Nevada Lands Bill Technical Corrections Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 253 To modify the process of the Secretary of the Interior for examining certain mining claims on Federal lands in Storey County, Nevada, to facilitate certain pinyon-juniper-related projects in Lincoln County, Nevada, to modify the boundaries of certain wilderness areas in the State of Nevada, to fully implement the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 4, 2019 Mr. AMODEI (for himself and Mr. HORSFORD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To modify the process of the Secretary of the Interior for examining certain mining claims on Federal lands in Storey County, Nevada, to facilitate certain pinyon-juni- per-related projects in Lincoln County, Nevada, to mod- ify the boundaries of certain wilderness areas in the State of Nevada, to fully implement the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:54 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H253.IH H253 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 253 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nevada Lands Bill 2 Technical Corrections Act of 2019’’. 3 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND 4 IN STOREY COUNTY, NEVADA. 5 Section 3009(d) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 6 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 7 Fiscal Year 2015 (128 Stat. 3751) is amended— 8 (1) in paragraph (1)— 9 (A) by striking subparagraphs (B) through 10 (D) and redesignating subparagraph (E) as 11 subparagraph (D); and 12 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 13 the following: 14 ‘‘(B) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘Federal 15 land’ means the land generally depicted as 16 ‘Federal land’ on the map. 17 ‘‘(C) MAP.—The term ‘map’ means the 18 map entitled ‘Storey County Land Conveyance’ 19 and dated June 6, 2018.’’. 20 (2) in paragraph (3)— 21 (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 22 ‘‘after completing the mining claim validity re- 23 view under paragraph (2)(B), if requested by 24 the County,’’; and 25 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:54 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H253.IH H253 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 253 IH (i) in clause (i)— 1 (I) in the matter preceding sub- 2 clause (I), by striking ‘‘each parcel of 3 land located in a mining townsite’’ 4 and inserting ‘‘any Federal land’’; 5 (II) in subclause (I), by striking 6 ‘‘mining townsite’’ and inserting 7 ‘‘Federal land’’; and 8 (III) in subclause (II), by strik- 9 ing ‘‘mining townsite (including im- 10 provements to the mining townsite), 11 as identified for conveyance on the 12 map’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal land (in- 13 cluding improvements)’’; 14 (ii) by striking clause (ii); 15 (iii) by striking the subparagraph des- 16 ignation and heading and all that follows 17 through ‘‘With respect’’ in the matter pre- 18 ceding subclause (I) of clause (i) and in- 19 serting the following: 20 ‘‘(B) VALID MINING CLAIMS.—With re- 21 spect’’; and 22 (iv) by redesignating subclauses (I) 23 and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec- 24 tively, and indenting appropriately; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:54 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H253.IH H253 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 253 IH (3) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘a mining 1 townsite conveyed under paragraph (3)(B)(i)(II)’’ 2 and inserting ‘‘Federal land conveyed under para- 3 graph (2)(B)(ii)’’; 4 (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘a mining 5 townsite under paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed- 6 eral land under paragraph (2)’’; 7 (5) in paragraph (6), in the matter preceding 8 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘mining townsite’’ 9 and inserting ‘‘Federal land’’; 10 (6) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘A mining 11 townsite to be conveyed by the United States under 12 paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘The exterior bound- 13 ary of the Federal land to be conveyed by the United 14 States under paragraph (2)’’; 15 (7) in paragraph (9)— 16 (A) by striking ‘‘a mining townsite under 17 paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal land 18 under paragraph (2)’’; and 19 (B) by striking ‘‘the mining townsite’’ and 20 inserting ‘‘the Federal land’’; 21 (8) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘the exam- 22 ination’’ and all that follows through the period at 23 the end and inserting ‘‘the conveyance under para- 24 graph (2) should be completed by not later than 18 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:54 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H253.IH H253 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 253 IH months after the date of enactment of the Nevada 1 Lands Bill Technical Corrections Act of 2019.’’; 2 (9) by striking paragraphs (2) and (8); 3 (10) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 4 (7) and (9) and (10) as paragraphs (2) through (6) 5 and (7) and (8) respectively; and 6 (11) by adding at the end the following: 7 ‘‘(9) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be 8 on file and available for public inspection in the ap- 9 propriate offices of the Bureau of Land Manage- 10 ment.’’. 11 SEC. 3. FACILITATION OF PINYON-JUNIPER-RELATED 12 PROJECTS IN LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. 13 (a) FACILITATION OF PINYON-JUNIPER-RELATED 14 PROJECTS.— 15 (1) AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT UNDER 16 LINCOLN COUNTY LAND ACT OF 2000.—Section 5(b) 17 of the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public 18 Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1048) is amended— 19 (A) in paragraph (1)— 20 (i) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 21 ‘‘and implementation’’ after ‘‘develop- 22 ment’’; and 23 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:54 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H253.IH H253 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 253 IH (I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; 1 and’’ at the end and inserting a semi- 2 colon; and 3 (II) by adding at the end the fol- 4 lowing: 5 ‘‘(iii) development and implementation of 6 comprehensive, cost-effective, and multijuris- 7 dictional hazardous fuels reduction projects and 8 wildfire prevention planning activities, particu- 9 larly for pinyon-juniper-dominated landscapes, 10 and other rangeland and woodland restoration 11 projects within the County, consistent with the 12 Ely Resource Management Plan or any subse- 13 quent revisions or amendments to that plan; 14 and’’; and 15 (B) by adding at the end the following: 16 ‘‘(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Direc- 17 tor of the Bureau of Land Management shall enter 18 into cooperative agreements with the County for law 19 enforcement and planning-related activities provided 20 by the County and approved by the Secretary, re- 21 garding— 22 ‘‘(A) wilderness in the County designated 23 by the Lincoln County Conservation, Recre- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:54 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H253.IH H253 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 253 IH ation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public 1 Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2403); 2 ‘‘(B) cultural resources identified, pro- 3 tected, and managed pursuant to that Act; 4 ‘‘(C) planning, management, and law en- 5 forcement associated with the Silver State OHV 6 Trail designated by that Act; and 7 ‘‘(D) planning associated with land dis- 8 posal and related land-use authorizations re- 9 quired for utility corridors and rights-of-way to 10 serve land that has been, or is to be, disposed 11 of pursuant to that Act (other than rights-of- 12 way granted pursuant to that Act) and this 13 Act.’’. 14 (2) AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT UNDER 15 LINCOLN COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, 16 AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2004.—Section 103 of 17 the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and 18 Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–424; 19 118 Stat. 2405) is amended— 20 (A) in subsection (b)(3)— 21 (i) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; 22 and’’ at the end and inserting a semicolon; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:54 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H253.IH H253 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 253 IH (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 1 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 2 and’’; and 3 (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 4 lowing: 5 ‘‘(G) development and implementation of 6 comprehensive, cost-effective, and multijuris- 7 dictional hazardous fuels reduction projects and 8 wildfire prevention planning activities, particu- 9 larly for pinyon-juniper-dominated landscapes, 10 and other rangeland and woodland restoration 11 projects within the County, consistent with the 12 Ely Resource Management Plan or any subse- 13 quent revisions or amendments to that plan.’’; 14 and 15 (B) by adding at the end the following: 16 ‘‘(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Director of 17 the Bureau of Land Management shall enter into coopera- 18 tive agreements with the County for law enforcement and 19 planning-related activities provided by the County and ap- 20 proved by the Secretary regarding— 21 ‘‘(1) wilderness in the County designated by 22 this Act; 23 ‘‘(2) cultural resources identified, protected, 24 and managed pursuant to this Act; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:54 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H253.IH H253 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 253 IH ‘‘(3) planning, management, and law enforce- 1 ment associated with the Silver State OHV Trail 2 designated by this Act; and 3 ‘‘(4) planning associated with land disposal and 4 related land-use authorizations required for utility 5 corridors and rights-of-way to serve land that has 6 been, or is to be, disposed of pursuant to this Act 7 (other than rights-of-way granted pursuant to this 8 Act) and the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 9 (Public Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1046).’’. 10 (b) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 11 (1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LIN- 12 COLN COUNTY LAND ACT OF 2000.—Section 5(a)(2) 13 of the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public 14 Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1047) is amended by in- 15 serting ‘‘and economic development’’ after ‘‘schools’’. 16 (2) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS UNDER LIN- 17 COLN COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, AND 18 DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2004.—Section 103(b)(2) of 19 the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and 20 Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–424; 21 118 Stat. 2405) is amended by striking ‘‘and trans- 22 portation’’ and inserting ‘‘transportation, and eco- 23 nomic development’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:54 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H253.IH H253 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 253 IH (c) MODIFICATION OF UTILITY CORRIDOR.—The 1 Secretary of the Interior shall realign the utility corridor 2 established by section 301(a) of the Lincoln County Con- 3 servation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (Pub- 4 lic Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2412) to be aligned as gen- 5 erally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Proposed LCCRDA 6 Utility Corridor Realignment’’ and dated March 14, 2017, 7 by modifying the map titled ‘‘Lincoln County Conserva- 8 tion, Recreation, and Development Act’’ (referred to in 9 this subsection as the ‘‘Map’’) and dated October 1, 2004, 10 by— 11 (1) removing the utility corridor from sections 12 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 15, T. 7 N., R. 68 13 E., of the Map; and 14 (2) redesignating the utility corridor so as to 15 appear on the Map in— 16 (A) sections 31, 32, and 33, T. 8 N., R. 17 68 E.; 18 (B) sections 4, 5, 6, and 7, T. 7 N., R. 68 19 E.; and 20 (C) sections 1 and 12, T. 7 N., 67 E. 21 (d) FINAL CORRECTIVE PATENT IN CLARK COUNTY, 22 NEVADA.— 23 (1) VALIDATION OF PATENT.—Patent number 24 27–2005–0081, issued by the Bureau of Land Man- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:54 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H253.IH H253 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 253 IH agement on February 18, 2005, is affirmed and vali- 1 dated as having been issued pursuant to, and in 2 compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land Ex- 3 change Authorization Act of 1988 (Public Law 100– 4 275; 102 Stat. 52), the National Environmental Pol- 5 icy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the 6 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 7 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for the benefit of the desert 8 tortoise, other species, and the habitat of the desert 9 tortoise and other species to increase the likelihood 10 of the recovery of the desert tortoise and other spe- 11 cies. 12 (2) RATIFICATION OF RECONFIGURATION.—The 13 process used by the United States Fish and Wildlife 14 Service and the Bureau of Land Management in re- 15 configuring the land described in paragraph (1), as 16 depicted on Exhibit 1–4 of the Final Environmental 17 Impact Statement for the Planned Development 18 Project MSHCP, Lincoln County, NV (FWS–R8– 19 ES–2008–N0136), and the reconfiguration provided 20 for in special condition 10 of the Corps of Engineers 21 Permit No. 000005042, are ratified. 22 (e) ISSUANCE OF CORRECTIVE PATENT IN LINCOLN 23 COUNTY, NEVADA.— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:54 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H253.IH H253 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 253 IH (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte- 1 rior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of 2 Land Management, may issue a corrective patent for 3 the 7,548 acres of land in Lincoln County, Nevada, 4 depicted on the map prepared by the Bureau of 5 Land Management titled ‘‘Proposed Lincoln County 6 Land Reconfiguration’’ and dated January 28, 7 2016. 8 (2) APPLICABLE LAW.—A corrective patent 9 issued under paragraph (1) shall be treated as 10 issued pursuant to, and in compliance with, the Ne- 11 vada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 12 1988 (Public Law 100–275; 102 Stat. 52). 13 (f) CONVEYANCE TO LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA, TO 14 SUPPORT A LANDFILL.— 15 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 16 the date of enactment of this Act, and subject to 17 valid existing rights, at the request of Lincoln Coun- 18 ty, Nevada, the Secretary of the Interior shall con- 19 vey without consideration under the Recreation and 20 Public Purposes Act (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) to Lin- 21 coln County all right, title and interest of the United 22 States in and to approximately 400 acres of land in 23 Lincoln County, Nevada, more particularly described 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:54 Jan 19, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H253.IH H253 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 13 •HR 253 IH as follows: T. 11 S., R. 62, E., Section 25 E [Text truncated for display. 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