1.Authorization of
appropriationsThere are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
Act.
2.Short title;
table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and
Development Act of 2006
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I—Land disposal
Sec. 101. Conveyance of White Pine County, Nevada,
land.
Sec. 102. Disposition of proceeds.
TITLE II—Wilderness areas
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Findings.
Sec. 203. Additions to National Wilderness Preservation
System.
Sec. 204. Administration.
Sec. 205. Adjacent management.
Sec. 206. Military overflights.
Sec. 207. Native American cultural and religious
uses.
Sec. 208. Release of wilderness study areas.
Sec. 209. Wildlife management.
Sec. 210. Wildfire management.
Sec. 211. Climatological data collection.
TITLE III—Transfers of administrative jurisdiction
Sec. 301. Transfer to the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service.
Sec. 302. Transfer to the Bureau of Land
Management.
Sec. 303. Availability of map and legal
descriptions.
TITLE IV—Public conveyances
Sec. 401. Conveyance to the State of Nevada.
Sec. 402. Conveyance to White Pine County, Nevada.
TITLE V—Silver State off-highway vehicle trail
Sec. 501. Silver State off-highway vehicle trail.
TITLE VI—Transfer of land to be held in
trust for the Ely Shoshone Tribe.
Sec. 601. Transfer of land to be held in trust for the Ely
Shoshone Tribe.
TITLE VII—Eastern Nevada landscape restoration
project.
Sec. 701. Findings; purposes.
Sec. 702. Definitions.
Sec. 703. Restoration project.
TITLE VIII—Amendments to the Southern Nevada Public Land
Management Act of 1998
Sec. 801. Findings.
Sec. 802. Definitions.
Sec. 803. Availability of special account.
Sec. 804. Affordable housing.
TITLE IX—Great Basin Heritage Route
Sec. 901. Short title.
Sec. 902. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 903. Definitions.
Sec. 904. Great Basin National Heritage Route.
Sec. 905. Memorandum of understanding.
Sec. 906. Management Plan.
Sec. 907. Authority and duties of local coordinating
entity.
Sec. 908. Duties and authorities of Federal
agencies.
Sec. 909. Land use regulation; applicability of Federal
law.
Sec. 910. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 911. Termination of authority.
3.In this Act:
(1)The
term County means White Pine County, Nevada.
(2)The
term Secretary means—
(A)with respect to
land in the National Forest System, the Secretary of Agriculture; and
(B)with respect to
other Federal land, the Secretary of the Interior.
(3)The
term State means the State of Nevada.
<enum>I</enum><header>Land
disposal</header>
<section id="ID4AB5D48B84604787A4CE7047AF5CA181"><enum>101.</enum><header>Conveyance of
White Pine County, Nevada, land</header>
<subsection id="IDCAE4F396FCEB43ABB993FF17AD4BE208"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding sections 202 and 203 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="FLPMA">Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976</act-name> (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713), the Secretary, in cooperation with the
County, in accordance with that Act, this title, and other applicable law and
subject to valid existing rights, shall, at such time as the parcels of Federal
land become available for disposal, conduct sales of the parcels of Federal
land described in subsection (b) to qualified bidders.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDAC4C4393B6B244079B87BF0D0D2B83F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of
land</header><text>The parcels of Federal land referred to in subsection (a)
consist of not more than 45,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in the
County that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8F3B3C2A60BC482C8205148310C69B9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is not segregated
or withdrawn on or after the date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9565CFF4316F4A4C8872DA2E99B63EB3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is identified for
disposal by the Bureau of Land Management through—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9533D6E090E245F194E43F9FB0F9AE3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Ely Resource
Management Plan; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE1CD51194BEF45778402614B3D78249B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a subsequent
amendment to the management plan that is undertaken with full public
involvement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDEC89F44A7149443C8F701DCAA0056ED4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The
map and any legal descriptions of the Federal land conveyed under this section
shall be on file and available for public inspection in—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3DB4B172EC2C4D08A7F405F5E4B7C8EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Office of the
Director of the Bureau of Land Management;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE6323A5F38A8495EA95F6EE1EBA7F019"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Office of the
Nevada State Director of the Bureau of Land Management; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0E203E1946164947BE11738DDB0138F3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Ely Field
Office of the Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF177D3C98E0D440E8EBAEC943F36EAB4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Joint selection
required</header><text>The Secretary and the County shall jointly select which
parcels of Federal land described in subsection (b) to offer for sale under
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6AD0D2455DF943B780A0D18FF3394A79"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Compliance with
local planning and zoning laws</header><text>Before a sale of Federal land
under subsection (a), the County shall submit to the Secretary a certification
that qualified bidders have agreed to comply with—</text>
<paragraph id="ID244E43BA7993491B9B55A71FAED75E68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>County and city
zoning ordinances; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBB799B66B2A249AFA57CC85AA5A5B871"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any master plan
for the area approved by the County.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDE68520B3258F4991826627DCB54245B7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Method of sale;
consideration</header><text>The sale of Federal land under subsection (a) shall
be—</text>
<paragraph id="IDCC56A7064D5848CA871D39D1700B5EF3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consistent with
subsections (d) and (f) of section 203 of the Federal Land Management Policy
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3E411AE385AE4FBC9DF45F5C5E350D4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>unless otherwise
determined by the Secretary, through a competitive bidding process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8A04BBE3F1FB41209F79BB8A2B46808A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for not less than
fair market value.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC641530395AA4E51B379810C8D3404D2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Withdrawal</header>
<paragraph id="ID3B66B32F55224DFDBA931F97168EEB1D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights and except as provided
in paragraph (2), the Federal land described in subsection (b) is withdrawn
from—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1B10AE1CFCC14585A636834DA1B67CD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all forms of
entry and appropriation under the public land laws and mining laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBE884AE60499428B873DE38F629CF157"><enum>(B)</enum><text>location and
patent under the mining laws; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6A72DAA780FE42B9AD3520F99C3A895F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>operation of the
mineral laws, geothermal leasing laws, and mineral material laws.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5B493FCF87AB4BE68E237BA1BDE81BE1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Paragraph
(1)(A) shall not apply to sales made consistent with this section or an
election by the County or the State to obtain the land described in subsection
(b) for public purposes under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the
<quote>Recreation and Public Purposes Act</quote>) (43 U.S.C. 869 et
seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID184FC18F3686474D91FD48A286614279"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Deadline for
sale</header>
<paragraph id="ID8290E140413541E4A6598FE1EB615A63"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), not later than 1
year after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter until the
Federal land described in subsection (b) is disposed of or the County requests
a postponement under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall offer for sale the
Federal land described in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBF1961C044A64FFA991F32EA19A38AC3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Postponement;
exclusion from sale</header>
<subparagraph id="ID9A50328BBB9346DD837E9EDCD6C62C69"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Request by
County for postponement or exclusion</header><text>At the request of the
County, the Secretary shall postpone or exclude from the sale all or a portion
of the land described in subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID755C2EA537D4470CB59BB1A6CC889CEA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Indefinite
postponement</header><text>Unless specifically requested by the County, a
postponement under subparagraph (A) shall not be indefinite.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID40A7CFD62BB94C11A984479A91CBBD0D"><enum>102.</enum><header>Disposition of
proceeds</header>
<subsection id="ID94B72B30D873497EACFADCB803DBCD1E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disposition of
proceeds</header><text>Of the proceeds from the sale of Federal land described
in section 101(b)—</text>
<paragraph id="IDAC20013816E34CEFA37EEF919DC2FD9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>5 percent shall
be paid directly to the State for use in the general education program of the
State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID97E8435D5865415E9CC4BE34DC8E2936"><enum>(2)</enum><text>10 percent shall
be paid to the County for use for fire protection, law enforcement, public
safety, housing, social services, transportation, and natural resource
planning; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC8DFF34A555D487BB6C942FEC023CF26"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the remainder
shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury of the United States,
to be known as the <quote>White Pine County Special Account</quote> (referred
to in this title as the <quote>special account</quote>), and shall be available
without further appropriation to the Secretary until expended for—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDFE74CDFBA7F64334AFC46AA44785BA56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the reimbursement
of costs incurred by the Nevada State office and the Ely Field Office of the
Bureau of Land Management for preparing for the sale of Federal land described
in section 101(b), including the costs of surveys and appraisals and compliance
with the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321) and sections 202 and 203 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="FLPMA">Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976</act-name> (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8970E395C03B4DD79657192D4506759E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the inventory,
evaluation, protection, and management of unique archaeological resources (as
defined in section 3 of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16
U.S.C. 470bb)) of the County;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA7E26358C03247C3BF466B6601AF3766"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the reimbursement
of costs incurred by the Department of the Interior for preparing and carrying
out the transfers of land to be held in trust by the United States under
section 601;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID08CEE6B2429F44E987CB3185EE579F3A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>processing public
land use authorizations and rights-of-way relating to the development of land
conveyed under section 101(a);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0D4DCD4189F042478F8F6332EA8ECC41"><enum>(E)</enum><text>conducting a
study of routes for the Silver State Off-Highway Vehicle Trail as required by
section 501(a);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB9D27584F3A84EBA856670B62398162C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>developing and
implementing the Silver State Off-Highway Vehicle Trail management plan
described in section 501(c);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID269701BF39A74EF7B74B1FC15D8C1DF0"><enum>(G)</enum><text>processing
wilderness designations, including the costs of appropriate fencing, signage,
public education, and enforcement for the wilderness areas designated;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6F25276F94F34FBEAC0A6E6D0EA556FC"><enum>(H)</enum><text>if the Secretary
determines necessary, developing and implementing conservation plans for
endangered or at risk species in the County; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73CAD45012994BC397B3B63ABCDF5206"><enum>(I)</enum><text>carrying out a
study to assess non-motorized recreation opportunities on Federal land in the
County.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2E5A51BCAAB14B66816985DC4128BF1A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investment of
special account</header><text>Any amounts deposited in the special account
shall earn interest in an amount determined by the Secretary of the Treasury on
the basis of the current average market yield on outstanding marketable
obligations of the United States of comparable maturities, and may be expended
in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Wilderness
areas</header>
<section id="IDE6783DE24AD9447B8E84421DDF6C91B4"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Pam White Wilderness Act of 2006</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id054B4540BFFB47189C753446C6948EB6"><enum>202.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1C7154EE020B4FCF864733071F31FFD8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>public land in
the County contains unique and spectacular natural resources, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6BCED3D16B594288B8C746D94713AF24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>priceless habitat
for numerous species of plants and wildlife; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF1A2D18BFD2E4380908772C3118E0867"><enum>(B)</enum><text>thousands of
acres of land that remain in a natural state; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID82FB41B3225649B3A21A79BAD3B1E11D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>continued
preservation of those areas would benefit the County and all of the United
States by—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID91C1E7A24B074498BF5163E7BF04F2FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensuring the
conservation of ecologically diverse habitat;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID16349CEA46514322B4EBC0B73C54373D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>protecting
prehistoric cultural resources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDF79E58E18EB411A8D6D659D6742F637"><enum>(C)</enum><text>conserving
primitive recreational resources; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5C1BEDA0E2C54D4DA1634BF21D060412"><enum>(D)</enum><text>protecting air
and water quality.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="ID8EDE40E1C96F44EA8376C7DF1BBD08BD"><enum>203.</enum><header>Additions to
National Wilderness Preservation System</header>
<subsection id="IDFC278F03164E44BCA2762FE2C1B94A01"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additions</header><text>The
following land in the State is designated as wilderness and as components of
the National Wilderness Preservation System:</text>
<paragraph id="idC3D67AA3CC284C84B5571AAFC26F0416"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mt. Moriah
Wilderness Addition</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Forest
Service and the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 11,193
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Eastern White Pine
County</quote> and dated August 1, 2006, is incorporated in, and shall be
managed as part of, the Mt. Moriah Wilderness, as designated by section 2(13)
of the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public
Law 101–195).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB7341A3FEDAC4F66A05AEA85D7736CD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Mount Grafton
Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land
Management, comprising approximately 66,918 acres, as generally depicted on the
map entitled <quote>Southern White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1,
2006, which shall be known as the <quote>Mount Grafton
Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF59F47B893C344ADB0EDD33FDD612C81"><enum>(3)</enum><header>South Egan
Range Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of
Land Management, comprising approximately 42,967 acres, as generally depicted
on the map entitled <quote>Southern White Pine County</quote> and dated August
1, 2006, which shall be known as the <quote>South Egan Range
Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe789bb3254eb4f0abb268e93ecae3f1a"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Egan Ridgeline
wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land
Management, comprising approximately 18,669 acres, as generally depicted on the
map entitled <quote>Southern White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1,
2006, which shall be known as the <quote>Egan Ridgeline
Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD3D9465D6831486AAC14242C480F09ED"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Highland Ridge
Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land
Management and the Forest Service, comprising approximately 70,098 acres, as
generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Southern White Pine
County</quote> and dated August 1, 2006, which shall be known as the
<quote>Highland Ridge Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB49975C539CA4D1082AB42A6402C49C0"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Government Peak
Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land
Management, comprising approximately 6,313 acres, as generally depicted on the
map entitled <quote>Eastern White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1, 2006,
which shall be known as the <quote>Government Peak Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8EFF67E5567A4830877F0CCC095081C5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Currant
Mountain Wilderness Addition</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the
Forest Service, comprising approximately 10,631 acres, as generally depicted on
the map entitled <quote>Western White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1,
2006, is incorporated in, and shall be managed as part of, the <quote>Currant
Mountain Wilderness</quote>, as designated by section 2(4) of the Nevada
Wilderness Protection Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law
101–195).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID32248FA03D2944C0BB2299F17E740BEC"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Red Mountain
Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service,
comprising approximately 20,490 acres, as generally depicted on the map
entitled <quote>Western White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1, 2006,
which shall be known as the <quote>Red Mountain Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4254D7C69AE24C02A7DF846BCAF8EC42"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Bald Mountain
Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land
Management and the Forest Service, comprising approximately 22,352 acres, as
generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Western White Pine County</quote>
and dated August 1, 2006, which shall be known as the <quote>Bald Mountain
Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID750AECB7C63741519629B6A1ACC81D9A"><enum>(10)</enum><header>White Pine
Range Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Forest
Service, comprising approximately 42,562 acres, as generally depicted on the
map entitled <quote>Western White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1, 2006,
which shall be known as the <quote>White Pine Range Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB42AD0E70CE64F97B8CCA1FD54091916"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Shellback
Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service,
comprising approximately 36,133 acres, as generally depicted on the map
entitled <quote>Western White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1, 2006,
which shall be known as the <quote>Shellback Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC3B704EDA1464321A97D89D4A646B9E5"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Schell Creek
Range Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Forest
Service, comprising approximately 122,123 acres, as generally depicted on the
map entitled <quote>Eastern White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1, 2006,
which shall be known as the <quote>Schell Creek Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2FC3E0ADD95E4140B82C9C7CAF5F78C9"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Becky Peak
Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land
Management, comprising approximately 18,119 acres, as generally depicted on the
map entitled <quote>Northern White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1,
2006, which shall be known as the <quote>Becky Peak Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0EF76ECFF85A4B08A3E58C98F38617A6"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Goshute Canyon
Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land
Management, comprising approximately 42,657 acres, as generally depicted on the
map entitled <quote>Northern White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1,
2006, which shall be known as the <quote>Goshute Canyon
Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8c10c7bfad674005bc3c0c19c514954d"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Bristlecone
Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land
Management, comprising approximately 14,095 acres, as generally depicted on the
map entitled <quote>Eastern White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1, 2006,
which shall be known as the <quote>Bristlecone Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9C877ADE2D6E40D8BC828881EC932952"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Boundary</header><text>The
boundary of any portion of a wilderness area designated by subsection (a) that
is bordered by a road shall be at least 100 feet from the edge of the road to
allow public access.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID977573C9F9F549A0B9E499EADAED68F1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Map and legal
description</header>
<paragraph id="IDBB41F5C3C689477CACCAC34455554A44"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall file a map and legal description of each
wilderness area designated by subsection (a) with the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID84AC411BD68E4E04ADD6EBF08E644957"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Each
map and legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included
in this section, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and
typographical errors in the map or legal description.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID649515BE9C6B4A5CB2E5C525639DA598"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Each
map and legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection
in—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID33318DBE756B47B58D7ED8BDFB4446BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Office of the
Director of the Bureau of Land Management;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID65258877919F464E9478CC65EC6CFDC2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Office of the
Nevada State Director of the Bureau of Land Management;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID965DE95D032C4F28BA5BCBB15172305E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Ely Field
Office of the Bureau of Land Management;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6CE1A4EE17BC454FB18E4DBB1BBC5617"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Office of the
Chief of the Forest Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idECAA5860BF404DB197A5830E17515113"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Office of the
Regional Forester, Region 4; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC58ED468955D47138C18710C7311C75C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Office of the
Forest Supervisor of the Humbold-Toiyabe National Forest; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5F13B428DA1D48FFB71BCA6D90B5E984"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the Ely Ranger
District Office of the Forest Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDE45C4F40909D43F79416A9880F1A7096"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Withdrawal</header><text>Subject
to valid existing rights, the wilderness areas designated by subsection (a) are
withdrawn from—</text>
<paragraph id="IDDB9E8D8419804A60BFCE7F3F21A42502"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all forms of
entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID838909CCEDF9470BAA326DC38F2DA782"><enum>(2)</enum><text>location, entry,
and patent under the mining laws; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID85D7EE904B364F59B9A6890C67C3A399"><enum>(3)</enum><text>operation of the
mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD33F2D712A3B4E66879451691745B0CC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Mt. Moriah
Wilderness Boundary Adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The boundary of the Mt. Moriah Wilderness
established under section 2(13) of the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 1989
(16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 101–195) is adjusted to include only the land
identified as the <quote>Mount Moriah Wilderness</quote> on the map entitled
<quote>Eastern White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1, 2006.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID078C8DEAFF954C40889285C7B148D862"><enum>204.</enum><header>Administration</header>
<subsection id="ID50D4C5A4B3124557AE1EA31336D381FE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Management</header><text>Subject
to valid existing rights, each area designated as wilderness by this title
shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3EAA80F992324F8B82BA4739AC77C30F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any reference in
that Act to the effective date shall be considered to be a reference to the
date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB8C0FCDD137B4C499936E2A05AD77A1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any reference in
that Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference
to the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDECA50BEE709D4F9A81CEEF4571BDDB7F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Livestock</header><text>Within
the wilderness areas designated under this title that are administered by the
Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service, the grazing of livestock in
areas in which grazing is established as of the date of enactment of this Act
shall be allowed to continue—</text>
<paragraph id="IDBBF3BA9D12BB4C57931600311CF9FFB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>subject to such
reasonable regulations, policies, and practices that the Secretary considers
necessary; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID205E6950D5A047D9ACDAB3D72CA7EB30"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consistent with
section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), including the
guidelines set forth in Appendix A of House Report 101–405.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4A5E7135F98C426F87E269849879D1AF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Incorporation
of acquired land and interests</header><text>Any land or interest in land
within the boundaries of an area designated as wilderness by this title that is
acquired by the United States after the date of enactment of this Act shall be
added to and administered as part of the wilderness area within which the
acquired land or interest is located.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDbeff8de4bfbc4fc8a837c6503a035b13"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Water
rights</header>
<paragraph id="ID21efc168e13740569821a6185c852446"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5a630a28a1f2422a8cc03cda46ffe088"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the land
designated as wilderness by this title is located—</text>
<clause id="id9EE56EE3D06B4F51A35710FB7E13476B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the semiarid region of the Great Basin; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDade636bc43634174859dbc90122d96ef"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at
the headwaters of the streams and rivers on land with respect to which there
are few if any—</text>
<subclause id="idBF9611E5F317492CA810D4E7CF5F1351"><enum>(I)</enum><text>actual or
proposed water resource facilities located upstream; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idAC0B477C9CEE4D559CB991520A88A16A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>opportunities
for diversion, storage, or other uses of water occurring outside the land that
would adversely affect the wilderness values of the land;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc4d1448c4c274a4fa5892397610bf472"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the land
designated as wilderness by this title is generally not suitable for use or
development of new water resource facilities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcf6d6378d100463fa122aea7d9d245ca"><enum>(C)</enum><text>because of the
unique nature of the land designated as wilderness by this title, it is
possible to provide for proper management and protection of the wilderness and
other values of land in ways different from those used in other laws.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idEF8485D101004BBBA6640D9EC411EA49"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of this section is to protect the wilderness values of the land
designated as wilderness by this title by means other than a federally reserved
water right.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC6498D42B6334310B591CEADECA5257A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Statutory
construction</header><text>Nothing in this title—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDAB34B8FD51A74BC88936020920182C01"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall constitute
or be construed to constitute either an express or implied reservation by the
United States of any water or water rights with respect to a wilderness
designated by this title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDFADD42E6A80947FE88F7A3E6175F2127"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall affect any
water rights in the State (including any water rights held by the United
States) in existence on the date of enactment of this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID555493B6D59C491E8F8ECF0231847F4D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall be
construed as establishing a precedent with regard to any future wilderness
designations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB090EEB0016E45F7B2A00822E3C75095"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall affect the
interpretation of, or any designation made pursuant to, any other Act;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3AD96A1408754DEE9D51C3C18FB1391F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>shall be
construed as limiting, altering, modifying, or amending any interstate compact
or equitable apportionment decree that apportions water among and between the
State and other States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6556EBBE3E9A44818B4DCFFAEE00B92F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Nevada water
law</header><text>The Secretary shall follow the procedural and substantive
requirements of State law in order to obtain and hold any water rights not in
existence on the date of enactment of this Act with respect to the wilderness
areas designated by this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBA5B1E9A0EA54C56B772C6AB5B73FA01"><enum>(5)</enum><header>New
projects</header>
<subparagraph id="IDE58AF1F7033C48ACAFD6ED0F83C719D2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition of
water resource facility</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>water
resource facility</term>—</text>
<clause id="ID713A4FE594F54DB48B3EF0300F6017FD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>means irrigation
and pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conservation works, aqueducts,
canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower projects, transmission and other
ancillary facilities, and other water diversion, storage, and carriage
structures; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID24E7A63FD9BE43DCB1755089DCA48F67"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not include
wildlife guzzlers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3C383EFEB5644471A0F293FCD5FCE190"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Restriction on
new water resource facilities</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in
this Act, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, neither the President
nor any other officer, employee, or agent of the United States shall fund,
assist, authorize, or issue a license or permit for the development of any new
water resource facility within a wilderness area that is wholly or partially
within the County.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDC8AF283A6B8C4BF1A0FAC6D215DB4465"><enum>205.</enum><header>Adjacent
management</header>
<subsection id="ID798A8F3CCF804EDC8407059B95881DB6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Congress does not intend for the designation of
wilderness in the State by this title to lead to the creation of protective
perimeters or buffer zones around any such wilderness area.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDB9DA35B866584239B21A7990210933FB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nonwilderness
activities</header><text>The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be
seen or heard from areas within a wilderness designated under this title shall
not preclude the conduct of those activities or uses outside the boundary of
the wilderness area.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID78B71C77BFE94993AE00C6215463DC57"><enum>206.</enum><header>Military
overflights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
title restricts or precludes—</text>
<paragraph id="ID752CABBEFA9F486CBA4A696558943987"><enum>(1)</enum><text>low-level
overflights of military aircraft over the areas designated as wilderness by
this title, including military overflights that can be seen or heard within the
wilderness areas;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2364700CB72B4F868955BCA4BA9FAEB2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>flight testing
and evaluation; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID02B324B67B0045B682EE61D99D391450"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the designation
or creation of new units of special use airspace, or the establishment of
military flight training routes, over the wilderness areas.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID7983057237C14A0C9A77BA4F7BC3D39D"><enum>207.</enum><header>Native
American cultural and religious uses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall be construed to
diminish—</text>
<paragraph id="IDEF3CEF71497B406696C5EF5A27A1B55A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the rights of any
Indian tribe; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1DE6E03A41BE42AF8BF12BAA63C17011"><enum>(2)</enum><text>tribal rights
regarding access to Federal land for tribal activities, including spiritual,
cultural, and traditional food-gathering activities.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDA9DE80AB0C7F4DB38F8C702FB6E42E6B"><enum>208.</enum><header>Release of
wilderness study areas</header>
<subsection id="ID1A3152F149394B109221BA4365B2261F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Congress
finds that, for the purposes of section 603 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="FLPMA">Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976</act-name> (43 U.S.C. 1782), the Bureau of Land Management land has been
adequately studied for wilderness designation in any portion of the wilderness
study areas or instant study areas—</text>
<paragraph id="ID2DC949121EDE48C48B20F78C5E99E9F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not designated as
wilderness by section 203(a), excluding the portion of the Goshute Canyon
Wilderness Study Area located outside of the County; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBE030DDE3E8C4968AA2872B622ACEC88"><enum>(2)</enum><text>depicted as
released on the maps entitled—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBD5452A689394159A49A511BF3B64E6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text><quote>Eastern
White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1, 2006;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62DED6081B9C46F6970D49C69826B6F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text><quote>Northern
White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1, 2006;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1FC40B4F294C4C1486F16FA0B5A3E4D1"><enum>(C)</enum><text><quote>Southern
White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1, 2006; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE30E033EF09744FA9BBA0C7E164720E1"><enum>(D)</enum><text><quote>Western
White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1, 2006.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID12FEA22A23D34314B1B83518D0DB3461"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Release</header>
<paragraph id="idF61426F733014D688179F06436AB5CD0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any public land described in subsection (a) that is not
designated as wilderness by this title—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDC113DF2866C4473A96552E65485D9F86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is no longer
subject to section 603(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FLPMA">Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976</act-name> (43 U.S.C. 1782(c));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID19BFE91867AE4F33B3393A8BCED1AC00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be managed
in accordance with—</text>
<clause id="ID7380993D75AB429EA2D0739BBF23EA60"><enum>(i)</enum><text>land management
plans adopted under section 202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID321BE8CF92804ABA871B36FC539CCDEE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>cooperative
conservation agreements in existence on the date of enactment of this Act;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID78601B34227740679CD3AAD251CB9147"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall be subject
to the <act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered Species Act of 1973</act-name>
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFA1AE5D0438840D9A13BE0BE85B87769"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
requirements described in paragraph (1) shall not apply to the portion of the
Goshute Canyon Wilderness Study Area located outside of the County.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID9CAEA0B926B74CB4B7A8CF4A59DA3741"><enum>209.</enum><header>Wildlife
management</header>
<subsection id="IDC5B0CF3BC4E8463C83D8D88CB19BEF8B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In accordance with section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act
(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this title affects the jurisdiction of the
State with respect to fish and wildlife management, including the regulation of
hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the wilderness areas designated by this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID31896A0A68B840799DE44991B573EE08"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Management
activities</header><text>In furtherance of the purposes and principles of the
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Secretary may conduct such
management activities as are necessary to maintain or restore fish and wildlife
populations and habitats in the wilderness areas designated by this title if
those activities are conducted—</text>
<paragraph id="ID6E657AA4B6364FFA9DDF513E24D04933"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consistent with
relevant wilderness management plans; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5F551AC6D16547568EAA54A47CCE13A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in accordance
with appropriate policies such as those set forth in Appendix B of House Report
101–405.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID78801D3BC14548E6A35F06E2694A0C74"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Existing
activities</header><text>Consistent with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act
(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) and in accordance with appropriate policies such as
those set forth in Appendix B of House Report 101–405, the State may continue
to use aircraft, including helicopters, to survey, capture, transplant,
monitor, and provide water for wildlife populations, including bighorn sheep,
and feral stock, feral horses, and feral burros.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1CBE84FCB6FF474D881E07593820C41B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Wildlife water
development projects</header><text>Subject to subsection (f), the Secretary
shall authorize structures and facilities, including existing structures and
facilities, for wildlife water development projects, including guzzlers, in the
wilderness areas designated by this title if—</text>
<paragraph id="ID59244239F1264B65A34F657B8C7F349C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the structures
and facilities will, as determined by the Secretary, enhance wilderness values
by promoting healthy, viable, and more naturally distributed wildlife
populations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAEBA4EAAF6464FED866A08E7FCCA1B0B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the visual
impacts of the structures and facilities on the wilderness areas can reasonably
be minimized.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9151E5A439F342518069DFC6A2AFDCE5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Hunting,
fishing, and trapping</header>
<paragraph id="IDD31A4DA7DFC04DE5958169CDD96C9403"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may designate by regulation areas in which,
and establish periods during which, for reasons of public safety,
administration, or compliance with applicable laws, no hunting, fishing, or
trapping will be permitted in the wilderness areas designated by this
title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7A33860955944451909A5BA61AA0DAEE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Except
in emergencies, the Secretary shall consult with the appropriate State agency
before promulgating regulations under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0BFFD0C83C614283ADE17BC3A60A77EF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Cooperative
agreement</header>
<paragraph id="ID66710FD950184C83AE875D725B3BC986"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The State (including a designee of the State) may conduct
wildlife management activities in the wilderness areas designated by this
title—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDF7C00BF92CD54B32B08301568A635A64"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in accordance
with the terms and conditions specified in the cooperative agreement between
the Secretary and the State, entitled <quote>Memorandum of Understanding
between the Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Wildlife
Supplement No. 9,</quote> and signed November and December 2003, including any
amendments to the cooperative agreement agreed to by the Secretary and the
State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9D72C5CA3D064D33825A793C90FD306E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to all
applicable laws and regulations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF98836BD9197481BAE0C14B052CB6377"><enum>(2)</enum><header>References</header>
<subparagraph id="idBB05E5DB06AE46A7BAD589A10D1E720C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Clark
County</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, any references to Clark
County in the cooperative agreement described in paragraph (1)(A) shall be
considered to be references to White Pine County, Nevada.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB96F91D5769A4BFEB7B1C0EBD5124C90"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bureau of Land
Management</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, any references to the
Bureau of Land Management in the cooperative agreement described in paragraph
(1)(A) shall also be considered to be references to the Forest Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID4988929E071440CE8F069989C6EB332F"><enum>210.</enum><header>Wildfire
management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Consistent with
section 4 of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133), nothing in this title
precludes a Federal, State, or local agency from conducting any wildfire
management operations (including operations using aircraft or mechanized
equipment) to manage wildfires in the wilderness areas designated by this
title.</text>
</section><section id="IDC59267118AD84014B0F51DAAC8D37904"><enum>211.</enum><header>Climatological
data collection</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subject to
such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, nothing in this title
precludes the installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or
climatological collection devices in the wilderness areas designated by this
title if the facilities and access to the facilities are essential to flood
warning, flood control, and water reservoir operation activities.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Transfers of
administrative jurisdiction</header>
<section id="ID764CC9EE489040B587638587ED90E436"><enum>301.</enum><header>Transfer to
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service</header>
<subsection id="idF8E2F8275520438E9CEDD1C944C9A92E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Administrative jurisdiction over the land described in
subsection (b) is transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service for inclusion in the Ruby Lake National
Wildlife Refuge.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0776F2ACA0F5415295B6585309FA783D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of
land</header><text>The parcel of land referred to in subsection (a) is
approximately 645 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management
and identified on the map entitled <quote>Ruby Lake Land Transfer</quote> and
dated July 10, 2006, as <quote>Lands to be transferred to the Fish and Wildlife
Service</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id7E034CB1CAB543BFA4DC334F4840CE04"><enum>302.</enum><header>Transfer to
the Bureau of Land Management</header>
<subsection id="IDb67193c34e134e82ba55487f9dfe2f97"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subsection (c), administrative jurisdiction
over the parcels of land described in subsection (b) is transferred from the
Forest Service to the Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID04EA985FB524405498368CA6B9410F04"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of
land</header><text>The parcels of land referred to in subsection (a)
are—</text>
<paragraph id="idB7A36A134F044A76BF288F06618CCAA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the land
administered by the Forest Service and identified on the map entitled
<quote>Southern White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1, 2006, as
<quote>Withdrawal Area</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDB8E72D132954134B6D9D1612DEB766E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the land
administered by the Forest Service and identified on the map entitled
<quote>Southern White Pine County</quote> and dated August 1, 2006, as
<quote>Highland Ridge Wilderness Area</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9A610E5FC30D4A05A6C9DD26A38A7C88"><enum>(3)</enum><text>all other Federal
land administered by the Forest Service that is located adjacent to the
Highland Ridge Wilderness Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id62A03FABEB4F4BA789EC64FD0ABA454D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Continuation of
cooperative agreements</header><text>Any existing Forest Service cooperative
agreement or permit in effect on the date of enactment of this Act relating to
a parcel of land to which administrative jurisdiction is transferred by
subsection (a) shall be continued by the Bureau of Land Management unless there
is reasonable cause to terminate the agreement or permit, as determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD44DE387E6EE4AE5B7CF73597603BE9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Withdrawal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to valid existing rights, all
Federal land within the Withdrawal Area is withdrawn from all forms of—</text>
<paragraph id="HBD9C45CF67994197B000245C00E1C577"><enum>(1)</enum><text>entry,
appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H409C1995536848CCAB33CAF1FD001D2B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>location, entry,
and patent under the mining laws; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H315ECC1D61C44DB08914BBBE4C8E99EA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>operation of the
mineral laws, geothermal leasing laws, and mineral materials laws.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC00CDCA952AF401B863DDD4BFCD74BC4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Motorized and
mechanical vehicles</header><text>Use of motorized and mechanical vehicles in
the withdrawal area designated by this title shall be permitted only on roads
and trails designated for their use, unless the use of those vehicles is
needed—</text>
<paragraph id="idAF8D796A42D9410DB231B53FC803719C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for
administrative purposes; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2066E48F41384330ACAF724E0F23ED91"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to respond to an
emergency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID744F6EF1984244568F7644E3A920D2CA"><enum>303.</enum><header>Availability
of map and legal descriptions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The maps of the land transferred by this
title shall be on file and available for public inspection in—</text>
<paragraph id="IDDA97BF20466547C683EA1A83941E543A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Office of the
Director of the Bureau of Land Management;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA4FFABEB35D048A7B201422BF013E81B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Office of the
Nevada State Director of the Bureau of Land Management;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6DE86D480027481389423353939A01FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Ely Field
Station of the Bureau of Land Management;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE824E0ED2B6A48EFADAA20341C1613EA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Office of the
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDA7A9B7CED904CB4A55FFD65108306B3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Office of the
Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2A6700A96B7442A0A5C0D04E9A58FEB4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Office of the
Director of the National Park Service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3B49C30ECA1C4BD4B2D73DEC17A0E5A1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Great Basin
National Park Office;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0EB0D76B85334E2984EB7FE32D7868C4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the Office of the
Chief of the Forest Service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6ADB27419E8745C489115AF4A06ECBAE"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the Office of the
Regional Forester, Region 4;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4150E679905741918CCF83A13B5DBFF6"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the Office of
the Forest Supervisor of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCE7463774AC943EFAA446031154FC70D"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the Ely Ranger
District Office of the Forest Service.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Public
conveyances</header>
<section id="IDC92224B7EA5C4B2E93A3112056C054B9"><enum>401.</enum><header>Conveyance to
the State of Nevada</header>
<subsection id="ID525BBA8DBE0349549AD2629DB61168AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text>Notwithstanding
section 202 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FLPMA">Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976</act-name> (43 U.S.C. 1712), the Secretary shall convey
to the State, subject to valid existing rights, for no consideration, all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcels of land
described in subsection (b) if the State and the County enter into a written
agreement supporting the conveyance.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8720B48BD623495DBE0F7701548AE53E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of
land</header><text>The parcels of land referred to in subsection (a)
are—</text>
<paragraph id="ID6D18A3037AC74CD2A3DB4219517CD809"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the approximately
6,281 acres of Bureau of Land Management land identified as <quote>Steptoe
Valley Wildlife Management Area Expansion Proposal</quote> on the map entitled
<quote>Ely, Nevada Area</quote> and dated August 1, 2006;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID88CDD08B5EDD4ABEB4977E7C1DFA86A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the approximately
658 acres of Bureau of Land Management land identified as <quote>Ward Charcoal
Ovens Expansion</quote> on the map entitled <quote>Ely, Nevada Area</quote> and
dated August 1, 2006; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id832DD93C172443518BC9A66F1E3E9F6F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the approximately
<inline-comment>____</inline-comment> acres of Forest Service and approximately
<inline-comment>____</inline-comment> acres of Bureau of Land Management land
for expansion of Cave Lake State Park.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF249FAFD5B8043F988C32F5725943757"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>Any
costs relating to a conveyance under subsection (a), including costs for
surveys and other administrative costs, shall be paid by the State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID5A77E4B61D0F475984C90493B3C6F47A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of
land</header>
<paragraph id="ID9B52542B19714E9FB4C5BD814DA65863"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any parcel of land conveyed to the State under subsection
(a) shall be used only for—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9563D153F2BE49BB9CE04F094D4DE988"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the conservation
of wildlife or natural resources; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1E86FA6F0D0644829AF4CFBA0519ABDA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a public
park.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID61ED51AA696F487EBA3CDAA10583B275"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Facilities</header><text>Any
facility on a parcel of land conveyed under subsection (a) shall be constructed
and managed in a manner consistent with the uses described in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1d0cc042601d495d8b40b2684617a220"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If
a parcel of land conveyed under subsection (a) is used in a manner that is
inconsistent with the uses described in subsection (d), the parcel of land
shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id86D0CB75A2BF4BF0B1703A38200E773A"><enum>402.</enum><header>Conveyance to
White Pine County, Nevada</header>
<subsection id="idECCC8199EF904534AE4422D6183A6C08"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 202 of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712), the Secretary shall convey to the
County, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to the parcels of land described in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id0D4E659CFFA74199B03427303E5B5ECD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of
land</header><text>The parcels of land referred to in subsection (a)
are—</text>
<paragraph id="id65CD33B997A44E90B7244BDA72C38E9A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not more than
1,500 acres of land to be used for the expansion of the White Pine County
Airport; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6DE536545E904DD9B4B91FD56516392C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not more than 200
acres of land to be used for the expansion of the White Pine County Industrial
Park.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd6921c1f6aab45b992679fecbd65db4a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of certain
land for Nonresidential Development</header>
<paragraph id="ID30e15298006648628d347fde5d7fc3e6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>After conveyance to the County of the land described in
subsection (b), the County may sell, lease, or otherwise convey any portion of
the land conveyed for purposes of nonresidential development.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1560c5585fa649979457335d492bb017"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Method of
Sale</header><text>The sale, lease, or conveyance of land under paragraph (1)
shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4B15444E755D41E7BF2146722143FFAC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>through a
competitive bidding process; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id035C3DF84EE44DCDA646131AF7816008"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for not less than
fair market value.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDfdda04c3d99a4aa9b9331cc379b38e18"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Disposition of
proceeds</header><text>The gross proceeds from the sale, lease, or conveyance
of land under paragraph (1) shall be distributed in accordance with section
102.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA9822B6DF8604BC5A568429EF943AA92"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If
a parcel of land conveyed under subsection (a) is used in a manner that is
inconsistent with the use described for the parcel in paragraph (1) or (2) of
subsection (b), the parcel of land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary,
revert to the United States.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Silver State
off-highway vehicle trail</header>
<section id="id46485B824CA24986A5A547CF80CECABD"><enum>501.</enum><header>Silver State
off-highway vehicle trail</header>
<subsection id="ID5389f54208b7421ebfd329c4b9681120"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="IDaa7b31b326864fa1922fc943c9a9086e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall complete a study of routes for the Silver State
Off-Highway Vehicle Trail (referred to in this section as the
<quote>Trail</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID03632b6b7fb942d68b675cb3ad272cca"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preferred
route</header><text>Based on the study conducted under paragraph (1), the
Secretary, in consultation with the State, the County, and any interested
persons, shall identify the preferred route for the Trail.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1f6246ec440548f1a472660fcd4351e8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation of
trail</header>
<paragraph id="ID5d1ed7a0f07a4a80bccaed94eb018978"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), not later than 90 days after
the date on which the study is completed under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall designate the Trail.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe4c60731e026443dacd40fb76ddcaf5c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The
Secretary shall designate the Trail only if the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0891008E87064FC58418F22DA1E05CF8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determines that
the route of the Trail would not have significant negative impacts on wildlife,
natural, or cultural resources; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFEC6A5D48B2A45B89A8FC6C067839CE8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensures that the
Trail designation—</text>
<clause id="id55F56BE6BA8947568D3E27C734F5F6AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
an effort to extend the Silver State Off-Highway Vehicle Trail designated under
section 401(b) of the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development
Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 1244 note; Public Law 108–424); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id32B70F62991342188CD5D254BADC35A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is
limited to—</text>
<subclause id="idC7A34A8D02BB480A99FF6B793DEEE76D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>1 route that
generally runs in a north-south direction; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id47E3CC48913E47ECA28313CEE6A9911B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>1 potential spur
running west.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1866B6192D654039AD442AEE96A44C27"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Management</header>
<paragraph id="ID28187e72608642528ba2000256aa89ab"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall manage the Trail in a manner
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDc065bdb141a74689806ef696d5798a5c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is consistent
with any motorized and mechanized uses of the Trail that are authorized on the
date of enactment of this Act under applicable Federal and State laws
(including regulations);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4c0bb194e88145ab9ea03980d75e829e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensures the
safety of the individuals who use the Trail; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID75d8299cdc6f4111884368913a9aee83"><enum>(C)</enum><text>does not damage
sensitive wildlife habitat, natural, or cultural resources.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDeffb59c71cc84d1e87569cffc4b75f5f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Management
plan</header>
<subparagraph id="IDbef8909d719c4950b06414422933a946"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of designation of
the Trail, the Secretary, in consultation with the State, the County, and any
other interested persons, shall complete a management plan for the
Trail.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7903f5fa18204cda84b04cc6e907c27a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Components</header><text>The
management plan shall—</text>
<clause id="ID1502eba1fb8544ec9c1e88972fafa0c1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>describe the
appropriate uses and management of the Trail;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc5f9bfda5380471bb4d1a84d03911657"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>authorize the
use of motorized and mechanized vehicles on the Trail; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDadf224d0230544f2b4b637ac527e60f4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>describe
actions carried out to periodically evaluate and manage the appropriate levels
of use and location of the Trail to minimize environmental impacts and prevent
damage to cultural resources from the use of the Trail.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0c1c9b05342f4dc4abacfb4b4547455f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Monitoring and
evaluation</header>
<subparagraph id="IDb93f29e6363c497bbbf3a885c7c168fd"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Annual
assessment</header><text>The Secretary shall annually assess—</text>
<clause id="ID20c9fffd08a748378f9b4324a706c9f1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
effects of the use of off-highway vehicles on the Trail to minimize
environmental impacts and prevent damage to cultural resources from the use of
the Trail; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID02ebd4b6c9e644e380a0a1c57a1c9eab"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
consultation with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, the effects of the Trail
on wildlife and wildlife habitat to minimize environmental impacts from the use
of the Trail.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID318468bb31c54e30b0b5c3fdfc4cc235"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Closure</header><text>The
Secretary, in consultation with the State and the County and subject to
subparagraph (C), may temporarily close or permanently reroute a portion of the
Trail if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<clause id="ID56f320faf1e341219ccebfc447219967"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
Trail is having an adverse impact on—</text>
<subclause id="ID15552a15e44b4906811fcdd265beb264"><enum>(I)</enum><text>wildlife
habitats;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDcb8093e77d094b2a814485ae8aafcbe1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>natural
resources; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idEE3A90947C6840C486A37EAF4874FB7C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>cultural
resources;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDf36c6a1cb5354709974daba190dd2ec5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Trail
threatens public safety;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID63d4a431ec2241e4a404ab282cd14c33"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>closure of the
Trail is necessary to repair damage to the Trail; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4836ee06f85a4935bfc2a58b225739a9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>closure of the
Trail is necessary to repair resource damage.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6adc426fc9364c899848a32ee5c0dcc1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Rerouting</header><text>Any
portion of the Trail that is temporarily closed may be permanently rerouted
along existing roads and trails on public land open to motorized use if the
Secretary determines that rerouting the portion of the Trail would not
significantly increase or decrease the length of the Trail.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID159d81c5aac240cc9e88ad916d0edbfb"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The
Secretary shall provide information to the public with respect to any routes on
the Trail that are closed under subparagraph (B), including through the
provision of appropriate signage along the Trail.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID85dcb545a5da4960af16fed64e3b26de"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notice of open
routes</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that visitors to the Trail have
access to adequate notice relating to the routes on the Trail that are open
through—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2d4e2ce557f846dfa799895c8d17557b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the provision of
appropriate signage along the Trail; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0f785b20b7264ac7a345440c37528d41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the distribution
of maps, safety education materials, and any other information that the
Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID659cbdd6e9c5443b9fea523faef3244e"><enum>(d)</enum><header>No effect on
non-Federal land and interests in land</header><text>Nothing in this section
affects the ownership or management of, or other rights relating to,
non-Federal land or interests in non-Federal land.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Transfer of land
to be held in trust for the Ely Shoshone Tribe.</header>
<section id="idC19906A335A04C259FEDFB2C905441A9"><enum>601.</enum><header>Transfer of
land to be held in trust for the Ely Shoshone Tribe</header>
<subsection id="IDcd2aeb7d61e14a80aae3e6a416847e9c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to the land described in subsection (b),
including any improvements on, and appurtenances to, the land—</text>
<paragraph id="id9FEF9B6FD3FC42DF80DC1F33F1D88F98"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be held in
trust by the United States for the benefit of the Ely Shoshone Tribe (referred
to in this section as the <quote>Tribe</quote>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id068B49E4D5A744AFBD8DFE4907E5C0C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be part of
the reservation of the Tribe.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2933285877f54f0f96704bdad38b19e0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of
land</header><text>The land referred to in subsection (a) consists of the 4
parcels of a total of approximately 3,536 acres of land that are identified on
the Ely, Nevada Area map dated August 1, 2006, and the Northern White Pine
County map dated August 1, 2006, as the <quote>Ely Shoshone Tribe
Reservation</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID35d513f43fbf405aa4ee885ab28c75b2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Survey</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Bureau of Land
Management shall complete a survey of the boundary lines to establish the
boundaries of the trust land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID88b10318e6a84dd7897ab45232f1f62f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conditions</header>
<paragraph id="IDaf59ec7a1333468cb4dcf8cbe00cd72a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Gaming</header><text>Land
taken into trust under subsection (a) shall not be—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE4CC882CD51D4359B24CDD52647CBD80"><enum>(A)</enum><text>considered to
have been taken into trust for gaming (as that term is used in the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.)); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2B3215CEB814493DA96DBD82FF5E48F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>used for
gaming.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc1bded4a2e1b4df5be80605089841ba0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Trust land for
ceremonial use</header><text>With respect to the use of the land identified on
the map as <quote>Ely Shoshone Tribe Reservation Parcel #3</quote>, the
Tribe—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID68ef373fd4204fe3b05b2a8d24ca3192"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall limit the
use of the surface of the land to traditional and customary uses and
stewardship conservation for the benefit of the Tribe; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9ff6138c663a40759b6f489d61465d14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not permit
any permanent residential or recreational development on, or commercial use of,
the surface of the land, including commercial development or gaming.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa611fb3d115142dfbdccbbed1f3eb194"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Thinning;
landscape restoration</header><text>With respect to land taken into trust under
subsection (a), the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management may, in
consultation and coordination with the Tribe, carry out any thinning and other
landscape restoration work on the trust land that is beneficial to the Tribe
and the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Eastern Nevada
landscape restoration project.</header>
<section id="id6494CC870BE1486289B04B2825F7ED7E"><enum>701.</enum><header>Findings;
purposes</header>
<subsection id="id25C80CA4EFE942BFB7E1730982EAAC76"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID41e4f0392901488ea12246c222687049"><enum>(1)</enum><text>there is an
increasing threat of wildfire in the Great Basin;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id259E8489453341F4B93E8D0460E99592"><enum>(2)</enum><text>those
wildfires—</text>
<subparagraph id="id347B1F02DC2A4DA3AB7055591D692481"><enum>(A)</enum><text>endanger homes
and communities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa8c5060377b040e5acf384e96db9de48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>damage or destroy
watersheds and soils; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfba8e43c5a4247cc9c92345d81817dc4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>pose a serious
threat to the habitat of threatened and endangered species;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID53d88f330b064748873506b1efefbf4a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>forest land and
rangeland in the Great Basin are degraded as a direct consequence of land
management practices (including practices to control and prevent wildfires)
that disrupt the occurrence of frequent low-intensity fires that have
periodically removed flammable undergrowth; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID591b2529a3ae40bba0501b2856dfdbfb"><enum>(4)</enum><text>rigorous,
understandable, and applied scientific information is needed in the Great Basin
for—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4ba2244adc7d4e489927c97b00889734"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the design,
implementation, and adaptation of landscape-scale restoration treatments;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE93DE19797EC4C3682E25B3412E18B3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the improvement
of wildfire management technology and practices.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6752167bbdeb44b0bc564e9ecfc6decb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of this title are to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID846654364ae344d79e9bd560d82b158f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>support the Great
Basin Restoration Initiative through the implementation of the Eastern Nevada
Landscape Restoration Project; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID75bc97041bfa4ddd8d7731cca092c973"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure resilient
and healthy ecosystems in the Great Basin by restoring native plant communities
and natural mosaics on the landscape that function within the parameters of
natural fire regimes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id6150BFBF612648ECB69F8C5B49C26188"><enum>702.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="id26D4CF376BCD4EBEA5921B41EC3C9FF3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initiative</header><text>The
term <term>Initiative</term> means the Great Basin Restoration
Initiative.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id68058F3890F64B5DB744487C3EA51E9B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project</header><text>The
term <term>Project</term> means the Eastern Nevada Landscape Restoration
Project authorized under section 703(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idED54562600B6426F8B3E400105EB2D13"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretaries</header><text>The
term <term>Secretaries</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id493138F5ED524252BA5E0AB2386F73B8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means the State of Nevada.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idDF7EA4A4FA904A6A8BB4B5A289374880"><enum>703.</enum><header>Restoration
project</header>
<subsection id="IDb9828eaf5fc941aea57d3854ca34bf36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In accordance with all applicable Federal laws, the
Secretaries shall carry out the Eastern Nevada Landscape Restoration Project
to—</text>
<paragraph id="idAB372E3612B7462B893D3C8B7002070E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>implement the
Initiative; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3723C80A2809414BA46CD2EB8DE5DE0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>restore native
rangelands and native woodland (including riparian and aspen communities) in
White Pine and Lincoln Counties in the State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7dd76c3e2b2a40b48f0e7342b969bfb6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants;
cooperative agreement</header><text>In carrying out the Project—</text>
<paragraph id="IDfcad5eec0f0e4974907123df06ae1dc6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretaries
may make grants to the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition and the Great Basin
Institute for the study and restoration of rangeland and other land in the
Great Basin—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEC00F5793AFE49288D16C0DF422BF767"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to assist
in—</text>
<clause id="id47811B90C1F845FEBC1D833172AEB50F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reducing
hazardous fuels; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id2A975A875AE542E9BBB4061BD3A58028"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>restoring native
rangeland and woodland; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id80C458A15CA0429DA70AB6F6F05CFF04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for other related
purposes; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDedf3f94303bc44b2b5e3863548514b6e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>notwithstanding
sections 6301 through 6308, of title 31, United States Code, the Director of
the Bureau of Land Management may enter into a cooperative agreement with the
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition and the Great Basin Institute to provide for
the conduct of scientific analyses, hazardous fuels and mechanical treatments,
and related work.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc0d462ddd3c540439a93aad3d77e544a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Research
facility</header><text>The Secretaries may conduct a feasibility study on the
potential establishment of an interagency science center, including a research
facility and experimental rangeland in the eastern portion of the State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idA532EB3B98D94319A0F7950981CB3099"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Section
4(e)(3)(A) of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (Public
Law 105–263; 112 Stat. 2346; 116 Stat. 2007; 118 Stat. 2414) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4B0362C6C09D4CE290DD06560B51411F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
clause (viii) as clause (ix); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9DFC110BD2A4B4BBC78194CDDE02EB6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after clause (vii) the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A8642ECE2DB46769FD11311D97B0998" style="OLC">
<clause id="id7CA83A0DFF3C4E488E3167AB6D422F4E"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>to carry out
the Eastern Nevada Landscape Restoration Project in White Pine County, Nevada
and Lincoln County, Nevada;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Amendments to
the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998</header>
<section id="id286BA3D2949F4CF493216D7605BC186D"><enum>801.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2(a)(3) of the Southern Nevada
Public Land Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–263; 112 Stat. 2343) is
amended by inserting <quote>the Sloan Canyon National Conservation
Area,</quote> before <quote>and the Spring Mountains</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id978B3EE485B84E869A06508BD1F2C009"><enum>802.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(6) of the Southern Nevada Public
Land Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–263; 112 Stat. 2344) is amended by
inserting <quote>the Clean Water Coalition,</quote> before <quote>and the Clark
County Sanitation District</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idA138BBE1474B49B298EA28038825DEF3"><enum>803.</enum><header>Availability
of special account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
4(e) of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (Public Law
105–263; 112 Stat. 2346; 116 Stat. 2007; 117 Stat. 1317; 118 Stat. 2414) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id1034BCF908234E838700616F1DE0B45F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id16FE2298B062482D96E10FE7A446D890"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="id4F1E1ED964B44B0486E47EFCF48296D6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>may be expended</quote> and inserting <quote>shall be
expended</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="idB2C614919C974AA598DF5F834EEDFD56"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
clause (iii), by inserting <quote>and implementation</quote> before <quote>of a
multispecies habitat</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idC75E583E3563495085E97989F9A28B90"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (iv),
by inserting <quote>Washoe County (subject to paragraph (4)) and</quote> before
<quote>Lincoln County</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id630815C7F2D0434CA1E8D89836B27390"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
clause (vii)—</text>
<subclause id="id21EE89FE53BC4A1B92790F73D74EB263"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for development</quote> and inserting <quote>development</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id5C5232667C2441C7ACB8B7B94A5006CD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id104D47E7E9EF4BBFB86E67968AADECC7"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by
redesignating clauses (viii) and (ix) (as amended by section 703(d)) as clauses
(xii) and (xiii);</text>
</clause><clause id="idCD6A07351E384A0E83CBD842FA30451C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>by
inserting after clause (vii) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29A128E3E8384940A689EDDE5C450B71" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID0885fe7f97cc422cb9de1615c3dc7c1b"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>reimbursement
of any costs incurred by the Bureau of Land Management or any other Federal
agency to clear and protect land that is—</text>
<subclause id="idDAE39A5A1472431A8DCFDFF741A21E7B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>located in the
disposal boundary described in subsection (a); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idFDED18EE7BB747E1BBAFA7078FC2DC23"><enum>(II)</enum><text>designated for
sale, lease, conveyance, or disposal;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDf61ea9af6b8d4cb3ab03afbac65137d6"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>development and
implementation of a comprehensive, cost-effective, multijurisdictional
hazardous fuels reduction and wildfire prevention plan (including sustainable
biomass and biofuels energy development and production activities) for the Lake
Tahoe Basin (including the Carson Range in Douglas and Washoe Counties and
Carson City in the State of Nevada), and the Spring Mountains, in the State of
Nevada, that are—</text>
<subclause id="idBF120F43B5754D6E9A1996449DD0C64C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>subject to
approval by the Secretary of Agriculture or Secretary of Interior, as
appropriate; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id6F243A2C1D4642F8994205CF75EA9391"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not more than 10
years in duration;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID3515e7c579864be6a577354e0eaab779"><enum>(x)</enum><text>payments to a
regional governmental entity in Clark County, Nevada, for an established
program to compensate public institutions for the permanent removal of turf and
other vegetation to expand water conservation;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1a902a5f54aa467b94b84d8bc35e12db"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>payments to a
regional governmental entity in Clark County, Nevada, for water quality
improvements relating to the Las Vegas Wash, Las Vegas Bay, and Lake Mead
through management of wastewater effluent in the Las Vegas Valley known as the
<quote>Systems Conveyance and Operations Program</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="id2777524DE2C74C31A73D3334BFCFB603"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>in clause (xii)
(as redesignated by clause (v)), striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DBBBE523EA94B51A5DDDFF38155F84C"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>in clause
(xiii) (as redesignated by clause (v))—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00AF66A065BA41069F0D0A50E4540287"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or other Federal agencies</quote> before <quote>in arranging</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFC3D3C4F8D0447BA108A14E109A3A75"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idCF37823A16F44264ACAB89A140D6F90D"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6F3DE0BBD70411EADB368AE61F29F6E" style="OLC">
<clause id="id36C6D0530A274286966260C6C55D709F"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>development of
any park administered by the State of Nevada in Clark
County.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7B982576EC734CC8835D3F48777F83C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (C) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB792E03141842BC9840B292648D0AFA" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id56D0F97561F54F4C86A9C9A35B08612B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Transfer
requirement</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law—</text>
<clause id="id5408F3463E68477FA9C5D28AE0D9371A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for amounts that
have been authorized for expenditure under subparagraph (A)(iv) but not
transferred as of the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary
shall, not later than 60 days after a request for funds from the applicable
unit of local government or regional governmental entity, transfer to the
applicable unit of local government or regional governmental entity the amount
authorized for the expenditure; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id18F06DFFB96E4E239FB13E9715E71D25"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for expenditures
authorized under subparagraph (A)(iv) that are approved by the Secretary, the
Secretary shall, not later than 60 days after a request for funds from the
applicable unit of local government or regional governmental entity, transfer
to the applicable unit of local government or regional governmental entity the
amount approved for expenditure.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2F2AB3C33938484CADF51A20B7FA3C46"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3873A0C78F8D4FBCA94722C7D7C2E7D7" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="idDFC18060A6B34325852E5B9CDC8395E5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation for
Washoe County</header><text>Until December 31, 2011, Washoe County shall be
eligible to nominate for expenditure amounts to acquire land (not to exceed 250
acres) and develop 1 regional park and natural
area.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idF4D7D4F8DAE94F50A6249AA9AE170C56"><enum>804.</enum><header>Affordable
housing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7 of the
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–263; 112
Stat. 2349) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDACE8E0CAE9940B186AAF652DC622052" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDc3b6d80ff50c4a6380fb6831ace892c4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Affordable
housing</header>
<paragraph id="ID00a860e5b98545978ca6c8b9d584c051"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of
affordable housing</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>affordable
housing</term> means housing that serves individuals or families with an income
of not more than 120 percent of the median income, as determined by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID34ee0ab17d82490b9c9578c4bae3aef2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Housing</header>
<subparagraph id="idE306CD134DB940A9A81668B879C2F8CB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In accordance with section 203 of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713), the Secretary shall make available
for affordable housing purposes land in the State of Nevada—</text>
<clause id="ID91c15ed0682c48a2b7ed847ff1acf943"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for less than
fair market value; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8f11969120ee4f80a0581dcdfac45601"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>under any terms
and conditions that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id831A34E617234515A659845ECF497585"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary
shall publish or issue guidelines to carry out this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0cd43a410a69443195a9bc5a1da3b0b8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reservation for
affordable housing</header>
<subparagraph id="ID4c91771cf34440afa40fc980e29216b9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If any sale of land under section 4(a) involves more than
200 acres, at least 5 percent of the total housing units on the land conveyed
shall be developed for affordable housing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID83043150245b470e85a209311ac290d2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>City and county
requirements</header>
<clause id="IDeae11552d91a43a4a57c6ae8ad6ba7a5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 120 days before the date of a sale of land
described in subparagraph (A), the applicable unit of local government shall
publish rules for the implementation of the affordable housing to be developed
on the land.</text>
</clause><clause id="idBA4004F7EC604DDF9143262DCF9A6A31"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Dispersal of
housing</header><text>The applicable unit of local government shall, to the
maximum extent practicable, encourage mixed income development when publishing
rules under clause (i) throughout each housing project.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb418896757f343cc8696a24fa6cb5de0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<subparagraph id="idF77A9F3E42F9408AB62992EBDE05B919"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), from the date on which a
transfer of land is complete under section 4(a), the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall enforce each requirement of this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4D255608B63E4E8DB0B79431342680C1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Alternative
enforcement arrangement</header><text>The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development and the applicable unit of local government may agree to an
alternative enforcement
arrangement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IX</enum><header>Great Basin
Heritage Route</header>
<section id="ID08A06E4DCCA64AE5ADFABAAF5A8F3069"><enum>901.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Great Basin National Heritage
Route Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="IDFA16C93BF98D4E31A0556894FB866D0C"><enum>902.</enum><header>Findings and
purposes</header>
<subsection id="IDCAFEADB5AACD4593B895EDA179886B39"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="IDEA35CEEF6F4B4191AA96BA0176C1A819"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the natural,
cultural, and historic heritage of the North American Great Basin is nationally
significant;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8E1D1B55D183425480BD1FBFD0954D01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>communities along
the Great Basin Heritage Route (including the towns of Delta, Utah, Ely,
Nevada, and the surrounding communities) are located in a classic western
landscape that contains long natural vistas, isolated high desert valleys,
mountain ranges, ranches, mines, historic railroads, archaeological sites, and
tribal communities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD0751711CDA646F2839C656DDAE06DC0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Native
American, pioneer, ranching, mining, timber, and railroad heritages associated
with the Great Basin Heritage Route include the social history and living
cultural traditions of a rich diversity of nationalities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEC6A2BB964484BDA82B7C5696321251E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the pioneer,
Mormon, and other religious settlements, and ranching, timber, and mining
activities of the region played and continue to play a significant role in the
development of the United States, shaped by—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1DF62859441049E3BF3354B5261CAFA2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the unique
geography of the Great Basin;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3A18E946BC354C5795F79898031669EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an influx of
people of Greek, Chinese, Basque, Serb, Croat, Italian, and Hispanic descent;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2F0C535B1F284C338CF4443263C50D64"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a Native American
presence (Western Shoshone, Northern and Southern Paiute, and Goshute) that
continues in the Great Basin today;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1ADDA7FE8D7347D68DFF778997823079"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Great Basin
housed internment camps for Japanese-American citizens during World War II, 1
of which, Topaz, was located along the Heritage Route;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID35055C61E60C4E358040E566937507A3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the pioneer
heritage of the Heritage Route includes the Pony Express route and stations,
the Overland Stage, and many examples of 19th century exploration of the
western United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4FD109E7AD6740C3A8D8A828A96388F2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Native
American heritage of the Heritage Route dates back thousands of years and
includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID23A6EEF7DA854EA1AB5015F390BD5186"><enum>(A)</enum><text>archaeological
sites;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE88F9A42CDC64B4EB7135690927A4B07"><enum>(B)</enum><text>petroglyphs and
pictographs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7874D8EB07054A82B55B1004813FE2D4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the westernmost
village of the Fremont culture; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4B7E3A8FC1A14DB1B1724C3F92D345F3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>communities of
Western Shoshone, Paiute, and Goshute tribes;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDC3E7332053DC459A8AD82106898E8CC8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the Heritage
Route contains multiple biologically diverse ecological communities that are
home to exceptional species such as—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDFD88EA32133349DA8168C4088BDA21C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>bristlecone
pines, the oldest living trees in the world;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID160D93B19B0D4E66B064A0E0C7973CAA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>wildlife adapted
to harsh desert conditions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDB0938236F8C417DBB7BD665FBFB2C09"><enum>(C)</enum><text>unique plant
communities, lakes, and streams; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDDFFCA247D3A4166BF908AE1CE02DFAF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>native Bonneville
cutthroat trout;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID954A7FBACD2B4E88A7DA913EA10D938B"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the air and water
quality of the Heritage Route is among the best in the United States, and the
clear air permits outstanding viewing of the night skies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC82EDAC426684CF39E191456DF43E6E9"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the Heritage
Route includes unique and outstanding geologic features such as numerous
limestone caves, classic basin and range topography with playa lakes, alluvial
fans, volcanics, cold and hot springs, and recognizable features of ancient
Lake Bonneville;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2AA72D685B0043D6B27DEF058153E446"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the Heritage
Route includes an unusual variety of open space and recreational and
educational opportunities because of the great quantity of ranching activity
and public land (including city, county, and State parks, national forests,
Bureau of Land Management land, and a national park);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7475EB8FC80444E684BBC5F9BD1BDA2D"><enum>(12)</enum><text>there are
significant archaeological, historical, cultural, natural, scenic, and
recreational resources in the Great Basin to merit the involvement of the
Federal Government in the development, in cooperation with the Great Basin
Heritage Route Partnership and other local and governmental entities, of
programs and projects to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID443BB588F77C43429156CD9137F12245"><enum>(A)</enum><text>adequately
conserve, protect, and interpret the heritage of the Great Basin for present
and future generations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID530196AB61D64B78869AAF03DDA281BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide
opportunities in the Great Basin for education; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDA2438121AA634C96887442ADDA76C14D"><enum>(13)</enum><text>the Great Basin
Heritage Route Partnership shall serve as the local coordinating entity for a
Heritage Route established in the Great Basin.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID746F8622ABBE4FE08483A806740BC407"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of this title are—</text>
<paragraph id="IDE17C09F3D48D44ACAFB599F08131C1AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to foster a close
working relationship with all levels of government, the private sector, and the
local communities within White Pine County, Nevada, Millard County, Utah, and
the Duckwater Shoshone Reservation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2FF55E0210204DA8B2E0BB71B8E911D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to enable
communities referred to in paragraph (1) to conserve their heritage while
continuing to develop economic opportunities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7323751D66A54272B92713D2D64D265F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to conserve,
interpret, and develop the archaeological, historical, cultural, natural,
scenic, and recreational resources related to the unique ranching, industrial,
and cultural heritage of the Great Basin, in a manner that promotes multiple
uses permitted as of the date of enactment of this Act, without managing or
regulating land use.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID37A544EAA7D64F7B9C1A3FC00D7641C5"><enum>903.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="IDF131BAE67E144A87B7B6052674CC90D2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Great
Basin</header><text>The term <term>Great Basin</term> means the North American
Great Basin.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDCDCE121F0694CE593CC4EF577421AF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Heritage
Route</header><text>The term <term>Heritage Route</term> means the Great Basin
National Heritage Route established by section 904(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC718DAAD970145DCA3D9F4929DD7BCAD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>local
coordinating entity</header><text>The term <term>local coordinating
entity</term> means the Great Basin Heritage Route Partnership established by
section 904(c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCFC3C753652F4FF28A0E9A6533B27942"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Management
Plan</header><text>The term <term>management plan</term> means the plan
developed by the local coordinating entity under section 906(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID41D42520E1694F1AADF0A39577B2F97F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through
the Director of the National Park Service.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID4FB55E93469C40B7A62F33ECB0CBE699"><enum>904.</enum><header>Great Basin
National Heritage Route</header>
<subsection id="ID63A1EF6C18E64DEDA20EAD9F2F8A565A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established the Great Basin National Heritage Route to provide the public
with access to certain historical, cultural, natural, scenic, and recreational
resources in White Pine County, Nevada, Millard County, Utah, and the Duckwater
Shoshone Reservation in the State of Nevada, as designated by the local
coordinating entity.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDBC1E89BCAB634713AFE0638D6F034444"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Boundaries</header><text>The
local coordinating entity shall determine the specific boundaries of the
Heritage Route.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID81976720B7694863928EFE19777CF9D8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>local
coordinating entity</header>
<paragraph id="IDEE59C5100E45479E881696D7C2F9E3B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Great Basin Heritage Route Partnership shall serve as
the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Route.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID76BF7AE624D343269A83FEEBD96F0D3A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Board of
Directors</header><text>The Great Basin Heritage Route Partnership shall be
governed by a board of directors that consists of—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID35CC47CECCB0474FADC22E852490B5D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>4 members who are
appointed by the Board of County Commissioners for Millard County, Utah;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD5242AA9450746328AD38755F5EF4A99"><enum>(B)</enum><text>4 members who are
appointed by the Board of County Commissioners for White Pine County, Nevada;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID12FB23FD9ADE4DCA9591B814F6FE195C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a representative
appointed by each Native American Tribe participating in the Heritage
Route.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID7D3E0789E59045C1931B9341E694E370"><enum>905.</enum><header>Memorandum of
understanding</header>
<subsection id="IDF8FB27F8BCD646F49C48BEFBCDD64DCB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In carrying out this title, the Secretary, in
consultation with the Governors of the States of Nevada and Utah and the tribal
government of each Indian tribe participating in the Heritage Route, shall
enter into a memorandum of understanding with the local coordinating
entity.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDDB2F662787D44F72AF71566D5459C8A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The
memorandum of understanding shall include information relating to the
objectives and management of the Heritage Route, including—</text>
<paragraph id="ID251E2483EC1F42F78A3DB5AD0C6A43DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
the resources of the Heritage Route;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEFC0B8BABCCD436A921A4EB8897E2950"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a discussion of
the goals and objectives of the Heritage Route, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3C02BAE1482D4382B9F330801EFB27C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an explanation of
the proposed approach to conservation, development, and interpretation;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6412A955BCB040C4A0682F5E09932E89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a general outline
of the anticipated protection and development measures;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID99D862648091420CA2840FB7323DAFD9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of
the local coordinating entity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDDCC98EF01FAA4D09A51DADCCD1693DED"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a list and
statement of the financial commitment of the initial partners to be involved in
developing and implementing the management plan; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE7C60C3DA60747E9961954B46CD2A396"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a description of
the role of the States of Nevada and Utah in the management of the Heritage
Route.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDAFBC4492557B4EACB58DFB9872B6F57B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional
requirements</header><text>In developing the terms of the memorandum of
understanding, the Secretary and the local coordinating entity shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID6F2784BAB79E45BE8B64E751ED38994F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide
opportunities for local participation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8FAE1EBFCF7B49689C9BC248208C1670"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include terms
that ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, timely implementation of all
aspects of the memorandum of understanding.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDFE3E845C4B97445B9286419FECC5D0E6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amendments</header>
<paragraph id="ID25A6813210354E4AAEB58E0F7DE1E05C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall review any amendments of the
memorandum of understanding proposed by the local coordinating entity or the
Governor of the State of Nevada or Utah.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAA56032ECE4245649F8777B8A57BCE9A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Funds made available under this title shall not be expended
to implement a change made by a proposed amendment described in paragraph (1)
until the Secretary approves the amendment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID7919828339CD42F6827629CE5A8BBB23"><enum>906.</enum><header>Management
Plan</header>
<subsection id="ID47B9CE3B987243D3B0C44C372980E38F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are
made available to carry out this title, the local coordinating entity shall
develop and submit to the Secretary for approval a management plan for the
Heritage Route that—</text>
<paragraph id="IDB987F9256AE04819ADCC8CEB88C1DF6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>specifies—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0D00D06419664C16876DE39ED4B6B93F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any resources
designated by the local coordinating entity under section 904(a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3407C48D181348659634A5019974EE59"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the specific
boundaries of the Heritage Route, as determined under section 904(b);
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDB658FD7479CB492784255BEBE82D5DC8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>presents clear
and comprehensive recommendations for the conservation, funding, management,
and development of the Heritage Route.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDA5CA4B9AF2274DA9951C515950A3527D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
developing the management plan, the local coordinating entity shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDCDC3BA5341A94F838A425340ED9A7238"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for the
participation of local residents, public agencies, and private organizations
located within the counties of Millard County, Utah, White Pine County, Nevada,
and the Duckwater Shoshone Reservation in the protection and development of
resources of the Heritage Route, taking into consideration State, tribal,
county, and local land use plans in existence on the date of enactment of this
Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB299A340A714466E87E26D94C45DC5ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify sources
of funding;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC7EC17467A0445F48E7B0FE10C48615E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDA89739F487CC40159A754D0F634CC10D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a program for
implementation of the management plan by the local coordinating entity,
including—</text>
<clause id="ID102484C48FDA470DB5887F671ECF1B0C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>plans for
restoration, stabilization, rehabilitation, and construction of public or
tribal property; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID498D58C6FECF41639B2EC8E837A02C87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>specific
commitments by the identified partners referred to in section 905(b)(4) for the
first 5 years of operation; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBA1EBA1896A643A8AA8D065C092D80AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an interpretation
plan for the Heritage Route; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF4B7262073394BC18D39DE0C5315555E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develop a
management plan that will not infringe on private property rights without the
consent of the owner of the private property.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9022D779CF6D44E7B80CC542D717F49E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Failure to
submit</header><text>If the local coordinating entity fails to submit a
management plan to the Secretary in accordance with subsection (a), the
Heritage Route shall no longer qualify for Federal funding.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1138FABA895346EC95C6AD79AEE6837C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Approval and
disapproval of Management Plan</header>
<paragraph id="ID099D6F62DB1547D891E615412D34772D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after receipt of a management plan
under subsection (a), the Secretary, in consultation with the Governors of the
States of Nevada and Utah, shall approve or disapprove the management
plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8D5D718D7FAC49488F99491FB901B43B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>In
determining whether to approve a management plan, the Secretary shall consider
whether the management plan—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7DE736696AC2489B9490841E66CA1365"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has strong local
support from a diversity of landowners, business interests, nonprofit
organizations, and governments associated with the Heritage Route;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID70FCC4B2370E41DE8B9E6404A5B67DF1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is consistent
with and complements continued economic activity along the Heritage
Route;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC6D9C1B9FB9A4377A33715CEBD753228"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has a high
potential for effective partnership mechanisms;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE0C2290429D841C4A6BEA7DB81F53976"><enum>(D)</enum><text>avoids infringing
on private property rights; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID66AF5CEADC2E447292779FB5CC98B8FE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provides methods
to take appropriate action to ensure that private property rights are
observed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD7277452B16A41B590305972CD4DDDBD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Action
following disapproval</header><text>If the Secretary disapproves a management
plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5D1A31E25C30446596CAD93F53DAEB6E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advise the local
coordinating entity in writing of the reasons for the disapproval;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID33E221C6557840C0BE262FEF3F46C9DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make
recommendations for revisions to the management plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2F891D0E849A49E2BC26DE1B5899A2C4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not later than 90
days after the receipt of any proposed revision of the management plan from the
local coordinating entity, approve or disapprove the proposed revision.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0B046D98185D4E9187AF5486EB8535ED"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>On
approval of the management plan as provided in subsection (d)(1), the local
coordinating entity, in conjunction with the Secretary, shall take appropriate
steps to implement the management plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0F19F33C3A6848DA939FF675407492A1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Amendments</header>
<paragraph id="ID574A75234E0C44699AEA569DA812BF54"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall review each amendment to the
management plan that the Secretary determines may make a substantial change to
the management plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD0A9F546CE9E43038BA93F2AD622EF29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Funds made available under this title shall not be expended
to implement an amendment described in paragraph (1) until the Secretary
approves the amendment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID810DCC73D795495F89C99765E544A2DD"><enum>907.</enum><header>Authority and
duties of local coordinating entity</header>
<subsection id="IDA55CDCAAAECF4618B27CE9421A7A9F27"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorities</header><text>The
local coordinating entity may, for purposes of preparing and implementing the
management plan, use funds made available under this title to—</text>
<paragraph id="IDB1C79AEFDF8549E0944693488D1B5555"><enum>(1)</enum><text>make grants to,
and enter into cooperative agreements with, a State (including a political
subdivision), an Indian tribe, a private organization, or any person;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0F2031B648384FCF914698A706298D66"><enum>(2)</enum><text>hire and
compensate staff.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDCF5D8A73003B4A3BB7CB14409B99C73E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>In
addition to developing the management plan, the local coordinating entity
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC06F873BC84141D8AF40A0B5FC6205A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>give priority to
implementing the memorandum of understanding and the management plan, including
taking steps to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6D924663E3274D6A8D3F07404F0538D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assist units of
government, regional planning organizations, and nonprofit organizations
in—</text>
<clause id="ID21D382D95C35435F9FEB1E118386B16A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>establishing and
maintaining interpretive exhibits along the Heritage Route;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID45C2295A4A5444F49728E1917537AFE6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>developing
recreational resources along the Heritage Route;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB7BFF28481B84A3B9029B944B3E7FD73"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>increasing
public awareness of and appreciation for the archaeological, historical,
cultural, natural, scenic, and recreational resources and sites along the
Heritage Route; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID13DBE587700C4468859FE4C6EDCE64B0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>if
requested by the owner, restoring, stabilizing, or rehabilitating any private,
public, or tribal historical building relating to the themes of the Heritage
Route;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9F71EDEB941F4D32AF96A5B41E2C36C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>encourage
economic viability and diversity along the Heritage Route in accordance with
the objectives of the management plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDFEE82356D3D644C5AA3530723FA06E98"><enum>(C)</enum><text>encourage the
installation of clear, consistent, and environmentally appropriate signage
identifying access points and sites of interest along the Heritage
Route;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDB33B473AB3B44894BE6DAECE505EA067"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consider the
interests of diverse governmental, business, and nonprofit groups associated
with the Heritage Route;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6CDD58D10E8445A09308A6070F74C85E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>conduct public
meetings in the region of the Heritage Route at least semiannually regarding
the implementation of the management plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF9943EF388564A7D850E04787DC1E922"><enum>(4)</enum><text>submit
substantial amendments (including any increase of more than 20 percent in the
cost estimates for implementation) to the management plan to the Secretary for
approval by the Secretary; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB64E24421C9649E881D9CED6EA4DA67A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for any year for
which Federal funds are received under this title—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6267D33F7DB14443A37F40110509E8AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>submit to the
Secretary a report that describes, for the year—</text>
<clause id="ID61D6545433174D378D3C7A1FF02D62C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
accomplishments of the local coordinating entity;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID32262C7B5E1640B998D7D3C7912BFC1C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the expenses and
income of the local coordinating entity; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4D8162D3EE5848A79D41817A35F2663B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>each entity to
which any loan or grant was made;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID970D7632AC974BACAC5893F968E19CFD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make available
for audit all records pertaining to the expenditure of the funds and any
matching funds; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB4334DD4E3174B25BB8CBB9995B23139"><enum>(C)</enum><text>require, for all
agreements authorizing the expenditure of Federal funds by any entity, that the
receiving entity make available for audit all records pertaining to the
expenditure of the funds.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF961FDC60986411D84C60DFE6EB20DA5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition on
the acquisition of real property</header><text>The local coordinating entity
shall not use Federal funds made available under this title to acquire real
property or any interest in real property.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7B6A49A6AEF44458975CDDBB42542E5E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on
the regulation of land use</header><text>The local coordinating entity shall
not regulate land use within the Heritage Route.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID40FBDE5641F2411AA64D1A8E9CB649AE"><enum>908.</enum><header>Duties and
authorities of Federal agencies</header>
<subsection id="IDE53A8682208F4EFB94D32B774E1238A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical and
financial assistance</header>
<paragraph id="IDFB4BC33B90BD453998460E0ACABD787A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may, on request of the local coordinating
entity, provide technical and financial assistance to develop and implement the
management plan and memorandum of understanding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID000A66E6122540F4A356E682A9EFB189"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority for
assistance</header><text>In providing assistance under paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall, on request of the local coordinating entity, give priority to
actions that assist in—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDF2A0DE093F7646D2A38075424E6BE152"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conserving the
significant archaeological, historical, cultural, natural, scenic, and
recreational resources of the Heritage Route; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID53700C6807004B40A96D6C3D7CE8B797"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing
education, interpretive, and recreational opportunities, and other uses
consistent with those resources.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF97F436AA56B4CFF99E9FDA4062C628C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application of
Federal law</header><text>The establishment of the Heritage Route shall have no
effect on the application of any Federal law to any property within the
Heritage Route.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDF64544EA9811414C87094E325A82F207"><enum>909.</enum><header>Land use
regulation; applicability of Federal law</header>
<subsection id="ID4E24C6A6D0BA4E0B88E0B7353CBAF1A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Land use
regulation</header><text>Nothing in this title—</text>
<paragraph id="IDE932A5B1E303434F83D5B3CD08E2979F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>modifies,
enlarges, or diminishes any authority of the Federal, State, tribal, or local
government to regulate by law (including by regulation) any use of land;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID21E67E1752854D5A96C0578CC6E35BF3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>grants any power
of zoning or land use to the local coordinating entity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID33F21FCC800F4948AE02BFD03D566E35"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability
of Federal law</header><text>Nothing in this title—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC34980645DA2433DB7D8F971A2DBA685"><enum>(1)</enum><text>imposes on the
Heritage Route, as a result of the designation of the Heritage Route, any
regulation that is not applicable to the area within the Heritage Route as of
the date of enactment of this Act; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF08C6AFC7579484EA8A394878B46D107"><enum>(2)</enum><text>authorizes any
agency to promulgate a regulation that applies to the Heritage Route solely as
a result of the designation of the Heritage Route under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDB7FF2F503FCD480999C60E760C3DF3B5"><enum>910.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="ID517F2A524D564A6D8D97397E7CF9315C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
title $10,000,000, of which not more than $1,000,000 may be made available for
any fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3E376CB998A94083B3E78E8918F79474"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost
sharing</header>
<paragraph id="ID6132D4DC39E3437F8C189CAB8E48E16C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of any activity assisted
under this title shall not exceed 50 percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2FA50796459F480DA6C4B797A15E93DE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of
Non-Federal share</header><text>The non-Federal share may be in the form of
in-kind contributions, donations, grants, and loans from individuals and State
or local governments or agencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID5F2995F7D9AD45718BD7AE7E383DEE39"><enum>911.</enum><header>Termination of
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authority of the
Secretary to provide assistance under this title terminates on the date that is
15 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</section>