Northern Nevada Economic Development, Conservation and Military Modernization Act of 2020
Latest action · Jul 13, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedMay 15, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Northern Nevada Economic Development, Conservation and Military Modernization Act of 2020
This bill provides for the designation, withdrawal, conveyance, exchange, sale, or disposal of certain federal and nonfederal lands in Nevada, including land associated with the Fallon Range Training Complex.
The bill designates the Stillwater and Grimes Point National Conservation Areas and specified parcels of federal land as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall not issue an oil or gas lease within the area identified as National Forest System Lands as depicted on the map titled S. 258 Ruby Mountains Protective Act and dated December 5, 2019.
The bill establishes a federal complex for specified Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and Bureau of Indian Affairs offices or headquarters in Nevada.
The bill requires the issuance of corrective patents for private lands adjacent to public land in White Pine County when (1) a cloud on the title demonstrates that the private land had been patented before 1976, and (2) the correction is for five acres or less.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 15, 2020 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jun 9, 2020 | |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jun 9, 2020 | |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Jun 9, 2020 | |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 15, 2020 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Jul 13, 2020 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 15, 2020 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred May 15, 2020 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 13, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Jun 9, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Jun 9, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Jun 9, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
- May 15, 2020Introduced in House
- May 15, 2020Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Agriculture, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 92, May 15, 2020, page H2261.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41610 | Wilderness: Issues and Legislation | Report | Oct 12, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6228 | Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jul 13, 2020 |
Titles 10
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To modernize the Fallon Range Training Complex in Churchill County, Nevada, through the withdrawal and reservation of additional public lands for military use, to allow for transfer of ownership of certain Federal parcels in Nevada, to allow for disposal of Federal lands in Nevada for economic development, to make technical corrections to existing law, for conservation, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Northern Nevada Economic Development, Conservation and Military Modernization Act of 2020
- Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act
- Ruby Mountains Protection Act
- Municipal Conveyances within Churchill County Act
- I–11 Transportation and Utility Corridors Act
- Stillwater and Grimes Point National Conservation Areas Act
- Fallon Range Training Complex Land Withdrawal Act of 2020
- Churchill County Checkerboard Resolution Act
- National Forest Small Tracts Act Amendments Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Air quality
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Aviation and airports
- Birds
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Congressional oversight
- Department of the Interior
- Ecology
- Economic development
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Endangered and threatened species
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal-Indian relations
- Fires
- Floods and storm protection
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Historic sites and heritage areas
- Historical and cultural resources
- Hunting and fishing
- Hydrology and hydrography
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Intergovernmental relations
- Land transfers
- Land use and conservation
- Licensing and registrations
- Livestock
- Military education and training
- Military facilities and property
- Mining
- Nevada
- Outdoor recreation
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Pest management
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Veterans' organizations and recognition
- Water quality
- Water storage
- Water use and supply
- Watersheds
- Wetlands
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 15, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
