(2) USES.—The Secretary shall allow only uses 
of a Special Management Area that are consistent 
with the purposes for which the Special Management 
Area is established. 
(3) MOTORIZED VEHICLES; NEW ROADS.— 
(A) MOTORIZED
VEHICLES.—Except as 
needed for emergency response or administra-
tive purposes, the use of motorized vehicles in 
the Special Management Areas shall be per-
mitted only on roads and motorized routes des-
ignated for the use of motorized vehicles in the 
management plan developed under subsection 
(h). 
(B) NEW ROADS.—No new permanent or 
temporary roads or other motorized vehicle 
routes shall be constructed within the Special 
Management Areas after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(e) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall prepare a map and legal description of each 
Special Management Area. 
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(2) EFFECT.—A map or legal description filed 
under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and 
effect as if included in this Act. 
(3) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion and coordination with the County, may correct 
minor errors in a map or legal description filed 
under paragraph (1). 
(4) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—A copy of each 
map and legal description filed under paragraph (1) 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement. 
(f) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTER-
ESTS IN LAND.—Any land or interest in land that is ac-
quired by the United States within a Special Management 
Area shall— 
(1) become part of the Special Management 
Area in which the acquired land or interest in land 
is located; 
(2) be withdrawn in accordance with subsection 
(g); and 
(3) be managed in accordance with subsection 
(d). 
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(g) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all Federal land within a Special Management Area is 
withdrawn from— 
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-
posal under the public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 
materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
(h) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—As soon as practicable, 
but not later than 1 year, after the date on which the 
County is issued an amended Federal incidental take per-
mit under section 205, the Secretary, in consultation and 
coordination with the County, shall— 
(1) develop a comprehensive management plan 
for the long-term protection and management of the 
Special Management Areas; and 
(2) amend the applicable resource management 
plan to incorporate the provisions of the manage-
ment plan for the Special Management Areas devel-
oped under paragraph (1). 
(i) TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITY CORRIDORS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Consistent with this sub-
section, the management plan for the Special Man-
agement Areas developed under subsection (h) shall 
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establish provisions, including avoidance, minimiza-
tion, and mitigation measures, for ongoing mainte-
nance of public utility and other rights-of-way in ex-
isting designated transportation and utility corridors 
within a Special Management Area. 
(2) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section— 
(A) affects the existence, use, operation, 
maintenance, repair, construction, reconfigura-
tion, expansion, inspection, renewal, reconstruc-
tion, alteration, addition, relocation improve-
ment funding, removal, or replacement of any 
utility facility or appurtenant right-of-way with-
in an existing designated transportation and 
utility corridor within a Special Management 
Area; 
(B) precludes the Secretary from author-
izing the establishment of a new or the renewal 
or expansion of an existing utility facility right- 
of-way within an existing designated transpor-
tation and utility corridor within a Special 
Management Area, including the potential re-
alignment of a corridor numbered 224–225 es-
tablished under section 368 of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15926) through the 
Stump Springs Management Area— 
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(i) in accordance with— 
(I) the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.); and 
(II) any other applicable law; and 
(ii) subject to such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary determines to be ap-
propriate; or 
(C) prohibits access to, or the repair or re-
placement of, a transmission line within a right- 
of-way within a Special Management Area 
issued before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(j) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section prevents or 
interferes with— 
(1) the construction or operation of the Ivanpah 
Valley Airport authorized under the Ivanpah Valley 
Airport Public Lands Transfer Act (Public Law 
106–362; 114 Stat. 1404); or 
(2) the Airport Environs Overlay District au-
thorized under section 501(c) of the Clark County 
Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–282; 116 Stat. 2008) 
and section 3092(i) of the Carl Levin and Howard 
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization 
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Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 
Stat. 3875). 
SEC. 205. RELATIONSHIP TO THE CLARK COUNTY MUL-
TIPLE 
SPECIES 
HABITAT 
CONSERVATION 
PLAN. 
(a) 
EXTENSION
OF
HABITAT
CONSERVATION 
PLAN.—On receipt from the County of a complete applica-
tion for an amendment to the applicable Federal incidental 
take permit, as required by sections 17.22(b)(1) and 
17.32(b)(1) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
successor regulations), and an amended Clark County 
Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan which incor-
porates the Special Management Areas established by sec-
tion 204(b) and the provisions of the management plan 
required under section 204(h), the Secretary shall, in ac-
cordance with this Act, the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and any 
other applicable Federal environmental laws— 
(1) credit approximately 358,954 acres of the 
land conserved and designated as Special Manage-
ment Areas under section 204(b), as depicted on the 
map entitled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land Management’’ 
and dated November 14, 2024, as mitigation to fully 
or partially offset, as determined by the Secretary 
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using the best available scientific and commercial in-
formation, additional incidental take impacts result-
ing from development of additional land within the 
County covered under the existing Clark County 
Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan or to be 
covered through an amendment to the Clark County 
Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan and 
Federal incidental take permit; and 
(2) extend the Clark County Multiple Species 
Habitat Conservation Plan and Federal incidental 
take permit for the maximum authorized duration, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
(b) EFFECT.—Nothing in this Act otherwise limits, 
alters, modifies, or amends the Clark County Multiple 
Species Habitat Conservation Plan. 
SEC. 206. DESIGNATION OF MAUDE FRAZIER MOUNTAIN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The peak of Frenchman Moun-
tain in the State located at latitude 3610031′45″ N, by 
longitude 11459031′52″ W, shall be designated as 
‘‘Maude Frazier Mountain’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, record, or other paper of the United 
States to the peak described in subsection (a) shall be con-
sidered to be a reference to ‘‘Maude Frazier Mountain’’. 
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SEC. 207. AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT. 
Section 4(e)(3)(A)(ii) of the Southern Nevada Public 
Land Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–263; 
112 Stat. 2346; 120 Stat. 3045) is amended by striking 
‘‘the Great Basin National Park, and other areas’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Great Basin National Park, the Tule 
Springs Fossil Bed National Monument, and other areas’’. 
SEC. 208. NEVADA CANCER INSTITUTE LAND CONVEYANCE. 
Section 2603(a)(3) of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 
1118) is amended by inserting ‘‘, or any successors in in-
terest’’ before the period at the end. 
SEC. 209. SLOAN CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA 
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CONSERVATION
AREA.—The term ‘‘Con-
servation Area’’ means the Sloan Canyon National 
Conservation Area. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary (acting through the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management). 
(b) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.— 
(1) MAP.—Section 603(4) of the Sloan Canyon 
National Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq– 
1(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘map entitled ‘South-
ern Nevada Public Land Management Act’ and 
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dated October 1, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘map entitled 
‘Proposed Sloan Canyon Expansion’ and dated May 
20, 2024’’. 
(2) ACREAGE.—Section 604(b) of the Sloan 
Canyon National Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 
460qqq–2(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘48,438’’ and 
inserting ‘‘57,728’’. 
(c) RIGHT-OF-WAY.—Section 605 of the Sloan Can-
yon National Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq– 
3) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) HORIZON
LATERAL
PIPELINE
RIGHT-OF- 
WAY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 
202 and 503 of the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1763) and 
subject to valid existing rights and paragraph (3), 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management (referred 
to in this subsection as the ‘Secretary’), shall, not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, grant to the Southern Nevada Water Au-
thority (referred to in this subsection as the ‘Author-
ity’), not subject to the payment of rents or other 
charges, the temporary and permanent water pipe-
line infrastructure, and outside the boundaries of the 
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Conservation Area, powerline, facility, and access 
road rights-of-way depicted on the map for the pur-
poses of— 
‘‘(A) performing geotechnical investigations 
within the rights-of-way; and 
‘‘(B) constructing and operating water 
transmission and related facilities. 
‘‘(2) EXCAVATION AND DISPOSAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Authority may, 
without consideration, excavate and use or dis-
pose of sand, gravel, minerals, or other mate-
rials from the tunneling of the water pipeline 
necessary to fulfill the purpose of the rights-of- 
way granted under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) 
MEMORANDUM
OF
UNDER-
STANDING.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the rights-of-way are granted 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Au-
thority shall enter into a memorandum of un-
derstanding identifying Federal land on which 
the Authority may dispose of materials under 
subparagraph (A) to further the interests of the 
Bureau of Land Management. 
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‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—A right-of-way issued 
under this subsection shall be subject to the fol-
lowing requirements: 
‘‘(A) The Secretary may include reasonable 
terms and conditions, consistent with section 
505 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1765), as are nec-
essary to protect Conservation Area resources. 
‘‘(B) Construction of the water pipeline 
shall not permanently adversely affect conserva-
tion area surface resources. 
‘‘(C) The right-of-way shall not be located 
through or under any area designated as wilder-
ness.’’. 
(d) PRESERVATION OF TRANSMISSION AND UTILITY 
CORRIDORS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—The expansion of the 
Conservation Area boundary under the amendment made 
by subsection (b)— 
(1) shall be subject to valid existing rights, in-
cluding land within a designated utility transmission 
corridor or a transmission line right-of-way grant 
approved by the Secretary in a record of decision 
issued before the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) shall not preclude— 
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