Title: Storey County Land Conveyance Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Storey County Land Conveyance Act

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3349 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3349

To amend the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to modify provisions relating to 
    the conveyance of certain Federal land in Storey County, Nevada.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            August 15, 2018

 Ms. Cortez Masto introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
     and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to modify provisions relating to 
    the conveyance of certain Federal land in Storey County, Nevada.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Storey County Land Conveyance Act''.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND, STOREY COUNTY, NEVADA.

    Section 3009(d) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 
113-291; 127 Stat. 3751) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraphs (B) through (D);
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 
                subparagraph (D); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following:
                    ``(B) Federal land.--The term `Federal land' means 
                the land generally depicted as `Federal land' on the 
                map.
                    ``(C) Map.--The term `map' means the map entitled 
                `Storey County Land Conveyance' and dated June 6, 
                2018.'';
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``after 
                completing the mining claim validity review under 
                paragraph (2)(B), if requested by the County,''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in clause (i)--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding 
                                subclause (I), by striking ``each 
                                parcel of land located in a mining 
                                townsite'' and inserting ``any Federal 
                                land'';
                                    (II) in subclause (I), by striking 
                                ``mining townsite'' and inserting 
                                ``Federal land''; and
                                    (III) in subclause (II), by 
                                striking ``mining townsite (including 
                                improvements to the mining townsite), 
                                as identified for conveyance on the 
                                map'' and inserting ``Federal land 
                                (including improvements)'';
                            (ii) by striking clause (ii);
                            (iii) by striking the subparagraph 
                        designation and heading and all that follows 
                        through ``With respect'' in the matter 
                        preceding subclause (I) of clause (i) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Valid mining claims.--With respect''; and
                            (iv) by redesignating subclauses (I) and 
                        (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and 
                        indenting appropriately;
            (3) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ``a mining townsite 
        conveyed under paragraph (3)(B)(i)(II)'' and inserting 
        ``Federal land conveyed under paragraph (2)(B)(ii)'';
            (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ``a mining townsite under 
        paragraph (3)'' and inserting ``Federal land under paragraph 
        (2)'';
            (5) in paragraph (6), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
        (A), by striking ``mining townsite'' and inserting ``Federal 
        land'';
            (6) in paragraph (7), by striking ``A mining townsite to be 
        conveyed by the United States under paragraph (3)'' and 
        inserting ``The exterior boundary of the Federal land to be 
        conveyed by the United States under paragraph (2)'';
            (7) in paragraph (9)--
                    (A) by striking ``a mining townsite under paragraph 
                (3)'' and inserting ``the Federal land under paragraph 
                (2)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the mining townsite'' and 
                inserting ``the Federal land'';
            (8) in paragraph (10), by striking ``the examination'' and 
        all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
        ``the conveyance under paragraph (2) should be completed by not 
        later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Storey 
        County Land Conveyance Act.'';
            (9) by striking paragraphs (2) and (8);
            (10) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) and (9) 
        and (10) as paragraphs (2) through (6) and (7) and (8), 
        respectively; and
            (11) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) Availability of map.--The map shall be on file and 
        available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of 
        the Bureau of Land Management.''.
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