S2042-118

Reported

To amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act to adjust the boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 15, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act to adjust the boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Energy, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id4eb81cf7d8724acaab5191cb0e13669d: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act.
  • Section idd015dea35f81482bab3fc553fc755269: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Conservation Area means the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area. The term Secretary means the Secretary of the...
  • Section id48fd7d80d9c54a76b1f605cc8f8d69b0: 3. Sloan canyon national conservation area boundary adjustment Section 603(4) of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq–1(4)) is...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act to adjust the boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Energy, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act to adjust the boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Energy Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 20, 2023

Reported by Mr. Manchin, with an amendment

Jun 15, 2023

Ms. Cortez Masto introduced the following bill; which was read …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Water Supply
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Southern Nevada Water Authority

Electric Power Transmission
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Existing transmission line and utility corridor operators

Government
2 mentions across 2 clauses
-2 negative

Federal government (Bureau of Land Management)

Environment
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Conservation and wilderness areas

6/6
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Energy Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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