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Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act

USA116th CongressS-2804| Senate 
| Updated: 11/18/2020
Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Cortez Masto

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (1)
Jacky Rosen (Democratic)

Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act This bill designates specified federal land in Nevada as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and directs the Department of the Interior to conduct sales or exchanges of eligible lands in Pershing County, Nevada, identified as the Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area. Interior and the county shall jointly select which parcels of eligible land shall be offered for sale or exchange. Within one year, Interior shall offer to exchange all of the eligible land for private land. Interior shall seek to enter into agreements with one or more owners of private land that is adjacent to the eligible land for the exchange of the private land for the eligible land, if the exchange would consolidate federal land ownership and facilitate improved federal land management. In acquiring private land, Interior must give priority to the acquisition of private land in higher-value natural resource areas in the county. Interior shall offer to convey, for fair market value, the remaining U.S. right, title, and interest in land within the Checkerboard Land Resolution Area that is encumbered by mining claims, millsites, or tunnel sites to entities with an interest in the land. The bill prescribes requirements for the disposition of proceeds from the sales of lands. Interior shall convey to the county, without consideration, Unionville Cemetery. The bill releases specified wilderness study areas from further review for designation as wilderness.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 115-414
Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act
Jul 10, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-252
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Nov 6, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Nov 6, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Nov 18, 2020
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-382.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 115-414
    Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act


  • July 10, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-252
    Subcommittee Hearings Held.


  • November 6, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 6, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • November 18, 2020
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-382.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • HR 116-252: Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act
  • HR 116-6228: Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2020
Cemeteries and funeralsCongressional oversightHunting and fishingLand transfersMiningNevadaWater use and supplyWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWildlife conservation and habitat protection

Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act

USA116th CongressS-2804| Senate 
| Updated: 11/18/2020
Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act This bill designates specified federal land in Nevada as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and directs the Department of the Interior to conduct sales or exchanges of eligible lands in Pershing County, Nevada, identified as the Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area. Interior and the county shall jointly select which parcels of eligible land shall be offered for sale or exchange. Within one year, Interior shall offer to exchange all of the eligible land for private land. Interior shall seek to enter into agreements with one or more owners of private land that is adjacent to the eligible land for the exchange of the private land for the eligible land, if the exchange would consolidate federal land ownership and facilitate improved federal land management. In acquiring private land, Interior must give priority to the acquisition of private land in higher-value natural resource areas in the county. Interior shall offer to convey, for fair market value, the remaining U.S. right, title, and interest in land within the Checkerboard Land Resolution Area that is encumbered by mining claims, millsites, or tunnel sites to entities with an interest in the land. The bill prescribes requirements for the disposition of proceeds from the sales of lands. Interior shall convey to the county, without consideration, Unionville Cemetery. The bill releases specified wilderness study areas from further review for designation as wilderness.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 115-414
Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act
Jul 10, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-252
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Nov 6, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Nov 6, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Nov 18, 2020
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-382.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 115-414
    Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act


  • July 10, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-252
    Subcommittee Hearings Held.


  • November 6, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 6, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • November 18, 2020
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-382.
Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Cortez Masto

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (1)
Jacky Rosen (Democratic)

Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • HR 116-252: Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act
  • HR 116-6228: Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2020
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Cemeteries and funeralsCongressional oversightHunting and fishingLand transfersMiningNevadaWater use and supplyWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWildlife conservation and habitat protection