IIB 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1815 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 8, 2016 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eastern Nevada Land 

3 Implementation Improvement Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FACILITATION OF PINYON-JUNIPER RELATED 

5 PROJECTS IN LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. 

6 (a) FACILITATION OF PINYON-JUNIPER RELATED

7 PROJECTS.— 

8 (1) AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT UNDER

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

10 of the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public 

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

12 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

14 ‘‘and implementation’’ after ‘‘develop15 ment’’; and 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 

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

18 and’’ at the end and inserting a semi19 colon; and 

20 (II) by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(iii) development and implementation 

23 of comprehensive, cost-effective, and multi24 jurisdictional hazardous fuels reduction 

25 projects and wildfire prevention planning 

26 activities (particularly for pinyon-juniper 


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1 dominated landscapes) and other range2 land and woodland restoration projects 

3 within the County, consistent with the Ely 

4 Resource Management Plan or a subse5 quent amendment to the plan; and’’; and 

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

7 ‘‘(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Establish8 ment of cooperative agreements between the Bureau 

9 of Land Management and the County shall be re10 quired for any County-provided law enforcement and 

11 planning related activities approved by the Secretary 

12 regarding— 

13 ‘‘(A) wilderness in the County designated 

14 by the Lincoln County Conservation, Recre15 ation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public 

16 Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2403); 

17 ‘‘(B) cultural resources identified, pro18 tected, and managed pursuant to that Act; 

19 ‘‘(C) planning, management, and law en20 forcement associated with the Silver State OHV 

21 Trail designated by that Act; and 

22 ‘‘(D) planning associated with land dis23 posal and related land use authorizations re24 quired for utility corridors and rights-of-way to 

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


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1 of pursuant to that Act (other than rights-of2 way granted pursuant to that Act) and this 

3 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 activities (particularly for 

22 pinyon-juniper dominated landscapes) and other 

23 rangeland and woodland restoration projects 

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1 source Management Plan or a subsequent 

2 amendment to the plan.’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Establishment 

5 of cooperative agreements between the Bureau of Land 

6 Management and the County shall be required for any 

7 County-provided law enforcement and planning related ac8 tivities approved by the Secretary regarding— 

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

10 this Act; 

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

12 and managed pursuant to this Act; 

13 ‘‘(3) planning, management, and law enforce14 ment associated with the Silver State OHV Trail 

15 designated by this Act; and 

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

17 related land use authorizations required for utility 

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

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

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

21 Act) and the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 

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

23 (b) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 

24 (1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LIN25 COLN COUNTY LAND ACT OF 2000.—Section 5(a)(2) 


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1 of the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public 

2 Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1047) is amended by in3 serting ‘‘and the Lincoln County Regional Develop4 ment Authority’’ after ‘‘schools’’. 

5 (2) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LIN6 COLN COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, AND

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

8 the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and 

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

10 118 Stat. 2405) is amended by striking ‘‘and trans11 portation’’ and inserting ‘‘transportation, and the 

12 Lincoln County Regional Development Authority or 

13 any other County economic development organiza14 tion’’. 

15 (c) REALIGN A PORTION OF THE LCCRDA UTILITY

16 CORRIDOR.—Section 301(a) of the Lincoln County Con17 servation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (Pub18 lic Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2413) establishes a 2,640- 

19 foot wide utility corridor as depicted on a map dated Octo20 ber 1, 2004. The Secretary of the Interior shall realign 

21 a portion of the corridor by removing the designation in 

22 sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 15, T. 7 N., R. 

23 68 E. and realigning the corridor to sections 31, 32, and 

24 33, T. 8 N., R. 68 E.; sections 4, 5, and 6, T. 7 N., R. 


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1 68 E.; and sections 1 and 12, T. 7 N., 67 E. as shown 

2 on the October 1, 2004, map. 

3 (d) FINAL CORRECTIVE PATENT IN CLARK COUNTY, 

4 NEVADA.— 

5 (1) VALIDATION OF PATENT.—Patent number 

6 27–2005–0081 issued by the Bureau of Land Man7 agement on February 18, 2005, is affirmed and vali8 dated as having been issued pursuant to, and in 

9 compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land Ex10 change Authorization Act of 1988 (Public Law 100– 

11 275; 102 Stat. 52), the National Environmental Pol12 icy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the 

13 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

14 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for the benefit of the desert 

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

16 tortoise and other species to increase the likelihood 

17 of the recovery of the desert tortoise and other spe18 cies. 

19 (2) RATIFICATION OF RECONFIGURATION.—The 

20 process used by the United States Fish and Wildlife 

21 Service and the Bureau of Land Management in re22 configuring the land described in paragraph (1), as 

23 depicted on Exhibit 1–4 of the Final Environmental 

24 Impact Statement for the Planned Development 

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


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1 ES–2008–N0136) and the reconfiguration provided 

2 for in Special Condition 10 of the Army Corps of 

3 Engineers Permit No. 000005042 are ratified. 

4 (e) FINAL LAND RECONFIGURATION IN LINCOLN

5 COUNTY, NEVADA.— 

6 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

7 (A) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the 

8 map prepared by the Bureau of Land Manage9 ment entitled ‘‘Proposed Lincoln County Land 

10 Reconfiguration’’ and dated January 28, 2016. 

11 (B) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

12 means the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

13 through the Director of the Bureau of Land 

14 Management. 

15 (2) ISSUANCE OF LINCOLN COUNTY CORREC16 TIVE PATENT.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

18 issue a corrective patent for 7,548 acres of land 

19 in Lincoln County, Nevada, that is depicted on 

20 the Map. 

21 (B) APPLICABLE LAW.—A corrective pat22 ent issued under subparagraph (A) shall be 

23 considered to have been issued pursuant to, and 

24 in compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land 


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1 Exchange Authorization Act of 1988 (Public 

2 Law 100–275; 102 Stat. 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 June 18, 2014. 

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

25 The boundary of the High Schells Wilderness established 


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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 June 17, 2014.’’. 

7 (b) AMENDMENTS TO THE NEVADA WILDERNESS

8 PROTECTION ACT OF 1989.—The Nevada Wilderness 

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

10 101–195; 103 Stat. 1784) is amended by adding at the 

11 end the following: 

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

13 ‘‘The boundary of the Arc Dome Wilderness estab14 lished under section 2(2) is adjusted to exclude the land 

15 identified as ‘Exclude from Wilderness’ on the map enti16 tled ‘Arc Dome Adjustment’ and dated November 3, 

17 2014.’’. 

18 SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSERVATION PLAN, VIR19 GIN RIVER, NEVADA. 

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

21 3061; 116 Stat. 2018) is amended by striking ‘‘develop22 ment of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘development and implementation of a conserva24 tion plan to benefit fish and wildlife species of’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 

2 Section 3(f)(2)(B) of Public Law 99–548 (100 Stat. 

3 3061) is amended by striking ‘‘(v) Sec. 7.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 7, 2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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