S 567 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 31, 2022 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.

  1. IntroducedMar 3, 2021
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill provides for conservation or transfer of land in Nevada.

Specifically, the bill

  • transfers approximately 41,055 acres of land to be held in trust for the Moapa Band of Paiutes of the Moapa River Indian Reservation;
  • adjusts the boundary of the Red Rock National Conservation Area to include additional lands;
  • adjusts the boundary of the Rainbow Gardens Area of Critical Environmental Concern to exclude certain land;
  • conveys, upon request, certain federal land to a governmental entity in Clark County for any public purpose;
  • revokes the Ivanpah Area of Critical Environmental Concern;
  • establishes specified special management areas for conservation purposes;
  • designates the peak of Frenchman Mountain as the Maude Frazier Mountain;
  • makes certain funds available for capital improvements in the Tule Springs Fossil Bed National Monument and for implementation of sustainability and climate initiatives in Clark County;
  • designates additional lands in Nevada as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System;
  • requires land conveyances to local governments in Nevada for specified public purposes;
  • makes certain funds available to the city of Mesquite for implementation of a watershed plan for the Lower Virgin River;
  • expands, and expands eligible uses of, the limited transition area located in the city of Henderson;
  • establishes off-highway vehicle recreation areas;
  • conveys to a public water agency in Clark County, upon request, federal land for the construction and operation of critical water conveyance infrastructure for communities serviced by that agency; and
  • requires completion of the construction of the six erosion control weirs on the lower Las Vegas Wash within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 3, 2021.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NVJacky RosenOriginalMar 3, 2021

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 31, 2022Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
  2. Jun 16, 2021Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
  3. Mar 3, 2021Introduced in Senate
  4. Mar 3, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1597Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation ActIdentical billApr 21, 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 3, 2021Introduced in Senate

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