas Resource 4
Management Plan dated 1998 to allow for the design and 5
construction of flood control facilities in the Coyote 6
Springs Desert Tortoise Area of Critical Environmental 7
Concern, as described in the most-recent update of the 8
Las Vegas Valley Master Plan for Flood Control Facilities 9
developed by the Regional Flood Control District, as gen-10
erally depicted on the map attached to that update entitled 11
‘‘Regional Flood Control District Master Plan Facilities 12
in the Coyote Springs Area of Critical Environmental Con-13
cern’’. 14
SEC. 704. JURISDICTION OVER FISH AND WILDLIFE. 15
Nothing in this Act affects the jurisdiction of the 16
State with respect to the management of fish or wildlife 17
on any Federal land located in the State. 18
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