Affirms and validates a specified patent and the associated land reconfiguration issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on February 18, 2005, as depicted on the map entitled "Lincoln County Land Patent" and dated December 4, 2014, as having been issued in compliance with the Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1988, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 for the benefit and recovery of the desert tortoise, other species, and their habitat. Ratifies: (1) the process used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the BLM in reconfiguring the land as shown in a specified environmental impact statement, and (2) the reconfiguration provided for in a specified Army Corps of Engineers permit.
Authorizes the BLM to issue a patent for specified acres of land in Lincoln County, Nevada, depicted on such map and described in the legal description of the proposed lease and fee land on file in the BLM's Ely District Office.
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2307 Introduced in House (IH)]
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2307
To validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 13, 2015
Mr. Hardy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINAL PATENT AND LAND RECONFIGURATION IN CLARK COUNTY AND
LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA.
(a) In General.--Patent number 27-2005-0081 and the associated land
reconfiguration issued by the Bureau of Land Management on February 18,
2005, as depicted on the map prepared by the Bureau of Land Management
entitled ``Lincoln County Land Patent'' and dated December 4, 2014, is
affirmed and validated as having been issued pursuant to, and in
compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of
1988 (Public Law 100-275; 102 Stat. 52), the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for the
benefit of the desert tortoise, other species, and the habitat of the
desert tortoise and other species to increase the likelihood of the
recovery of the desert tortoise and other species.
(b) Issuance of Lincoln County Patent.--
(1) In general.--The Director of the Bureau of Land
Management may issue a patent for 7,548 acres of land in
Lincoln County, Nevada, that is--
(A) depicted on the map described in subsection
(a); and
(B) described in the legal description of the
proposed lease and fee land on file in the Ely District
Office of the Bureau of Land Management.
(2) Applicable law.--A patent issued under paragraph (1)
shall be considered to have been issued pursuant to, and in
compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization
Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-275; 102 Stat. 52).
(c) Ratification of Reconfiguration.--The process used by the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land
Management in reconfiguring the land described in subsection (a), as
depicted on Exhibit 1-4 of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for
the Planned Development Project MSHCP, Lincoln County, NV (FWS-R8-ES-
2008-N0136) and the reconfiguration provided for in Special Condition
10 of Army Corps of Engineers Permit No. 200125042 are ratified.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
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