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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1815 

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 provide for the implementation of a conservation 

plan for the Virgin River, Nevada. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 15, 2015 

Mr. HARDY (for himself, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. HECK of Nevada, and Ms. TITUS) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

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 provide 

for the implementation of a conservation plan for the 

Virgin River, Nevada. 

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 Land 

5 Implementation Improvement 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 (particularly for pinyon-juniper dominated 

24 landscapes) and other rangeland and wood25 land restoration projects within the Coun26 ty, consistent with the Ely Resource ManVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:21 Apr 21, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1815.IH H1815

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1 agement Plan and subject to approval by 

2 the Secretary; and’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(3) WAIVER OF FEES.—Processing of applica5 tions for rights-of-way submitted by local or regional 

6 governments within the County necessary to deliver 

7 government-provided services to land conveyed pur8 suant to this Act shall not require payment of cost9 recovery fees or payment of contributed funds. 

10 ‘‘(4) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Establish11 ment of cooperative agreements between the Bureau 

12 of Land Management and the County shall be re13 quired for County-provided law enforcement and 

14 planning related activities regarding— 

15 ‘‘(A) wilderness in the County designated 

16 by the Lincoln County Conservation, Recre17 ation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public 

18 Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2403); 

19 ‘‘(B) cultural resources identified, pro20 tected, and managed pursuant to that Act; 

21 ‘‘(C) planning, management, and law en22 forcement associated with the Silver State OHV 

23 Trail designated by that Act; and 

24 ‘‘(D) planning associated with land dis25 posal and related land use authorizations reVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:21 Apr 21, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1815.IH H1815

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1 quired for utility corridors and rights-of-way to 

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

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

4 (2) AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT UNDER

5 LINCOLN COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, 

6 AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2004.—Section 103 of 

7 the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and 

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

9 118 Stat. 2406) is amended— 

10 (A) in subsection (b)(3)— 

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

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

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

14 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

15 and’’; and 

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

18 ‘‘(G) development and implementation of 

19 comprehensive, cost-effective, and multijuris20 dictional hazardous fuels reduction and wildfire 

21 prevention planning (particularly for pinyon-ju22 niper dominated landscapes) and other range23 land and woodland restoration projects within 

24 the County, consistent with the Ely Resource 


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1 Management Plan and subject to approval by 

2 the Secretary.’’; and 

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

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

5 for rights-of-way submitted by local or regional govern6 ments within the County necessary to deliver government7 provided services to land conveyed pursuant to this Act 

8 shall not require payment of cost-recovery fees or payment 

9 of contributed funds. 

10 ‘‘(e) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Establishment of 

11 cooperative agreements between the Bureau of Land Man12 agement and the County shall be required for County-pro13 vided law enforcement and planning related activities re14 garding— 

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

16 this Act; 

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

18 and managed pursuant to this Act; 

19 ‘‘(3) planning, management, and law enforce20 ment associated with the Silver State OHV Trail 

21 designated by this Act; and 

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

23 related land use authorizations required for utility 

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

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


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1 and the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public 

2 Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1046).’’. 

3 (b) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 

4 (1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LIN5 COLN COUNTY LAND ACT OF 2000.—Section 5(a)(2) 

6 of the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public 

7 Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1047) is amended by in8 serting ‘‘and the Lincoln County Regional Develop9 ment Authority’’ after ‘‘schools’’. 

10 (2) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LIN11 COLN COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, AND

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

13 the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and 

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

15 118 Stat. 2405) is amended by striking ‘‘and trans16 portation’’ and inserting ‘‘transportation, and the 

17 Lincoln County Regional Development Authority’’. 

18 (c) CERTAIN LAND IN UTILITY CORRIDOR NOT

19 WITHDRAWN.—Section 301(c) of the Lincoln County Con20 servation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (Pub21 lic Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2413) is amended in the mat22 ter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘(other than land 

23 in the corridor located in sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 

24 11, 14, and 15, T. 7 N., R. 68 E.)’’ after ‘‘subsection 

25 (a)’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. MT. MORIAH WILDERNESS, HIGH SCHELLS WILDER2 NESS, AND ARC DOME WILDERNESS BOUND3 ARY ADJUSTMENTS. 

4 (a) AMENDMENTS TO THE PAM WHITE WILDERNESS

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

6 2006 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 109–432; 120 

7 Stat. 3031) is amended by striking subsection (e) and in8 serting the following: 

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

10 boundary of the Mt. Moriah Wilderness established under 

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

12 1989 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 101–195) is ad13 justed to include— 

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

15 Wilderness Area’ and ‘Mount Moriah Additions’ on 

16 the map entitled ‘Eastern White Pine County’ and 

17 dated November 29, 2006; and 

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

19 map entitled ‘Proposed Wilderness Boundary Ad20 justment Mt. Moriah Wilderness Area’ and dated 

21 June 18, 2014. 

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

23 The boundary of the High Schells Wilderness established 

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

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

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


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

2 map entitled ‘Proposed Wilderness Boundary Adjustment 

3 High Schells Wilderness Area’ and dated June 17, 2014.’’. 

4 (b) AMENDMENTS TO THE NEVADA WILDERNESS

5 PROTECTION ACT OF 1989.—The Nevada Wilderness 

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

7 101–195; 103 Stat. 1784) is amended by adding at the 

8 end the following: 

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

10 ‘‘The boundary of the Arc Dome Wilderness estab11 lished under section 2(2) is adjusted to exclude the land 

12 identified as ‘Exclude from Wilderness’ on the map enti13 tled ‘Arc Dome Adjustment’ and dated November 3, 

14 2014.’’. 

15 SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSERVATION PLAN, VIR16 GIN RIVER, NEVADA. 

17 Section 3(d)(3)(B) of Public Law 99–548 (100 Stat. 

18 3061; 116 Stat. 2018) is amended by striking ‘‘develop19 ment of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘development and implementation of a conserva21 tion plan to benefit fish and wildlife species of’’. 

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