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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6453 
To facilitate planning, permitting, administration, implementation, and moni-
toring of pinyon-juniper dominated landscape restoration projects within 
Lincoln County, Nevada, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 
Mr. AMODEI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To facilitate planning, permitting, administration, implemen-
tation, and monitoring of pinyon-juniper dominated land-
scape restoration projects within Lincoln County, Ne-
vada, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FACILITATION OF PINYON-JUNIPER RELATED 
PROJECTS. 
(a) 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— 
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(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and implementation’’ after ‘‘development’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(iii) planning, permitting, administration, 
implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juni-
per dominated landscape restoration projects 
within Lincoln County, consistent with the Ely 
Resource Management Plan; and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) WAIVER OF FEES.—Processing of applica-
tions for rights-of-way submitted by a local govern-
ment or regional government to serve lands conveyed 
pursuant to this Act shall not require payment of 
cost recovery fees or payment of contributed funds.’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT UNDER 
LINCOLN COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, AND 
DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2004.—Section 103 of the Lin-
coln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development 
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Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2406) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) planning, permitting, administration, 
implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juni-
per dominated landscape restoration projects 
within Lincoln County, consistent with the Ely 
Resource Management Plan.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) WAIVER OF FEES.—Processing of applications 
for rights-of-way submitted by a local government or re-
gional government to serve lands conveyed pursuant to 
this Act shall not require payment of cost recovery fees 
or payment of contributed funds.’’. 
SEC. 2. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS. 
(a) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LINCOLN 
COUNTY LAND ACT OF 2000.—Section 5(a)(2) of the Lin-
coln County Land Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–298; 114 
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Stat. 1047) is amended by inserting ‘‘and economic devel-
opment’’ after ‘‘schools’’. 
(b) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LINCOLN 
COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, AND DEVELOP-
MENT 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 transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘transpor-
tation, and economic development’’. 
SEC. 3. CERTAIN LANDS IN UTILITY CORRIDOR NOT WITH-
DRAWN. 
Section 301(c) of the Lincoln County Conservation, 
Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 
108–424; 118 Stat. 2413) is amended, in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, except for land in 
such corridors located in sections 7, 8, 9, 10, and 15, 
Township 7 North, Range 68 East,’’ after ‘‘subsection 
(a)’’. 
Æ 
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