Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6228
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Birds
Cemeteries and funerals
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Economic development
Education programs funding
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Historical and cultural resources
Hunting and fishing
Hydrology and hydrography
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Nevada
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pest management
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Northern Nevada Economic Development

 and Conservation Act of 2020

 
This bill provides for the designation, withdrawal, conveyance, exchange, sale, or disposal of certain federal and nonfederal lands in Nevada.
 
The bill designates specified parcels of federal land as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
 
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall not issue an oil or gas lease within the area identified as 
National Forest System Lands
 as depicted on the map titled 
S. 258 Ruby Mountains Protective Act
 and dated December 5, 2019.
 
The bill establishes a federal complex for specified Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and Bureau of Indian Affairs offices or headquarters in Nevada. 
 
The bill requires the issuance of corrective patents for private lands adjacent to public land in White Pine County when (1) a cloud on the title demonstrates that the private land had been patented before 1976, and (2) the correction is for five acres or less.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2020-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2020-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House