107 HR 3173 IH: Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2023
U.S. House of Representatives
2023-05-10
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2023
.(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Title I—Douglas County Sec. 101. Purpose.Sec. 102. Definitions.Subtitle A—Land Conveyances and SalesSec. 111. Conveyance to State of Nevada.Sec. 112. Tahoe Rim Trail.Sec. 113. Conveyance to Douglas County, Nevada.Sec. 114. Sale of certain Federal land.Sec. 115. Open Space Recreation Area.Subtitle B—Tribal Cultural ResourcesSec. 121. Transfer of land to be held in trust for Tribe.Subtitle C—Resolution of Burbank Canyons Wilderness Study AreaSec. 131. Addition to National Wilderness Preservation System.Sec. 132. Administration.Sec. 133. Fish and wildlife management.Sec. 134. Release of wilderness study area.Sec. 135. Native American cultural and religious uses.Subtitle D—Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction over Forest Service LandSec. 141. Authority of Forest Service to transfer administrative jurisdiction to State or county for public purposes.Sec. 142. Special use permits for recreation and public purposes.Title II—Incline Village Fire ProtectionSec. 201. Purpose.Sec. 202. Definitions.Sec. 203. Land conveyances for public purposes.Title III—Northern Nevada Flood Protection and ManagementSec. 301. Purpose.Sec. 302. Definitions.Sec. 303. Land conveyances for flood protection.Title IV—Ruby Mountains Protection ActSec. 401. Short title.Sec. 402. Withdrawal of certain National Forest System Land.Sec. 403. Withdrawal of certain National Wildlife Refuge System Land.Title V—Carson City Public Lands CorrectionSec. 501. Definitions.Sec. 502. Land conveyances.Sec. 503. Carson City street connector conveyance.Sec. 504. Amendment to reversionary interests.Sec. 505. Disposal of Federal land.Sec. 506. Transfer of land to the United States.Sec. 507. Disposition of proceeds.Sec. 508. Postponement; exclusion from sale.Title VI—Pershing County Economic Development and ConservationSec. 601. Short title.Sec. 602. Definitions.Subtitle A—Checkerboard Land ResolutionSec. 611. Findings.Sec. 612. Definitions.Sec. 613. Sale or exchange of eligible land.Sec. 614. Sale of encumbered land.Sec. 615. Disposition of proceeds.Sec. 616. Conveyance of land for use as a public cemetery.Subtitle B—Wilderness AreasSec. 621. Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System.Sec. 622. Administration.Sec. 623. Wildlife management.Sec. 624. Release of wilderness study areas.Sec. 625. Native American cultural and religious uses.Title VII—Federal ComplexSec. 701. Federal Complex.Title VIII—Implementation of White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development ActSec. 801. Disposition of proceeds.Sec. 802. Conveyance to White Pine County, Nevada.Sec. 803. Issuance of corrective patents.Title IX—Fernley Economic Development ActSec. 901. Short title.Sec. 902. Land conveyances.Title X—Conveyances to the City of SparksSec. 1001. Definitions.Sec. 1002. Conveyance of land for use as a public cemetery.Sec. 1003. Conveyance of land for use as regional public parks.Title XI—General ProvisionsSec. 1101. Public purpose conveyances.Sec. 1102. Use of certain sand and gravel.Sec. 1103. Administration of State water rights.Sec. 1104. Amendment to conveyance of Federal land in Storey County, Nevada.Title XII—Greenlink West ProjectSec. 1201. Greenlink West Project.<enum>I</enum><header>Douglas County </header><section id="H0A12BEBFD9F844B6AFDDA9192FA7A031"><enum>101.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for sensible development in Douglas County, Nevada, and for other purposes.</text></section><section id="HE7B789E6681E43BA804D285689577117"><enum>102.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="H3E5EBD00780B4D72993F684317695DC6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>County</header><text>The term <term>County</term> means Douglas County, Nevada.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H132C6CE0A0AA4160B5C74EFFDE783A5D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Map</header><text>The term <term>Map</term> means the map entitled <quote>Douglas County Economic Development and Conservation Act</quote> and dated October 14, 2019.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5321BEA4D94F48349784899ED37874F0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Public land</header><text>The term <term>public land</term> has the meaning given the term <term>public lands</term> in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1702">43 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C4AD0919D8E4AE49B15A5C23600B442"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary concerned</header><text>The term <term>Secretary concerned</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="H4091283E27A747F09BB6E87B9C473BE0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to National Forest System land, the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Chief of the Forest Service); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FCE2AC92C6C4AEA99F359764C8D6A7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, including land held for the benefit of the Tribe, the Secretary of the Interior.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC96DF39855C54F82BB6CD9A737149FDD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means the State of Nevada.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H674F6F4C97B041CABD6D7540ACE3A964"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Tribe</header><text>The term <term>Tribe</term> means the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD7CDC5EF4F794D7383EE913911D0CADA"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Wilderness</header><text>The term <term>Wilderness</term> means the Burbank Canyons Wilderness designated by this title.</text></paragraph></section><subtitle id="H316A13DF299B48839F4F5C611F165ADD"><enum>A</enum><header>Land Conveyances and Sales</header><section id="H434DEA91C922495F92C7F28B7238B84D"><enum>111.</enum><header>Conveyance to State of Nevada</header><subsection id="HD8CF87F622654F2B9F7D68686808DD6C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary concerned shall convey to the State without consideration all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land described in subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="HBBE202B003D54ABAB592D4B14594E035"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The land referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 67 acres of Forest Service land generally depicted as <quote>Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park</quote> on the Map.</text></subsection><subsection id="H0BD59DB59A8F4A06A92D1A3CD727947E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>As a condition for the conveyance under subsection (a), all costs associated with such conveyances shall be paid by the State.</text></subsection><subsection id="H79E995E0527E4AAD8B60FBA1BCCD5CC3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of land</header><paragraph id="H8DCAF398C6CA4B2B9240FE0143CB2F9D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any land conveyed to the State under subsection (a) shall be used only for—</text><subparagraph id="HFD1967F40F3942EAB71149B233A21D4E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the conservation of wildlife or natural resources; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97FB3075CB2645E48632DADDB00A2F04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a public park.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2AF92283E6F84B9E973C2E9DE3DC6905"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Facilities</header><text>Any facility on the land conveyed under subsection (a) shall be constructed and managed in a manner consistent with the uses described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H15B12F85F668477CBB02B880EDA13EF7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If any portion of the land conveyed under subsection (a) is used in a manner that is inconsistent with the uses described in subsection (d), the land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary concerned, revert to the United States.</text></subsection></section><section id="H319D64635D0B4D8A91F94FF689C49743"><enum>112.</enum><header>Tahoe Rim Trail</header><subsection id="H9096077BAB684970927DA45450DB7EE0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the County and other stakeholders, shall develop and implement a cooperative management agreement for the land described in subsection (b)—</text><paragraph id="H293B80AC96CE4AB5BCD18C04C6A9596C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to improve the quality of recreation access by providing additional amenities as agreed on by the Secretary and the County; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H70040D26598B42A58BE7173872B3C120"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to conserve the natural resources values.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC119881DF2574373B679A90BEAA4F9AA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The land referred to in subsection (a) consists of the approximately 13 acres of land generally depicted as <quote>Tahoe Rim Trail North Parcel</quote> on the Map.</text></subsection></section><section id="H13D0C0B1151E40979BEB56755EE24B3C"><enum>113.</enum><header>Conveyance to Douglas County, Nevada</header><subsection id="HD2A3BFF8150F4F1BA700C031429EA7E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of federal land</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Federal land</term> means the approximately 7,777 acres of Federal land located in the County that is identified as <quote>Douglas County Land Conveyances</quote> on the Map.</text></subsection><subsection id="H09AA30D797504DE1B19E515184CD5052"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of conveyance</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights and notwithstanding the land use planning requirements of section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>), not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary concerned receives a request from the County for the conveyance of the Federal land, the Secretary concerned shall convey to the County, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land.</text></subsection><subsection id="HE9DA200B88724F10828388864D22341A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>Any costs relating to the conveyance authorized under subsection (b), including any costs for surveys and other administrative costs, shall be paid by the County.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC158E4F802894F369B88835E0DDF8635"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of Federal land</header><paragraph id="H44F39AD823C84A3E81D5524F5CD667DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal land conveyed under subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="HD8250669926541909B6925AE4DB06BDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may be used by the County for flood control or any other public purpose consistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the <quote>Recreation and Public Purposes Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/869">43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H020E8669454C4B158D84BD64BD575BEA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not be disposed of by the County.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1944C383545A442DBDF9D80758CF4584"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If the Federal land conveyed under subsection (b) is used in a manner inconsistent with paragraph (1), the Federal land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary concerned, revert to the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE99D97FEE7D140B7B2BA2C80BC42F8D1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Acquisition of Federal reversionary interest</header><paragraph id="H322567843736471D9B824427C5726F4F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Request</header><text>The County may submit to the Secretary concerned a request to acquire the Federal reversionary interest in all or any portion of the Federal land conveyed under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBD6CDA2968144E0AA74FE91FE0CBDDAE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appraisal</header><subparagraph id="H309667B281BD4DF6854ADFFBE5BC9733"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of receipt of a request under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall complete an appraisal of the Federal reversionary interest in the Federal land requested by the County.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD93175B89FDD4C438A49B00653F86EF7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The appraisal under subparagraph (A) shall be completed in accordance with—</text><clause id="H5ACFF580AA204F27BD23CB7A1D81330C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions; and</text></clause><clause id="HA078E23C080C41CBBC64F252328CE468"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1BCD8DA97A3C475DA049FDE62CCB12AD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conveyance required</header><subparagraph id="H8544665BA2B74CFEAC1B25D6313D54C6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If, by the date that is 1 year after the date of completion of the appraisal under paragraph (2), the County submits to the Secretary concerned an offer to acquire the Federal reversionary interest requested under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned, by not later than the date that is 30 days after the date on which the offer is submitted, shall convey to the County that reversionary interest.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCFFD095CB36499691E629EC0ABF36F8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>As consideration for the conveyance of the Federal reversionary interest under subparagraph (A), the County shall pay to the Secretary concerned an amount equal to the appraised value of the Federal reversionary interest, as determined under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95939FF70AB94CDBB49A8ED8CC004785"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Costs of conveyance</header><text>Any costs relating to the conveyance under subparagraph (A), including any costs for surveys and other administrative costs, shall be paid by the Secretary concerned.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDA9952D51CCD47B4A1EA94F1F63C8487"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Disposition of proceeds</header><text>Any amounts collected under this subsection shall be disposed of in accordance with section 114(i) of this title.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2FBE38547C0C4004AE7496C37B30BB90"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Revocation of orders</header><text>Any public land order that withdraws any of the land described in subsection (a) from appropriation or disposal under a public land law shall be revoked to the extent necessary to permit disposal of that land.</text></subsection></section><section id="H4B7D0DF6B8B945FC9D27EA047C96B90A"><enum>114.</enum><header>Sale of certain Federal land</header><subsection id="HC8B02E1C01A241DEA44CB223F6CC68A5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding sections 202 and 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>, 1713), the Secretary concerned shall, in accordance with the other provisions of that Act and any other applicable law, and subject to valid existing rights, conduct one or more sales of the Federal land including mineral rights described in subsection (b) to qualified bidders.</text></subsection><subsection id="HCA98D81C2C2D41A8A4DD7D9C7D0D56CD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The Federal land referred to in subsection (a) consists of—</text><paragraph id="HF2F4EC87B7614A8DABB4866DB9771BD0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the approximately 31.5 acres of public land generally depicted as <quote>Lands for Disposal</quote> on the Map; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H328733934F634A809988CEEE005716FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not more than 10,000 acres of land in the County that—</text><subparagraph id="H41D369648F4C4FB6B38570CDD804730F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is not segregated or withdrawn on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, unless the land is withdrawn in accordance with subsection (g); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24F2EA95196C41AC96BD5FF6139C6D57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is identified for disposal by the Secretary concerned through—</text><clause id="H88EBCDE0851D495E83BD1163E9BA2D5C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Carson City Consolidated Resource Management Plan; or</text></clause><clause id="H9979BD78CAD64687BC69BCEFB3E5B42B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any subsequent amendment to the management plan that is undertaken with full public involvement.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H23B82862D05C4508855753B7F7862FE9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Joint selection required</header><text>The Secretary concerned and the County shall jointly select which parcels of the Federal land described in subsection (b)(2) to offer for sale under subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="H9E7A6D1D6D574B0CBFF98C8DC9475C01"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance with local planning and zoning laws</header><text>Before carrying out a sale of Federal land under subsection (a), the County shall submit to the Secretary concerned a certification that qualified bidders have agreed to comply with—</text><paragraph id="H69878152FCE84BD893C9FA8DA6891924"><enum>(1)</enum><text>County zoning ordinances; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F69B0061EDF4561A75397A80F5FD3C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any master plan for the area approved by the County.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1DAC76F1F2794B16B0E2680B38A56EC8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Method of sale</header><text>The sale of Federal land under subsection (a) shall be—</text><paragraph id="HAF573DDF1C974C6DBEBE5DD9715F995A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sold through a competitive bidding process, unless otherwise determined by the Secretary concerned; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HADDDE7B42C1D48EB83C15912EE56B7BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for not less than fair market value.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9E17DEA2828543C58C151021197286AA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Recreation and public purposes act conveyances</header><paragraph id="H2DDCCE15278842838AE29A260C05E31F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days before any land described in subsection (b) is offered for sale under subsection (a), the State or County may elect to obtain the land for public purposes in accordance with the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the <quote>Recreation and Public Purposes Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/869">43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAEFF27A826EE421B965013DD9F7A6A4D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Retention</header><text>Pursuant to an election made under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall retain the elected land for conveyance to the State or County in accordance with the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the <quote>Recreation and Public Purposes Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/869">43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD5E6604412D945B7975BFADCD5CD0608"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Withdrawal</header><paragraph id="H16E1EBBADF2C4D388E1D440BB7A9A990"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights and except as provided in paragraph (2), the Federal land described in subsection (b) is withdrawn from—</text><subparagraph id="H5754BAD65FE54E3CA7960A89827D3691"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H804846C07D14431C81986405D48AFF73"><enum>(B)</enum><text>location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1BC71B720C8A46F9B226A9CF7A08E44D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7FA6CDC94E624EC5A1D28B7E6033BA2D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The withdrawal under paragraph (1) shall be terminated—</text><subparagraph id="H38618D0E0D884CD88D9C853B4E3DF7C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on the date of sale or conveyance of title to the land including mineral rights described in subsection (b) pursuant to this title; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E7EDF723E164245893A1F8511BC7120"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to any land described in subsection (b) that is not sold or exchanged, not later than 1 year after the date on which the land was offered for sale under this title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H29A71193E01E46CE9BF773B1F2E24AEA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Paragraph (1)(A) shall not apply to a sale made consistent with this section or an election by the County or the State to obtain the land described in subsection (b) for public purposes under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the <quote>Recreation and Public Purposes Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/869">43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFBD39DFCDED2486299D2B30C4379E0FB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Deadline for sale</header><paragraph id="H38F7276F9D50420C8AF525B8BB34C3F8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, if there is a qualified bidder for the land described in subsection (b), the Secretary concerned shall offer the land for sale to the qualified bidder.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4AD884118BFE423EB5E13A17FEB43133"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Postponement; exclusion from sale</header><text>At the request of the County, the Secretary concerned may temporarily postpone or exclude from the sale under paragraph (1) all or a portion of the land described in subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A8709E88BBD4E9280E247989D1C6A1B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Disposition of proceeds</header><text>Of the proceeds from the sale under this section—</text><paragraph id="H269A065A3B5F412F8F79022DC8927E0B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>5 percent shall be disbursed to the State for use by the State for general education programs of the State;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HACD95D48AFA048FE82FAD088F841A0C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>10 percent shall be disbursed to the County for use by the County for general budgeting purposes; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3D680DC1034149A8B1172F5AF47D4F24"><enum>(3)</enum><text>85 percent shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury of the United States, to be known as the <quote>Douglas County Special Account</quote>, which shall be available to the Secretary concerned until expended, without further appropriation—</text><subparagraph id="H137AB1A7D14B4363A43A678FE5CE0125"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to reimburse costs incurred by the Secretary concerned in preparing for the sale of the land described in subsection (b), including—</text><clause id="H61C1B8CA794F40F8A702B1F9D9AB3CDF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the costs of surveys and appraisals; and</text></clause><clause id="H8DA127D644404A04BFA1F4CD51A38836"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the costs of compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) and sections 202 and 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>, 1713);</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81DAEFBFC4534AC7B3D0C5631EA79891"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to reimburse costs incurred by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in preparing for and carrying out the transfers of land to be held in trust by the United States under title II; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C2BE7DCA6884C66981E8CE5B76679AF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to acquire environmentally sensitive land or an interest in environmentally sensitive land in the County—</text><clause id="H2CB5A957F55C4760A2717B082565442F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>pursuant to the Douglas County Open Space and Agricultural Lands Preservation Implementation Plan, or any subsequent amendment to the plan that is undertaken with full public involvement; and</text></clause><clause id="H27F9D58C94CC4505A063B6BA3F9F5A19"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for flood control purposes.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8BDBDCAEFA654C39B459D4AEA3CE9C1F"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Revocation of orders</header><text>Any public land order that withdraws any of the land described in subsection (b) from appropriation or disposal under a public land law shall be revoked to the extent necessary to permit disposal of that land.</text></subsection></section><section id="H94B6852CCB5A4B6390024FEC42045CBA"><enum>115.</enum><header>Open Space Recreation Area</header><subsection id="H551E73BA17454ADAA5303F839B6D0DC6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of conveyance</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture receives a request from the County, the Secretary shall convey to the County, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land to be used for recreation and any other public purpose consistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the <quote>Recreation and Public Purposes Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/869">43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="H311A55CD2C10471A8DF1820D3F727CCB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The land referred to in subsection (a) consists of approximately 1,084 acres of land as depicted as <quote>Open Space Recreation Area</quote> on the Map.</text></subsection><subsection id="H178C83671B004AA8A754D79D12F90E3B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>Any costs relating to the conveyance authorized under subsection (b), including any costs for surveys and other administrative costs, shall be paid by the County.</text></subsection><subsection id="HA842A9CABC704E1DBC8812513CDF65B3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of Federal land</header><text>The Federal land conveyed under subsection (a) shall not be disposed of by the County.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H59C387FFAABD42E5BE9F291C1A639D1C"><enum>B</enum><header>Tribal Cultural Resources</header><section id="HE9A277DB1FB94E62B4CE08D018B96A27"><enum>121.</enum><header>Transfer of land to be held in trust for Tribe</header><subsection id="HAEF4DDBE19C84626B99975FF9F85345A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land described in subsection (b)—</text><paragraph id="H92A7F8309D1540B0A53D17FD542BAC11"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H40D7FB0541C84B679A67C485D4A995AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be part of the reservation of the Tribe.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H85039795DE36457BB504E2470933249C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The land referred to in subsection (a) consists of—</text><paragraph id="HE5DD2D105BCA4419AE3A52E02466DD63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>approximately 2,669 acres of Federal land generally depicted as <quote>Washoe Tribe Conveyances</quote> on the Map; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDBF717564D334B2DB7059F8C99770390"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any land administered on the date of the enactment of this Act by the Bureau of Land Management or the Forest Service and generally depicted as <quote>Section 5 lands</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB658C818A9BB49DDB06529E579D3525D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Survey</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned shall complete a survey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries of the land taken into trust under subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="HC99BA0CFB38A4269A13A7D27E17A8946"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of trust land</header><paragraph id="HC8F04845BD3B415CA22FFE4F8A8FB922"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Gaming</header><text>Land taken into trust under this section shall not be eligible, or considered to have been taken into trust, for class II gaming or class III gaming (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2703">25 U.S.C. 2703</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD64CC47BE3E24945B1C4AE05F743DD74"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Thinning; landscape restoration</header><subparagraph id="H2355B157D3024D3EB40247E3D771F3B6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary concerned, in consultation and coordination with the Tribe, may carry out any fuel reduction and other landscape restoration activities on the land taken into trust under subsection (a) (including land that includes threatened and endangered species habitat), that are beneficial to—</text><clause id="H9C36950338854619A38BCE8A37C3227B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Tribe; and</text></clause><clause id="H54517687A61D459D89D51EC2C187C128"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD422DFEADC5F4FDABCDC0D6577A36351"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Bureau of Land Management; or</text></subclause><subclause id="HA0FD9FB6EFEE48A49055600AD398B193" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Forest Service.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H29B30343BAF742068EB6D3FFCB413F3D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conservation benefits</header><text>Activities carried out under subparagraph (A) include activities that provide conservation benefits to a species—</text><clause id="H97E10CDF8AAF4A5D8778A0580393F0D9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that is not listed as endangered or threatened under section 4(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1533">16 U.S.C. 1533(c)</external-xref>); but</text></clause><clause id="H286C2A5E3A2F41B28FC0ACD81F06A1DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is—</text><subclause id="H22F1A16A38D6440EBA19B9C76623302C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>listed by a State as a threatened or endangered species;</text></subclause><subclause id="HBC693D6AB8564D68A8A833217CB77688"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a species of concern; or</text></subclause><subclause id="HA80EE84A7BFA477098F835247736FC92"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a candidate for a listing as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H24896251D67A4CF3A13C2B28B1A777A7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Water rights</header><text>Nothing in this section affects the allocation, ownership, interest, or control, as in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act, of any water, water right, or any other valid existing right held by the United States, an Indian tribe, a State, or a person.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H5DCA050D5BEE4BA8B5845AB2BF57F4F0"><enum>C</enum><header>Resolution of Burbank Canyons Wilderness Study Area</header><section id="H8DFFF2738A484D9DB65A006351D256E4"><enum>131.</enum><header>Addition to National Wilderness Preservation System</header><subsection id="H930CE0E147EE403691AD79492D365DE9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>), the approximately 12,392 acres of Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, as generally depicted on the Map as <quote>Burbank Canyons Wilderness</quote> is designated as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the <quote>Burbank Canyons Wilderness</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="H2300C8A27B9649BD80EE16C442F76021"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Boundary</header><text>The boundary of any portion of the Wilderness that is bordered by a road shall be at least 100 feet from the centerline of the road to allow public access.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC710FBA0E8DA45E39732F2F8064747BB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Map and legal description</header><paragraph id="HC72E60EF91034630A6515491F2A0DF40"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned shall prepare a map and legal description of the Wilderness.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA225F69B37CC4D29BBEA5D8D2A8B5E65"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>The map and legal description prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this title, except that the Secretary concerned may correct any minor error in the map or legal description.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8E1F60EB39FF4A2B80D4C01A0BFD69FA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>A copy of the map and legal description prepared under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53B080AFB49846E2BCD9F6D02EE5094F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Withdrawal</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights, the Wilderness is withdrawn from—</text><paragraph id="HB6C84F6D976B41ABB2F5C9B69657EEC0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8D7EF458FDC843629BE2230FA7BFBBBA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCA1A62BDAF9646F6B6286840883A51CA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6B83FBD73932410F8A5F92EFC60D97A4"><enum>132.</enum><header>Administration</header><subsection id="H8B0EF100985E42B0997275D8E9819996"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Management</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights, the Wilderness shall be administered by the Secretary concerned in accordance with the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>), except that—</text><paragraph id="HC2BDA372BACC472881908CD062626E47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any reference in that Act to the effective date shall be considered to be a reference to the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5854F6A51ABF4656920A3D05FCD1D9C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any reference in that Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2565ACB96E444DC689AC8B84681AF7CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Livestock</header><text>The grazing of livestock in the Wilderness, if established before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be allowed to continue, subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary concerned considers to be necessary in accordance with—</text><paragraph id="H152BAC707C164933A100643C085C50D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1133">16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCC5442D90AD94FB1855A5B0CC518E6F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House Report 101–405).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4218705CF9B14F7C884A25482F4E7D9A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Incorporation of acquired land and interests</header><text>Any land or interest in land within the boundaries of the Wilderness that is acquired by the United States after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be added to and administered as part of the Wilderness.</text></subsection><subsection id="H6A2FBA133E314FA384EDBB4D47D7E033"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adjacent management</header><paragraph id="H508D5978C81F488F9DE661686FB28685"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Congress does not intend for the designation of the Wilderness to create a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the Wilderness.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDA54491F45264C37AC52B19CC01CCD9E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonwilderness activities</header><text>The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from areas within the Wilderness shall not preclude the conduct of the activities or uses outside the boundary of the Wilderness.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3FCB93EFB572419DB73D789856DB0491"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Military overflights</header><text>Nothing in this title restricts or precludes—</text><paragraph id="H3A273856553B4A2DB596EC1EA8F7D434"><enum>(1)</enum><text>low-level overflights of military aircraft over the Wilderness, including military overflights that can be seen or heard within the wilderness area;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H659D521454BD4752B8D66C8AAE7714AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>flight testing and evaluation; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H979C16312825445B8AB4D8FAE5E74CC7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the designation or creation of new units of special use airspace, or the establishment of military flight training routes, over the Wilderness.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H37ED529209894824AD21A436D751D6F9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Existing airstrips</header><text>Nothing in this title restricts or precludes low-level overflights by aircraft utilizing airstrips in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act that are located within 5 miles of the proposed boundary of the Wilderness.</text></subsection><subsection id="H27B1F340293D46BC886E4A28526DD502"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Wildfire, insect, and disease management</header><text>In accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1133">16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)</external-xref>), the Secretary concerned may take any measures in the Wilderness that the Secretary concerned determines to be necessary for the control of fire, insects, and diseases, including, as the Secretary concerned determines to be appropriate, the coordination of the activities with the State or a local agency.</text></subsection><subsection id="H82D1EE0BE6F844B9B3731F96410AD5A2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Data collection</header><text>In accordance with the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>) and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, the Secretary concerned may authorize the installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or climatological collection devices in the Wilderness if the Secretary concerned determines that the facilities and access to the facilities are essential to flood warning, flood control, or water reservoir operation activities.</text></subsection><subsection id="HAFA8A8EA6B134FB28674C54490A4B595"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Water rights</header><paragraph id="H0231B06A3A39484AB3912A66FF445FDF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds that—</text><subparagraph id="H75B1023BE40E4606B7B86A4F1B8CE43E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Wilderness is located—</text><clause id="HA2C5DC966B3A4849AB20F54581E324B4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the semiarid region of the Great Basin; and</text></clause><clause id="HE800E8973317403584DFAD0D95CC736D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at the headwaters for the streams and rivers on land with respect to which there are few, if any—</text><subclause id="H0A9C3FFC18ED44BD87600B2438801B6D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>actual or proposed water resource facilities located upstream; and</text></subclause><subclause id="HD8BE57D31FAB4937AE193F7E3790137C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>opportunities for diversion, storage, or other uses of water occurring outside the land that would adversely affect the wilderness values of the land;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2778D2B8CBFB4A07A9EA3878B74E35CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Wilderness is generally not suitable for use or development of new water resource facilities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H37DF0620816F488BBEDCE4E412C1BA0E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>because of the unique nature of the Wilderness, it is possible to provide for proper management and protection of the wilderness and other values of land by means different from the means used in other laws.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H742A868DB9C0440DAA49F380A38D3942"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to protect the wilderness values of the Wilderness by means other than a federally reserved water right.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD5FFD2C8F4F6496FA1B77A8B5326731A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Statutory construction</header><text>Nothing in this title—</text><subparagraph id="HDF43B54F3B29426F846D9C3061E15419"><enum>(A)</enum><text>constitutes an express or implied reservation by the United States of any water or water rights with respect to the Wilderness;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F34B9CF5FE3483FBA91198D0DF06526"><enum>(B)</enum><text>affects any water rights in the State (including any water rights held by the United States) in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E0CCACF92BD444492766DA58A7730EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establishes a precedent with regard to any future wilderness designations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H82DC65469F334BB8BA822EFB80DAB60C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>affects the interpretation of, or any designation made under, any other Act; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC34B092FA083487AABFB4B297DBDB09E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>limits, alters, modifies, or amends any interstate compact or equitable apportionment decree that apportions water among and between the State and other States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1EFE2E141BB24EB98EA7ACF7396F0B97"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Nevada water law</header><text>The Secretary concerned shall follow the procedural and substantive requirements of State law in order to obtain and hold any water rights not in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to the Wilderness.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD9CC1E7F915844EDB2DE465152394AF6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>New projects</header><subparagraph id="HB54E2788333946888522D8510359ECAC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition of water resource facility</header><clause id="H7966ED441EC4426EB91FE28B53B2619E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>water resource facility</term> means irrigation and pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conservation works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower projects, transmission and other ancillary facilities, and other water diversion, storage, and carriage structures.</text></clause><clause id="H69E14A33C72049E8BE3F12A9787D828A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>water resource facility</term> does not include wildlife guzzlers.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H994D3A2B8E3D442DBD244790ABEE1C61"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Restriction on new water resource facilities</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, neither the President nor any other officer, employee, or agent of the United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue a license or permit for the development of any new water resource facility within any wilderness area, including a portion of a wilderness area, that is located in the County.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF9967640FBBE4B7EAD23159C61591B3F"><enum>133.</enum><header>Fish and wildlife management</header><subsection id="H82B5E222CB194C03A9463EFA20DE3856"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In accordance with section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1133">16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)</external-xref>), nothing in this title affects or diminishes the jurisdiction of the State with respect to fish and wildlife management, including the regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the Wilderness.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF124DF32C07F43A7B82F112937420BAF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Management activities</header><text>In furtherance of the purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>), the Secretary concerned may conduct any management activities in the Wilderness that are necessary to maintain or restore fish and wildlife populations and the habitats to support the populations, if the activities are carried out—</text><paragraph id="HC8368E7FE27A4519AE0361BDFEF6FEA9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in a manner that is consistent with relevant wilderness management plans; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H196A5B7EFF744193882DFD78E218A546"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in accordance with—</text><subparagraph id="HF6157AC8679144EE8387D48F2164BD3E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H74437DE956C44A6689042D2086448109"><enum>(B)</enum><text>appropriate policies, such as those set forth in Appendix B of the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House Report 101–405), including the occasional and temporary use of motorized vehicles and aircraft if the use, as determined by the Secretary concerned, would promote healthy, viable, and more naturally distributed wildlife populations that would enhance wilderness values with the minimal impact necessary to reasonably accomplish those tasks.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H79B338FEC7AC49DFBD30A8D01E34C296"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Existing activities</header><text>Consistent with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1133">16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)</external-xref>) and in accordance with appropriate policies such as those set forth in Appendix B of the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House Report 101–405), the State may continue to use aircraft, including helicopters, to survey, capture, trans- plant, monitor, and provide water for wildlife populations in the Wilderness.</text></subsection><subsection id="H56D6F2163FE348FB940E727570E069CA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Hunting, fishing, and trapping</header><paragraph id="H28B8E985D1FC4601A4C7F1B9BBB4D0E7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary concerned may designate areas in which, and establish periods during which, for reasons of public safety, administration, or compliance with applicable laws, no hunting, fishing, or trapping will be permitted in the Wilderness.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H115E0F57CEE6480C817C2174FEED17C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Except in emergencies, the Secretary concerned shall consult with the appropriate State agency and notify the public before making any designation under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H360D6597E6054B07A0B1F72511DA6C0C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cooperative agreement</header><paragraph id="H61A3DEB12C7A4DBB8D51C96F39664EB7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The State (including a designee of the State) may conduct wildlife management activities in the Wilderness—</text><subparagraph id="H748BBAE9790A46018359F7A717B9F4D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the cooperative agreement between the Secretary of the Interior and the State entitled <quote>Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Wildlife Supplement No. 9</quote> and signed November and December 2003, including any amendments to the cooperative agreement agreed to by the Secretary of the Interior and the State; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4EA923A0A1054421B7BB98A583593656"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to all applicable laws (including regulations).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HABC856ECD21D46D8859D529A8EE2C727"><enum>(2)</enum><header>References; clark county</header><text>For the purposes of this subsection, any reference to Clark County in the cooperative agreement described in paragraph (1)(A) shall be considered to be a reference to the Wilderness.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2CBF3451DF724ADABEFEBE51F1A249FC"><enum>134.</enum><header>Release of wilderness study area</header><subsection id="H5F3E561A04A642D290E0ADB73A7EC6D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Congress finds that, for the purposes of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1782">43 U.S.C. 1782(c)</external-xref>), the approximately 1,065 acres of public land in the Burbank Canyons Wilderness study area not designated as wilderness by this title has been adequately studied for wilderness designation.</text></subsection><subsection id="H09BD94270EC14B44A838F438A9CFDF31"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Release</header><text>Any public land described in subsection (a) that is not designated as wilderness by this title—</text><paragraph id="H7D40A15F21374AEB9883F433B0433C26"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1782">43 U.S.C. 1782(c)</external-xref>); or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB97122C5CFE44441B18BD59C312FF759"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be managed in accordance with—</text><subparagraph id="H1CC333E10E3641049C2D1FD2C66C9CB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>land management plans adopted under section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B48BC029CED4610B0FD637AC63A7372"><enum>(B)</enum><text>cooperative conservation agreements in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H608B6DBA39214236AC629ADFC848BCAD"><enum>135.</enum><header>Native American cultural and religious uses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title alters or diminishes the treaty rights of any Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>)).</text></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HA7A5A203016147798FB45885228AD023"><enum>D</enum><header>Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction over Forest Service Land</header><section id="HA6949FC5B991464E9A59EA5851CD34C4"><enum>141.</enum><header>Authority of Forest Service to transfer administrative jurisdiction to State or county for public purposes</header><subsection id="HE1B70EDAB98D4F9794F0D5265A9205D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Consistent with section 3(b) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/586">Public Law 96–586</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Santini-Burton Act</quote>; 94 Stat. 3384), and subject to valid existing rights, on receipt of a request by the State or County and subject to such terms and conditions as are satisfactory to the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary may transfer the Forest Service land or interests in Forest Service land described in subsection (b) to the State or County, without consideration, to protect the environmental quality and public recreational use of the transferred Forest Service land.</text></subsection><subsection id="H68D41D5D7A754E25B7290AF7CC35F153"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The land referred to in subsection (a) is any Forest Service land that is located within the boundaries of the area acquired under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/586">Public Law 96–586</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Santini-Burton Act</quote>; 94 Stat. 3381) that is—</text><paragraph id="HBB8F87C26C3346E68188F83EA87B5058"><enum>(1)</enum><text>unsuitable for Forest Service administration; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC2FF95596F04464D92AE71D139910F19"><enum>(2)</enum><text>necessary for a public purpose.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H03F7F878442E4E95A5A646B94CCC2E8A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of land</header><text>A parcel of land conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) shall—</text><paragraph id="H654958446CF14F45B980BAB7425E4283"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be managed by the State or County, as applicable—</text><subparagraph id="HDC2217A3A7CF4BC5B6DF8409F3F9FA8C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to maintain undeveloped open space and to preserve the natural characteristics of the transferred land in perpetuity; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E13DC09C19B4765803168F9483053EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to protect and enhance water quality, stream environment zones, and important wildlife habitat; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBD2AFACA6122481AB75E1226B3F1DBCB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be used by the State or County, as applicable, for recreation or other public purposes including trails, trailheads, fuel reduction, flood control, and other infrastructure consistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/869">43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC1346882557E466893E715C20B8986FF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If a parcel of land transferred under subsection (a) is used in a manner that is inconsistent with subsection (c), the parcel of land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, revert to the United States.</text></subsection></section><section id="H8661B603610F4D1EB363DF96998C7264"><enum>142.</enum><header>Special use permits for recreation and public purposes</header><subsection id="HFA418897BCAF4104B5F8F7C2289C740E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Issuance of special use permits</header><text>Not later than one year after the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture receives an application from the County or unit of local government for the use of the Federal land outlined in subsection (b), the Secretary, in accordance with all applicable laws shall—</text><paragraph id="H8A7F5BDA971A47459A84D375ADE2EEC3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>issue to the County a special use permit for recreation and public purposes; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H05BBE785DD874D38A21F26B41B4F7E0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>authorize a permit length up to 30 years or longer for the use of those lands.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8036DFF9D9AD402CB78744C5C62BB012"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The land referenced in subsection (a) applies to approximately 188 acres of Federal land located in the County that is identified as <quote>Directed Special Use Permit</quote> on the Map.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Incline Village Fire Protection</header><section id="HA376AF7DC1F441BCAB1419A039BCBC39"><enum>201.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to improve hazardous fuels management and enhance public recreation through the conveyance of Federal land to Incline Village General Improvement District in Nevada for public purposes.</text></section><section id="HCD58178E95AF49ECAC541D6C3078AA0B"><enum>202.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="HA9329224F05F433BA7DFA3C729A1B1E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1AD3931BD9AD4E84A61AAEFFD5093F34"><enum>(2)</enum><header>District</header><text>The term <term>District</term> means the Incline Village General Improvement District in the State of Nevada.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H84E05BE3344C4BD0ACF38FBDF97A32AC"><enum>203.</enum><header>Land conveyances for public purposes</header><subsection id="HBCE78A97DC574EFD8BE07D8714A6DF3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of conveyance</header><text>In consideration of the District assuming from the United States all liability for administration, care and maintenance, within 180 days after the effective date of this title, the Secretary shall convey to the District without consideration all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcels of Federal land described in subsection (b) for public uses including fire risk reduction activities, public recreation, and any other public purpose.</text></subsection><subsection id="HBCF1DABF0E8C427ABAAB8FB7558EA3CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of federal land</header><text>The Federal land referred to in subsection (a) is depicted on the map entitled <quote>Incline Village Fire Protection Act Map</quote> and dated May 2019.</text></subsection><subsection id="H47409299F7BC4966A3E5EB059C140768"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>Any costs relating to the conveyance authorized under subsection (c), including any costs for surveys and other administrative costs, shall be paid by the District.</text></subsection><subsection id="HA45E47BFCD1C48F0A5CA1AEB35441EE3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If the land conveyed under subsection (a) is used in a manner inconsistent with subsection (a), the Federal land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States.</text></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Northern Nevada Flood Protection and Management</header><section id="H9546530DB6274072A8EC90CDB4EB682F"><enum>301.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This purpose of this title is to convey certain Federal land along the Truckee River in Nevada to the Truckee River Flood Management Authority for the purpose of environmental restoration and flood control management.</text></section><section id="HD8A7D25F966D4E3CB5313A883B9041BE"><enum>302.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="H0FB7B25261A14F6BAED1D7B859BF5FCE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior, including the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H89D995490E694B5F8C6BCAA2CCD82C1C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>TRFMA</header><text>The term <term>TRFMA</term> means the Truckee River Flood Management Authority in the State of Nevada.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HBDF378863CEC4FCBB84C39F09F99660D"><enum>303.</enum><header>Land conveyances for flood protection</header><subsection id="H38A287B5D9944186A97263F5D31E711B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of conveyance</header><text>The Secretary shall convey to the Truckee River Flood Management Authority without consideration all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcels of Federal land described in subsection (b) for the purposes of flood attenuation, riparian restoration, and protection along the Truckee River in Nevada. Upon conveyance, TRFMA will coordinate with Storey County, as needed, in order to provide easements for access and use to necessary infrastructure located immediately south of the Truckee River and Interstate 80.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF35A29C8DF764890AA701FF4510D1671"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of federal land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal land referred to in subsection (a) is depicted as <quote>flood control conveyances</quote> on the map entitled <quote>Northern Nevada Flood Protection Management Land Conveyance Map</quote> and dated April 12, 2023.</text></subsection><subsection id="H029C0D6CB53C4C79B9426B22CB32D780"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>Any costs relating to the conveyance authorized under subsection (c), including any costs for surveys and other administrative costs, shall be paid by the TRFMA.</text></subsection><subsection id="H2F6364F163744D04B643D8774D197B97"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If the land conveyed under subsection (a) is used in a manner inconsistent with subsection (a), the Federal land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States.</text></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Ruby Mountains Protection Act</header><section id="H9E7B51CA055B40A683E0EEC0FC9539DE" commented="no"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Ruby Mountains Protection Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H46C756FBBD1C4796B12ADF41EFD6B91B" commented="no"><enum>402.</enum><header>Withdrawal of certain National Forest System Land</header><subsection id="HA80EB76DF83242E896971FB4EF144232" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Withdrawal</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights, the approximately 309,272 acres of Federal land and interests in the land located in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest within the area depicted on the Forest Service map entitled <quote>S. 258 Ruby Mountains Protective Act</quote> and dated December 5, 2019, as <quote>National Forest System Lands</quote> are withdrawn from all forms of operation under the mineral leasing laws.</text></subsection><subsection id="H8252620EF7964349A16A3CCA794B18FE" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Any land or interest in land within the boundary of the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest that is acquired by the United States after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be withdrawn in accordance with subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="H212C440FB36746D2AC9DB36A844BCBAE" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of map</header><text>The map described in subsection (a) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest Service.</text></subsection></section><section id="H550591AFABDC4979BDFF6D8122D54699" commented="no"><enum>403.</enum><header>Withdrawal of certain National Wildlife Refuge System Land</header><subsection id="HC5D53DDBF2A445E3AA9486A2802DED0E" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Withdrawal</header><paragraph id="H5464ACF769D84FDEB0465E9C9D8125E8" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights, the approximately 39,926.10 acres of Federal land and interests in the land located in the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge and depicted on the United States Fish and Wildlife Service map entitled <quote>S. XXX <short-title>Ruby Mountains Protection Act</short-title></quote> and dated February 23, 2021, as <quote>Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge</quote> are withdrawn from all forms of operation under the mineral leasing laws, subject to paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBD3F56DEFDD648D3B759929AE431E2CB" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The withdrawal under paragraph (1) shall not apply to noncommercial refuge management activities by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H528E8CA1ABC841E185A9FBA3EC3CE175" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Any land or interest in land within the boundary of the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge that is acquired by the United States after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be withdrawn in accordance with subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="H5705F59A98BD44D988F42125A737FFC4" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of map</header><text>The map described in subsection (a)(1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.</text></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Carson City Public Lands Correction</header><section id="HF6A4BB784CD6440BAEE7ACEABE944F97"><enum>501.</enum><header>Definitions</header><subsection id="H73858D94DE0F416B8569EC8C4D0226EB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means—</text><paragraph id="HAD3BD7B2A5E946648C806F9814FAFC14"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to land in the National Forest System; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1A30500323574803957395CE0A13EEB8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Interior with respect to other Federal land.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD7223250C0FE4648B933B581189130C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>City</header><text>The term <term>City</term> means Carson City, Nevada.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB20796E4113B4AC38ACE39CC9FC5BE67"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Carson City Federal Land Collaboration Committee</header><text>The term <term>Carson City Federal Land Collaboration Committee</term> means a committee comprised of—</text><paragraph id="H86C8198647E64FC394DE3E17A0D63856"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the City Manager;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF757C7EA53F94552BF42F880FA1B8F96"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a designee of the City Manager; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE4F06967C5704F4286CAA3CE42F389F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>not more than 3 members appointed by the Carson City Board of Supervisors to represent areas of Carson City’s government, including the Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Department, the Community Development Department, Property Management.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB4EBD986913841CD9A074CB3242C5CB7"><enum>502.</enum><header>Land conveyances</header><subsection id="HFDDC8BA5545F4149B7507503378B00D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights and notwithstanding the land use planning requirements of section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>), the Secretary shall convey to the City, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land described in subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="H0D70E9C929CA47AC9F86744F77D61BF8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The land referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 258 acres depicted as <quote>Lands to Acquire</quote> on the map entitled <quote>Carson City OPLMA Lands</quote> and dated 2018.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD1F5823BB42744F786425716991C5EE6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any costs relating to the conveyance under subsection (a), including costs of surveys and administrative costs, shall be paid by the City and are eligible for reimbursement under the account as described in section 506(a) of this title.</text></subsection><subsection id="H77626AED04B84D4F8E98F6397AE2A038"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sale or lease of land to third parties</header><text>The City may enter into an agreement to sell, lease, or otherwise convey all or part of the land described in subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="H46BDA8DE72C342768529CDF90D4B1334"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The City shall sell the land at fair market value, and proceeds will be deposited in the account as described in section 506(a) of this title.</text></subsection></section><section id="H90171D4EF9644FCFA619E78F16815BD5"><enum>503.</enum><header>Carson City street connector conveyance</header><subsection id="HD6B8DF5D9D134662852A760B815F36A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of conveyance</header><text>The Secretary concerned shall convey to Carson City without consideration all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcels of Federal land described in subsection (b) for expansion of roadway.</text></subsection><subsection id="H93BFF36188F34B2C8F812E7EBE98DBDF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of federal land</header><text>The Federal land referred to in subsection (a) is depicted as <quote>Proposed Land Transfer</quote> on the map entitled <quote>Carson City OPLMA Lands</quote> and dated February 28, 2019.</text></subsection><subsection id="HDF5B194636F04D2F9F5291B021DEBF2F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>Any costs relating to the conveyance authorized under subsection (a), including any costs for surveys and other administrative costs, shall be paid by the city.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB3E4AEE0EE724E8D88B267862FACF003"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If the land conveyed under subsection (a) is used in a manner inconsistent with subsection (a), the Federal land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States.</text></subsection></section><section id="H430BCB6696CC48398003750EBB54B899"><enum>504.</enum><header>Amendment to reversionary interests</header><subsection id="HE633D902275942B390162EA4F03FB697"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sale or lease of land to third parties</header><text>Section 2601(b)(4) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref> (123 Stat. 1111) is amended by inserting after subparagraph (D), the following:</text><quoted-block id="H26BF4EA6456144EB8B9D31DA6A6877B6" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HC62D8D8AD35F49599EAB9359D09FCEBA"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Sale or lease of land to third parties</header><text>The City may enter into an agreement to sell, lease, or otherwise convey all or part of the land described in subparagraph (D) to third parties for public purposes.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H7106FDD1B72A4EFAB4A59394E7E03DCE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>The sale of any land under subsection (a) shall be for not less than fair market value.</text></subsection></section><section id="H3D219253831E49D8B3AECBB06857EDF5"><enum>505.</enum><header>Disposal of Federal land</header><subsection id="HDF43CB3C521D45968303174224865B07"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disposal</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights and notwithstanding the land use planning requirements of section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>), the Secretary shall dispose of the land described in subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="HE307FA97130445A980817AC2066A4E06"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The land referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 28 acres depicted as <quote>Lands for BLM Disposal</quote> on the map entitled <quote>Carson City OPLMA Lands</quote> and dated 2018.</text></subsection><subsection id="H885CBAEBBB874526AE6B86F001CBE425"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>Any costs relating to the disposal under subsection (a), including costs of surveys and administrative costs, shall be paid by the party entering into the disposal agreement with the Bureau of Land Management for the land described in subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="H014D981812194A90BFCCED9F06B1B3C7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>Upon disposal, the City shall retain—</text><paragraph id="HB8AFE21BD1824E42B10587410EF287E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a public utility easement concurrent with Koontz Lane and Conti Drive, which provides waterlines and access to the water tank immediately east of the subject parcels; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H27B5B060F7984FB0ABDB5E65461531BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an existing drainage easement for a future detention basin located on APN 010–152–06 depicted as <quote>Lands for BLM Disposal</quote> on the map entitled <quote>Carson City OPLMA Lands</quote> and dated 2018.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3693EE7A25C74514A7AE83F19AB51145"><enum>506.</enum><header>Transfer of land to the United States</header><subsection id="HD538E52E7B194ED195AF6ACDB65CCD5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the City shall convey all right and title of the land described in subsection (b) to the Secretary of the Interior.</text></subsection><subsection id="H1E467CA55885452B98A7FE1859C09C26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The land referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 17 acres depicted as <quote>Lands for Disposal</quote> on the map entitled <quote>Carson City OPLMA Lands</quote> and dated 2018.</text></subsection><subsection id="H10E708BCEFA04592AEFDB41537D500B3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Disposal</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights and notwithstanding the land use planning requirements of section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>), the Secretary shall dispose of the land described in subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="H0BDA85ED904C454F9EF731B466F13997"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Costs</header><paragraph id="HD68065DDC96B46768C4AD3123EDA8947"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Costs related to disposal</header><text>Any costs relating to the disposal under subsection (c), including costs of surveys and administrative costs, shall be paid by the party entering into the disposal agreement with the Bureau of Land Management for the land described in subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBA19B642C04C43DE9E29B77DAF67A190"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Costs related to conveyance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any costs relating to the conveyance under subsection (a), including costs of surveys and administrative costs, shall be paid by the City and is eligible for reimbursement through the account as described in section 506(a) of this title.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H21D565B9CFAE43D282E4B7EA3A6B2BEC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>Upon disposal, the City shall retain—</text><paragraph id="H86DBE31C0B9D44EDB08F2B8B384F037B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>access and a public utility easement on APN 010–252–02 for operation and maintenance of a municipal well; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA047FFD8A29E4FE693E17B8F182EF88D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a public right-of-way for Bennet Avenue.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFF98534E863B4F2CB9283B7BDB54A7D8"><enum>507.</enum><header>Disposition of proceeds</header><subsection id="HFB8C82D4B14E46A9887B48042E8730F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disposition of proceeds</header><text>The proceeds from the sale of land under sections 502, 503, 504, and 505 of this title, and section 2601(e)(1)(B) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref> (123 Stat. 1111(e)(1)(B)) shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury of the United States, to be known as the <quote>Carson City Special Account</quote>, which shall be available to the Secretary in collaboration with and if approved in writing by the Carson City Federal Land Collaboration Committee, for—</text><paragraph id="HFD129D845B8D4015ABA4E10F3B9DF5D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the reimbursement of costs incurred by the Secretary in preparing for the sale of the land described in sections 502, 504, and 505 of this title, and section 2601(e)(1)(B) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref> (123 Stat. 1111(e)(1)(B)), including—</text><subparagraph id="HCCCA44184B5940E5A77E94F57E032710"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the costs of surveys and appraisals; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEAABE0727517462BAAC4F814EAB17340"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the costs of compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) and sections 202 and 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>, 1713);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF73FE3CF097144D89A935B7D1C8EBD87"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the reimbursement of costs incurred as described in paragraphs (3) through (8) by the City for lands under sections 502, 503, 504, and 505 of this title and section 2601(d) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref> (123 Stat. 1111(d));</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8367F98ADC5F4EFAB29461CE1CB5459E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the conduct of wildlife habitat conservation and restoration projects, including projects that benefit the greater sage-grouse in the City;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4DF6B24494974103BB74CFB2837F7406"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the development and implementation of comprehensive, cost-effective, multijurisdictional hazardous fuels reduction and wildfire prevention and restoration projects in the City;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1F50C8CD940143168AA7BC3C096BC1D6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the acquisition of environmentally sensitive land or interest in environmentally sensitive land in Carson City, Nevada;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9A85FAC1B977403897BF93EE8DAFCA61"><enum>(6)</enum><text>wilderness protection and processing wilderness designation, including the costs of appropriate fencing, signage, public education, and enforcement for the wilderness areas designated through this title;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H93BBABED7E174AB5BA939729FDA7E15D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>capital improvements administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the City; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE43DA6B1A4604100837438F49A460EEB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>educational purposes specific to the City.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFD0BF62D5C244B1EA0A1E84771241736"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investment of special account</header><text>Amounts deposited into the Carson City Special Account—</text><paragraph id="H274D1EAC9B794C9C8211B43D641EBB23"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall earn interest in an amount determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, based on the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB5510F388CE346FB938A907C97CBD005"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may be expended by the Secretary in accordance with this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4C60D9F52B3747538C7E8F468A427164"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Management of special account</header><text>The management and procedures thereof of the Carson City Special Account shall be determined by an intergovernmental agreement between the City and the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management, Carson City Office.</text></subsection></section><section id="H2235708131EC4B3CA5EC134B8C7A6C78"><enum>508.</enum><header>Postponement; exclusion from sale</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2601(d)(6) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref> (123 Stat. 1113) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H05F4C979A4F24565A1749D09DEF3DD64" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H1C903D7379C848348CC15D6F6B127822" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Deadline for sale</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2023</short-title>, if there is a qualified bidder for the land described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Interior shall offer the land for sale to the qualified bidder.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation</header><section id="H0A97A78C52354C7C9D84FC84DDE4B657"><enum>601.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="HAF54B535BDC04494A174B56A2EADAC88"><enum>602.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="H9F9F4D96D32F405384AB6257DC3312B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>County</header><text>The term <term>County</term> means Pershing County, Nevada.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC0D0D1E5CB7B4ED3B6EBF20F8E4B3435"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H56D8561F8B79420A877BE2AE523D8E18"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means the State of Nevada.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2874A82DB7014AA1AD6F86515F6B8CC2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Wilderness area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>wilderness area</term> means a wilderness area designated by section 721(a) of this title.</text></paragraph></section><subtitle id="HB4B56166E1FC4DDA85E2BB393565C454"><enum>A</enum><header>Checkerboard Land Resolution</header><section id="H24BF7C0FBE694F77A567438196BD7659"><enum>611.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="H4B0133A1C3FA4C8F9209A75ADD04EE00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>since the passage of the Act of July 1, 1862 (12 Stat. 489, chapter 120; commonly known as the <quote>Pacific Railway Act of 1862</quote>), under which railroad land grants along the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way created a checkerboard land pattern of alternating public land and privately owned land, management of the land in the checkerboard area has been a constant source of frustration for the County government, private landholders in the County, and the Federal Government;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD99FF52CF9D64C15A4367649E6F21C38"><enum>(2)</enum><text>management of Federal land in the checkerboard area has been costly and difficult for the Federal land management agencies, creating a disincentive to manage the land effectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2874A7B265F6427CAF32E014B3AD8D93"><enum>(3)</enum><text>parcels of land within the checkerboard area in the County will not vary significantly in appraised value by acre due to the similarity of highest and best use in the County; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H15E88561668C4636BD33808E3EEB05A4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>consolidation of appropriate land within the checkerboard area through sales and exchanges for development and Federal management will—</text><subparagraph id="H4CEA2243CC2A41A3B6E71B4F4382A2D8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>help improve the tax base of the County; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8303133FEA02475282D0F0F5F6D71161"><enum>(B)</enum><text>simplify management for the Federal Government.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HB6C876312FB942C2A4F954EA2C473D9C"><enum>612.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="HB60729D10B864951804E0094CF8B15A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible land</header><text>The term <term>eligible land</term> means any land administered by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management—</text><subparagraph id="HB7B45E7CE11C413EBA12C49DEA5DA3AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that is within the area identified on the Map as <quote>Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area</quote> that is designated for disposal by the Secretary through—</text><clause id="HBB6C99AD3E0B4117A145FF3F91CB84CE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Winnemucca Consolidated Resource Management Plan; or</text></clause><clause id="H77C5706F2F804AB2BE0AA60CE17A43B9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any subsequent amendment or revision to the management plan that is undertaken with full public involvement; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE330B4CD88444CE8A6A811DE010512BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that is not encumbered land.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD50F619D706946FD8067F47CD3D2BA03"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Encumbered land</header><text>The term <term>encumbered land</term> means any land administered by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management within the area identified on the Map as <quote>Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area</quote> that is encumbered by mining claims, millsites, or tunnel sites.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC026A493F21D4647BB7A24F1AE40EEE7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Map</term> means the map prepared under section 713(b)(1) of this title.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6B42D58130614F968D549416A55B8AE1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Qualified entity</header><text>The term <term>qualified entity</term> means, with respect to a portion of encumbered land—</text><subparagraph id="HAC4AB092C50643EB92CF36F7158265A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the owner of a mining claim, millsite, or tunnel site located on a portion of the encumbered land on the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H945B3A3993B6498A96D98EB8652EDAA5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a successor in interest of an owner described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HDA739448F8B34A0B8681157C8CC42D57"><enum>613.</enum><header>Sale or exchange of eligible land</header><subsection id="H789F0985D9ED4FCCA18AA2E09720B46A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of conveyance</header><text>Notwithstanding sections 202, 203, 206, and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>, 1713, 1716, 1719), as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in accordance with this title and any other applicable law and subject to valid existing rights, shall conduct sales or exchanges of the eligible land.</text></subsection><subsection id="H092C9FF515F242488DB6AA737304163A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Map</header><paragraph id="HF25F9524AE1C45A096E76B27AE91033C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a map that depicts the boundaries of the land identified for disposal under this title, to be identified as the <quote>Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area</quote> on the Map.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBD20F69C2BD54C81BE7EDEDBFC05CF8A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minor corrections</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the County, may correct minor errors in the Map.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H02AA9DF03DC947B0909862A6F76528E1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Joint selection required</header><text>After providing public notice, the Secretary and the County shall jointly select parcels of eligible land to be offered for sale or exchange under subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="H7C8FB58E0E7C4E4BA4505041A8DECC42"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Method of sale</header><text>A sale of eligible land under subsection (a) shall be—</text><paragraph id="H34633229828F469B9C82A31D71ADB72D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consistent with subsections (d) and (f) of section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1713">43 U.S.C. 1713</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDDA1A1761978499AA08FDA623B1F1CCA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conducted through a competitive bidding process, under which adjoining landowners are offered the first option, unless the Secretary determines there are suitable and qualified buyers that are not adjoining landowners; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9F29DD39048E4F89AA4038BA613F5287"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for not less than fair market value, based on an appraisal in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and this title.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H75DFB0654C3040B5AAE493B2FBA27E3F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Land exchanges</header><paragraph id="HC6DD71A069CF41329C59107CA074BAB4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and subject to the joint selection requirements under subsection (c), the Secretary shall offer to exchange all eligible land under this section for private land.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0A7AACB23705463BB147BD85CEE81D29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjacent land</header><text>To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall seek to enter into agreements with one or more owners of private land adjacent to the eligible land for the exchange of the private land for the eligible land, if the Secretary determines that the exchange would consolidate Federal land ownership and facilitate improved Federal land management.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF1B25FC1C8A140EEA233B9D429AFA8F7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority land exchanges</header><text>In acquiring private land under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to the acquisition of private land in higher value natural resource areas in the County.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2E0B8CD73BDE497F86E8CCF91E3640DE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Mass appraisals</header><paragraph id="H1AC3B9F616E6490FB341282A0477E454"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="H34931A0EB68B416C87A22EEC0A54F576"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct a mass appraisal of eligible land to be sold or exchanged under this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA423EBD575844ECFBA4947CB8093BC50"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prepare an evaluation analysis for each land transaction under this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB739978D1E6C48649C12BCA72295395B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>make available to the public the results of the mass appraisals conducted under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF793AEF2FA1A4F8F941F8CD4061FB213"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use</header><text>The Secretary may use mass appraisals and evaluation analyses conducted under paragraph (1) to facilitate exchanges of eligible land for private land.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H15575F0D4D4245468AD0B1CE892A114F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Deadline for sale or exchange; exclusions</header><paragraph id="HA5C907DABA074ACD9C21BB1BD8BE5260"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date on which the eligible land is jointly selected under subsection (c), the Secretary shall offer for sale or exchange the parcels of eligible land jointly selected under that subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H33EC03886A974F17A1E4F877858197D8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Postponement or exclusion</header><text>The Secretary or the County may postpone, or exclude from, a sale or exchange of all or a portion of the eligible land jointly selected under subsection (c) for emergency ecological or safety reasons.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H05FB67FBE4144464B51950AF2A542A0E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Withdrawal</header><paragraph id="H6AEAD0C39BCF49E486F78FC6D46A832F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights and mining claims, millsites, and tunnel sites, effective on the date on which a parcel of eligible land is jointly selected under subsection (c) for sale or exchange, that parcel is withdrawn from—</text><subparagraph id="HE9D35906FD38498E850BC9DA745C634F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all forms of entry and appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2D2DF7AF1C64DC3989354E8316E4D43"><enum>(B)</enum><text>location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10C9FDCFB25844D0BD3C01E139B9D150"><enum>(C)</enum><text>operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H65F780B178B64846A8907071CC1160EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The withdrawal of a parcel of eligible land under paragraph (1) shall terminate—</text><subparagraph id="H8D76C935EA804519A207CEF11F6D5584"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on the date of sale or, in the case of exchange, the conveyance of title of the parcel of eligible land under this section; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6198853AD61F4D96B43FFDD6208548D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to any parcel of eligible land selected for sale or exchange under subsection (c) that is not sold or exchanged, not later than 2 years after the date on which the parcel was offered for sale or exchange under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5E8C58943EA9422BB00C238C84449338"><enum>614.</enum><header>Sale of encumbered land</header><subsection id="H0B36F157610148518AE05AAE77246929"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of conveyance</header><text>Notwithstanding sections 202, 203, 206, and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>, 1713, 1716, 1719), not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and subject to valid existing rights held by third parties, the Secretary shall offer to convey to qualified entities, for fair market value, the remaining right, title, and interest of the United States, in and to the encumbered land.</text></subsection><subsection id="H01B985AFC1FD414A94A0DA84CE1AA7E6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Costs of sales to qualified entities</header><text>As a condition of each conveyance of encumbered land under this section, the qualified entity shall pay all costs related to the conveyance of the encumbered land, including the costs of surveys and other administrative costs associated with the conveyance.</text></subsection><subsection id="HDB097F9D5574465BB87F381E74C8A970"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Offer To convey</header><paragraph id="H4B83BCDBE3154B3D8753D7BC30FACB98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a fair market offer from a qualified entity for the conveyance of encumbered land, the Secretary shall accept the fair market value offer.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF463685418094A3BA2720AE4929D6E04"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appraisal</header><text>Fair market value of the interest of the United States in and to encumbered land shall be determined by an appraisal conducted in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H09C587B819CE4C38BC3C15B16CEA2CED"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of acceptance by the Secretary of an offer from a qualified entity under subsection (c)(1) and completion of a sale for all or part of the applicable portion of encumbered land to the qualified entity, the Secretary, by delivery of an appropriate deed, patent, or other valid instrument of conveyance, shall convey to the qualified entity all remaining right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the applicable portion of the encumbered land.</text></subsection><subsection id="HDE04997D9CA0457CA636C3FB17E27048"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Merger</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights held by third parties, on delivery of the instrument of conveyance to the qualified entity under subsection (d), the prior interests in the locatable minerals and the right to use the surface for mineral purposes held by the qualified entity under a mining claim, millsite, tunnel site, or any other Federal land use authorization applicable to the encumbered land included in the instrument of conveyance, shall merge with all right, title, and interest conveyed to the qualified entity by the United States under this section to ensure that the qualified entity receives fee simple title to the purchased encumbered land.</text></subsection></section><section id="H5879041D271D4EDD92294775D46CEA13"><enum>615.</enum><header>Disposition of proceeds</header><subsection id="HA59B8E00AD6B43798A6B8032D3F1760E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disposition of proceeds</header><text>Of the proceeds from the sale of land under this title—</text><paragraph id="HA811531AC8F245709F3F7A50A972BF50"><enum>(1)</enum><text>5 percent shall be disbursed to the State for use in the general education program of the State;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1607CAB4D1FB433D8C2CE8D164331A80"><enum>(2)</enum><text>10 percent shall be disbursed to the County for use as determined through normal County budgeting procedures; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1D82F58D1893419287D0233EB762C417"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the remainder shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury of the United States, to be known as the <quote>Pershing County Special Account</quote>, which shall be available to the Secretary, in consultation with the County, for—</text><subparagraph id="H4373CC5C1B724A559C5C8B64D88B6D5E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the acquisition of land from willing sellers (including interests in land) in the County—</text><clause id="HBDBD6E6B020B4EB7856D40CFBEA4120D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>within a wilderness area;</text></clause><clause id="H41307B4B553540B9ABE66BAD6FABFA5B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that protects other environmentally significant land;</text></clause><clause id="H84F0E966C55545D4B3A7364E92AF568D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that secures public access to Federal land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; or</text></clause><clause id="H623A37C74F0843068FBF90C807ED4C1D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>that improves management of Federal land within the area identified on the Map as <quote>Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H705DACEDA5784E71AD80CCF7DD1EDA8E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the reimbursement of costs incurred by the Secretary in preparing for the sale or exchange of land under this title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H27FCEC898DF04475BBE482DABEC2712A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investment of special account</header><text>Any amounts deposited in the special account established under subsection (a)(3)—</text><paragraph id="HA0D999C050754C26841B06DB9FE57C76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall earn interest in an amount determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, based on the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBC89858082D241208341359161D293D3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may be expended by the Secretary in accordance with this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H76752FAC51634CCAB68C8F40C71BD12A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header><paragraph id="HD67257FAB62C47DF97C50BE1F6C3FEF8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than September 30 of the fifth fiscal year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 5 fiscal years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the State, the County, and the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the operation of the special account established under subsection (a)(3) for the preceding 5 fiscal years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H89F3001817F4458F88636C26CA34B36C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include, for the fiscal year covered by the report—</text><subparagraph id="H5F87E3D9E17C44E4808A0289E1C24659"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a statement of the amounts deposited into the special account;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6AB6F45FC53A4096B3EC10FA9052B093"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the expenditures made from the special account for the fiscal year, including the purpose of the expenditures;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99F390E89EC34D03A69CAA5919BAA42B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommendations for additional authorities to fulfill the purpose of the special account; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B30866A50224BAAB6CE56EF42CE2E8D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a statement of the balance remaining in the special account at the end of the fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HCE58D2A63C984221BA830B1C17A78DE4"><enum>616.</enum><header>Conveyance of land for use as a public cemetery</header><subsection id="H051F70D7C1154D6987C822499FD0CE9C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall convey to the County, without consideration, the Federal land described in subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="H13DB186BAE674172B3F855CB442DD304"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of federal land</header><text>The Federal land referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 10 acres of land depicted as <quote>Unionville Cemetery</quote> on the Map.</text></subsection><subsection id="H9064B18D9D1D48FBBEBFF1C9BF092293"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of conveyed land</header><text>The Federal land conveyed under subsection (a) shall be used by the County as a public cemetery.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H2D66E80983F74E7F81BA20DF16FB2054"><enum>B</enum><header>Wilderness Areas</header><section id="HF6A71338856240ACB5CA100EB24744FD"><enum>621.</enum><header>Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System</header><subsection id="H59027010E1284293B81F4CD61CB915AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additions</header><text>In accordance with the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>), the following parcels of Federal land in the State are designated as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System:</text><paragraph id="H58F3101DCE4D49D18B0B5C95234B1F9E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cain Mountain Wilderness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 12,339 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Proposed Cain Mountain Wilderness</quote> and dated February 9, 2017, which, together with the Federal land designated as wilderness by sections 2905(b)(1)(C) and 2932(a)(1) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/263">Public Law 117–263</external-xref>, shall be known as the <quote>Cain Mountain Wilderness</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4F1E5C7D4A2546B09414F99E66F03478"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Bluewing Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 24,900 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Proposed Bluewing Wilderness</quote> and dated February 9, 2017, which shall be known as the <quote>Bluewing Wilderness</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC501A43CDC2F482CABB43DD985E7AB76"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Selenite Peak Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 22,822 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Proposed Selenite Peak Wilderness</quote> and dated February 9, 2017, which shall be known as the <quote>Selenite Peak Wilderness</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD01C9868E4ED4123955292E548ADC09C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Mount Limbo Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 11,855 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Proposed Mt. Limbo Wilderness</quote> and dated February 9, 2017, which shall be known as the <quote>Mount Limbo Wilderness</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3EF625DCFECB4C51B0245E7A3EA97EA4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>North Sahwave Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 13,875 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Proposed North Sahwave Wilderness</quote> and dated February 9, 2017, which shall be known as the <quote>North Sahwave Wilderness</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD0E23F3DAC954368AFF5C12E8FA0CBE1"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Grandfathers Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 35,339 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Proposed Grandfathers Wilderness</quote> and dated February 9, 2017, which shall be known as the <quote>Grandfathers Wilderness</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDC0F46D92534983BACC61C45220895E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Fencemaker Wilderness</header><text>Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 14,942 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Proposed Fencemaker Wilderness</quote> and dated February 9, 2017, which shall be known as the <quote>Fencemaker Wilderness</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H693934CB65C74C049DE14772660FE434"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Boundary</header><text>The boundary of any portion of a wilderness area that is bordered by a road shall be 100 feet from the centerline of the road.</text></subsection><subsection id="H1BF0DE9758784D9789B547F9A6E42F55"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Map and legal description</header><paragraph id="H64D1D0111992427BAEB2EA1E46C17D00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a map and legal description of each wilderness area.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H23BE2C80E2A5442B9C9D481F3B5F2688"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Each map and legal description prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this title, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the map or legal description.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H255DF0D5ACEF4922A7562CA5A07893DB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Each map and legal description prepared under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6C3638375AD14631B7E27B24974A339A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Withdrawal</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness areas designated by subsection (a) are withdrawn from—</text><subparagraph id="H8623C3D8A3924F6D8A00C1F7AC950CAB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A21747E988D436EB1688DF220FF4FCD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H561CF439FDF84C138DF510AF8C1DB12C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA740C97D5D734099BE7B4537521681DD"><enum>622.</enum><header>Administration</header><subsection id="H01DA79F520AC44AFBAED2814AEB4F1D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Management</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness areas shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>), except that with respect to the wilderness areas—</text><paragraph id="H4687165089B74ABAACDFABAAFEAE3C5A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any reference in that Act to the effective date shall be considered to be a reference to the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFB7B5181573A405ABA20202E15CE85E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any reference in that Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0C1392485F2F43809C7D4A0595E3328A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Livestock</header><text>The grazing of livestock in the wilderness areas, if established before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be allowed to continue, subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary considers to be necessary in accordance with—</text><paragraph id="H1C91F7A29DB041B5A155A2FD8CCFEA74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1133">16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB201F956B43D48ACAAF424247E0B9B67"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House Report 101–405).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6B5953AC73514A0BB0BB4E62C8F5D5CF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Incorporation of acquired land and interests</header><text>Any land or interest in land within the boundary of a wilderness area that is acquired by the United States after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be added to and administered as part of the wilderness area.</text></subsection><subsection id="H54E54895451B49DB9BB44A65C42AD099"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adjacent management</header><paragraph id="H32AD44F9A0EE4EAE97B2D6EC9A310A56"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Congress does not intend for the designation of the wilderness areas to create protective perimeters or buffer zones around the wilderness areas.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3DAC83062E83447AB63CABD37824B458"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonwilderness activities</header><text>The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from areas within a wilderness area shall not preclude the conduct of those activities or uses outside the boundary of the wilderness area.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCB7936DF37D24D6499BD839B3C5E69F3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Military overflights</header><text>Nothing in this title restricts or precludes—</text><paragraph id="H1DDEB0FE13754FC1BCCE3928A6229955"><enum>(1)</enum><text>low-level overflights of military aircraft over the wilderness areas, including military overflights that can be seen or heard within the wilderness areas;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H44FBB57E21C34E9C878E2F2313CD58A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>flight testing and evaluation; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA291FF1A4BB74E5A93CA8A96F634A8AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the designation or creation of new units of special use airspace, or the establishment of military flight training routes, over the wilderness areas.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4BAED6DF554748ECB1DB064D70C9711C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Wildfire, insect, and disease management</header><text>In accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1133">16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)</external-xref>), the Secretary may take such measures in the wilderness areas as are necessary for the control of fire, insects, and diseases (including, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, the coordination of the activities with a State or local agency).</text></subsection><subsection id="H989B75357A324C71AEBE2B3D9A729043"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Climatological data collection</header><text>In accordance with the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>) and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may authorize the installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or climatological data collection devices in the wilderness areas if the Secretary determines that the facilities and access to the facilities are essential to flood warning, flood control, or water reservoir operation activities.</text></subsection><subsection id="H38504A82BAAA4457807FCAA167045636"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Water rights</header><paragraph id="H55DE47FE170B4C329CDE76330D77A4F0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds that—</text><subparagraph id="H0F837D5A3E694E0CA9F75ED6ACA63B39"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the wilderness areas are located—</text><clause id="H21BFA93711EF487AAECBBFDDDCDF9AF4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the semiarid region of the Great Basin; and</text></clause><clause id="H35F2535D0A3444A7B6367F503909713A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at the headwaters of the streams and rivers on land with respect to which there are few, if any—</text><subclause id="H3BB5C9786A25492E8FEB2D8B8C5A5402"><enum>(I)</enum><text>actual or proposed water resource facilities located upstream; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H21065BAD8F6A49EF99B1A4922A1A04CB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>opportunities for diversion, storage, or other uses of water occurring outside the land that would adversely affect the wilderness values of the land;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCCFADF93C6042FC97DF7FCC2EF3FE6F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the wilderness areas are generally not suitable for use or development of new water resource facilities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD26C77C847B94775916B824BDC272BC7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>because of the unique nature of the wilderness areas, it is possible to provide for proper management and protection of the wilderness and other values of land in ways different from those used in other laws.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5BDE0116E57A4E8FA19E9E07EA9A59B6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to protect the wilderness values of the wilderness areas by means other than a federally reserved water right.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0AF060F8CB6B42DFAB2AE4F51722C35A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Statutory construction</header><text>Nothing in this title—</text><subparagraph id="HF7590B11221C439C88F327BF148DDB16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>constitutes an express or implied reservation by the United States of any water or water rights with respect to the wilderness areas;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50446AC15B0043CABE96F55FDCA68819"><enum>(B)</enum><text>affects any water rights in the State (including any water rights held by the United States) in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4BAE33053604842B39E086768053E32"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establishes a precedent with regard to any future wilderness designations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H354F6D8309A74A138786119DF49ED627"><enum>(D)</enum><text>affects the interpretation of, or any designation made under, any other Act; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8DB01799DD6449F9438D7ACBF7CE86E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>limits, alters, modifies, or amends any interstate compact or equitable apportionment decree that apportions water among and between the State and other States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBD52786140414D63B98A4050FD09BCC8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Nevada water law</header><text>The Secretary shall follow the procedural and substantive requirements of State law in order to obtain and hold any water rights not in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to the wilderness areas.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H623D52C776C64EC1B8210ADF2E155293"><enum>(5)</enum><header>New projects</header><subparagraph id="H4AB523B0C2924FAB92D4227D880AAF95"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition of water resource facility</header><clause id="HA98E9FD5B8AB431B8F3998BDA4FAE62C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>water resource facility</term> means irrigation and pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conservation works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower projects, transmission and other ancillary facilities, and other water diversion, storage, and carriage structures.</text></clause><clause id="H01A5A282F7074A01B9A8690771F71E73"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>water resource facility</term> does not include wildlife guzzlers.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7CDD8F3F2D3F4F868B6FB9D4EA049876"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Restriction on new water resource facilities</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, neither the President nor any other officer, employee, or agent of the United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue a license or permit for the development of any new water resource facility within the wilderness areas.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB8A382A94ED04EE1A8C3D9758F682D05"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Temporary telecommunications device</header><paragraph id="H6CDC3D1C8AD545A5BCC05F18751E8621"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Nothing in this title prevents the placement of a temporary telecommunications device for law enforcement or agency administrative purposes in the Selenite Peak Wilderness in accordance with paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H50CEC64CEF79420F82B11D27338A4833"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional requirements</header><text>Any temporary telecommunications device authorized by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall—</text><subparagraph id="HCA721BB4721B4244A173854FC987AB40"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be carried out in accordance with—</text><clause id="HD1CD844A6F324C92B057E7204F54ED68"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></clause><clause id="H70C85F3532EB451A95D1AC3951066AEC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>all other applicable laws (including regulations);</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H629A2DC6179C4B1581D6B90D9710B327"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the maximum practicable, be located in such a manner as to minimize impacts on the recreational and other wilderness values of the area; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCFB397B02D5D4B8D97037260F6B986E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>be for a period of not longer than 7 years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC713053733E24E49A169F585CF9E48A2"><enum>623.</enum><header>Wildlife management</header><subsection id="H679A1F35648D44CAA1F8F79A725877FE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In accordance with section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1133">16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)</external-xref>), nothing in this title affects or diminishes the jurisdiction of the State with respect to fish and wildlife management, including the regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the wilderness areas.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB83EB31D90BA46208F968E00206AB92E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Management activities</header><text>In furtherance of the purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>), the Secretary may conduct any management activities in the wilderness areas that are necessary to maintain or restore fish and wildlife populations and the habitats to support the populations, if the activities are carried out—</text><paragraph id="HEAABD10E9E59417DAB6728D43A905C20"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consistent with relevant wilderness management plans; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H010379C5DAEC4B6F892A17F35CAD9CFE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in accordance with—</text><subparagraph id="HC6AB813F680F4F0C8A3581767FF394E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF70CFA55D154384991D0F27B2E458EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>appropriate policies, such as those set forth in Appendix B of the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House Report 101–405), including noxious weed treatment and the occasional and temporary use of motorized vehicles if the use, as determined by the Secretary, would promote healthy, viable, and more naturally distributed wildlife populations that would enhance wilderness values with the minimal impact necessary to reasonably accomplish those tasks.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0041B2D2DD7444EDAAF3FB110258484C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Existing activities</header><text>In accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1133">16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)</external-xref>) and in accordance with appropriate policies such as those set forth in Appendix B of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House Report 101–405), the State may continue to use aircraft, including helicopters, to survey, capture, transplant, monitor, and provide water for wildlife populations.</text></subsection><subsection id="HDC92DE28CDCC4732924A922386F23256"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Wildlife water development projects</header><text>Subject to subsection (f), the Secretary shall authorize structures and facilities, including existing structures and facilities, for wildlife water development projects, including guzzlers, in the wilderness areas if—</text><paragraph id="H04EA6DACC8484C3DA889B0374CE1098C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the structures and facilities will, as determined by the Secretary, enhance wilderness values by promoting healthy, viable and more naturally distributed wildlife populations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF25516E632364673B062D1EC774D1DAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the visual impacts of the structures and facilities on the wilderness areas can reasonably be minimized.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H208FD198D96441E8841123A8BE93B9E0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Hunting, fishing, and trapping</header><paragraph id="H8A9F40E5D71F4FA390D10A2CF6B6C94D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may designate areas in which, and establish periods during which, for reasons of public safety, administration, or compliance with applicable laws, no hunting, fishing, or trapping will be permitted in the wilderness areas.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H93DF509F0F4C4C87BABB13C2ECCFE53D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Except in emergencies, the Secretary shall consult with the appropriate State agency and notify the public before taking any action under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7954E479A82148568208D28DB068B771"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Cooperative agreement</header><paragraph id="H56737112A021400A9D9F4E1ECFE37B86"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The State, including a designee of the State, may conduct wildlife management activities in the wilderness areas—</text><subparagraph id="HE7B96A08A48147F28E99DD00469C5128"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the cooperative agreement between the Secretary and the State entitled <quote>Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Wildlife Supplement No. 9</quote> and signed November and December 2003, including any amendments to the cooperative agreement agreed to by the Secretary and the State; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A308151519B4691A1B4DA0BA262F4BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to all applicable laws (including regulations).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H70F28832F0854901B720DEA7276AA500"><enum>(2)</enum><header>References; clark county</header><text>For the purposes of this subsection, any references to Clark County in the cooperative agreement described in paragraph (1)(A) shall be considered to be a reference to the wilderness areas.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1C9E4146B9614DA2A78132328332630D"><enum>624.</enum><header>Release of wilderness study areas</header><subsection id="HE97328EEB55345D1879C6DEC1B91AB03"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that, for the purposes of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1782">43 U.S.C. 1782(c)</external-xref>), the approximately 48,600 acres of public land in the portions of the China Mountain, Mt. Limbo, Selenite Mountains, and Tobin Range wilderness study areas that have not been designated as wilderness by section 721(a) of this title and the portion of the Augusta Mountains wilderness study area within the County that has not been designated as wilderness by section 721(a) of this title have been adequately studied for wilderness designation.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF8A34C59E8BD488D8E4BDABE0C301DD5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Release</header><text>The public land described in subsection (a)—</text><paragraph id="H440A6CD0EDCF42AEBA558B968BB29BB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1782">43 U.S.C. 1782(c)</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H276713D4C33E42F9A835D9401DE66FB1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be managed in accordance with the applicable land use plans adopted under section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF3E0DC35AA2144ECA851400B8AF16686"><enum>625.</enum><header>Native American cultural and religious uses</header><subsection id="H4046790502674B5AAF8685CECC814423"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Nothing in this title alters or diminishes the treaty rights of any Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)).</text></subsection><subsection id="H03A65BA9A2264251BE0CFD2E46FCA338"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cultural uses</header><text>Nothing in this title precludes the traditional collection of pine nuts in a wilderness area for personal, noncommercial use consistent with the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>VII</enum><header>Federal Complex</header><section id="H496AA03F1D7347D79FE6B7626709B7DA"><enum>701.</enum><header>Federal Complex</header><subsection id="HC6C5400FE15E4077BB8B1AA4F44E9EC2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture shall establish on Federal lands identified as <quote>Federal Complex</quote> on the map titled <quote>Proposed Federal Complex</quote>, and dated January 27, 2020, a Federal complex for—</text><paragraph id="H27DB2107B10D41C795D3912E2B52BA2E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>department agencies and operations for the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB466BDBE71049A78F76A9F9D6E21BB5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Bureau of Land Management Nevada State Office;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBC86169D565D47EB95B47E810F653DB8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Forest Service Humboldt-Toiyabe Headquarters;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEBA424EDCCEA4648B5A107001C9A392C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Nevada State Office;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H530074EBD2064F7CBBA623E7DFB25E92"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Bureau of Reclamation Nevada State Office;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H59E880072CD64D1C856179D37ECBBB7D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Bureau of Indian Affairs Western Nevada Agency Office;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9397118F127E41119DEA8333F43AD1EA"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the option for the Forest Service to house the Carson Ranger District Office; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H67E57CA84E3C45DC82B96108974036AC"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the option for the Bureau of Land Management to house the Carson City District Office.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB622EF1F080C450FA9704D0DF99BD3F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding sources</header><paragraph id="HB6C50872B256490DA1F6E58A307DC091"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Special accounts</header><text>Ten percent of the total amount deposited in the Federal special accounts established under titles I, V, and VI of this Act shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture for construction of the Federal complex.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0CC9094C85954A31B7E5D9712431C808"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secondary sources</header><text>If the amount made available by paragraph (1) is insufficient to complete construction of the Federal complex, the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture may use other accounts available for the operation of the Bureau of Land Management, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Forest Service in Nevada to provide such additional amounts as may be necessary to complete construction of the Federal complex.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Implementation of White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act</header><section id="H1DC5FEE23F62434A832E0CE37B92D268"><enum>801.</enum><header>Disposition of proceeds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 312 of the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</external-xref>; 120 Stat. 3030) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H07F23414F669453D8FC49EE755FAD950"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Of the</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="H1A7D0866D229400BAF13004883B2859C" style="OLC"><subsection id="H46EFA705A43445E88462BB3E8F1454F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HE074F010AA7540A38C289631F8FCB693"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>use of fire protection, law enforcement, education, public safety, housing, social services, transportation, and planning</quote> and inserting <quote>for use as determined through normal County budgeting procedures</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4D9625104C1A47E289F4984EBB84EA70"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><subparagraph id="H2C07A6EE12F34B5AA185BE4687A6ED27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB19BBF11532F400BA98840384D7E2EF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE974C18E33B4A30850C3B8B711AA199"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H354A4F3A12F145D69BEC6B5BF9F3C08C" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H09383FBDF06C40C586F2704654B3673A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>processing by a government entity of public land-use authorizations and rights-of-way relating to the development of land conveyed to the County under this Act, with an emphasis on authorizations and rights-of-way relating to any infrastructure needed for the expansion of the White Pine County Industrial Park under section 352(c)(2).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6CB988D2DD444B1B9F9C7AF0A42AF96"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H9A26F514F6924C42846BD9B0EE6DF9E9" style="OLC"><subsection id="H8B7A88D97DF74C2E8E81C5986A6B55B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investment of funds</header><text>Amounts deposited in the special account shall earn interest in an amount determined by the Secretary of the Treasury on the basis of the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities, and may be expended according to the provisions of this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="H35C2F7EB3447419BA037925125757EBF"><enum>802.</enum><header>Conveyance to White Pine County, Nevada</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 352 of the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</external-xref>; 120 Stat. 3039) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HE317449578E84B1498F5836800C120D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2023</short-title>,</quote> before <quote>the Secretary</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB6E7250BA13246728DB60EA7453A368F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="H919E26DD9AE3420D88DD8C45BFFD69A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting <quote>or other nonresidential development as determined by the County and in compliance with County planning and zoning codes</quote> before the final period;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CE559C0D7654EBC849D342B8C5ECCE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by striking <quote>through a competitive bidding process</quote> and inserting <quote>consistent with section 244 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (as in effect on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2023</short-title></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H37B5CE1526C44C1D880E96D22FB40102"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(C)—</text><clause id="HE90454204EB04CA38CD13874D576D263"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>gross</quote> and inserting <quote>net</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H8967231C9F2045529531D6E88B046653"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>For the purpose of this subparagraph, the term <term>net proceeds</term> means funds remaining from disposal after all costs described in section 312(a)(2).</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB7466A35626A4729A1D8BB1462BE74FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HED67421947C4409B92D93151A5A6151A" style="OLC"><subsection id="H10D7559DB2194DF2AEC94373751B47FF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary has not conveyed to the County the parcels of land described in subsection (b) by the date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2023</short-title>, the Secretary shall convey to the County, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcels of land.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="HEC37E098A4DF42F191899D106026B5F9"><enum>803.</enum><header>Issuance of corrective patents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</external-xref>; 120 Stat. 3028 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 352 the following:</text><quoted-block id="H07F5F296EBA84CA8902729811F22BB68" style="OLC"><section id="H633E5F3AD15244F0BCDCEEE3006B803C"><enum>353.</enum><header>Issuance of corrective patents</header><subsection id="HF6F65EE7EFEE417F81C59E457A966809"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Issuance</header><text>Notwithstanding sections 202 and 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1711">43 U.S.C. 1711</external-xref>, 1712), not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section or 60 days after the Secretary receives written notification under this section from a private landowner, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, shall issue corrective patents, subject to valid existing rights, for private lands adjacent to public land when—</text><paragraph id="HF1367E43F5E04917893B2A7D694FC212"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a cloud on the title demonstrates that the private land had been patented before 1976; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDE85D53A9EA042B3BCE7B745CAA8D8B7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the correction is for 5 acres or less.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBB5E2208DD394611AE8E03936B3BB987"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>The United States shall pay administrative costs of corrective patents issued under this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>IX</enum><header>Fernley Economic Development Act</header><section id="H9F6A4D80EE5042018153BF1469EC35C4" commented="no"><enum>901.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Fernley Economic Development Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H78F226686CE74F3083674DF1742E055B" commented="no"><enum>902.</enum><header>Land conveyances</header><subsection id="H750948003FF541799B32859E28DE2A0E" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall convey to the City, for fair market value, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4FF4282265C047DCA2B45B2CD4193C60" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appraisal</header><text>The Secretary shall determine fair market value of the Federal land in accordance with the Federal Lands Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref>) and based on an appraisal conducted in accordance with—</text><paragraph id="H8450F251D2A046FA82C8A2E57C033A43" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H06FEABED4A1F4A978EC7DBCC8E545D3E" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFC1FCBEFE3854C7CB69BF921D376A506" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>As a condition of the conveyance of the Federal land under subsection (a), the City shall pay—</text><paragraph id="H674C0ECB72C042CCAC671C1F8C1B3346" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an amount equal to the appraised value determined in accordance with subsection (b); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2AD67BEE1193402AA2D2C663011D7923" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all costs related to the conveyance, including all surveys, appraisals, and other administrative costs associated with the conveyance of the Federal land to the City.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5545F45196134C4AB1933B1935873D93" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Disposition of proceeds</header><text>Any gross proceeds from the sale, lease, or conveyance of Federal land under this section shall be deposited into the special account created by the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/263">Public Law 105–263</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="H98E8B3593D724901B19E1D7561283885" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this Act:</text><paragraph id="H53DF7F92626A4312B22A23C2F00F42EE" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>City</header><text>The term <term>City</term> means the city of Fernley, Nevada.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1F1D1D34B44E498BBCD872B2AFAAF6DD" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Map</header><text>The term <term>map</term> means the map entitled <quote>Fernley Economic Development Map</quote> and dated September 23, 2020.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H38201FF08981431FB8B1EFA3F3C2F031" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal land</header><text>The term <term>Federal land</term> means the approximately 12,085 acres of federally owned land generally depicted within <quote>Tri II EDCA–V Prop Boundary</quote> on the map.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD9762BDE5842447FB136C6C22045474C" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>X</enum><header>Conveyances to the City of Sparks</header><section id="HEFCBA901B4AB44C1A08D48B84C999930"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="H467AFF6E5D634240A57CF236E413DA0B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>City</header><text>The term <term>City</term> means the City of Sparks, Nevada.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H968D363446AD41C4857C56F379AA2636"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Map</header><text>The term <term>Map</term> means the map entitled <quote>Sparks Public Purpose Conveyances</quote> and dated April 15, 2020.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF1CA239EAE0D421D948F740C0639720C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HBEF9CAF990E0495F97CEC8034B1DEF00"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Conveyance of land for use as a public cemetery</header><subsection id="H2320C3D62E094ACC8218AB9DF1C2BA0D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text>Subject to valid and existing rights and notwithstanding the land use planning requirements of section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>), the Secretary shall convey to the City without consideration all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land described in subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="H4A3B8553C5AC4339B962A33494CAEF88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The land referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 40 acres of land depicted as <quote>Cemetery Conveyance</quote> on the Map.</text></subsection><subsection id="H40B5264AC94148328EEAE76BC718A9F3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>Any costs relating to the conveyance under subsection (a), including the costs of surveys and administrative costs, shall be paid by the City.</text></subsection><subsection id="H9422EA797C5946DD872AAB30E40DB4A4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of land</header><text>The land conveyed under subsection (a) shall be used only for a cemetery.</text></subsection></section><section id="H27FCE60644514B949D60142B6ACEC740"><enum>1003.</enum><header>Conveyance of land for use as regional public parks</header><subsection id="HBCC86B36949B4141974A81B8C07F509A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text>Subject to valid and existing rights and notwithstanding the land use planning requirements of section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>), the Secretary shall convey to the City without consideration all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land described in subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="HD4F854B7D57B4858BE28E0FDA8B77AFD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The land referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 448.16 acres depicted as <quote>Golden Eagle Regional Park</quote> and 266.04 acres depicted as <quote>Wedekind Regional Park</quote> on the Map.</text></subsection><subsection id="H20EBBA598A94488FBD30F8191595E220"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>Any costs relating to the conveyance under subsection (a), including the costs of surveys and administrative costs, shall be paid by the City.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC85E9CD499AD4FF9A89FF1983CA75D37"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of land</header><paragraph id="H999B7897FD084172A713FD43AB1A0E8F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The land conveyed under subsection (a) shall be used only for public parks.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H197C1BDC9C724B3597E0DD80EA174F08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If any portion of the land conveyed under subsection (a) is used in a manner that is inconsistent with the use described in paragraph (1), the land shall revert, at the discretion of the Secretary, to the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>XI</enum><header>General Provisions</header><section id="HB8D1F1D69B3A4D3EA56C3764124B13DD"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Public purpose conveyances</header><subsection id="HC1341C22FB0A4279940C119E0C5473E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="HD2BDD2E304A04C26B4CFA7ABB1498A63"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means the State of Nevada, a political subdivision of the State, a unit of local government, or a regional governmental entity in any county of the State of Nevada.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8C52841C5F634C4387CEDFC3DDCC580A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal land</header><text>The term <term>Federal land</term> means any Federal land in the State of Nevada—</text><subparagraph id="H41DD5B73544D4F53B5070ED8B79B425C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that is leased, patented, authorized as a right-of-way, or otherwise approved for use pursuant to the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the <quote>Recreation and Public Purposes Act</quote>; 44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/869">43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.</external-xref>), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>), or any other applicable Federal law; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H579644B8C14B412A9F800A405257D5B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on which a permanent public facility has been or may be constructed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCED3A6A93B4C4FF4908B9B5C6CC0FAB9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization for conveyance</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights and subsection (d), on request by an eligible entity for the conveyance of a parcel of Federal land, the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the eligible entity by quitclaim deed, without consideration, terms, conditions, reservations, or stipulations, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcel of Federal land for any public purpose.</text></subsection><subsection id="H6A2C54D3A9E54404BB7CD662D05BE5BE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Map and legal description</header><paragraph id="HE3D5080143BE4B42A19E239C9BCF68BE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of a request by an eligible entity for a conveyance of Federal land under subsection (b), the Secretary shall file a map and legal description of the parcel of Federal land to be conveyed under that paragraph.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H202A33E88AF64B008E4DF0A4B22122C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect; availability</header><text>Each map and legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall—</text><subparagraph id="H0B435EF9F3E841CC8D00BD4533326BD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have the same force and effect as if included in this Act; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EAA1C3B6CB943979C147246FF64B5C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be on file and available for public inspection in the Nevada State Office of the Bureau of Land Management.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3DAE6EFCE2DF4673850341229E355186"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Errors</header><text>The Secretary may correct any minor error in a map or legal description filed under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1990C56CAF004E08A9B13AE433C113AB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reversion</header><paragraph id="H5F0FB14F8D444B3CB724D0CE9921B872"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As a condition of a conveyance under subsection (b) and except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall require that, if any parcel of the Federal land conveyed under that subsection is no longer used for any public purpose, all right, title, and interest in and to the parcel of Federal land shall—</text><subparagraph id="HB1BD0A10C4CE4A5B92C5B0FE5897D7A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>revert to the United States; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD19EEC610F21450A90B2C0B750343BCD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on authorization by the Secretary, be disposed of by the eligible entity through a sale, lease, or other conveyance, in accordance with subsection (e).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3A5E907A77F84F90820E8EAABD7D1373"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The removal of sediment from a stormwater detention basin or the movement or removal of minerals on a parcel of Federal land conveyed under subsection (b) that may be interfering with or precluding any public purpose shall not result in the parcel being considered to be no longer used for a public purpose under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H956A232744D7452E9326B81C53A45456"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements for sale, lease, or other conveyance</header><subparagraph id="H127829F48EF14E48A52082A475995207"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Fair market value</header><text>The sale, lease, or other conveyance of a parcel of Federal land by an eligible entity under paragraph (1)(B) shall be for fair market value.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4242C84350E24C51A20A9D6FE1A7C7D2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Disposition of proceeds</header><text>Any gross proceeds received by an eligible entity from the sale, lease, or other conveyance of a parcel of Federal land under such paragraph shall be deposited in the special account.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5AE11B294C07438492F0BEF7A33A6D42"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Responsibility for remediation</header><text>If a parcel of Federal land reverts to the Secretary under paragraph (1)(A) and the Secretary determines that the Federal land is contaminated with hazardous waste, the eligible entity to which the Federal land was conveyed shall be responsible for remediation of the contamination of the parcel of Federal land.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H59350D3DCACA40A9A4D3EAB830CDA917"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicable law</header><text>Any lease, patent, or real estate transaction for Federal land conveyed under subsection (b) is affirmed and validated as having been completed pursuant to, and in compliance with, the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the <quote>Recreation and Public Purposes Act</quote>; 44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/869">43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.</external-xref>), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>), and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>), for the construction of public schools, fire stations, parks, community centers, law enforcement facilities, flood control facilities, and other public infrastructure.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3A5748636F0E41ADBE102809FD1D41C8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Payment of costs</header><text>The Secretary shall pay for any administrative and real estate transfer costs incurred in carrying out the conveyances of Federal land under subsection (b) using amounts from the special account.</text></subsection></section><section id="HAD9D09BA0C264EFA999AE9C26579A392"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Use of certain sand and gravel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The movement of common varieties of sand and gravel on a surface estate acquired under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/263">Public Law 105–263</external-xref>, <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/282">Public Law 107–282</external-xref>, or under the provisions of this division, by the owner of the surface estate, for purposes including but not limited to recontouring or balancing the surface estate or filling utility trenches on the surface estate, or the disposal of such sand and gravel at an off-site landfill, shall not constitute the unauthorized use of such sand and gravel.</text></section><section id="HFE2B70AAF5EE410188B6720D45F837AF"><enum>1103.</enum><header>Administration of State water rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act affects the allocation, ownership, interest, or control, as in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act, of any water, water right, or any other valid existing right held by the United States, an Indian tribe, a State, or a person.</text></section><section id="H0ABFAF5EAB094E0BAB4177211E0AB5B1"><enum>1104.</enum><header>Amendment to conveyance of Federal land in Storey County, Nevada</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3009(d)(1)(B) of division B of the Carl Levin and Howard P. <quote>Buck</quote> McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (128 Stat. 3751) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: <quote>; and the land generally depicted as <quote>BLM Owned County Request Transfer</quote> on the map entitled <quote>Restoring Storey County</quote>, dated October 22, 2020.</quote>.</text></section><enum>XII</enum><header>Greenlink West Project</header><section id="H59AAF3114D4E4EC1B4807E5B9A437DD2"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Greenlink West Project</header><subsection id="H0C1FC924AA594357B05C1BB362E092C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="H056E17DFB39B428886FA32352E27A9DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Project</header><text>The term <term>Project</term> means the Greenlink West Project described in—</text><subparagraph id="H30848E63CF87498CA3D39B97AF9E416E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the notice of intent of the Bureau of Land Management entitled <quote>Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Potential Resource Management Plan Amendments for the Greenlink West Project in Clark, Nye, Esmeralda, Mineral, Lyon, Storey, and Washoe Counties in Nevada</quote> (87 Fed. Reg. 25658 (May 2, 2022)); and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30335AF983C74ECCA18759CFA379F135"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the associated administrative record for the Greenlink West Project numbered DOI–BLM–NV–0000–2022–0004–EIS. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7DF5D8069842495DA42C0063BB9B29CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9FD670E600F4E938A0FACD3ED00659E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Tribe</header><text>The term <term>Tribe</term> means the Walker River Paiute Tribe. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB7A22093324C4F2299478FF979A84247"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Walker lake parcel</header><text>The term <term>Walker Lake Parcel</term> means the following land in Mineral County, Nevada:</text><subparagraph id="HB22A7B463DBC4D2B89E2992EBFA0E7A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>All land held by the Bureau of Land Management in T. 11 N., R. 29 E., secs. 35 and 36, Mount Diablo Meridian. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12DF5DFB13F54EE695615AC59B4B32C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>All land held by the Bureau of Reclamation in T. 10 N., R. 30 E., secs. 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 16, 17, 20, 21, 28, 29, 32, and 33, Mount Diablo Meridian. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7EEC2AC0336B49FD980332436291E144"><enum>(C)</enum><text>All land held by the Bureau of Land Management in T. 10.5 N., R. 30 E., secs. 31 and 32, Mount Diablo Meridian. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA2C3B9D338224277979723694F31E8EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project authorization; right-of-Way</header><text>If the Walker Lake Parcel is taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe on, before, or after the date of enactment of this Act, the consent of the Tribe for the use for the Project of the portion of the Walker Lake Parcel taken into trust shall be deemed to have been obtained by the Secretary subject to the following:</text><paragraph id="H94D786B9DA5C40FF9C4E0BB3ED8C1FD1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The use of the Walker Lake Parcel land for the Project shall be subject to review under the pending proceeding under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>), which shall be modified—</text><subparagraph id="H89B0EC488C104ADAB139D4C6149D53FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to reflect the trust title of the Walker Lake Parcel; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85CE0DFE7D5542CA95EDC5C80A82C531"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to address any other laws applicable to rights-of-way on Tribal land, including any environmental, wildlife, conservation, historic preservation, and natural resources laws.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC42E19F2C3164E0B93D9DB25F9AEE1FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>As soon as practicable after the date on which the Walker Lake Parcel is taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, the Secretary shall approve a right-of-way agreement between the Tribe and the Project applicant before the commencement of construction and installation of the Project to address applicable provisions under part 169 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), including, with respect to compensation paid to the Tribe, term, amendment, renewal, assignment, access rights, operation and maintenance, and an annual premium usage fee consistent with prevailing rates or standards to be paid directly to the Tribe, subject to the requirement that the Secretary and the Tribe shall exercise all authority under applicable law (including regulations) with respect to the use of, and compliance with, the right-of-way.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>