[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1319 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1319

 To validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2015

  Mr. Heller 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 validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, 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. FINAL PATENT AND LAND RECONFIGURATION IN CLARK COUNTY AND 
              LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA.

    (a) In General.--Patent number 27-2005-0081 and the associated land 
reconfiguration issued by the Bureau of Land Management on February 18, 
2005, as depicted on the map prepared by the Bureau of Land Management 
entitled ``Lincoln County Land Patent'' and dated December 4, 2014, is 
affirmed and validated as having been issued pursuant to, and in 
compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 
1988 (Public Law 100-275; 102 Stat. 52), the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for the 
benefit of the desert tortoise, other species, and the habitat of the 
desert tortoise and other species to increase the likelihood of the 
recovery of the desert tortoise and other species.
    (b) Issuance of Lincoln County Patent.--
            (1) In general.--The Director of the Bureau of Land 
        Management may issue a patent for 7,548 acres of land in 
        Lincoln County, Nevada, that is--
                    (A) depicted on the map described in subsection 
                (a); and
                    (B) described in the legal description of the 
                proposed lease and fee land on file in the Ely District 
                Office of the Bureau of Land Management.
            (2) Applicable law.--A patent issued under paragraph (1) 
        shall be considered to have been issued pursuant to, and in 
        compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization 
        Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-275; 102 Stat. 52).
    (c) Ratification of Reconfiguration.--The process used by the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land 
Management in reconfiguring the land described in subsection (a), as 
depicted 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 ratified.
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