3.0.0 567 2023-01-11T13:47:49Z 2023-01-11T13:47:49Z Senate S 2021-03-03 117 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2022-03-31T14:00:00Z sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2021-06-16T19:00:20Z Referred to 2021-03-03T20:46:40Z Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act 117 1597 HR 2021-04-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. Identical bill CRS 2022-03-31 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2021-06-16 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. Committee 2021-03-03 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2021-03-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2021-03-03 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Electric power generation and transmission Endangered and threatened species Federal-Indian relations Fires First responders and emergency personnel Floods and storm protection Forests, forestry, trees Health facilities and institutions Higher education Housing supply and affordability Indian lands and resources rights Lakes and rivers Land use and conservation Licensing and registrations Monuments and memorials Motor vehicles Nevada Outdoor recreation Parks, recreation areas, trails Public-private cooperation Rural conditions and development Water use and supply Watersheds Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2021-03-03 Introduced in Senate 2021-06-03T14:54:42Z This bill provides for conservation or transfer of land in Nevada.

Specifically, the bill

  • transfers approximately 41,055 acres of land to be held in trust for the Moapa Band of Paiutes of the Moapa River Indian Reservation;
  • adjusts the boundary of the Red Rock National Conservation Area to include additional lands;
  • adjusts the boundary of the Rainbow Gardens Area of Critical Environmental Concern to exclude certain land;
  • conveys, upon request, certain federal land to a governmental entity in Clark County for any public purpose;
  • revokes the Ivanpah Area of Critical Environmental Concern;
  • establishes specified special management areas for conservation purposes;
  • designates the peak of Frenchman Mountain as the Maude Frazier Mountain;
  • makes certain funds available for capital improvements in the Tule Springs Fossil Bed National Monument and for implementation of sustainability and climate initiatives in Clark County;
  • designates additional lands in Nevada as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System;
  • requires land conveyances to local governments in Nevada for specified public purposes;
  • makes certain funds available to the city of Mesquite for implementation of a watershed plan for the Lower Virgin River;
  • expands, and expands eligible uses of, the limited transition area located in the city of Henderson;
  • establishes off-highway vehicle recreation areas;
  • conveys to a public water agency in Clark County, upon request, federal land for the construction and operation of critical water conveyance infrastructure for communities serviced by that agency; and
  • requires completion of the construction of the six erosion control weirs on the lower Las Vegas Wash within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
]]> Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act Display Title Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for conservation and economic development in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s567is/xml/BILLS-117s567is.xml 2022-03-31 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. 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.