Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act - Finds that specified land in the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area of Clark County, Nevada, has been adequately studied for wilderness suitability and releases it from further wilderness study.
Provides that the Secretary of the Interior is no longer required to manage it as wilderness and that it shall be managed in accordance with land management plans adopted under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and cooperative conservation agreements in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act.
[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 816 Introduced in House (IH)]
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 816
To provide for the release of certain land from the Sunrise Mountain
Instant Study Area in the State of Nevada and to grant a right-of-way
across the released land for the construction and maintenance of a
flood control project.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 5, 2007
Mr. Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To provide for the release of certain land from the Sunrise Mountain
Instant Study Area in the State of Nevada and to grant a right-of-way
across the released land for the construction and maintenance of a
flood control project.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Orchard Detention Basin Flood
Control Act''.
SEC. 2. RELEASE OF CERTAIN LAND IN THE SUNRISE MOUNTAIN INSTANT STUDY
AREA.
(a) Finding.--Congress finds that the land described in subsection
(c) has been adequately studied for wilderness designation under
section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1782).
(b) Release.--The land described in subsection (c)--
(1) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and
(2) shall be managed in accordance with--
(A) land management plans adopted under section 202
of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712); and
(B) cooperative conservation agreements in
existence on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Description of Land.--The land referred to in subsections (a)
and (b) is the approximately 65 acres of land in the Sunrise Mountain
Instant Study Area of Clark County, Nevada, that is--
(1) known as the ``Orchard Detention Basin''; and
(2) designated for release on the map titled ``Orchard
Detention Basin'' and dated March 18, 2005.
(d) Right-of-Way.--The Secretary of the Interior shall grant to
Clark County, Nevada, a right-of-way to the land described in
subsection (c) for the construction and maintenance of the Orchard
Detention Basin Project on the land.
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Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-531.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-531.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 322.
Mr. Rahall moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1198-1199)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 816.
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1206)
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Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 375 - 0 (Roll no. 90).(text: CR H1198)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 375 - 0 (Roll no. 90). (text: CR H1198)
Roll Call #90 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1012.