(2) LIVESTOCK.—The grazing of livestock in 
the Wilderness, if established before the date of en-
actment of this Act, shall continue, subject to such 
reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the 
Secretary considers to be necessary, in accordance 
with— 
(A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 
(B) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A 
of the report of the Committee on Interior and 
Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives 
accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress 
(House Report 101–405). 
(3) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not in-
tend for the designation of the Wilderness to 
create a protective perimeter or buffer zone 
around the Wilderness. 
(B) 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 determine the conduct of the activi-
ties or uses outside the boundary of the Wilder-
ness.
(4) OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this section re-
stricts or precludes— 
(A) low-level overflights of aircraft over the 
Wilderness, including military overflights that 
can be seen, heard, or detected within the Wil-
derness; 
(B) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(C) the designation or creation of new 
units of special use airspace, or the establish-
ment of military flight training routes, over the 
Wilderness. 
(5) WILDFIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGE-
MENT.—In accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), the Sec-
retary may take any measures in the Wilderness 
that the Secretary determines to be necessary for 
the control of fire, insects, and diseases, including, 
as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, the 
coordination of the activities with a State or local 
agency. 
(6) WATER RIGHTS.— 
(A) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this para-
graph is to protect the wilderness values of the 
Wilderness by means other than a federally re-
served water right.
(B) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this paragraph— 
(i) constitutes an express or implied 
reservation by the United States of any 
water or water rights with respect to the 
Wilderness; 
(ii) 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; 
(iii) establishes a precedent with re-
gard to any future wilderness designations; 
(iv) affects the interpretation of, or 
any designation made under, any other 
Act; or 
(v) limits, alters, modifies, or amends 
any interstate compact or equitable appor-
tionment decree that apportions water 
among and between the State and other 
States. 
(C) NEVADA WATER LAW.—The Secretary 
shall follow the procedural and substantive re-
quirements 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. 
(D) NEW PROJECTS.— 
(i) DEFINITION OF WATER RESOURCE 
FACILITY.— 
(I) IN
GENERAL.—In this sub-
paragraph, the term ‘‘water resource 
facility’’ means irrigation and pump-
ing facilities, reservoirs, water con-
servation works, aqueducts, canals, 
ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower 
projects, transmission and other ancil-
lary facilities, and other water diver-
sion, storage, and carriage structures. 
(II) EXCLUSION.—In this sub-
paragraph, the term ‘‘water resource 
facility’’ does not include wildlife guz-
zlers. 
(ii) RESTRICTION ON NEW WATER RE-
SOURCE FACILITIES.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—Except as oth-
erwise provided in this section, on or 
after the date of enactment of this 
Act, neither the President nor any of-
ficer, employee, or agent of the United
States shall fund, assist, authorize, or 
issue a license or permit for the devel-
opment of any new water resource fa-
cility within the Wilderness, any por-
tion of which is located in the County. 
(II) EXCEPTION.—If a permittee 
within the Bald Mountain grazing al-
lotment submits an application for the 
development of water resources for 
the purpose of livestock watering by 
the date that is 10 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall issue a water develop-
ment permit within the non-wilderness 
boundaries of the Bald Mountain 
grazing allotment for the purposes of 
carrying out activities under para-
graph (2). 
(d) WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with section 
4(d)(7) 
of 
the 
Wilderness 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1133(d)(7)), nothing in this section affects or dimin-
ishes the jurisdiction of the State with respect to 
fish and wildlife management, including the regula-
tion of hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the Wilder-
ness. 
(2) MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.—In furtherance 
of the purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Secretary may conduct 
any management activities in the Wilderness that 
are necessary to maintain or restore fish and wildlife 
populations and the habitats to support the popu-
lations, if the activities are carried out— 
(A) consistent with relevant wilderness 
management plans; and 
(B) in accordance with— 
(i) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.); and 
(ii) appropriate policies, such as those 
set forth in Appendix B of the report of 
the Committee on Interior and Insular Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives ac-
companying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Con-
gress (House Report 101–405), including 
the occasional and temporary use of motor-
ized vehicles and aircraft, if the use, as de-
termined by the Secretary, would promote 
healthy, viable, and more naturally distrib-
uted wildlife populations that would en-
hance wilderness values with the minimal 
impact necessary to reasonably accomplish 
those tasks, including but not limited to, 
the hunting or culling of wildlife and ac-
cess for persons with disabilities. 
(3) EXISTING
ACTIVITIES.—Consistent with 
section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1133(d)(1)) and in accordance with appropriate poli-
cies such as those set forth in Appendix B of House 
Report 101–405, the State may continue to use air-
craft, including helicopters, to survey, capture, 
transplant, monitor, and provide water for wildlife 
populations in the Wilderness. 
(4) EMERGENCY CLOSURES.—Nothing in this 
title prohibits a Federal land management agency 
from establishing or implementing emergency clo-
sures or restrictions of the smallest practicable area 
to provide for public safety, resource conservation, 
national security, or other purposes as authorized by 
law. Such an emergency closure shall terminate after 
a reasonable period of time, unless converted to a 
permanent closure consistent with Federal statute. 
(5) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The 
State, including a designee of the State, may con-
duct wildlife management activities in the Wilder-
ness— 
(A) in accordance with the terms and con-
ditions specified in the cooperative agreement 
between the Secretary and the State entitled 
‘‘Memorandum 
of 
Understanding: 
Inter-
mountain Region USDA Forest Service and the 
Nevada Department of Wildlife State of Ne-
vada’’ and signed by the designee of the State 
on February 6, 1984, and by the designee of 
the Secretary on January 24, 1984, including 
any amendments, appendices, or additions to 
the agreement agreed to by the Secretary and 
the State or a designee; and 
(B) subject to all applicable laws (including 
regulations). 
(e) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 
Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary shall authorize 
structures and facilities, including existing structures and 
facilities, for wildlife water development projects (includ-
ing guzzlers) in the Wilderness if— 
(1) the structures and facilities will, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, enhance wilderness values 
by promoting healthy, viable, and more naturally 
distributed wildlife populations; and
(2) the visual impacts of the structures and fa-
cilities on the Wilderness can reasonably be mini-
mized. 
SEC. 204. WITHDRAWAL. 
(a) DEFINITION OF WITHDRAWAL AREA.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘Withdrawal Area’’ means the land ad-
ministered by the Forest Service and identified as ‘‘With-
drawal Area’’ on the map described in section 203(a)(2). 
(b) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all Federal land within the Withdrawal Area is withdrawn 
from all forms of— 
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) operation of the mineral laws, geothermal 
leasing laws, and mineral materials laws. 
(c) MOTORIZED AND MECHANICAL VEHICLES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
use of motorized and mechanical vehicles in the 
Withdrawal Area shall be permitted only on roads 
and trails designated for the use of those vehicles, 
unless the use of those vehicles is needed— 
(A) for administrative purposes; or 
(B) to respond to an emergency.
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply 
to aircraft (including helicopters). 
SEC. 205. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS 
USES. 
Nothing in this title alters or diminishes the treaty 
rights of any Indian tribe (as defined in section 204 of 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)). 
TITLE III—CARLIN ECONOMIC 
SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 
SEC. 301. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND TO 
CITY OF CARLIN, NEVADA. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this title: 
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of 
Carlin, Nevada. 
(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the approximately 1329 acres of land located 
in the City of Carlin, Nevada, that is identified on 
the map as ‘‘Carlin Selected Parcels’’. 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Proposed Carlin, Nevada Land Sales’’ map 
dated October 25, 2013. 
(b) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—Subject to valid exist-
ing rights and notwithstanding the land use planning re-
quirements of sections 202 and 203 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 
1713), not later than 180 days after the date on which 
the Secretary of the Interior receives a request from the 
City for the Federal land, the Secretary shall convey to 
the City, without consideration, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States to and in the Federal land. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(d) COSTS.—At closing for the conveyance authorized 
under subsection (b) the City shall pay or reimburse the 
Secretary, as appropriate, for the reasonable transaction 
and administrative personnel costs associated with the 
conveyance authorized under such subsection, including 
the costs of title searches, maps, and boundary and cadas-
tral surveys. 
(e) RELEASE OF UNITED STATES.—Upon making 
the conveyance under subsection (b), notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the United States is released from 
any and all liabilities or claims of any kind or nature aris-
ing from the presence, release, or threat of release of any 
hazardous substance, pollutant, contaminant, petroleum 
product (or derivative of a petroleum product of any kind), 
solid waste, mine materials or mining related features (in-
cluding tailings, overburden, waste rock, mill remnants,
pits, or other hazards resulting from the presence of min-
ing related features) on the Federal land in existence on 
or before the date of the conveyance. 
(f) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Federal land identified for conveyance shall be with-
drawn from all forms of— 
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) disposition under the mineral leasing, min-
eral materials and geothermal leasing laws. 
TITLE IV—FERNLEY ECONOMIC 
SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 
SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of 
Fernley, Nevada. 
(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the land located in the City of Fernley, Ne-
vada, that is identified as ‘‘Proposed Sale Parcels’’ 
on the map. 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Proposed Fernley, Nevada, Land Sales’’ and 
dated January 25, 2013.
SEC. 402. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND TO 
CITY OF FERNLEY, NEVADA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—Subject to valid ex-
isting rights and notwithstanding the land use planning 
requirements of sections 202 and 203 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 
1713), not later than 180 days after the date on which 
the Secretary of the Interior receives a request from the 
City for the Federal land, the Secretary shall convey to 
the City, without consideration, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States to and in the Federal land. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(c) RESERVATION OF EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF- 
WAY.—The City and the Bureau of Reclamation may re-
tain easements or rights-of-way on the Federal land to be 
conveyed, including easements or rights-of-way that the 
Bureau of Reclamation determines are necessary to carry 
out— 
(1) the operation and maintenance of the 
Truckee Canal Irrigation District Canal; or 
(2) the Newlands Project. 
(d) COSTS.—At closing for the conveyance authorized 
under subsection (a), the City shall pay or reimburse the 
Secretary, as appropriate, for the reasonable transaction
and administrative personnel costs associated with the 
conveyance authorized under such subsection, including 
the costs of title searches, maps, and boundary and cadas-
tral surveys. 
SEC. 403. RELEASE OF UNITED STATES. 
Upon making the conveyance under section 402, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the United States 
is released from any and all liabilities or claims of any 
kind or nature arising from the presence, release, or threat 
of release of any hazardous substance, pollutant, contami-
nant, petroleum product (or derivative of a petroleum 
product of any kind), solid waste, mine materials or min-
ing related features (including tailings, overburden, waste 
rock, mill remnants, pits, or other hazards resulting from 
the presence of mining related features) on the Federal 
land in existence on or before the date of the conveyance. 
TITLE V—RESTORING STOREY 
COUNTY ACT 
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring Storey 
County Act’’. 
SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means 
Storey County, Nevada.
(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the approximately 1,745 acres of Federal 
land identified on the map as ‘‘BLM Owned - Coun-
ty Request Transfer’’. 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map ti-
tled ‘‘Restoring Storey County Act’’ and dated No-
vember 20, 2012. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu-
reau of Land Management. 
SEC. 503. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND IN STOREY 
COUNTY, NEVADA. 
Subject to valid existing rights and notwithstanding 
the land use planning requirements of sections 202 and 
203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713), not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and if re-
quested by the County, the Secretary shall convey to the 
County, by quitclaim deed, all surface rights of the United 
States in and to the Federal land, including any improve-
ments thereon. All costs associated with the conveyance 
under this section shall be the responsibility of the Bureau 
of Land Management.
TITLE VI—ELKO MOTOCROSS 
AND TRIBAL CONVEYANCE ACT 
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Elko Motocross and 
Tribal Conveyance Act’’. 
SEC. 602. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 
In this title, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land 
Management. 
Subtitle A—Elko Motocross Land 
Conveyance 
SEC. 611. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘county’’ means the 
county of Elko, Nevada. 
(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Elko Motocross Park’’ and dated April 19, 
2013. 
SEC. 612. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO ELKO COUNTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of this Act, subject to valid existing 
rights and the provisions of this section, if requested by 
the county the Secretary shall convey to the county, with-
out consideration, all right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to the land described in subsection 
(b). 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred to in 
subsection (a) consists of approximately 275 acres of land 
managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Elko Dis-
trict, Nevada, as generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Elko 
Motocross Park’’. 
(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall finalize the legal description of the parcel to be 
conveyed under this section. 
(2) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary may cor-
rect any minor error in the map or the legal descrip-
tion. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal descrip-
tion shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 
Land Management. 
(d) USE OF CONVEYED LAND.—The land conveyed 
under this subtitle shall be used only as a motocross, bicy-
cle, off-highway vehicle, or stock car racing area, or for 
any other public purpose consistent with uses allowed 
under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the
‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 869 
et seq.). 
(e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary shall 
require the county to pay all survey costs and other admin-
istrative costs necessary for the preparation and comple-
tion of any patents for, and transfers of title to, the land 
described in subsection (b). 
Subtitle B—Trust Land for Te- 
moak Tribe of Western Sho-
shone 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). 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to the land described in subsection (b)— 
(1) shall be held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit and use of the Te-moak Tribe of 
Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Elko Band) 
(referred to in this subtitle as the ‘‘Tribe’’); and 
(2) shall be part of the reservation of the Tribe. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred to in 
subsection (a) is the approximately 373 acres of land ad-
ministered by the Bureau of Land Management, as gen-
erally depicted on the map as ‘‘Expansion Area’’. 
(c) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled 
‘‘Te-moak Tribal Land Expansion’’, dated April 19, 2013. 
This map shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement. 
(d) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a 
survey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries 
of the land taken into trust under subsection (a). 
(e) USE OF TRUST LAND.— 
(1) GAMING.—Land taken into trust under sub-
section (a) shall not be eligible, or considered to 
have been taken into trust, for class II gaming or 
class III gaming (as those terms are defined in sec-
tion 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 
U.S.C. 2703)). 
(2) GENERAL USES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Tribe shall use the 
land taken into trust under subsection (a) only 
for— 
(i) traditional and customary uses; 
(ii) stewardship conservation for the 
benefit of the Tribe; or
SEC. 702. TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall transfer to the Secretary of the Navy, without reim-
bursement, the Federal land described in subsection (b). 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF FEDERAL LAND.—The Federal 
land referred to in subsection (a) is the parcel of approxi-
mately 400 acres of land under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of the Interior that— 
(1) is adjacent to Naval Air Station Fallon in 
Churchill County, Nevada; and 
(2) was withdrawn under Public Land Order 
6834 (NV–943–4214–10; N–37875). 
(c) MANAGEMENT.—On transfer of the Federal land 
described under subsection (b) to the Secretary of the 
Navy, the Secretary of the Navy shall have full jurisdic-
tion, custody, and control of the Federal land. 
SEC. 703. WATER RIGHTS. 
(a) WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this title shall be 
construed— 
(1) to establish a reservation in favor of the 
United States with respect to any water or water 
right on lands transferred by this title; or
(2) to authorize the appropriation of water on 
lands transferred by this title except in accordance 
with applicable State law. 
(b) EFFECT
ON PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED
OR RE-
SERVED WATER RIGHTS.—This section shall not be con-
strued to affect any water rights acquired or reserved by 
the United States before the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 704. WITHDRAWAL. 
Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal land to 
be transferred under section 702 is withdrawn from all 
forms of appropriation under the public land laws, includ-
ing the mining laws and the mineral leasing and geo-
thermal leasing laws, so long as the land remains under 
the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
Navy. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 
2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5205 
AN ACT 
To authorize certain land conveyances involving 
public lands in northern Nevada to promote eco-
nomic development and conservation, and for 
other purposes.