II 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5200
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 16, 2002
Received 
AN ACT 
To establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve 
public land, and provide for high quality development 
in Clark County, Nevada, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clark County Con-
servation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 
2002’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE I—RED ROCK CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA 
LAND EXCHANGE AND BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Sec. 103. Findings and purposes. 
Sec. 104. Red Rock Canyon land exchange. 
Sec. 105. Status and management of lands. 
Sec. 106. General provisions. 
TITLE II—WILDERNESS AREAS 
Sec. 201. Findings. 
Sec. 202. Additions to National Wilderness Preservation System. 
Sec. 203. Administration. 
Sec. 204. Adjacent management. 
Sec. 205. Military overflights. 
Sec. 206. Native American cultural and religious uses. 
Sec. 207. Release of wilderness study areas. 
Sec. 208. Wildlife management. 
Sec. 209. Wildfire management. 
Sec. 210. Climatological data collection. 
Sec. 211. National Park Service lands. 
TITLE III—TRANSFERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION 
Sec. 301. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction to the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service. 
Sec. 302. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction to National Park Service. 
TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO THE SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC 
LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 
Sec. 401. Disposal and exchange. 
TITLE V—IVANPAH CORRIDOR 
Sec. 501. Interstate Route 15 south corridor. 
Sec. 502. Area of Critical Environmental Concern segregation.
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TITLE VI—SLOAN CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA 
Sec. 601. Short title. 
Sec. 602. Purpose. 
Sec. 603. Definitions. 
Sec. 604. Establishment. 
Sec. 605. Management. 
Sec. 606. Sale of Federal parcel. 
Sec. 607. Right-of-way. 
TITLE VII—PUBLIC INTEREST CONVEYANCES 
Sec. 701. Definition of map. 
Sec. 702. Conveyance to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas Research 
Foundation. 
Sec. 703. Conveyance to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. 
Sec. 704. Conveyance to the City of Henderson for the Nevada State College 
at Henderson. 
Sec. 705. Conveyance to the City of Las Vegas, Nevada. 
Sec. 706. Sale of Federal parcel. 
TITLE VIII—HUMBOLDT PROJECT CONVEYANCE 
Sec. 801. Short title. 
Sec. 802. Definitions. 
Sec. 803. Authority to convey title. 
Sec. 804. Payment. 
Sec. 805. Compliance with other laws. 
Sec. 806. Revocation of withdrawals. 
Sec. 807. Liability. 
Sec. 808. National Environmental Policy Act. 
Sec. 809. Future benefits. 
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 901. Technical amendments to the Mesquite Lands Act 2001.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
AGREEMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Agreement’’ 
means the Agreement entitled ‘‘Interim Cooperative 
Management Agreement Between the United States 
of the Interior Bureau of Land Management and 
Clark County’’, dated November 4, 1992. 
(2) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Clark 
County, Nevada.
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(3) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means—
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture with re-
spect to land in the National Forest System; or 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to other Federal land. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Nevada. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out this Act. 
TITLE I—RED ROCK CANYON NA-
TIONAL CONSERVATION AREA 
LAND 
EXCHANGE 
AND 
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Red Rock Canyon Na-
tional Conservation Area Protection and Enhancement 
Act of 2002’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this title: 
(1) CORPORATION.—The term ‘‘Corporation’’ 
means the Howard Hughes Corporation, an affiliate 
of the Rouse Company, with its principal place of
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business at 10000 West Charleston Boulevard, Las 
Vegas, Nevada. 
(2) RED ROCK CANYON.—The term ‘‘Red Rock 
Canyon’’ means the Red Rock Canyon National 
Conservation Area, consisting of approximately 
195,780 acres of public lands in Clark County, Ne-
vada, specially designated for protection in the Red 
Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Establish-
ment Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 460ccc et seq.), as de-
picted on the Red Rock Canyon Map. 
(3) RED ROCK CANYON MAP.—The term ‘‘Red 
Rock Canyon Map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘South-
ern Nevada Public Land Management Act’’, dated 
October 1, 2002. 
SEC. 103. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) Red Rock Canyon is a natural resource of 
major significance to the people of Nevada and the 
United States. It must be protected in its natural 
state for the enjoyment of future generations of Ne-
vadans and Americans, and enhanced wherever pos-
sible. 
(2) In 1998, the Congress enacted the Southern 
Nevada Public Lands Management Act of 1998
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(Public Law 105-263), which provided among other 
things for the protection and enhancement of Red 
Rock Canyon.––
(3) The Corporation owns much of the private 
land on Red Rock Canyon’s eastern boundary, and 
is engaged in developing a large-scale master-
planned community. 
(4) Included in the Corporation’s land holdings 
are 1,071 acres of high-ground lands at the eastern 
edge of Red Rock Canyon. These lands were in-
tended to be included in Red Rock, but to date have 
not been acquired by the United States. The protec-
tion of this high-ground acreage would preserve an 
important element of the western Las Vegas Valley 
viewshed.–
(5) The Corporation has volunteered to forgo 
development of the high-ground lands, and proposes 
that the United States acquire title to the lands so 
that they can be preserved in perpetuity to protect 
and expand Red Rock Canyon. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purpose of this title are: 
(1) To accomplish an exchange of lands be-
tween the United States and the Corporation that 
would transfer certain high-ground lands to the 
United States in exchange for the transfer of other
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lands of approximately equal value to the Corpora-
tion. 
(2) To protect Red Rock Canyon and to expand 
its boundaries as contemplated by the Bureau of 
Land Management, as depicted on the Red Rock 
Canyon Map. 
(3) To further fulfill the purposes of the South-
ern Nevada Public Lands Management Act of 1998 
and the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation 
Area Establishment Act of 1990. 
SEC. 104. RED ROCK CANYON LAND EXCHANGE. 
(a) ACQUISITION REQUIREMENT.—If the Corporation 
offers to convey to the United States all right, title, and 
interest in and to the approximately 1,082 acres of non-
Federal land owned by the Corporation and depicted on 
the Red Rock Canyon Map as ‘‘Offered Lands proposed 
addition to the Red Rock Canyon NCA’’, the Secretary 
shall accept such offer on behalf of the United States, and 
not later than 90 days after the date of the offer, except 
as otherwise provided in this title, shall make the following 
conveyances: 
(1) To the Corporation, the approximately 998 
acres of Federal lands depicted on the Red Rock 
Canyon Map as ‘‘Public land selected for exchange’’.
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(2) To Clark County, Nevada, the approxi-
mately 1,221 acres of Federal lands depicted on the 
Red Rock Canyon Map as ‘‘Proposed BLM transfer 
for county park’’. 
(b) SIMULTANEOUS CONVEYANCES.—Title to the pri-
vate property and the Federal property to be conveyed 
pursuant to this section shall be conveyed at the same 
time. 
(c) MAP.—The Secretary shall keep the Red Rock 
Canyon Map on file and available for public inspection in 
the Las Vegas District Office of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement in Nevada, and the State Office of the Bureau 
of Land Management, Reno, Nevada. 
(d) CONDITIONS.—
(1) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.—As a condition of 
the conveyance under ––subsection (a)(1), the Sec-
retary shall require that the Corporation be respon-
sible for removal of and remediation related to any 
hazardous materials that are present on the property 
conveyed to the United States under subsection (a). 
(2) SURVEY.—As a condition of the conveyance 
under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall require 
that not later than 90 days after the date of the 
offer referred to in subsection (a), the Corporation 
shall provide a metes and bounds survey, that is ac-
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ceptable to the Corporation, Clark County, and the 
Secretary, of the common boundary between the par-
cels of land to be conveyed under subsection (a). 
(3) LANDS CONVEYED TO CLARK COUNTY.—As 
a condition of the conveyance under subsection 
(a)(2), the Secretary shall require that—
(A) the lands transferred to Clark County 
by the United States must be held in perpetuity 
by the County for use only as a public park or 
as part of a public regional trail system; and 
(B) if the County attempts to transfer the 
lands or to undertake a use on the lands that 
is inconsistent with their preservation and use 
as described in subparagraph (A), such lands 
shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, revert 
to the United States. 
(e) VALUATION.—
(1) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.—The values of 
the Federal parcel and the non-Federal parcel, as 
determined under paragraph (2)—
(A) shall be equal; or 
(B) if the values are not equal, shall be 
equalized in accordance with paragraph (3). 
(2) APPRAISAL.—The values of the Federal 
parcel and the non-Federal parcel shall be deter-
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mined by an appraisal, to be approved by the Sec-
retary, that complies with the Uniform Standards 
for Federal Land Acquisitions. 
(3) EQUALIZATION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the value of the non-
Federal parcel is less than the value of the Fed-
eral parcel—
(i) the Corporation shall make a cash 
equalization payment to the Secretary; or 
(ii) the Secretary shall, as determined 
to be appropriate by the Secretary and the 
Corporation, reduce the acreage of the 
Federal parcel. 
(B) DISPOSITION
OF
PROCEEDS.—The 
Secretary shall deposit any cash equalization 
payments received under subparagraph (A)(i) in 
accordance with section 4(e)(1)(C) of the 
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act 
of 1998 (112 Stat. 2345). 
SEC. 105. STATUS AND MANAGEMENT OF LANDS. 
(a) INCLUSION
AND MANAGEMENT
OF LANDS.—
Upon the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall administer the lands depicted on the Red Rock Map 
as ‘‘Public Lands-proposed addition to the Red Rock Can-
yon NCA’’, exclusive of those lands used for the Corps
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of Engineers R-4 Detention Basin, as part of Red Rock 
and in accordance with the Red Rock Canyon National 
Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 
460ccc et seq.) and all other applicable laws. 
(b) INCLUSION OF ACQUIRED LANDS.—Upon acqui-
sition by the United States of lands under this Act, the 
Secretary shall—
(1) administer the lands as part of Red Rock 
and in accordance with the Red Rock Canyon Na-
tional Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1990 
(16 U.S.C. 460ccc et seq.), the Southern Nevada 
Public Lands Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 
105–263), and all other applicable laws; and 
(2) create new maps showing the boundaries of 
Red Rock as modified or pursuant to this Act, and 
make such maps available for review at the Las 
Vegas District Office of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement and the State Office of the Bureau of Land 
Management, Reno, Nevada. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3(a)(2) of 
the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Estab-
lishment Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 460ccc–1(a)(2)) is 
amended by inserting before the period the following: ‘‘, 
and such additional areas as are included in the conserva-
tion area pursuant to the Red Rock Canyon National Con-
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servation Area Protection and Enhancement Act of 
2002’’. 
SEC. 106. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
(a) REVIEW OF APPRAISAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall complete a review of the appraisal entitled, ‘‘Com-
plete Self-Contained Appraisal Red Rock Exchange, Las 
Vegas, Nevada’’, completed on or about June 3, 2002. The 
difference in appraisal values shall be reimbursed to the 
Secretary by the Corporation in accordance with the 
Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act of 1998. 
(b) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The land exchange 
under this Act shall be subject to valid existing rights. 
Each party to which property is conveyed under this Act 
shall succeed to the rights and obligations of the conveying 
party with respect to any lease, right-of-way, permit, or 
other valid existing right to which the property is subject. 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Nothing in this Act 
prohibits the parties to the conveyances under this Act 
from agreeing to the correction of technical errors or omis-
sions in the Red Rock Map. 
(d) WITHDRAWAL OF AFFECTED LANDS.—To the ex-
tent not already accomplished under law or administrative 
action, the Secretary shall withdraw from operation of the
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public land and mining laws, subject to valid existing 
rights—
(1) those Federal lands acquired by the United 
States under this Act; and 
(2) those Federal lands already owned by the 
United States on the date of enactment of this Act 
but included within the Red Rock National Con-
servation Area boundaries by this Act. 
TITLE II—WILDERNESS AREAS 
SEC. 201. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that—
(1) public land in the County contains unique 
and spectacular natural resources, including—
(A) priceless habitat for numerous species 
of plants and wildlife; and 
(B) thousands of acres of pristine land 
that remain in a natural state; 
(2) continued preservation of those areas would 
benefit the County and all of the United States by—
(A) ensuring the conservation of eco-
logically diverse habitat; 
(B) conserving primitive recreational re-
sources; and 
(C) protecting air and water quality.
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SEC. 202. ADDITIONS TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESER-
VATION SYSTEM. 
(a) ADDITIONS.—The following land in the State is 
designated as wilderness and as components of the Na-
tional Wilderness Preservation System: 
(1) ARROW
CANYON
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, comprising approximately 27,530 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Arrow Can-
yon’’, dated October 1, 2002, which shall be known 
as the ‘‘Arrow Canyon Wilderness’’. 
(2) BLACK
CANYON
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Lake Mead National Recre-
ation Area and an adjacent portion of Federal land 
managed by the Bureau of Land Management, com-
prising approximately 17,220 acres, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Eldorado/Spirit Moun-
tain’’, dated October 1, 2002, which shall be known 
as the Black Canyon Wilderness . 
(3) BRIDGE
CANYON
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Lake Mead National Recre-
ation Area, comprising approximately 7,761 acres, 
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Eldorado/
Spirit Mountain’’, dated October 1, 2002, which 
shall be known as ‘‘the Bridge Canyon Wilderness’’.
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(4) ELDORADO WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 
land within the Lake Mead National Recreation 
Area and an adjacent portion of Federal land man-
aged by the Bureau of Land Management, com-
prising approximately 31,950 acres, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Eldorado/Spirit Moun-
tain’’, dated October 1, 2002, which shall be known 
as the ‘‘Eldorado Wilderness’’. 
(5) IRETEBA
PEAKS
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Lake Mead National Recre-
ation Area and an adjacent portion of Federal land 
managed by the Bureau of Land Management, com-
prising approximately 32,745 acres, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Eldorado/Spirit Moun-
tain’’, dated October 1, 2002, which shall be known 
as the ‘‘Ireteba Peaks Wilderness’’. 
(6) JIMBILNAN WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 
land within the Lake Mead National Recreation 
Area, comprising approximately 18,879 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Muddy 
Mountains’’, dated October 1, 2002, which shall be 
known as the ‘‘Jimbilnan Wilderness’’. 
(7) JUMBO
SPRINGS
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, comprising approximately 4,631 acres, as
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generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Gold 
Butte’’, dated October 1, 2002, which shall be 
known as the ‘‘Jumbo Springs Wilderness’’. 
(8) LA MADRE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer-
tain Federal land within the Toiyabe National For-
est and an adjacent portion of Federal land man-
aged by the Bureau of Land Management, com-
prising approximately 47,180 acres, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Spring Mountains’’, 
dated October 1, 2002, which shall be known as the 
‘‘La Madre Mountain Wilderness’’. 
(9) LIME CANYON WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-
eral land managed by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, comprising approximately 23,233 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Gold 
Butte’’, dated October 1, 2002, which shall be 
known as the ‘‘Lime Canyon Wilderness’’. 
(10) MT. CHARLESTON
WILDERNESS
ADDI-
TIONS.—Certain Federal land within the Toiyabe 
National Forest and an adjacent portion of Federal 
land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, 
comprising approximately 13,598 acres, as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Spring Mountains’’, 
dated October 1, 2002, which shall be included in 
the Mt. Charleston Wilderness.