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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6209 

To amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act to adjust the 

boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 2, 2023 

Ms. TITUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

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. 

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 ‘‘Sloan Canyon Con5 servation and Lateral Pipeline Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) CONSERVATION AREA.—The term ‘‘Con2 servation Area’’ means the Sloan Canyon National 

3 Conservation Area. 

4 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

5 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di6 rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 

7 SEC. 3. SLOAN CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA 

8 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 

9 (a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.— 

10 (1) MAP.—Section 603(4) of the Sloan Canyon 

11 National Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq– 

12 1(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘map entitled ‘South13 ern Nevada Public Land Management Act’ and 

14 dated October 1, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘map entitled 

15 ‘Proposed Sloan Canyon Expansion’ and dated June 

16 7, 2023’’. 

17 (2) ACREAGE.—Section 604(b) of the Sloan 

18 Canyon National Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 

19 460qqq–2(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘48,438’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘57,728’’. 

21 (b) RIGHT-OF-WAY.—Section 605 of the Sloan Can22 yon National Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq– 

23 3) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(h) HORIZON LATERAL PIPELINE RIGHT-OF25 WAY.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 

2 202 and 503 of the Federal Land Policy Manage3 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1763) and sub4 ject to valid existing rights and paragraph (3), the 

5 Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Direc6 tor of the Bureau of Land Management (referred to 

7 in this subsection as the ‘Secretary’), shall, not later 

8 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this sub9 section, grant to the Southern Nevada Water Au10 thority (referred to in this subsection as the ‘Author11 ity’), not subject to the payment of rents or other 

12 charges, the temporary and permanent water pipe13 line infrastructure, and outside the boundaries of the 

14 Conservation Area, powerline, facility, and access 

15 road rights-of-way depicted on the map for the pur16 poses of— 

17 ‘‘(A) performing geotechnical investigations 

18 within the rights-of-way; and 

19 ‘‘(B) constructing and operating water 

20 transmission and related facilities. 

21 ‘‘(2) EXCAVATION AND DISPOSAL.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Authority may, 

23 without consideration, excavate and use or dis24 pose of sand, gravel, minerals, or other mate25 rials from the tunneling of the water pipeline 


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1 necessary to fulfill the purpose of the rights-of2 way granted under paragraph (1). 

3 ‘‘(B) MEMORANDUM OF UNDER4 STANDING.—Not later than 30 days after the 

5 date on which the rights-of-way are granted 

6 under paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Au7 thority shall enter into a memorandum of un8 derstanding identifying Federal land on which 

9 the Authority may dispose of materials under 

10 subparagraph (A) to further the interests of the 

11 Bureau of Land Management. 

12 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—A right-of-way issued 

13 under this subsection shall be subject to the fol14 lowing requirements: 

15 ‘‘(A) The Secretary may include reasonable 

16 terms and conditions, consistent with section 

17 505 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage18 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1765), as are nec19 essary to protect Conservation Area resources. 

20 ‘‘(B) Construction of the water pipeline 

21 shall not permanently adversely affect conserva22 tion area surface resources. 

23 ‘‘(C) The right-of-way shall not be located 

24 through or under any area designated as wilder25 ness.’’. 


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1 (c) PRESERVATION OF TRANSMISSION AND UTILITY

2 CORRIDORS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—The expansion of the 

3 Conservation Area boundary under the amendment made 

4 by subsection (a)— 

5 (1) shall be subject to valid existing rights, in6 cluding land within a designated utility transmission 

7 corridor or a transmission line right-of-way grant 

8 approved by the Secretary in a record of decision 

9 issued before the date of the enactment of this Act; 

10 (2) shall not preclude— 

11 (A) any activity authorized in accordance 

12 with a designated corridor or right-of-way re13 ferred to in paragraph (1), including the oper14 ation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of 

15 any authorized utility facility within the cor16 ridor or right-of-way; or 

17 (B) the Secretary from authorizing the es18 tablishment of a new utility facility right-of-way 

19 within an existing designated transportation 

20 and utility corridor referred to in paragraph (1) 

21 in accordance with— 

22 (i) the National Environmental Policy 

23 Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

24 other applicable laws; and 


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1 (ii) subject to such terms and condi2 tions as the Secretary determines to be ap3 propriate; and 

4 (3) except as provided in the amendment made 

5 by subsection (b), modifies the management of the 

6 Conservation Area pursuant to section 605 of the 

7 Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act (16 

8 U.S.C. 460qqq–3). 

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