114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1815 
AN ACT 
To facilitate certain pinyon-juniper related projects in Lin-
coln 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 Representa-
tives 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 
‘‘develop-
ment’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(II) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) development and implementation 
of comprehensive, cost-effective, and multi-
jurisdictional hazardous fuels reduction 
projects and wildfire prevention planning 
activities (particularly for pinyon-juniper
dominated landscapes) and other range-
land and woodland restoration projects 
within the County, consistent with the Ely 
Resource Management Plan or a subse-
quent amendment to the plan; and’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—Establish-
ment of cooperative agreements between the Bureau 
of Land Management and the County shall be re-
quired 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, Recre-
ation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public 
Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2403); 
‘‘(B) cultural resources identified, pro-
tected, and managed pursuant to that Act; 
‘‘(C) planning, management, and law en-
forcement associated with the Silver State OHV 
Trail designated by that Act; and 
‘‘(D) planning associated with land dis-
posal and related land use authorizations re-
quired 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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(G) development and implementation of 
comprehensive, cost-effective, and multijuris-
dictional 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 Re-
source 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 ac-
tivities 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 enforce-
ment 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
LIN-
COLN 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 in-
serting ‘‘and the Lincoln County Regional Develop-
ment Authority’’ after ‘‘schools’’. 
(2) DISPOSITION
OF
PROCEEDS
UNDER
LIN-
COLN
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 trans-
portation’’ and inserting ‘‘transportation, and the 
Lincoln County Regional Development Authority or 
any other County economic development organiza-
tion’’. 
(c) REALIGN A PORTION OF THE LCCRDA UTILITY 
CORRIDOR.—Section 301(a) of the Lincoln County Con-
servation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (Pub-
lic Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2413) establishes a 2,640- 
foot wide utility corridor as depicted on a map dated Octo-
ber 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 Man-
agement on February 18, 2005, is affirmed and vali-
dated as having been issued pursuant to, and in 
compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land Ex-
change Authorization Act of 1988 (Public Law 100– 
275; 102 Stat. 52), the National Environmental Pol-
icy 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 spe-
cies. 
(2) RATIFICATION OF RECONFIGURATION.—The 
process used by the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service and the Bureau of Land Management in re-
configuring 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 Manage-
ment 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 CORREC-
TIVE 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 pat-
ent issued under subparagraph (A) shall be 
considered to have been issued pursuant to, and 
in compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land