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(7) capital improvements administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service 
in the City; and 
(8) educational purposes specific to the City. 
(b) INVESTMENT OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT.—Amounts 
deposited into the Carson City Special Account— 
(1) shall earn interest in an amount determined 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, based on the cur-
rent average market yield on outstanding marketable 
obligations of the United States of comparable ma-
turities; and 
(2) may be expended by the Secretary in ac-
cordance with this section. 
(c) MANAGEMENT OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT.—The man-
agement and procedures thereof of the Carson City Spe-
cial Account shall be determined by an intergovernmental 
agreement between the City and the Department of the 
Interior’s Bureau of Land Management, Carson City of-
fice. 
SEC. 608. POSTPONEMENT; EXCLUSION FROM SALE. 
Section 2601(d)(6) of Public Law 111–11 (123 Stat. 
1113) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(6) DEADLINE FOR SALE.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of Northern 
Nevada Economic Development and Conservation 
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Act of 2020, if there is a qualified bidder for the 
land described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
offer the land for sale to the qualified bidder.’’. 
TITLE VII—PERSHING COUNTY 
ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT 
AND CONSERVATION 
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Pershing County Eco-
nomic Development and Conservation Act’’. 
SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Per-
shing County, Nevada. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Nevada. 
(4) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 
area’’ means a wilderness area designated by section 
721(a). 
Subtitle A—Checkerboard Land 
Resolution 
SEC. 711. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
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(1) since the passage of the Act of July 1, 1862 
(12 Stat. 489, chapter 120) (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Pacific Railway Act of 1862’’), under which 
railroad land grants along the Union Pacific Rail-
road right-of-way created a checkerboard land pat-
tern of alternating public land and privately owned 
land, management of the land in the checkerboard 
area has been a constant source of frustration for 
the County government, private landholders in the 
County, and the Federal Government; 
(2) management of Federal land in the checker-
board area has been costly and difficult for the Fed-
eral land management agencies, creating a disincen-
tive to manage the land effectively; 
(3) parcels of land within the checkerboard area 
in the County will not vary significantly in appraised 
value by acre due to the similarity of highest and 
best use in the County; and 
(4) consolidation of appropriate land within the 
checkerboard area through sales and exchanges for 
development and Federal management will— 
(A) help improve the tax base of the Coun-
ty; and 
(B) simplify management for the Federal 
Government. 
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SEC. 712. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ELIGIBLE LAND.—The term ‘‘eligible land’’ 
means any land administered by the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management— 
(A) that is within the area identified on 
the Map as ‘‘Checkerboard Lands Resolution 
Area’’ that is designated for disposal by the 
Secretary through— 
(i) the Winnemucca Consolidated Re-
source Management Plan; or 
(ii) any subsequent amendment or re-
vision to the management plan that is un-
dertaken with full public involvement; and 
(B) that is not encumbered land. 
(2) ENCUMBERED LAND.—The term ‘‘encum-
bered land’’ means any land administered by the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management within 
the area identified on the Map as ‘‘Checkerboard 
Lands Resolution Area’’ that is encumbered by min-
ing claims, millsites, or tunnel sites. 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map 
prepared under section 713(b)(1). 
(4) QUALIFIED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘qualified 
entity’’ means, with respect to a portion of encum-
bered land— 
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(A) the owner of a mining claim, millsite, 
or tunnel site located on a portion of the en-
cumbered land on the date of the enactment of 
this Act; and 
(B) a successor in interest of an owner de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
SEC. 713. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF ELIGIBLE LAND. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF
CONVEYANCE.—Notwith-
standing sections 202, 203, 206, and 209 of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1712, 1713, 1716, 1719), as soon as practicable after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in accord-
ance with this title and any other applicable law and sub-
ject to valid existing rights, shall conduct sales or ex-
changes of the eligible land. 
(b) MAP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall prepare a map that depicts the boundaries of 
the land identified for disposal under this title, to be 
identified as the ‘‘Checkerboard Lands Resolution 
Area’’ on the Map. 
(2) MINOR CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary, in 
consultation with the County, may correct minor er-
rors in the Map. 
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