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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1815 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 365
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1815

                          [Report No. 114-479]

   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.

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                    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

                             April 11, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                               15, 2015]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

 

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Eastern Nevada Land Implementation 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. FACILITATION OF PINYON-JUNIPER RELATED PROJECTS IN LINCOLN 
              COUNTY, NEVADA.

    (a) Facilitation of Pinyon-Juniper Related Projects.--
            (1) Availability of special account under lincoln county 
        land act of 2000.--Section 5(b) of the Lincoln County Land Act 
        of 2000 (Public Law 106-298; 114 Stat. 1048) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``and 
                        implementation'' after ``development''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C)--
                                    (I) in clause (i), by striking ``; 
                                and'' at the end and inserting a 
                                semicolon; and
                                    (II) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                            ``(iii) development and implementation of 
                        comprehensive, cost-effective, and 
                        multijurisdictional hazardous fuels reduction 
                        projects and wildfire prevention planning 
                        activities (particularly for pinyon-juniper 
                        dominated landscapes) and other rangeland and 
                        woodland restoration projects within the 
                        County, consistent with the Ely Resource 
                        Management Plan or a subsequent amendment to 
                        the plan; and''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Cooperative agreements.--Establishment of cooperative 
        agreements between the Bureau of Land Management and the County 
        shall be required for any County-provided law enforcement and 
        planning related activities approved by the Secretary 
        regarding--
                    ``(A) wilderness in the County designated by the 
                Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and 
                Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-424; 118 Stat. 
                2403);
                    ``(B) cultural resources identified, protected, and 
                managed pursuant to that Act;
                    ``(C) planning, management, and law enforcement 
                associated with the Silver State OHV Trail designated 
                by that Act; and
                    ``(D) planning associated with land disposal and 
                related land use authorizations required for utility 
                corridors and rights-of-way to serve land that has 
                been, or is to be, disposed of pursuant to that Act 
                (other than rights-of-way granted pursuant to that Act) 
                and this Act.''.
            (2) Availability of special account under lincoln county 
        conservation, recreation, and development act of 2004.--Section 
        103 of the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and 
        Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-424; 118 Stat. 2406) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``; 
                        and'' at the end and inserting a semicolon;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) development and implementation of 
                comprehensive, cost-effective, and multijurisdictional 
                hazardous fuels reduction and wildfire prevention 
                planning activities (particularly for pinyon-juniper 
                dominated landscapes) and other rangeland and woodland 
                restoration projects within the County, consistent with 
                the Ely Resource Management Plan or a subsequent 
                amendment to the plan.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Cooperative Agreements.--Establishment of cooperative 
agreements between the Bureau of Land Management and the County shall 
be required for any County-provided law enforcement and planning 
related activities approved by the Secretary regarding--
            ``(1) wilderness in the County designated by this Act;
            ``(2) cultural resources identified, protected, and managed 
        pursuant to this Act;
            ``(3) planning, management, and law enforcement associated 
        with the Silver State OHV Trail designated by this Act; and
            ``(4) planning associated with land disposal and related 
        land use authorizations required for utility corridors and 
        rights-of-way to serve land that has been, or is to be, 
        disposed of pursuant to this Act (other than rights-of-way 
        granted pursuant to this Act) and the Lincoln County Land Act 
        of 2000 (Public Law 106-298; 114 Stat. 1046).''.
    (b) Disposition of Proceeds.--
            (1) Disposition of proceeds under lincoln county land act 
        of 2000.--Section 5(a)(2) of the Lincoln County Land Act of 
        2000 (Public Law 106-298; 114 Stat. 1047) is amended by 
        inserting ``and the Lincoln County Regional Development 
        Authority'' after ``schools''.
            (2) Disposition of proceeds under lincoln county 
        conservation, recreation, and development act of 2004.--Section 
        103(b)(2) of the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and 
        Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-424; 118 Stat. 2405) is 
        amended by striking ``and transportation'' and inserting 
        ``transportation, and the Lincoln County Regional Development 
        Authority or any other County economic development 
        organization''.
    (c) Realign a Portion of the LCCRDA Utility Corridor.--Section 
301(a) of the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development 
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-424; 118 Stat. 2413) establishes a 2,640-
foot wide utility corridor as depicted on a map dated October 1, 2004. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall realign a portion of the corridor 
by removing the designation in sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 
15, T. 7 N., R. 68 E. and realigning the corridor to sections 31, 32, 
and 33, T. 8 N., R. 68 E.; sections 4, 5, and 6, T. 7 N., R. 68 E.; and 
sections 1 and 12, T. 7 N., 67 E. as shown on the October 1, 2004, map.
    (d) Final Corrective Patent in Clark County, Nevada.--
            (1) Validation of patent.--Patent number 27-2005-0081 
        issued by the Bureau of Land Management on February 18, 2005, 
        is affirmed and validated as having been issued pursuant to, 
        and in compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land Exchange 
        Authorization Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-275; 102 Stat. 52), 
        the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
        et seq.), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
        1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for the benefit of the desert 
        tortoise, other species, and the habitat of the desert tortoise 
        and other species to increase the likelihood of the recovery of 
        the desert tortoise and other species.
            (2) Ratification of reconfiguration.--The process used by 
        the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of 
        Land Management in reconfiguring the land described in 
        paragraph (1), as depicted on Exhibit 1-4 of the Final 
        Environmental Impact Statement for the Planned Development 
        Project MSHCP, Lincoln County, NV (FWS-R8-ES-2008-N0136) and 
        the reconfiguration provided for in Special Condition 10 of the 
        Army Corps of Engineers Permit No. 000005042 are ratified.
    (e) Final Land Reconfiguration in Lincoln County, Nevada.--
            (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    (A) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map prepared 
                by the Bureau of Land Management entitled ``Proposed 
                Lincoln County Land Reconfiguration'' and dated January 
                28, 2016.
                    (B) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
                Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director 
                of the Bureau of Land Management.
            (2) Issuance of lincoln county corrective patent.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary may issue a 
                corrective patent for 7,548 acres of land in Lincoln 
                County, Nevada, that is depicted on the Map.
                    (B) Applicable law.--A corrective patent issued 
                under subparagraph (A) shall be considered to have been 
                issued pursuant to, and in compliance with, the Nevada-
                Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1988 (Public 
                Law 100-275; 102 Stat. 52).

SEC. 3. MT. MORIAH WILDERNESS, HIGH SCHELLS WILDERNESS, AND ARC DOME 
              WILDERNESS BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.

    (a) Amendments to the Pam White Wilderness Act.--Section 323 of the 
Pam White Wilderness Act of 2006 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 109-
432; 120 Stat. 3031) is amended by striking subsection (e) and 
inserting the following:
    ``(e) Mt. Moriah Wilderness Adjustment.--The boundary of the Mt. 
Moriah Wilderness established under section 2(13) of the Nevada 
Wilderness Protection Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 101-
195) is adjusted to include--
            ``(1) the land identified as the `Mount Moriah Wilderness 
        Area' and `Mount Moriah Additions' on the map entitled `Eastern 
        White Pine County' and dated November 29, 2006; and
            ``(2) the land identified as `NFS Lands' on the map 
        entitled `Proposed Wilderness Boundary Adjustment Mt. Moriah 
        Wilderness Area' and dated June 18, 2014.
    ``(f) High Schells Wilderness Adjustment.--The boundary of the High 
Schells Wilderness established under subsection (a)(11) is adjusted to 
include the land identified as `Include as Wilderness' on the map 
entitled `McCoy Creek Adjustment' and dated November 3, 2014, and to 
exclude the land identified as `NFS Lands' on the map entitled 
`Proposed Wilderness Boundary Adjustment High Schells Wilderness Area' 
and dated June 17, 2014.''.
    (b) Amendments to the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 1989.--
The Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 
Public Law 101-195; 103 Stat. 1784) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 12. ARC DOME BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    ``The boundary of the Arc Dome Wilderness established under section 
2(2) is adjusted to exclude the land identified as `Exclude from 
Wilderness' on the map entitled `Arc Dome Adjustment' and dated 
November 3, 2014.''.

SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSERVATION PLAN, VIRGIN RIVER, NEVADA.

    Section 3(d)(3)(B) of Public Law 99-548 (100 Stat. 3061; 116 Stat. 
2018) is amended by striking ``development of a multispecies habitat 
conservation plan for'' and inserting ``development and implementation 
of a conservation plan to benefit fish and wildlife species of''.

SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

    Section 3(f)(2)(B) of Public Law 99-548 (100 Stat. 3061) is amended 
by striking ``(v) Sec. 7.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 365

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1815

                          [Report No. 114-479]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 11, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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