To provide for transfer of ownership of certain Federal lands in northern Nevada, to authorize the disposal of certain Federal lands in northern Nevada for economic development, to promote conservation in northern Nevada, and for other purposes.
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Amodei of Nevada introduced the following bill; which was …
Primary Purpose
Transfers, conveys, and sells federal public lands across multiple Nevada counties to state, county, tribal, and private entities for economic development, conservation, recreation, flood control, and wilderness preservation.
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Omnibus public lands bill that bundles multiple local land disposition requests across Nevada counties into a single package, balancing development with conservation through wilderness designations"
Likely Beneficiaries
- Nevada local governments (Douglas County, Carson City, Elko, Fernley, Sparks, Pershing County) receiving free or discounted federal land
- Real estate developers who can purchase disposed federal land for development
- Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California receiving land into trust
- Walker River Paiute Tribe receiving land and project benefits
- Mining claim holders in Pershing County who can purchase underlying federal land
- Ranchers with existing grazing rights in new wilderness areas
- Energy transmission companies (Greenlink West Project right-of-way)
Likely Burden Bearers
- Federal taxpayers through loss of federal land assets and potential revenue
- Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service (administrative burden of transfers)
- Environmental and conservation groups (lands disposed for development)
- Future public access to lands conveyed to private/local control
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_state"
- → State of Nevada
- "the_tribe"
- → Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California
- "the_county"
- → Douglas County, Nevada
- "secretary_concerned"
- → Secretary of Agriculture (Forest Service land) or Secretary of Interior (BLM land)
- "the_district"
- → Incline Village General Improvement District
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "trfma"
- → Truckee River Flood Management Authority
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior (BLM and Bureau of Reclamation)
- "the_city"
- → Carson City, Nevada
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture (Forest land) or Secretary of Interior (other Federal land)
- "the_state"
- → State of Nevada
- "the_county"
- → Pershing County, Nevada
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture
- "the_city"
- → City of Elko, Nevada
- "the_county"
- → Elko County, Nevada
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior
- "the_city"
- → City of Fernley, Nevada
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior
- "the_city"
- → City of Sparks, Nevada
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary concerned
- "the_tribe"
- → Walker River Paiute Tribe
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior (BLM Director)
- "the_state"
- → State of Nevada
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior
Note: 'The Secretary' has different meanings in each title: Secretary of Agriculture in Title II, Secretary of Interior in Titles III, V, VII, VIII, IX, and XII
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California (Title I)
Douglas County, Nevada (Title I context)
Burbank Canyons Wilderness designated by section 141(a)
Has the meaning given the term 'public lands' in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
BLM land within Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area designated for disposal, not encumbered by mining claims
BLM land within Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area encumbered by mining claims, millsites, or tunnel sites
Owner of mining claim on encumbered land or successor in interest
Secretary of Agriculture (through Chief of Forest Service) for National Forest System land; Secretary of Interior for BLM land
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