3.0.0 2532 2023-01-15T04:49:22Z 2023-01-15T04:49:22Z Senate S S 2004-06-16 108 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2004-09-14T22:23:42Z Referred to 2004-06-16T21:57:37Z Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 108 4593 HR 2004-11-30 Became Public Law No: 108-424. Identical bill CRS 2004-09-14 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-737. Committee 2004-06-16 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2004-06-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6898-6901) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV N R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2004-06-16 True H.R.4593 https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/4593 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 Senate 2004-09-23T14:42:48Z 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.

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