[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6453 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6453

To facilitate planning, permitting, administration, implementation, and 
 monitoring of pinyon-juniper dominated landscape restoration projects 
         within Lincoln County, Nevada, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2012

  Mr. Amodei introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To facilitate planning, permitting, administration, implementation, and 
 monitoring of pinyon-juniper dominated landscape restoration projects 
         within Lincoln County, Nevada, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. FACILITATION OF PINYON-JUNIPER RELATED PROJECTS.

    (a) Availability of Special Account Under Lincoln County Land Act 
of 2000.--Section 5(b) of the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106-298; 114 Stat. 1048), is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``and 
                implementation'' after ``development''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking ``; and'' 
                        and inserting a semicolon; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following new 
                        clause:
                    ``(iii) planning, permitting, administration, 
                implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juniper 
                dominated landscape restoration projects within Lincoln 
                County, consistent with the Ely Resource Management 
                Plan; and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Waiver of fees.--Processing of applications for 
        rights-of-way submitted by a local government or regional 
        government to serve lands conveyed pursuant to this Act shall 
        not require payment of cost recovery fees or payment of 
        contributed funds.''.
    (b) Availability of Special Account Under Lincoln County 
Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004.--Section 103 of 
the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 
2004 (Public Law 108-424; 118 Stat. 2406) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(G) planning, permitting, administration, 
                implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juniper 
                dominated landscape restoration projects within Lincoln 
                County, consistent with the Ely Resource Management 
                Plan.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Waiver of Fees.--Processing of applications for rights-of-way 
submitted by a local government or regional government to serve lands 
conveyed pursuant to this Act shall not require payment of cost 
recovery fees or payment of contributed funds.''.

SEC. 2. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.

    (a) Disposition of Proceeds Under Lincoln County Land Act of 
2000.--Section 5(a)(2) of the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106-298; 114 Stat. 1047) is amended by inserting ``and economic 
development'' after ``schools''.
    (b) Disposition of Proceeds Under Lincoln County Conservation, 
Recreation, and Development Act of 2004.--Section 103(b)(2) of the 
Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 
(Public Law 108-424; 118 Stat. 2405) is amended by striking ``and 
transportation'' and inserting ``transportation, and economic 
development''.

SEC. 3. CERTAIN LANDS IN UTILITY CORRIDOR NOT WITHDRAWN.

    Section 301(c) of the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and 
Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-424; 118 Stat. 2413) is 
amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ``, except 
for land in such corridors located in sections 7, 8, 9, 10, and 15, 
Township 7 North, Range 68 East,'' after ``subsection (a)''.
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