I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1815 
To facilitate certain pinyon-juniper related projects in Lincoln County, Ne-
vada, 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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2015 
Mr. HARDY (for himself, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. HECK of Nevada, and Ms. TITUS) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources 
A BILL 
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’’. 
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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 
(particularly for pinyon-juniper dominated 
landscapes) and other rangeland and wood-
land restoration projects within the Coun-
ty, consistent with the Ely Resource Man-
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agement Plan and subject to approval by 
the Secretary; and’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) WAIVER OF FEES.—Processing of applica-
tions for rights-of-way submitted by local or regional 
governments within the County necessary to deliver 
government-provided services to land conveyed pur-
suant to this Act shall not require payment of cost- 
recovery fees or payment of contributed funds. 
‘‘(4) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—Establish-
ment of cooperative agreements between the Bureau 
of Land Management and the County shall be re-
quired for County-provided law enforcement and 
planning related activities 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-
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quired for utility corridors and rights-of-way to 
serve land that has been, or is to be, disposed 
of 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 (particularly for pinyon-ju-
niper dominated landscapes) and other range-
land and woodland restoration projects within 
the County, consistent with the Ely Resource 
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Management Plan and subject to approval by 
the Secretary.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) WAIVER OF FEES.—Processing of applications 
for rights-of-way submitted by local or regional govern-
ments within the County necessary to deliver government- 
provided services to land conveyed pursuant to this Act 
shall not require payment of cost-recovery fees or payment 
of contributed funds. 
‘‘(e) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Establishment of 
cooperative agreements between the Bureau of Land Man-
agement and the County shall be required for County-pro-
vided law enforcement and planning related activities re-
garding— 
‘‘(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 
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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’’. 
(c) CERTAIN LAND
IN UTILITY CORRIDOR NOT 
WITHDRAWN.—Section 301(c) of the Lincoln County Con-
servation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (Pub-
lic Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2413) is amended in the mat-
ter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘(other than land 
in the corridor located in sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 
11, 14, and 15, T. 7 N., R. 68 E.)’’ after ‘‘subsection 
(a)’’. 
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SEC. 3. MT. MORIAH WILDERNESS, HIGH SCHELLS WILDER-
NESS, AND ARC DOME WILDERNESS BOUND-
ARY ADJUSTMENTS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO THE PAM WHITE WILDERNESS 
ACT.—Section 323 of the Pam White Wilderness Act of 
2006 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 109–432; 120 
Stat. 3031) is amended by striking subsection (e) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(e) MT. MORIAH WILDERNESS ADJUSTMENT.—The 
boundary of the Mt. Moriah Wilderness established under 
section 2(13) of the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 
1989 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 101–195) is ad-
justed to include— 
‘‘(1) the land identified as the ‘Mount Moriah 
Wilderness Area’ and ‘Mount Moriah Additions’ on 
the map entitled ‘Eastern White Pine County’ and 
dated November 29, 2006; and 
‘‘(2) the land identified as ‘NFS Lands’ on the 
map entitled ‘Proposed Wilderness Boundary Ad-
justment Mt. Moriah Wilderness Area’ and dated 
June 18, 2014. 
‘‘(f) HIGH SCHELLS WILDERNESS ADJUSTMENT.— 
The boundary of the High Schells Wilderness established 
under subsection (a)(11) is adjusted to include the land 
identified as ‘Include as Wilderness’ on the map entitled 
‘McCoy Creek Adjustment’ and dated November 3, 2014, 
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and to exclude the land identified as ‘NFS Lands’ on the 
map entitled ‘Proposed Wilderness Boundary Adjustment 
High Schells Wilderness Area’ and dated June 17, 2014.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO THE NEVADA WILDERNESS 
PROTECTION ACT
OF 1989.—The Nevada Wilderness 
Protection Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 
101–195; 103 Stat. 1784) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 12. ARC DOME BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 
‘‘The boundary of the Arc Dome Wilderness estab-
lished under section 2(2) is adjusted to exclude the land 
identified as ‘Exclude from Wilderness’ on the map enti-
tled ‘Arc Dome Adjustment’ and dated November 3, 
2014.’’. 
SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSERVATION PLAN, VIR-
GIN RIVER, NEVADA. 
Section 3(d)(3)(B) of Public Law 99–548 (100 Stat. 
3061; 116 Stat. 2018) is amended by striking ‘‘develop-
ment of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for’’ and 
inserting ‘‘development and implementation of a conserva-
tion plan to benefit fish and wildlife species of’’. 
Æ 
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