Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act
Latest action · Jul 10, 2019 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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 sale of lands.
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 and releases specified wilderness study areas from further review for designation as wilderness.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 10, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Feb 5, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Jan 4, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 4, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2804 | Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act | Related bill | Nov 18, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- 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
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Water use and supply
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2019Introduced in House
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