3.0.0 4593 2023-01-15T04:49:14Z 2023-01-15T04:49:14Z House H HR 2004-06-16 108 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Discharged from 2004-09-22T19:59:27Z Hearings by 2004-07-20T18:22:40Z Referred to 2004-06-22T15:12:40Z Reported by 2004-10-04T16:25:00Z Markup by 2004-09-22T19:59:38Z Referred to 2004-06-16T14:00:10Z H. Rept. 108-720 Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 108 2532 S 2004-09-14 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-737. Identical bill CRS 2004-11-30 Became Public Law No: 108-424. President E40000 2 House floor actions 2004-11-30 Became Public Law No: 108-424. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2004-11-30 Signed by President. President E30000 2 House floor actions 2004-11-30 Signed by President. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2004-11-20 Presented to President. Floor E20000 2 House floor actions 2004-11-20 Presented to President. President 28000 9 Library of Congress 2004-11-17 15:58:15 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. ResolvingDifferences H41931 2 House floor actions 2004-11-17 15:58:14 On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote. ResolvingDifferences H41610 2 House floor actions 2004-11-17 Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote. NotUsed 19500 9 Library of Congress 2004-11-17 15:54:50 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4593. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2004-11-17 15:54:38 Mr. Gibbons moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H9820-9826; text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H9820-9824) ResolvingDifferences H40140 2 House floor actions 2004-11-16 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2004-10-10 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2004-10-10 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-10 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S11183) Floor 2004-10-05 Senate Received in the Senate, read twice. IntroReferral 2004-10-04 14:45:31 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2004-10-04 14:45:27 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7959-7964) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2004-10-04 14:45:27 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7959-7964) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-04 14:37:31 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4593. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2004-10-04 14:37:28 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7958-7965) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2004-10-04 14:37:15 Mr. Gibbons moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2004-10-04 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 443. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00443 2004-10-04 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-720. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2004-10-04 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-720. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2004-09-22 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2004-09-22 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2004-09-22 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands Discharged. Committee 2004-07-20 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2004-06-22 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from Interior. Committee 2004-06-22 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands. Committee 2004-06-16 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2004-06-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000152 Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2] JIM GIBBONS R NV 2 N P000589 Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3] Jon Porter R NV C. 3 2004-06-16 True B001231 Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] SHELLEY BERKLEY D NV 1 2004-06-16 True 2004-10-04T04:00:00Z H.R. 4593, Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/16059 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 22, 2004</p> 2004-10-04T04:00:00Z H.R. 4593, Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16059 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 22, 2004 Public Law 108-424 Public Lands and Natural Resources Agriculture and Food Air routes Aircraft Airspace (Law) All terrain vehicles Animals Aquifers Archaeology Armed Forces and National Security Arts, Culture, Religion Boundaries Cable television Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cultural property Department of the Interior Economic development Economics and Public Finance Education Electric power transmission Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Endangered species Energy Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Environmental monitoring Federal-Indian relations Fiber optics Fire prevention Fishing Flood control Forest fires Gas pipelines Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Grazing Groundwater Habitat conservation Helicopters History Horses Hunting Hydrology Infrastructure Intergovernmental fiscal relations Jurisdiction Land transfers Land use Law Maps Meteorological research Meteorology Military aviation Minorities Motor vehicles Native Americans Natural areas Nature conservation Nevada Open space lands Parks Petroleum pipelines Pipeline siting Pipelines Public utilities Real estate appraisal Relocation Reservoirs Right-of-way Roads and highways Science, Technology, Communications Sheep Signs and signboards Sports and Recreation State laws Surveying Traffic signs and signals Trails Transportation and Public Works Trapping Water Resources Development Water quality Water rights Water supply Wells Wilderness areas Wildlife conservation Wildlife management Wildlife refuges Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2004-06-16 Introduced in House 2004-09-23T14:44:45Z Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct specified sales of land identified for initial or annual disposal to qualified bidders. Segregates such land, with an exception, from all forms of entry and appropriation under the public land laws (including the mining laws) and operation of the mineral geothermal leasing laws. Prescribes the disposition of gross proceeds from such sales.

Designates certain Federal land in Nevada as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Withdraws such land from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. Provides for continued livestock grazing within such wilderness areas administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Declares that the following BLM public land in Lincoln County has been adequately studied for wilderness designation: (1) the Table Mountain Wilderness Study Area; (2) Evergreen A, B, and C Wilderness Study Areas; and (3) parts of wilderness study areas not designated as wilderness under this Act and identified as released. Makes any such land no longer subject to requirements for the status of lands during the period of review for designation as wilderness under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Permits: (1) management activities (including occasional and temporary use of motorized vehicles) to maintain or restore fish and wildlife populations and the habitats to support them to be carried out within wilderness areas designated by this Act; and (2) Nevada to continue to use aircraft to survey, capture, and provide water for wildlife populations. Directs the Secretary to authorize structures and facilities for wildlife water development projects, including guzzlers, in such wilderness areas.

Directs the Secretary to establish a specified corridor for utilities in Lincoln County and Clark County (Nevada). Authorizes the Secretary to grant rights-of-way to the Southern Nevada Water Authority and Lincoln County Water District to Federal land in those counties for roads, wells, well fields, pipes, pipelines, pump stations, storage facilities, and other facilities and systems necessary for the construction and operation of a water conveyance system. Withdraws such land from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.

Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to investigate ground water quantity, quality, and flow characteristics in the deep carbonate and alluvial aquifers of White Pine County, Nevada.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) relinquish a specified right-of-way corridor and parts of specified utility corridors (the corridor) upon receipt of a payment for its fair market value; and (2) relocate a specified part that is located in the corridor to the area located west of and parallel to the centerline of U.S. Route 93.

Designates a specified system of trails in Lincoln County as the "Silver State Off-Highway Vehicle Trail".

Authorizes the Secretary to convey specified land to Lincoln County and the State of Nevada to be used for natural resources conservation or public parks.

Transfers administrative jurisdiction of specified lands between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and BLM.

]]> 49 2004-11-30 Public Law 2005-01-19T20:31:14Z (Sec. 1) Authorizes appropriations.

Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 - Title I: Land Disposal - (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct sales of certain acreage of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) managed public land in Lincoln County, Nevada. Requires bidders for such land to certify that they have agreed to comply with county and city zoning ordinances and any master plan for the land. Requires that the sale of such land be through a competitive process and for not less than fair market value. Withdraws such land from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws, including the mining laws, with a specified exception; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws.

(Sec. 103) Requires certain percentages of the proceeds from the sale of such land to be disbursed as follows: (1) to the State of Nevada for general education (five percent); (2) to Lincoln County for fire protection, law enforcement, public safety, housing, social services, and transportation (ten percent); and (3) remaining amounts to the Treasury for land management activities.

Title II: Wilderness Areas - (Sec. 203) Designates the following land in Nevada as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Mormon Mountains Wilderness; (2) Meadow Valley Range Wilderness; (3) Delamar Mountains Wilderness; (4) Clover Mountains Wilderness; (5) South Pahroc Range Wilderness; (6) Worthington Mountains Wilderness; (7) Weepah Spring Wilderness; (8) Parsnip Peak Wilderness; (9) White Rock Range Wilderness; (10) Fortification Range Wilderness; (11) Far South Egans Wilderness; (12) Tunnel Spring Wilderness; (13) Big Rocks Wilderness; and (14) Mt. Irish Wilderness.

Directs the Secretary to file a map and legal description of each designated wilderness area with the House Committee on Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Requires each map and legal description to be on file and be made available for public inspection.

Withdraws such wilderness areas from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws.

(Sec. 204) Requires each designated wilderness area to be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act. Permits the continuation of livestock grazing in designated wilderness areas.

Sets forth principles of statutory construction relating to water rights in designated wilderness areas. Requires the Secretary to follow Nevada law to obtain or hold any water rights in the designated wilderness areas not in existence as of the date of enactment of this Act.

Prohibits the President or any other federal officer, agent, or employee, after the date of enactment of this Act, from developing any new water resource facility within the wilderness areas.

(Sec. 205) Declares that Congress does not intend for the designation of wilderness to lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around such wilderness. Permits nonwilderness activities outside the boundary of a wilderness zone even if such activities can be seen or heard from within the wilderness zone.

(Sec. 206) States that nothing in this title restricts or precludes military overflights, flight testing and evaluation, or the designation or creation of new units of special use airspace, or the establishment of military flight training routes, over the wilderness areas.

(Sec. 207) States that nothing in this title shall be construed to diminish the rights of any Indian tribe or access to Federal land for tribal activities.

(Sec. 208) Declares that the following areas have been adequately studied for wilderness designation: (1) the Table Mountain Wilderness Study Area; (2) Evergreen A, B, and C Wilderness Study Areas; and (3) certain other lands in Lincoln County, Nevada.

(Sec. 209) Permits certain Federal and State wildlife management activities in the wilderness areas under a cooperative agreement between the Department of the Interior and the State of Nevada. Authorizes the Secretary to ban hunting, fishing, and trapping in the wilderness areas for public safety reasons.

(Sec. 210) Permits certain governmental wildfire management operations in the wilderness area.

(Sec. 211) Permits the installation and maintenance of essential hydrologic, meteorologic, or climatological collection devices in the wilderness areas

Title III: Utility Corridors - (Sec. 301) Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish on public land a 2,640-foot wide corridor for utilities in Lincoln and Clark Counties, Nevada; and (2) grant certain nonexclusive rights-of-way to the Southern Nevada Water Authority and the Lincoln County Water District for the construction and operation of a water conveyance system; (3) conduct a study of water resources in White Pine and Lincoln Counties, Nevada, and in adjacent areas in Utah. Authorizes funding for such water resources study.

Withdraws such utility corridors from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws.

(Sec. 302) Directs the Secretary to relinquish and relocate rights-of-way and utility corridors located in Clark and Lincoln Counties in Nevada.

Title IV: Silver State Off-Highway Vehicle Trail - (Sec. 401) Designates certain trails in Lincoln County, Nevada, as the Silver State Off-Highway Vehicle Trail (Trail). Directs the Secretary to manage the Trail and complete a management plan for the Trail within three years after the enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to temporarily close or permanently reroute a portion of the Trail for public safety and other environmental reasons.

Title V: Open Space Parks - Directs the Secretary to convey to Lincoln County, Nevada, and the State of Nevada, certain public land for conservation of natural resources or for public parks.

Title VI: Jurisdiction Transfer - Transfers administrative jurisdiction over certain public land in Lincoln County, Nevada, from the BLM to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

]]> Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 Display Title Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for the high quality development in Lincoln County, Nevada, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Passed House Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 H House Short Titles as Introduced Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 Short Titles as Enacted Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 Short Titles as Passed Senate Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 S Senate Short Titles as Reported to House Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 H House 4054 108 SAMDT To provide a complete substitute. 2021-10-15T23:24:43Z 2004-10-10 Amendment SA 4054 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 4054 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/108th-congress/senate-amendment/4054 E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 1 1 R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2004-10-10 True 2004-10-10T04:00:00Z 2004-10-10T04:00:00Z Senate 108 HR House H 4593 Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 2023-01-15T04:49:14Z 6 2004-10-10 0 Senate Amendment SA 4054 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2004-10-10 0 Senate Amendment SA 4054 proposed by Senator Frist for Senator Ensign. (consideration: CR S11183) To provide a complete substitute. Floor 2004-10-10 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 4054 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-10 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 4054 proposed by Senator Frist for Senator Ensign.(consideration: CR S11183) Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-10 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress Enrolled Bill Engrossed Amendment Senate 2004-10-10T04:00:00Z Received in Senate 2004-10-05T04:00:00Z Reported in House 2004-10-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4593rh/xml/BILLS-108hr4593rh.xml Engrossed in House 2004-10-04T04:00:00Z Introduced in House 2004-06-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4593ih/xml/BILLS-108hr4593ih.xml 2004-12-01T04:59:59Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-108publ424/xml/PLAW-108publ424.xml Public Law 2004-11-30 Became Public Law No: 108-424. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.