HOUSE 1107115th CongressCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-502.

Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act

Last Action: 2/7/2018

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2018-02-07Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-502.
2018-01-17Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2018-01-16Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2018-01-16On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H387-391)
2018-01-16Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H387-391)
2018-01-16DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1107.
2018-01-16Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H387-392)
2018-01-16Mr. Gianforte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2017-09-28Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 243.
2017-09-28Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-336.
2017-09-28Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-336.
2017-06-27Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
2017-06-27Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-05-23Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2017-02-28Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

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CRS Summary

As of 2017-09-28 (79)

Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act

This bill 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 to offer for sale or acre-for-acre exchange.

For purposes of acre-for-acre exchanges, Interior shall identify management priority areas within the Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area, including those considered to be:

greater sage-grouse habitat;
part of an identified wildlife corridor or designated critical habitat;
of value for outdoor recreation or public access for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes;
of significant cultural, historic, ecological, or scenic value; or
of value for improving federal land management.

The bill prescribes requirements for the disposition of proceeds from the sales of lands.

Interior shall offer for sale and convey to specified qualified entities, for fair market value, the remaining U.S. right, title, and interest in certain lands and interests in the county.

Interior shall convey to the county, without consideration, Unionville Cemetery.

The bill designates specified federal land in Nevada as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

The bill releases specified wilderness study areas from further review for designation as wilderness.

Cosponsors (3)

Dina Titus (D-NV)
Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
Ruben Kihuen (D-NV)

Subjects

Birds
Cemeteries and funerals
Ecology
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Historical and cultural resources
Hunting and fishing
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Nevada
Outdoor recreation
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

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