Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act

Bill: 117-hr-1597
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Endangered and threatened species
Federal-Indian relations
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Health facilities and institutions
Higher education
Housing supply and affordability
Indian lands and resources rights
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Monuments and memorials
Motor vehicles
Nevada
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: 
This bill provides for conservation or transfer of land in Nevada.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
 transfers approximately 41,055 acres of land to be held in trust for the Moapa Band of Paiutes of the Moapa River Indian Reservation;
 
adjusts the boundary of the Red Rock National Conservation Area to include additional lands;
 
adjusts the boundary of the Rainbow Gardens Area of Critical Environmental Concern to exclude certain land;
 
conveys, upon request, certain federal land to a governmental entity in Clark County for any public purpose;
 
revokes the Ivanpah Area of Critical Environmental Concern;
 
establishes specified special management areas for conservation purposes;
 
designates the peak of Frenchman Mountain as the Maude Frazier Mountain;
 
makes certain funds available for capital improvements in the Tule Springs Fossil Bed National Monument and for implementation of sustainability and climate initiatives in Clark County;
 
designates additional lands in Nevada as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System;
 
requires land conveyances to local governments in Nevada for specified public purposes;
 
makes certain funds available to the city of Mesquite for implementation of a watershed plan for the Lower Virgin River;
 
expands, and expands eligible uses of, the limited transition area located in the city of Henderson;
 
establishes off-highway vehicle recreation areas; 
 
conveys to a public water agency in Clark County, upon request, federal land for the construction and operation of critical water conveyance infrastructure for communities serviced by that agency; and 
 
requires completion of the construction of the six erosion control weirs on the lower Las Vegas Wash within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Introduced in House