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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1046 

To facilitate certain pinyon-juniper related projects in Lincoln County, Nevada, to modify the boundaries of certain wilderness areas in the State 

of Nevada, and to fully implement the White Pine County Conservation, 

Recreation, and Development Act. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 4, 2017 

Mr. HELLER (for himself and Ms. CORTEZ MASTO) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 

Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To facilitate certain pinyon-juniper related projects in Lincoln County, Nevada, to modify the boundaries of certain 

wilderness areas in the State of Nevada, and to fully 

implement the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eastern Nevada Eco5 nomic Development and Land Management Improvement 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FACILITATION OF PINYON-JUNIPER RELATED 

2 PROJECTS IN LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. 

3 (a) FACILITATION OF PINYON-JUNIPER RELATED

4 PROJECTS.— 

5 (1) AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT UNDER

6 LINCOLN COUNTY LAND ACT OF 2000.—Section 5(b) 

7 of the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public 

8 Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1048) is amended— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

11 ‘‘and implementation’’ after ‘‘develop12 ment’’; and 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 

14 (I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; 

15 and’’ at the end and inserting a semi16 colon; and 

17 (II) by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(iii) development and implementation 

20 of comprehensive, cost-effective, and multi21 jurisdictional hazardous fuels reduction 

22 projects and wildfire prevention planning 

23 activities (particularly for pinyon-juniper 

24 dominated landscapes) and other range25 land and woodland restoration projects 

26 within the County, consistent with the Ely 


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1 Resource Management Plan or any subse2 quent revisions or amendments to that 

3 plan; and’’; and 

4 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Direc6 tor of the Bureau of Land Management shall enter 

7 into cooperative agreements with the County for 

8 County-provided law enforcement and planning re9 lated activities approved by the Secretary regard10 ing— 

11 ‘‘(A) wilderness in the County designated 

12 by the Lincoln County Conservation, Recre13 ation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public 

14 Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2403); 

15 ‘‘(B) cultural resources identified, pro16 tected, and managed pursuant to that Act; 

17 ‘‘(C) planning, management, and law en18 forcement associated with the Silver State OHV 

19 Trail designated by that Act; and 

20 ‘‘(D) planning associated with land dis21 posal and related land use authorizations re22 quired for utility corridors and rights-of-way to 

23 serve land that has been, or is to be, disposed 

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1 way granted pursuant to that Act) and this 

2 Act.’’. 

3 (2) AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT UNDER

4 LINCOLN COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, 

5 AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2004.—Section 103 of 

6 the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and 

7 Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–424; 

8 118 Stat. 2405) is amended— 

9 (A) in subsection (b)(3)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; 

11 and’’ at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

13 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

14 and’’; and 

15 (iii) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(G) development and implementation of 

18 comprehensive, cost-effective, and multijuris19 dictional hazardous fuels reduction and wildfire 

20 prevention planning activities (particularly for 

21 pinyon-juniper dominated landscapes) and other 

22 rangeland and woodland restoration projects 

23 within the County, consistent with the Ely Re24 source Management Plan or any subsequent re25 visions or amendments to that plan.’’; and 


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1 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Director of 

3 the Bureau of Land Management shall enter into coopera4 tive agreements with the County for County-provided law 

5 enforcement and planning related activities approved by 

6 the Secretary regarding— 

7 ‘‘(1) wilderness in the County designated by 

8 this Act; 

9 ‘‘(2) cultural resources identified, protected, 

10 and managed pursuant to this Act; 

11 ‘‘(3) planning, management, and law enforce12 ment associated with the Silver State OHV Trail 

13 designated by this Act; and 

14 ‘‘(4) planning associated with land disposal and 

15 related land use authorizations required for utility 

16 corridors and rights-of-way to serve land that has 

17 been, or is to be, disposed of pursuant to this Act 

18 (other than rights-of-way granted pursuant to this 

19 Act) and the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 

20 (Public Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1046).’’. 

21 (b) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 

22 (1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LIN23 COLN COUNTY LAND ACT OF 2000.—Section 5(a)(2) 

24 of the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public 


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1 Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1047) is amended by in2 serting ‘‘and economic development’’ after ‘‘schools’’. 

3 (2) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LIN4 COLN COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, AND

5 DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2004.—Section 103(b)(2) of 

6 the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and 

7 Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–424; 

8 118 Stat. 2405) is amended by striking ‘‘and trans9 portation’’ and inserting ‘‘transportation, and eco10 nomic development’’. 

11 (c) MODIFICATION OF UTILITY CORRIDOR.—The 

12 Secretary of the Interior shall realign the utility corridor 

13 established by section 301(a) of the Lincoln County Con14 servation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (Pub15 lic Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2412) to be aligned as gen16 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed LCCRDA 

17 Utility Corridor Realignment’’ and dated March 14, 2017, 

18 by modifying the map entitled ‘‘Lincoln County Conserva19 tion, Recreation, and Development Act’’ (referred to in 

20 this subsection as the ‘‘Map’’) and dated October 1, 2004, 

21 by— 

22 (1) removing the utility corridor from 5, 6, 7, 

23 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 15, T. 7 N., R. 68 E., of the 

24 Map; and 


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1 (2) redesignating the utility corridor so as to 

2 appear in— 

3 (A) sections 31, 32, and 33, T. 8 N., R. 

4 68 E., of the Map; 

5 (B) sections 4, 5, 6, and 7, T. 7 N., R. 68 

6 E., of the Map; and 

7 (C) sections 1 and 12, T. 7 N., 67 E., of 

8 the Map. 

9 (d) FINAL CORRECTIVE PATENT IN CLARK COUNTY, 

10 NEVADA.— 

11 (1) VALIDATION OF PATENT.—Patent number 

12 27–2005–0081 issued by the Bureau of Land Man13 agement on February 18, 2005, is affirmed and vali14 dated as having been issued pursuant to, and in 

15 compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land Ex16 change Authorization Act of 1988 (Public Law 100– 

17 275; 102 Stat. 52), the National Environmental Pol18 icy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the 

19 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

20 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for the benefit of the desert 

21 tortoise, other species, and the habitat of the desert 

22 tortoise and other species to increase the likelihood 

23 of the recovery of the desert tortoise and other spe24 cies. 


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1 (2) RATIFICATION OF RECONFIGURATION.—The 

2 process used by the United States Fish and Wildlife 

3 Service and the Bureau of Land Management in re4 configuring the land described in paragraph (1), as 

5 depicted on Exhibit 1–4 of the Final Environmental 

6 Impact Statement for the Planned Development 

7 Project MSHCP, Lincoln County, NV (FWS–R8– 

8 ES–2008–N0136) and the reconfiguration provided 

9 for in special condition 10 of the Corps of Engineers 

10 Permit No. 000005042 are ratified. 

11 (e) ISSUANCE OF CORRECTIVE PATENT IN LINCOLN

12 COUNTY, NEVADA.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte14 rior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of 

15 Land Management, may issue a corrective patent for 

16 the 7,548 acres of land in Lincoln County, Nevada, 

17 depicted on the map prepared by the Bureau of 

18 Land Management entitled ‘‘Proposed Lincoln 

19 County Land Reconfiguration’’ and dated January 

20 28, 2016. 

21 (2) APPLICABLE LAW.—A corrective patent 

22 issued under paragraph (1) shall be considered to 

23 have been issued pursuant to, and in compliance 

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1 tion Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–275; 102 Stat. 

2 52). 

3 SEC. 3. MT. MORIAH WILDERNESS, HIGH SCHELLS WILDER4 NESS, AND ARC DOME WILDERNESS BOUND5 ARY ADJUSTMENTS. 

6 (a) AMENDMENTS TO THE PAM WHITE WILDERNESS

7 ACT.—Section 323 of the Pam White Wilderness Act of 

8 2006 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 109–432; 120 

9 Stat. 3031) is amended by striking subsection (e) and in10 serting the following: 

11 ‘‘(e) MT. MORIAH WILDERNESS ADJUSTMENT.—The 

12 boundary of the Mt. Moriah Wilderness established under 

13 section 2(13) of the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 

14 1989 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 101–195) is ad15 justed to include— 

16 ‘‘(1) the land identified as the ‘Mount Moriah 

17 Wilderness Area’ and ‘Mount Moriah Additions’ on 

18 the map entitled ‘Eastern White Pine County’ and 

19 dated November 29, 2006; and 

20 ‘‘(2) the land identified as ‘NFS Lands’ on the 

21 map entitled ‘Proposed Wilderness Boundary Ad22 justment Mt. Moriah Wilderness Area’ and dated 

23 January 17, 2017. 

24 ‘‘(f) HIGH SCHELLS WILDERNESS ADJUSTMENT.— 

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1 under subsection (a)(11) is adjusted to include the land 

2 identified as ‘Include as Wilderness’ on the map entitled 

3 ‘McCoy Creek Adjustment’ and dated November 3, 2014, 

4 and to exclude the land identified as ‘NFS Lands’ on the 

5 map entitled ‘Proposed Wilderness Boundary Adjustment 

6 High Schells Wilderness Area’ and dated January 19, 

7 2017.’’. 

8 (b) AMENDMENTS TO THE NEVADA WILDERNESS

9 PROTECTION ACT OF 1989.—The Nevada Wilderness 

10 Protection Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 

11 101–195; 103 Stat. 1784) is amended by adding at the 

12 end the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 12. ARC DOME BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 

14 ‘‘The boundary of the Arc Dome Wilderness estab15 lished under section 2(2) is adjusted to exclude the land 

16 identified as ‘Exclude from Wilderness’ on the map enti17 tled ‘Arc Dome Adjustment’ and dated November 3, 

18 2014.’’. 

19 SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF WHITE PINE COUNTY CON20 SERVATION, RECREATION, AND DEVELOP21 MENT ACT. 

22 (a) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—Section 312 of the 

23 White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Devel24 opment Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–432; 120 Stat. 

25 3030) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and plan2 ning’’ and inserting ‘‘municipal water and sewer in3 frastructure, public electric transmission facilities, 

4 public broadband infrastructure, and planning’’; and 

5 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘; 

7 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (H), by striking the 

9 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(I) processing by a government entity of 

12 public land use authorizations and rights-of-way 

13 relating to the development of land conveyed to 

14 the County under this Act, with an emphasis on 

15 authorizations and rights-of-way relating to any 

16 infrastructure needed for the expansion of the 

17 White Pine County Industrial Park under sec18 tion 352(c)(2).’’. 

19 (b) CONVEYANCE TO WHITE PINE COUNTY, NE20 VADA.—Section 352 of the White Pine County Conserva21 tion, Recreation, and Development Act of 2006 (Public 

22 Law 109–432; 120 Stat. 3039) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Sec24 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘not later than December 31, 

25 2018, the Secretary’’; 


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1 (2) in subsection (c)(3)(B)(i), by striking 

2 ‘‘through a competitive bidding process’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘consistent with section 244 of the Nevada Re4 vised Statutes (as in effect on the date of enactment 

5 of the Eastern Nevada Economic Development and 

6 Land Management Improvement Act)’’; and 

7 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(e) DEADLINE.—If the Secretary has not conveyed 

9 to the County the parcels of land described in subsection 

10 (b) by December 31, 2018, the Secretary shall imme11 diately convey to the County, without consideration, all 

12 right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 

13 the parcels of land.’’. 

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