A bill to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-1319
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2015-05-13
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Land transfers

Nevada
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Affirms and validates a specified patent and the associated land reconfiguration issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on February 18, 2005, as depicted on the map entitled &quot;Lincoln County Land Patent&quot; and dated December 4, 2014, as having been issued in compliance with the Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1988, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 for the benefit and recovery of the desert tortoise, other species, and their habitat. Ratifies: (1) the process used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the BLM in reconfiguring the land as shown in a specified environmental impact statement, and (2) the reconfiguration provided for in a specified Army Corps of Engineers permit.</p> <p>Authorizes the BLM to issue a patent for specified acres of land in Lincoln County, Nevada, depicted on such map and described in the legal description of the proposed lease and fee land on file in the BLM's Ely District Office.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1319 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 13, 2015 Mr. Heller introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To validate final patent number 27–2005–0081, and for other purposes.

1. Final patent and land reconfiguration in Clark County and Lincoln County, Nevada (a) In general Patent number 27–2005–0081 and the associated land reconfiguration issued by the Bureau of Land Management on February 18, 2005, as depicted on the map prepared by the Bureau of Land Management entitled Lincoln County Land Patent and dated December 4, 2014, is affirmed and validated as having been issued pursuant to, and in compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1988 ( Public Law 100–275 ; 102 Stat. 52), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ) for the benefit of the desert tortoise, other species, and the habitat of the desert tortoise and other species to increase the likelihood of the recovery of the desert tortoise and other species. (b) Issuance of lincoln county patent (1) In general The Director of the Bureau of Land Management may issue a patent for 7,548 acres of land in Lincoln County, Nevada, that is— (A) depicted on the map described in subsection (a); and (B) described in the legal description of the proposed lease and fee land on file in the Ely District Office of the Bureau of Land Management. (2) Applicable law A patent issued under paragraph (1) shall be considered to have been issued pursuant to, and in compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1988 ( Public Law 100–275 ; 102 Stat. 52). (c) Ratification of reconfiguration The process used by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management in reconfiguring the land described in subsection (a), as depicted on Exhibit 1–4 of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Planned Development Project MSHCP, Lincoln County, NV (FWS–R8–ES–2008–N0136) and the reconfiguration provided for in Special Condition 10 of Army Corps of Engineers Permit No. 200125042 are ratified.