[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4413-S4414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2172. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. AMENDMENTS TO THE APEX PROJECT, NEVADA LAND 
                   TRANSFER AND AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1989.

       (a) Definitions.--Section 2(b) of the Apex Project, Nevada 
     Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-
     67; 103 Stat. 169) is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``As 
     used in this Act, the following terms shall have the 
     following meanings--'' and inserting ``In this Act:'';
       (2) in each of paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5), by 
     inserting a paragraph heading, the text of which comprises 
     the term defined in that paragraph;
       (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``County; clark 
     county.--'' before ``The term'';
       (4) in paragraph (6)--
       (A) by inserting ``FLPMA terms.--'' before ``All''; and
       (B) by inserting ``(43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)'' before the 
     period at the end;
       (5) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), 
     and (6) as paragraphs (7), (6), (4), (5), (2), and (8), 
     respectively;
       (6) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) 
     the following:
       ``(1) Apex industrial park owners association.--The term 
     `Apex Industrial Park Owners Association' means the Apex 
     Industrial Park Owners Association formed on

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     April 9, 2001, and chartered in the State of Nevada 
     (including any successor in interest).''; and
       (7) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) 
     the following:
       ``(3) City.--The term `City' means the city of North Las 
     Vegas, Nevada.''.
       (b) Kerr-McGee Site Transfer.--Section 3(b) of the Apex 
     Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989 
     (Public Law 101-67; 103 Stat. 170) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence--
       (A) by striking ``Clark County'' and inserting ``Clark 
     County, the City, or the Apex Industrial Park Owners 
     Association, individually or jointly, as appropriate,''; and
       (B) by striking ``Site'' and inserting ``Site and other 
     land conveyed in accordance with this Act''; and
       (2) in the third sentence, by striking ``Clark County'' and 
     inserting ``Clark County, the City, or the Apex Industrial 
     Park Owners Association, individually or jointly, as 
     appropriate,''.
       (c) Authorization for Additional Transfers.--Section 4 of 
     the Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act 
     of 1989 (Public Law 101-67; 103 Stat. 171) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c), by striking ``Clark County'' and 
     inserting ``Clark County, the City, or the Apex Industrial 
     Park Owners Association, individually or jointly, as 
     appropriate,''; and
       (2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Mineral Materials Sale.--Notwithstanding the 
     requirements of part 3600 of title 43, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025), the 
     Secretary may sell, at not less than fair market value, 
     without advertising or calling for bids and without regard to 
     volume or time limitations, mineral materials resulting from 
     grading, land balancing, or other activities on the surface 
     of a parcel of land within the Apex Site for which the United 
     States retains an interest in the minerals.''.
       (d) Environmental Considerations.--Section 6 of the Apex 
     Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989 
     (Public Law 101-67; 103 Stat. 173) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following:
       ``(d) Compliance With Environmental Assessments.--Each 
     transfer by the United States of land or interest in lands 
     within the Apex Site or rights-of-way issued pursuant to this 
     Act shall be conditioned on the compliance with applicable 
     Federal land laws, including the National Environmental 
     Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal 
     Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
     seq.).''.
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