[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 916 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 916

 To provide for the release of certain land from the Sunrise Mountain 
 Instant Study Area in the State of Nevada and to grant a right-of-way 
  across the released land for the construction and maintenance of a 
                         flood control project.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 27, 2005

 Mr. Reid (for himself and Mr. Ensign) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the release of certain land from the Sunrise Mountain 
 Instant Study Area in the State of Nevada and to grant a right-of-way 
  across the released land for the construction and maintenance of a 
                         flood control project.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Orchard Detention Basin Flood 
Control Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) County.--The term ``County'' means Clark County, 
        Nevada.
            (2) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Orchard 
        Detention Basin'' and dated March 18, 2005.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. RELEASE OF CERTAIN LAND IN THE SUNRISE MOUNTAIN INSTANT STUDY 
              AREA.

    (a) Finding.--Congress finds that the land described in subsection 
(c) has been adequately studied for wilderness designation under 
section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1782).
    (b) Release.--The land described in subsection (c)--
            (1) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal 
        Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and
            (2) shall be managed in accordance with--
                    (A) land management plans adopted under section 202 
                of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712); and
                    (B) cooperative conservation agreements in 
                existence on the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Description of Land.--The land referred to in subsections (a) 
and (b) is the approximately 65 acres of land in the Sunrise Mountain 
Instant Study Area of the County that is--
            (1) known as the ``Orchard Detention Basin''; and
            (2) designated for release on the map.
    (d) Right-of-Way.--The Secretary shall grant to the County a right-
of-way to the land described in subsection (c) for the construction and 
maintenance of the Orchard Detention Basin Project on the land.
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