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[S. 2042 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 299
118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2042

                          [Report No. 118-147]

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

                           December 20, 2023

               Reported by Mr. Manchin, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>SEC. 3. SLOAN CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA BOUNDARY 
              ADJUSTMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Boundary Adjustment.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(h) Horizon Lateral Pipeline Right-of-Way.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) performing geotechnical 
                investigations within the rights-of-way; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) constructing and operating water 
                transmission and related facilities.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Excavation and disposal.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Preservation of Transportation, Utility Corridors, and 
Management of Conservation Area.--Nothing in this Act (including an 
amendment made by this Act)--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in accordance with--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the National Environmental 
                        Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) any other applicable law; 
                        and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) subject to such terms and conditions 
                as the Secretary determines to be 
                appropriate;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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).</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sloan Canyon Conservation and 
Lateral 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 and paragraph (3), 
        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 water pipeline 
        infrastructure, and outside the boundaries of the Conservation 
        Area, 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 from the tunneling 
                of the water pipeline 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.
            ``(3) Requirements.--A right-of-way issued under this 
        subsection shall be subject to the following requirements:
                    ``(A) The Secretary may include reasonable terms 
                and conditions, consistent with section 505 of the 
                Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
                U.S.C. 1765), as are necessary to protect Conservation 
                Area resources.
                    ``(B) Construction of the water pipeline shall not 
                permanently adversely affect conservation area surface 
                resources.
                    ``(C) The right-of-way shall not be located through 
                or under any area designated as wilderness.''.
    (c) Preservation of Transmission and Utility Corridors and Rights-
of-way.--The expansion of the Conservation Area boundary under the 
amendment made by subsection (a)--
            (1) shall be subject to valid existing rights, including 
        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) shall not preclude--
                    (A) any activity authorized in accordance with a 
                designated corridor or right-of-way referred to in 
                paragraph (1), including the operation, maintenance, 
                repair, or replacement of any authorized utility 
                facility within the corridor or right-of-way; or
                    (B) the Secretary from authorizing the 
                establishment of a new utility facility right-of-way 
                within an existing designated transportation and 
                utility corridor referred to in paragraph (1) in 
                accordance with--
                            (i) the National Environmental Policy Act 
                        of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other 
                        applicable laws; and
                            (ii) subject to such terms and conditions 
                        as the Secretary determines to be appropriate; 
                        and
            (3) 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).
                                                       Calendar No. 299

118th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 2042

                          [Report No. 118-147]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 20, 2023

                       Reported with an amendment