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Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act

USA117th CongressS-567| Senate 
| Updated: 3/31/2022
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, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Mar 3, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 3, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Apr 21, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-1597
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jun 16, 2021
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Mar 31, 2022
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
  • March 3, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 3, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • April 21, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-1597
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.


  • June 16, 2021
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.


  • March 31, 2022
    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • HR 117-1597: Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act
Air qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesElectric power generation and transmissionEndangered and threatened speciesFederal-Indian relationsFiresFirst responders and emergency personnelFloods and storm protectionForests, forestry, treesHealth facilities and institutionsHigher educationHousing supply and affordabilityIndian lands and resources rightsLakes and riversLand use and conservationLicensing and registrationsMonuments and memorialsMotor vehiclesNevadaOutdoor recreationParks, recreation areas, trailsPublic-private cooperationRural conditions and developmentWatershedsWater use and supplyWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWildlife conservation and habitat protection

Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act

USA117th CongressS-567| Senate 
| Updated: 3/31/2022
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.
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Timeline
Mar 3, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 3, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Apr 21, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-1597
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jun 16, 2021
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Mar 31, 2022
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
  • March 3, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 3, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • April 21, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-1597
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.


  • June 16, 2021
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.


  • March 31, 2022
    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
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, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • HR 117-1597: Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Air qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesElectric power generation and transmissionEndangered and threatened speciesFederal-Indian relationsFiresFirst responders and emergency personnelFloods and storm protectionForests, forestry, treesHealth facilities and institutionsHigher educationHousing supply and affordabilityIndian lands and resources rightsLakes and riversLand use and conservationLicensing and registrationsMonuments and memorialsMotor vehiclesNevadaOutdoor recreationParks, recreation areas, trailsPublic-private cooperationRural conditions and developmentWatershedsWater use and supplyWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWildlife conservation and habitat protection