[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2898 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2898

 To provide for the release of certain land from the Sunrise Mountain 
               Instant Study Area in the State of Nevada.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 22, 2008

 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.

    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. 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 the 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 Clark County, Nevada, that is--
            (1) known as the ``Orchard Detention Basin''; and
            (2) designated for release on the map titled ``Orchard 
        Detention Basin'' and dated March 18, 2005.
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