[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2042 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2042

To amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act to adjust the 
boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 15, 2023

 Ms. Cortez Masto introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
     and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act to adjust the 
boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sloan Canyon Conservation and 
Horizon Lateral Water Pipeline Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Conservation area.--The term ``Conservation Area'' 
        means the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior (acting through the Director of the Bureau of 
        Land Management).

SEC. 3. SLOAN CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    (a) Boundary Adjustment.--
            (1) Map.--Section 603(4) of the Sloan Canyon National 
        Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq-1(4)) is amended by 
        striking ``map entitled `Southern Nevada Public Land Management 
        Act' and dated October 1, 2002'' and inserting ``map entitled 
        `Proposed Sloan Canyon Expansion' and dated June 7, 2023''.
            (2) Acreage.--Section 604(b) of the Sloan Canyon National 
        Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq-2(b)) is amended by 
        striking ``48,438'' and inserting ``57,728''.
    (b) Right-of-Way.--Section 605 of the Sloan Canyon National 
Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq-3) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(h) Horizon Lateral Pipeline Right-of-Way.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding sections 202 and 503 of 
        the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 
        1763) and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of 
        the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land 
        Management (referred to in this subsection as the `Secretary'), 
        shall, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
        this subsection, grant to the Southern Nevada Water Authority 
        (referred to in this subsection as the `Authority'), not 
        subject to the payment of rents or other charges, the temporary 
        and permanent pipeline, powerline, facility, and access road 
        rights-of-way depicted on the map for the purposes of--
                    ``(A) performing geotechnical investigations within 
                the rights-of-way; and
                    ``(B) constructing and operating water transmission 
                and related facilities.
            ``(2) Excavation and disposal.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Authority may, without 
                consideration, excavate and use or dispose of sand, 
                gravel, minerals, or other materials necessary to 
                fulfill the purpose of the rights-of-way granted under 
                paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Memorandum of understanding.--Not later than 
                30 days after the date on which the rights-of-way are 
                granted under paragraph (1), the Secretary and the 
                Authority shall enter into a memorandum of 
                understanding identifying Federal land on which the 
                Authority may dispose of materials under subparagraph 
                (A) to further the interests of the Bureau of Land 
                Management.''.
    (c) Preservation of Transportation, Utility Corridors, and 
Management of Conservation Area.--Nothing in this Act (including an 
amendment made by this Act)--
            (1) includes in the expanded boundary of the Conservation 
        Area under the amendments made by subsection (a) land within a 
        designated utility transmission corridor or a transmission line 
        right-of-way grant approved by the Secretary in a record of 
        decision issued before the date of enactment of this Act;
            (2) affects the existence, use, operation, maintenance, 
        repair, construction, reconfiguration, expansion, inspection, 
        renewal, reconstruction, alteration, addition, relocation 
        improvement funding, removal, or replacement of any utility 
        facility or appurtenant right-of-way within an existing 
        designated transportation and utility corridor within the 
        expanded boundary of the Conservation Area under the amendments 
        made by subsection (a);
            (3) precludes the Secretary from authorizing the 
        establishment of a new utility facility right-of-way within an 
        existing designated transportation and utility corridor within 
        the expanded boundary of the Conservation Area under the 
        amendments made by subsection (a)--
                    (A) in accordance with--
                            (i) the National Environmental Policy Act 
                        of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and
                            (ii) any other applicable law; and
                    (B) subject to such terms and conditions as the 
                Secretary determines to be appropriate;
            (4) prohibits access to, or the repair or replacement of, a 
        transmission line within a right-of-way within the expanded 
        boundary of the Conservation Area under the amendments made by 
        subsection (a) that was issued before the date of enactment of 
        this Act; or
            (5) except as provided in the amendment made by subsection 
        (b), modifies the management of the Conservation Area pursuant 
        to section 605 of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area 
        Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq-3).
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