IIB 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5205 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To authorize certain land conveyances involving public lands 
in northern Nevada to promote economic development 
and conservation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Northern Nevada Land Conservation and Economic De-
velopment Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—PINE FOREST RANGE RECREATION ENHANCEMENT ACT 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Sec. 103. Addition to National Wilderness Preservation System. 
Sec. 104. Administration. 
Sec. 105. Release of wilderness study areas. 
Sec. 106. Wildlife management. 
Sec. 107. Land exchanges. 
Sec. 108. Native American cultural and religious uses. 
TITLE II—LYON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 
CONSERVATION ACT 
Sec. 201. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 202. Land conveyance to Yerington, Nevada. 
Sec. 203. Addition to National Wilderness Preservation System. 
Sec. 204. Withdrawal. 
Sec. 205. Native American cultural and religious uses. 
TITLE III—CARLIN ECONOMIC SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 
Sec. 301. Conveyance of certain Federal land to City of Carlin, Nevada. 
TITLE IV—FERNLEY ECONOMIC SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 
Sec. 401. Definitions. 
Sec. 402. Conveyance of certain Federal land to City of Fernley, Nevada. 
Sec. 403. Release of United States. 
TITLE V—RESTORING STOREY COUNTY ACT 
Sec. 501. Short title. 
Sec. 502. Definitions. 
Sec. 503. Conveyance of Federal land in Storey County, Nevada. 
TITLE VI—ELKO MOTOCROSS AND TRIBAL CONVEYANCE ACT 
Sec. 601. Short title. 
Sec. 602. Definition of Secretary. 
Subtitle A—Elko Motocross Land Conveyance 
Sec. 611. Definitions. 
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Sec. 612. Conveyance of land to Elko County. 
Subtitle B—Trust Land for Te-moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of 
Nevada (Elko Band) 
Sec. 621. Land to be held in trust for the Te-moak Tribe of Western Shoshone 
Indians of Nevada (Elko Band). 
TITLE VII—NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON HOUSING AND SAFETY 
DEVELOPMENT ACT 
Sec. 701. Short title. 
Sec. 702. Transfer of Department of the Interior land. 
Sec. 703. Water rights. 
Sec. 704. Withdrawal. 
TITLE I—PINE FOREST RANGE 
RECREATION ENHANCEMENT 
ACT 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Pine Forest Range 
Recreation Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means 
Humboldt County, Nevada. 
(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Proposed Pine Forest Range Wilderness 
Area’’ and dated October 28, 2013. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Nevada. 
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(5) WILDERNESS.—The term ‘‘Wilderness’’ 
means the Pine Forest Range Wilderness designated 
by section 103(a). 
SEC. 103. ADDITION TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA-
TION SYSTEM. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the approxi-
mately 26,000 acres of Federal land managed by the Bu-
reau of Land Management, as generally depicted on the 
Map, is designated as wilderness and as a component of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be known 
as the ‘‘Pine Forest Range Wilderness’’. 
(b) BOUNDARY.— 
(1) ROAD ACCESS.—The boundary of any por-
tion of the Wilderness that is bordered by a road 
shall be 100 feet from the edge of the road. 
(2) 
ROAD
ADJUSTMENTS.—The 
Secretary 
shall— 
(A) reroute the road running through 
Long Meadow to the west to remove the road 
from the riparian area; 
(B) reroute the road currently running 
through Rodeo Flat/Corral Meadow to the east 
to remove the road from the riparian area; 
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(C) except for administrative use, close the 
road along Lower Alder Creek south of Bureau 
of Land Management road #2083; 
(D) manage the access road, through Lit-
tle Onion Basin, on the east side of the wet 
meadow to retain travel only on the road exist-
ing on the date of the enactment of this Act; 
and 
(E) permanently leave open the Cove 
Creek road to Little Onion Basin, but close 
connecting spur roads. 
(3) LITTLE
ONION
BASIN.—Remove Little 
Onion Basin from the boundaries of the Wilderness 
and from wilderness designation. 
(4) RESERVOIR ACCESS.—The access road to 
the Little Onion Reservoir dam will remain open and 
the boundary of the Wilderness shall be 160 feet 
downstream from the dam at Little Onion Reservoir 
to allow public access and dam maintenance. 
(c) 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 the Wil-
derness. 
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(2) EFFECT.—The map and legal description 
prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this title, except 
that the Secretary may correct clerical and typo-
graphical errors in the map or legal description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal descrip-
tion prepared under paragraph (1) shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Wilderness 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) disposition under all laws relating to min-
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
SEC. 104. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Wilderness shall be administered by the Secretary in 
accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.), except that— 
(1) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the 
effective date of that Act shall be considered to be 
a reference to the date of enactment of this Act; and 
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(2) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a 
reference to the Secretary. 
(b) LIVESTOCK.—The grazing of livestock in the Wil-
derness, if established before the date of enactment of this 
Act, is compatible with the Wilderness designation and 
shall continue, subject to such reasonable regulations, poli-
cies, and practices as the Secretary considers to be nec-
essary in accordance with— 
(1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 
(2) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of 
the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular 
Affairs of the House of Representatives accom-
panying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House 
Report 101–405). 
(c) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not intend for 
the designation of the Wilderness to create a protec-
tive perimeter or buffer zone around the Wilderness. 
(2) NONWILDERNESS
ACTIVITIES.—The fact 
that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen, 
heard, or detected from areas within the Wilderness 
shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate or deter-
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mine the conduct or management of the activities or 
uses outside the boundary of the Wilderness. 
(d) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act 
restricts or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
the Wilderness, including military overflights that 
can be seen, heard, or detected within the Wilder-
ness; 
(2) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(3) the designation or creation of new units of 
special use airspace, or the establishment of military 
flight training routes, over the Wilderness. 
(e) WILDFIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGE-
MENT.—In accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), the Secretary may take 
such measures in the Wilderness as are necessary for the 
control of fire, insects, and diseases (including, as the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate, the coordination of 
the activities with a State or local agency). 
(f) WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS.—Nothing 
in this Act shall be construed to preclude a Federal, State, 
or local agency from conducting wildfire management or 
prevention operations (including operations using aircraft 
or mechanized equipment) or to interfere with the author-
ity of the Secretary to authorize mechanical thinning of 
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trees or underbrush to prevent or control the spread of 
wildfires or the use of mechanized equipment for wildfire 
pre-suppression and suppression. 
(g) WATER RIGHTS.— 
(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subsection 
is to protect the wilderness recreation value of the 
land designated as wilderness by this title by means 
other than a federally reserved water right. 
(2) STATUTORY
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this title— 
(A) constitutes an express or implied res-
ervation by the United States of any water or 
water rights with respect to the Wilderness; 
(B) affects any water rights in the State 
(including any water rights held by the United 
States) in existence on the date of enactment of 
this Act; 
(C) establishes a precedent with regard to 
any future wilderness designations; 
(D) affects the interpretation of, or any 
designation made under, any other Act; or 
(E) limits, alters, modifies, or amends any 
interstate compact or equitable apportionment 
decree that apportions water among and be-
tween the State and other States. 
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(3) NEVADA WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall 
follow the procedural and substantive requirements 
of State law in order to obtain and hold any water 
rights not in existence on the date of enactment of 
this Act with respect to the Wilderness. 
(4) NEW PROJECTS.— 
(A) DEFINITION OF WATER RESOURCE FA-
CILITY.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ means 
irrigation and pumping facilities, res-
ervoirs, water conservation works, aque-
ducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hy-
dropower projects, transmission and other 
ancillary facilities, and other water diver-
sion, storage, and carriage structures. 
(ii) EXCLUSION.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ does not 
include wildlife guzzlers. 
(B) RESTRICTION
ON
NEW
WATER
RE-
SOURCE FACILITIES.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this title, on or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, neither the President nor any 
other officer, employee, or agent of the United 
States shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue a 
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