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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3415 

To facilitate planning, permitting, administration, implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juniper dominated landscape restoration projects within 

Lincoln County, Nevada, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 30, 2013 

Mr. HORSFORD (for himself and Mr. AMODEI) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To facilitate planning, permitting, administration, implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juniper dominated landscape restoration projects within Lincoln County, Nevada, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Pinyon-Juniper Re5 lated Projects Implementation Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. FACILITATION OF PINYON-JUNIPER RELATED 

2 PROJECTS. 

3 (a) AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT UNDER

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

5 the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public Law 106– 

6 298; 114 Stat. 1048), is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

9 ‘‘and implementation’’ after ‘‘development’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) in subparagraph (C)— 

12 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ at 

13 the end and inserting a semicolon; 

14 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

15 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

16 (iii) by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(iii) planning, permitting, administration, 

19 implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juni20 per dominated landscape restoration projects 

21 within Lincoln County, consistent with the Ely 

22 Resource Management Plan; and 

23 ‘‘(iv) completing compliance activities 

24 under the National Environmental Policy Act of 

25 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), related mitiga26 tion plans, and archeological research and remstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 source inventory in compliance with the Na2 tional Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 

3 et seq.), the Native American Graves Protection 

4 and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), 

5 and Public Law 95–341 (commonly known as 

6 the ‘American Indian Religious Freedom Act’) 

7 (42 U.S.C. 1996) for areas of proposed land 

8 use authorizations and rights-of-way required 

9 for development of land conveyed pursuant to 

10 this Act and the Lincoln County Conservation, 

11 Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 

12 (Public Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2403) and as 

13 required for authorization of leases, rights-of14 way, and development within the Bureau of 

15 Land Management-designated Dry Lake Valley 

16 North Solar Energy Zone; and’’; and 

17 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(3) WAIVER OF FEES.—Processing of applica19 tions for rights-of-way submitted by a local govern20 ment or regional government to serve land conveyed 

21 pursuant to this Act shall not require payment of 

22 cost recovery fees or payment of contributed funds. 

23 ‘‘(4) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Establish24 ment and funding of cooperative agreements between 

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1 ty, Nevada, shall be required for County-provided 

2 law enforcement and planning related activities re3 garding— 

4 ‘‘(A) wilderness in Lincoln County, Ne5 vada, designated by the Lincoln County Con6 servation, Recreation, and Development Act of 

7 2004 (Public Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2403); 

8 ‘‘(B) cultural resources identified, pro9 tected, and managed pursuant to that Act; 

10 ‘‘(C) planning, management, and law en11 forcement associated with the Silver State OHV 

12 Trail designated by that Act; and 

13 ‘‘(D) planning associated with land dis14 posal and related land use authorizations re15 quired for utility corridors and rights of way to 

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

17 of pursuant to that Act and this Act.’’. 

18 (b) AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT UNDER

19 LINCOLN COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, AND

20 DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2004.—Section 103 of the Lin21 coln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development 

22 Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2406) is 

23 amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (b)(3)— 

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1 (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; 

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

3 (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 

4 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

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

6 ‘‘(G) planning, permitting, administration, 

7 implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juni8 per dominated landscape restoration projects 

9 within Lincoln County, consistent with the Ely 

10 Resource Management Plan; and 

11 ‘‘(H) completing compliance activities 

12 under the National Environmental Policy Act of 

13 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), related mitiga14 tion plans, and archeological research and re15 source inventory in compliance with the Na16 tional Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 

17 et seq.), the Native American Graves Protection 

18 and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), 

19 and Public Law 95–341 (commonly known as 

20 the ‘American Indian Religious Freedom Act’) 

21 (42 U.S.C. 1996) for areas of proposed land 

22 use authorizations and rights-of-way required 

23 for development of land conveyed pursuant to 

24 this Act and the Lincoln County Land Act of 

25 2000 (Public Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1046) 

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1 and as required for authorization of leases, 

2 rights-of-way, and development within the Bu3 reau of Land Management-designated Dry 

4 Lake Valley North Solar Energy Zone.’’; and 

5 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(d) WAIVER OF FEES.—Processing of applications 

7 for rights-of-way submitted by a local government or re8 gional government to serve lands conveyed pursuant to 

9 this Act shall not require payment of cost recovery fees 

10 or payment of contributed funds. 

11 ‘‘(e) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Establishment 

12 and funding of cooperative agreements between the Bu13 reau of Land Management and Lincoln County, Nevada, 

14 shall be required for County-provided law enforcement and 

15 planning related activities regarding— 

16 ‘‘(1) wilderness in Lincoln County, Nevada, des17 ignated by this Act; 

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

19 and managed pursuant to this Act; 

20 ‘‘(3) planning, management, and law enforce21 ment associated with the Silver State OHV Trail 

22 designated by this Act; and 

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

24 related land use authorizations required for utility 

25 corridors and rights of way to serve land that has 

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

2 and the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public 

3 Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1046).’’. 

4 SEC. 3. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS. 

5 (a) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LINCOLN

6 COUNTY LAND ACT OF 2000.—Section 5(a)(2) of the Lin7 coln County Land Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–298; 114 

8 Stat. 1047) is amended by inserting ‘‘and economic devel9 opment’’ after ‘‘schools’’. 

10 (b) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LINCOLN

11 COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, AND DEVELOP12 MENT ACT OF 2004.—Section 103(b)(2) of the Lincoln 

13 County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 

14 2004 (Public Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2405) is amended 

15 by striking ‘‘and transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘transpor16 tation, and economic development’’. 

17 SEC. 4. CERTAIN LAND IN UTILITY CORRIDOR NOT WITH18 DRAWN. 

19 Section 301(c) of the Lincoln County Conservation, 

20 Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 

21 108–424; 118 Stat. 2413) is amended in the matter pre22 ceding paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘(other than land in 

23 the corridor located in sections 7, 8, 9, 10, and 15, T. 

24 7 N., R. 68 E.)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 

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