II Calendar No. 542 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 762 [Report No. 111–272] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 16, 2009 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources August 5, 2010 Reported by Mr. Bingaman, without amendment AN ACT To validate final patent number 27–2005–0081, and for other purposes.

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Final patent and land reconfiguration in Clark County and Lincoln County, Nevada

Patent No. 27–2005–0081 and its associated land reconfiguration issued by the Bureau of Land Management on February 18, 2005, is hereby affirmed and validated as having been issued pursuant to and in compliance with the provisions of the Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–275), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 for the benefit of the desert tortoise and other species and their habitat to increase the likelihood of their recovery. The process utilized by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management in reconfiguring the lands as shown on Exhibit 1–4 of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Planned Development Project MSHCP, Lincoln County, NV (FWS–R8–ES–2008–N0136) and the reconfiguration provided for in Special Condition 10 of Army Corps of Engineers Permit No. 200125042 are hereby ratified.

August 5, 2010 Reported without amendment