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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. 

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] 


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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. 


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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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FACILITATION OF PINYON-JUNIPER RELATED 

7 PROJECTS IN LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. 

8 (a) FACILITATION OF PINYON-JUNIPER RELATED

9 PROJECTS.— 

10 (1) AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT UNDER

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

12 the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public Law 

13 106–298; 114 Stat. 1048) is amended— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

16 ‘‘and implementation’’ after ‘‘development’’; 

17 and 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 

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

20 and’’ at the end and inserting a semi21 colon; and 

22 (II) by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(iii) development and implementation 

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1 jurisdictional hazardous fuels reduction 

2 projects and wildfire prevention planning 

3 activities (particularly for pinyon-juniper 

4 dominated landscapes) and other rangeland 

5 and woodland restoration projects within 

6 the County, consistent with the Ely Re7 source Management Plan or a subsequent 

8 amendment to the plan; and’’; and 

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

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

12 Land Management and the County shall be required 

13 for any County-provided law enforcement and plan14 ning related activities approved by the Secretary re15 garding— 

16 ‘‘(A) wilderness in the County designated by 

17 the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, 

18 and Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 108– 

19 424; 118 Stat. 2403); 

20 ‘‘(B) cultural resources identified, protected, 

21 and managed pursuant to that Act; 

22 ‘‘(C) planning, management, and law en23 forcement associated with the Silver State OHV 

24 Trail designated by that Act; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) planning associated with land dis2 posal and related land use authorizations re3 quired for utility corridors and rights-of-way to 

4 serve land that has been, or is to be, disposed of 

5 pursuant to that Act (other than rights-of-way 

6 granted pursuant to that Act) and this Act.’’. 

7 (2) AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT UNDER

8 LINCOLN COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, AND

9 DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2004.—Section 103 of the Lin10 coln County Conservation, Recreation, and Develop11 ment Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 

12 2406) is amended— 

13 (A) in subsection (b)(3)— 

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

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

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

17 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

18 and 

19 (iii) by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(G) development and implementation of 

22 comprehensive, cost-effective, and multijuris23 dictional hazardous fuels reduction and wildfire 

24 prevention planning activities (particularly for 

25 pinyon-juniper dominated landscapes) and other 


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1 rangeland and woodland restoration projects 

2 within the County, consistent with the Ely Re3 source Management Plan or a subsequent amend4 ment to the plan.’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Establishment of 

7 cooperative agreements between the Bureau of Land Man8 agement and the County shall be required for any County9 provided law enforcement and planning related activities 

10 approved by the Secretary regarding— 

11 ‘‘(1) wilderness in the County designated by this 

12 Act; 

13 ‘‘(2) cultural resources identified, protected, and 

14 managed pursuant to this Act; 

15 ‘‘(3) planning, management, and law enforce16 ment associated with the Silver State OHV Trail des17 ignated by this Act; and 

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

19 related land use authorizations required for utility 

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

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

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

23 Act) and the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Pub24 lic Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1046).’’. 

25 (b) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 


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1 (1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LINCOLN

2 COUNTY LAND ACT OF 2000.—Section 5(a)(2) of the 

3 Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public Law 106– 

4 298; 114 Stat. 1047) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 

5 the Lincoln County Regional Development Authority’’ 

6 after ‘‘schools’’. 

7 (2) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LINCOLN

8 COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, AND DEVELOP9 MENT ACT OF 2004.—Section 103(b)(2) of the Lincoln 

10 County Conservation, Recreation, and Development 

11 Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2405) is 

12 amended by striking ‘‘and transportation’’ and in13 serting ‘‘transportation, and the Lincoln County Re14 gional Development Authority or any other County 

15 economic development organization’’. 

16 (c) REALIGN A PORTION OF THE LCCRDA UTILITY

17 CORRIDOR.—Section 301(a) of the Lincoln County Con18 servation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public 

19 Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2413) establishes a 2,640-foot wide 

20 utility corridor as depicted on a map dated October 1, 2004. 

21 The Secretary of the Interior shall realign a portion of the 

22 corridor by removing the designation in sections 5, 6, 7, 

23 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 15, T. 7 N., R. 68 E. and realigning 

24 the corridor to sections 31, 32, and 33, T. 8 N., R. 68 E.; 


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1 sections 4, 5, and 6, T. 7 N., R. 68 E.; and sections 1 and 

2 12, T. 7 N., 67 E. as shown on the October 1, 2004, map. 

3 (d) FINAL CORRECTIVE PATENT IN CLARK COUNTY, 

4 NEVADA.— 

5 (1) VALIDATION OF PATENT.—Patent number 27- 

6 2005-0081 issued by the Bureau of Land Management 

7 on February 18, 2005, is affirmed and validated as 

8 having been issued pursuant to, and in compliance 

9 with, the Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authoriza10 tion Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–275; 102 Stat. 52), 

11 the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

12 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the Federal Land Policy 

13 and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 

14 for the benefit of the desert tortoise, other species, and 

15 the habitat of the desert tortoise and other species to 

16 increase the likelihood of the recovery of the desert tor17 toise and other species. 

18 (2) RATIFICATION OF RECONFIGURATION.—The 

19 process used by the United States Fish and Wildlife 

20 Service and the Bureau of Land Management in re21 configuring the land described in paragraph (1), as 

22 depicted on Exhibit 1-4 of the Final Environmental 

23 Impact Statement for the Planned Development 

24 Project MSHCP, Lincoln County, NV (FWS-R8-ES25 2008-N0136) and the reconfiguration provided for in 


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1 Special Condition 10 of the Army Corps of Engineers 

2 Permit No. 000005042 are ratified. 

3 (e) FINAL LAND RECONFIGURATION IN LINCOLN COUN4 TY, NEVADA.— 

5 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

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

7 prepared by the Bureau of Land Management 

8 entitled ‘‘Proposed Lincoln County Land Recon9 figuration’’ and dated January 28, 2016. 

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

11 means the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

12 through the Director of the Bureau of Land 

13 Management. 

14 (2) ISSUANCE OF LINCOLN COUNTY CORRECTIVE

15 PATENT.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may issue 

17 a corrective patent for 7,548 acres of land in 

18 Lincoln County, Nevada, that is depicted on the 

19 Map. 

20 (B) APPLICABLE LAW.—A corrective patent 

21 issued under subparagraph (A) shall be consid22 ered to have been issued pursuant to, and in 

23 compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land Ex24 change Authorization Act of 1988 (Public Law 

25 100–275; 102 Stat. 52). 


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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 Stat. 

7 3031) is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting 

8 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 Adjust20 ment Mt. Moriah Wilderness Area’ and dated June 

21 18, 2014. 

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

23 boundary of the High Schells Wilderness established under 

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

25 as ‘Include as Wilderness’ on the map entitled ‘McCoy Creek 

26 Adjustment’ and dated November 3, 2014, and to exclude 


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1 the land identified as ‘NFS Lands’ on the map entitled 

2 ‘Proposed Wilderness Boundary Adjustment High Schells 

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

4 (b) AMENDMENTS TO THE NEVADA WILDERNESS PRO5 TECTION ACT OF 1989.—The Nevada Wilderness Protection 

6 Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 101–195; 

7 103 Stat. 1784) is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

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

10 ‘‘The boundary of the Arc Dome Wilderness established 

11 under section 2(2) is adjusted to exclude the land identified 

12 as ‘Exclude from Wilderness’ on the map entitled ‘Arc Dome 

13 Adjustment’ and dated November 3, 2014.’’. 

14 SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSERVATION PLAN, VIR15 GIN RIVER, NEVADA. 

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

17 3061; 116 Stat. 2018) is amended by striking ‘‘development 

18 of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘development and implementation of a conservation 

20 plan to benefit fish and wildlife species of’’. 

21 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 

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

23 3061) is amended by striking ‘‘(v) Sec. 7.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 365 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1815 

[Report No. 114–479] 

A BILL 

To facilitate certain pinyon-juniper related projects 

a conservation plan for the Virgin River, Nevada. Nevada, and to provide for the implementation of aries of certain wilderness areas in the State of in Lincoln County, Nevada, to modify the boundAPRIL 11, 2016 

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


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