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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 253 

To modify the process of the Secretary of the Interior for examining certain 

mining claims on Federal lands in Storey County, Nevada, to facilitate 

certain pinyon-juniper-related projects in Lincoln County, Nevada, to 

modify the boundaries of certain wilderness areas in the State of Nevada, 

to fully implement the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, 

and Development Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 4, 2019 

Mr. AMODEI (for himself and Mr. HORSFORD) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To modify the process of the Secretary of the Interior for 

examining certain mining claims on Federal lands in 

Storey County, Nevada, to facilitate certain pinyon-juniper-related projects in Lincoln County, Nevada, to modify the boundaries of certain wilderness areas in the 

State of Nevada, to fully implement the White Pine 

County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act, 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nevada Lands Bill 

3 Technical Corrections Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND 

5 IN STOREY COUNTY, NEVADA. 

6 Section 3009(d) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

7 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 

8 Fiscal Year 2015 (128 Stat. 3751) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (A) by striking subparagraphs (B) through 

11 (D) and redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

12 subparagraph (D); and 

13 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(B) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘Federal 

16 land’ means the land generally depicted as 

17 ‘Federal land’ on the map. 

18 ‘‘(C) MAP.—The term ‘map’ means the 

19 map entitled ‘Storey County Land Conveyance’ 

20 and dated June 6, 2018.’’. 

21 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

22 (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 

23 ‘‘after completing the mining claim validity re24 view under paragraph (2)(B), if requested by 

25 the County,’’; and 

26 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 


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1 (i) in clause (i)— 

2 (I) in the matter preceding sub3 clause (I), by striking ‘‘each parcel of 

4 land located in a mining townsite’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘any Federal land’’; 

6 (II) in subclause (I), by striking 

7 ‘‘mining townsite’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘Federal land’’; and 

9 (III) in subclause (II), by strik10 ing ‘‘mining townsite (including im11 provements to the mining townsite), 

12 as identified for conveyance on the 

13 map’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal land (in14 cluding improvements)’’; 

15 (ii) by striking clause (ii); 

16 (iii) by striking the subparagraph des17 ignation and heading and all that follows 

18 through ‘‘With respect’’ in the matter pre19 ceding subclause (I) of clause (i) and in20 serting the following: 

21 ‘‘(B) VALID MINING CLAIMS.—With re22 spect’’; and 

23 (iv) by redesignating subclauses (I) 

24 and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec25 tively, and indenting appropriately; 


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1 (3) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘a mining 

2 townsite conveyed under paragraph (3)(B)(i)(II)’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘Federal land conveyed under para4 graph (2)(B)(ii)’’; 

5 (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘a mining 

6 townsite under paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed7 eral land under paragraph (2)’’; 

8 (5) in paragraph (6), in the matter preceding 

9 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘mining townsite’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘Federal land’’; 

11 (6) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘A mining 

12 townsite to be conveyed by the United States under 

13 paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘The exterior bound14 ary of the Federal land to be conveyed by the United 

15 States under paragraph (2)’’; 

16 (7) in paragraph (9)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘a mining townsite under 

18 paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal land 

19 under paragraph (2)’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘the mining townsite’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘the Federal land’’; 

22 (8) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘the exam23 ination’’ and all that follows through the period at 

24 the end and inserting ‘‘the conveyance under para25 graph (2) should be completed by not later than 18 


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1 months after the date of enactment of the Nevada 

2 Lands Bill Technical Corrections Act of 2019.’’; 

3 (9) by striking paragraphs (2) and (8); 

4 (10) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 

5 (7) and (9) and (10) as paragraphs (2) through (6) 

6 and (7) and (8) respectively; and 

7 (11) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(9) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be 

9 on file and available for public inspection in the ap10 propriate offices of the Bureau of Land Manage11 ment.’’. 

12 SEC. 3. FACILITATION OF PINYON-JUNIPER-RELATED 

13 PROJECTS IN LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. 

14 (a) FACILITATION OF PINYON-JUNIPER-RELATED

15 PROJECTS.— 

16 (1) AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT UNDER

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

18 of the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public 

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

20 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

22 ‘‘and implementation’’ after ‘‘develop23 ment’’; and 

24 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 


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1 (I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; 

2 and’’ at the end and inserting a semi3 colon; and 

4 (II) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(iii) development and implementation of 

7 comprehensive, cost-effective, and multijuris8 dictional hazardous fuels reduction projects and 

9 wildfire prevention planning activities, particu10 larly for pinyon-juniper-dominated landscapes, 

11 and other rangeland and woodland restoration 

12 projects within the County, consistent with the 

13 Ely Resource Management Plan or any subse14 quent revisions or amendments to that plan; 

15 and’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Direc18 tor of the Bureau of Land Management shall enter 

19 into cooperative agreements with the County for law 

20 enforcement and planning-related activities provided 

21 by the County and approved by the Secretary, re22 garding— 

23 ‘‘(A) wilderness in the County designated 

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1 ation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public 

2 Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2403); 

3 ‘‘(B) cultural resources identified, pro4 tected, and managed pursuant to that Act; 

5 ‘‘(C) planning, management, and law en6 forcement associated with the Silver State OHV 

7 Trail designated by that Act; and 

8 ‘‘(D) planning associated with land dis9 posal and related land-use authorizations re10 quired for utility corridors and rights-of-way to 

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

12 of pursuant to that Act (other than rights-of13 way granted pursuant to that Act) and this 

14 Act.’’. 

15 (2) AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT UNDER

16 LINCOLN COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, 

17 AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2004.—Section 103 of 

18 the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and 

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

20 118 Stat. 2405) is amended— 

21 (A) in subsection (b)(3)— 

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

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


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

2 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

3 and’’; and 

4 (iii) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(G) development and implementation of 

7 comprehensive, cost-effective, and multijuris8 dictional hazardous fuels reduction projects and 

9 wildfire prevention planning activities, particu10 larly for pinyon-juniper-dominated landscapes, 

11 and other rangeland and woodland restoration 

12 projects within the County, consistent with the 

13 Ely Resource Management Plan or any subse14 quent revisions or amendments to that plan.’’; 

15 and 

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

17 ‘‘(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Director of 

18 the Bureau of Land Management shall enter into coopera19 tive agreements with the County for law enforcement and 

20 planning-related activities provided by the County and ap21 proved by the Secretary regarding— 

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

23 this Act; 

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

25 and managed pursuant to this Act; 


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1 ‘‘(3) planning, management, and law enforce2 ment associated with the Silver State OHV Trail 

3 designated by this Act; and 

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

5 related land-use authorizations required for utility 

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

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

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

9 Act) and the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 

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

11 (b) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 

12 (1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LIN13 COLN COUNTY LAND ACT OF 2000.—Section 5(a)(2) 

14 of the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public 

15 Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1047) is amended by in16 serting ‘‘and economic development’’ after ‘‘schools’’. 

17 (2) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LIN18 COLN COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, AND

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

20 the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and 

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

22 118 Stat. 2405) is amended by striking ‘‘and trans23 portation’’ and inserting ‘‘transportation, and eco24 nomic development’’. 


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1 (c) MODIFICATION OF UTILITY CORRIDOR.—The 

2 Secretary of the Interior shall realign the utility corridor 

3 established by section 301(a) of the Lincoln County Con4 servation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (Pub5 lic Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2412) to be aligned as gen6 erally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Proposed LCCRDA 

7 Utility Corridor Realignment’’ and dated March 14, 2017, 

8 by modifying the map titled ‘‘Lincoln County Conserva9 tion, Recreation, and Development Act’’ (referred to in 

10 this subsection as the ‘‘Map’’) and dated October 1, 2004, 

11 by— 

12 (1) removing the utility corridor from sections 

13 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 15, T. 7 N., R. 68 

14 E., of the Map; and 

15 (2) redesignating the utility corridor so as to 

16 appear on the Map in— 

17 (A) sections 31, 32, and 33, T. 8 N., R. 

18 68 E.; 

19 (B) sections 4, 5, 6, and 7, T. 7 N., R. 68 

20 E.; and 

21 (C) sections 1 and 12, T. 7 N., 67 E. 

22 (d) FINAL CORRECTIVE PATENT IN CLARK COUNTY, 

23 NEVADA.— 

24 (1) VALIDATION OF PATENT.—Patent number 

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1 agement on February 18, 2005, is affirmed and vali2 dated as having been issued pursuant to, and in 

3 compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land Ex4 change Authorization Act of 1988 (Public Law 100– 

5 275; 102 Stat. 52), the National Environmental Pol6 icy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the 

7 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

8 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for the benefit of the desert 

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

10 tortoise and other species to increase the likelihood 

11 of the recovery of the desert tortoise and other spe12 cies. 

13 (2) RATIFICATION OF RECONFIGURATION.—The 

14 process used by the United States Fish and Wildlife 

15 Service and the Bureau of Land Management in re16 configuring the land described in paragraph (1), as 

17 depicted on Exhibit 1–4 of the Final Environmental 

18 Impact Statement for the Planned Development 

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

20 ES–2008–N0136), and the reconfiguration provided 

21 for in special condition 10 of the Corps of Engineers 

22 Permit No. 000005042, are ratified. 

23 (e) ISSUANCE OF CORRECTIVE PATENT IN LINCOLN

24 COUNTY, NEVADA.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte2 rior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of 

3 Land Management, may issue a corrective patent for 

4 the 7,548 acres of land in Lincoln County, Nevada, 

5 depicted on the map prepared by the Bureau of 

6 Land Management titled ‘‘Proposed Lincoln County 

7 Land Reconfiguration’’ and dated January 28, 

8 2016. 

9 (2) APPLICABLE LAW.—A corrective patent 

10 issued under paragraph (1) shall be treated as 

11 issued pursuant to, and in compliance with, the Ne12 vada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 

13 1988 (Public Law 100–275; 102 Stat. 52). 

14 (f) CONVEYANCE TO LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA, TO

15 SUPPORT A LANDFILL.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 

17 the date of enactment of this Act, and subject to 

18 valid existing rights, at the request of Lincoln Coun19 ty, Nevada, the Secretary of the Interior shall con20 vey without consideration under the Recreation and 

21 Public Purposes Act (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) to Lin22 coln County all right, title and interest of the United 

23 States in and to approximately 400 acres of land in 

24 Lincoln County, Nevada, more particularly described 


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as follows: T. 11 S., R. 62, E., Section 25 E 1 1 ⁄2 of 

W 1⁄2; and W 1⁄2 of E 1⁄2; and E 1 2 ⁄2 of SE 1/4. 

3 (2) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall reserve 

4 to the United States the mineral estate in any land 

5 conveyed under paragraph (1). 

6 (3) USE OF CONVEYED LAND.—The land con7 veyed under paragraph (1) shall be used by Lincoln 

8 County, Nevada, to provide a suitable location for 

9 the establishment of a centralized landfill and to 

10 provide a designated area and authorized facilities to 

11 discourage unauthorized dumping and trash disposal 

12 on environmentally-sensitive public land. Lincoln 

13 County may not dispose of the land conveyed under 

14 paragraph (1). 

15 (4) REVERSION.—If Lincoln County, Nevada, 

16 ceases to use any parcel of land conveyed under 

17 paragraph (1) for the purposes described in para18 graph (3)— 

19 (A) title to the parcel shall revert to the 

20 Secretary of the Interior, at the option of the 

21 Secretary; and 

22 (B) Lincoln County shall be responsible for 

23 any reclamation necessary to restore the parcel 

24 to a condition acceptable to the Secretary of the 

25 Interior. 


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1 SEC. 4. MT. MORIAH WILDERNESS, HIGH SCHELLS WILDER2 NESS, AND ARC DOME WILDERNESS BOUND3 ARY ADJUSTMENTS. 

4 (a) AMENDMENTS TO THE PAM WHITE WILDERNESS

5 ACT OF 2006.—Section 323 of the Pam White Wilderness 

6 Act of 2006 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 120 Stat. 3031) is 

7 amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting the fol8 lowing: 

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) is adjusted to include— 

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

14 Wilderness Area’ and ‘Mount Moriah Additions’ on 

15 the map titled ‘Eastern White Pine County’ and 

16 dated November 29, 2006; and 

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

18 map titled ‘Proposed Wilderness Boundary Adjust19 ment Mt. Moriah Wilderness Area’ and dated Janu20 ary 17, 2017. 

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

22 The boundary of the High Schells Wilderness established 

23 under subsection (a)(11) is adjusted— 

24 ‘‘(1) to include the land identified as ‘Include 

25 as Wilderness’ on the map titled ‘McCoy Creek Ad26 justment’ and dated November 3, 2014; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) to exclude the land identified as ‘NFS 

2 Lands’ on the map titled ‘Proposed Wilderness 

3 Boundary Adjustment High Schells Wilderness 

4 Area’ and dated January 19, 2017.’’. 

5 (b) AMENDMENTS TO THE NEVADA WILDERNESS

6 PROTECTION ACT OF 1989.—The Nevada Wilderness 

7 Protection Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended 

8 by adding at the 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 titled 

13 ‘Arc Dome Adjustment’ and dated November 3, 2014.’’. 

14 SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION OF WHITE PINE COUNTY CON15 SERVATION, RECREATION, AND DEVELOP16 MENT ACT. 

17 (a) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—Section 312 of the 

18 White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Devel19 opment Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–432; 120 Stat. 

20 3030) is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and plan22 ning’’ and inserting ‘‘municipal water and sewer in23 frastructure, public electric transmission facilities, 

24 public broadband infrastructure, and planning’’; and 

25 (2) in paragraph (3)— 


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1 (A) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘; 

2 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (H), by striking the 

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

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

6 ‘‘(I) processing by a government entity of 

7 public land-use authorizations and rights-of-way 

8 relating to the development of land conveyed to 

9 the County under this Act, with an emphasis on 

10 authorizations and rights-of-way relating to any 

11 infrastructure needed for the expansion of the 

12 White Pine County Industrial Park under sec13 tion 352(c)(2).’’. 

14 (b) CONVEYANCE TO WHITE PINE COUNTY, NE15 VADA.—Section 352 of the White Pine County Conserva16 tion, Recreation, and Development Act of 2006 (Public 

17 Law 109–432; 120 Stat. 3039) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘not later 

19 than 120 days after the date of the enactment of the 

20 Nevada Lands Bill Technical Corrections Act of 

21 2019’’ before ‘‘the Secretary’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (c)(3)(B)(i), by striking 

23 ‘‘through a competitive bidding process’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘consistent with section 244 of the Nevada Re25 vised Statutes (as in effect on the date of enactment 


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1 of the Eastern Nevada Economic Development and 

2 Land Management Improvement Act)’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(e) DEADLINE.—If the Secretary has not conveyed 

5 to the County the parcels of land described in subsection 

6 (b) by the date that is 120 days after the date of the en7 actment of the Nevada Lands Bill Technical Corrections 

8 Act of 2019, the Secretary shall convey to the County, 

9 without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the 

10 United States in and to the parcels of land.’’. 

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