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..................................................................... (Original Signature of Member)

113TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION

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To facilitate planning, permitting, administration, implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juniper dominated landscape restoration projects within Lincoln County, Nevada, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. HORSFORD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on llllllllllllll

A BILL
To facilitate planning, permitting, administration, implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juniper dominated landscape restoration projects within Lincoln County, Nevada, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 4
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pinyon-Juniper Re-

5 lated Projects Implementation Act’’.

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2 1 2 3
SEC. 2. FACILITATION PROJECTS. OF PINYON-JUNIPER RELATED

(a) AVAILABILITY

OF

SPECIAL ACCOUNT UNDER
OF

4 LINCOLN COUNTY LAND ACT

2000.—Section 5(b) of

5 the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public Law 106– 6 298; 114 Stat. 1048), is amended— 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
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(1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘and implementation’’ after ‘‘development’’; and (B) in subparagraph (C)— (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end and inserting a semicolon; (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(iii) planning, permitting, administration, implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juniper dominated landscape restoration projects within Lincoln County, consistent with the Ely Resource Management Plan; and ‘‘(iv) completing compliance activities

under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), related mitigation plans, and archeological research and re(563512|1)
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3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 source inventory in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), and Public Law 95–341 (commonly known as the ‘American Indian Religious Freedom Act’) (42 U.S.C. 1996) for areas of proposed land use authorizations and rights-of-way required for development of land conveyed pursuant to this Act and the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2403) and as required for authorization of leases, rights-ofway, and development within the Bureau of Land Management-designated Dry Lake Valley North Solar Energy Zone; and’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(3) WAIVER
OF FEES.—Processing

of applica-

tions for rights-of-way submitted by a local government or regional government to serve land conveyed pursuant to this Act shall not require payment of cost recovery fees or payment of contributed funds. ‘‘(4) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—Establish-

ment and funding of cooperative agreements between the Bureau of Land Management and Lincoln Coun-

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4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ty, Nevada shall be required for County-provided law enforcement and planning related activities regarding— ‘‘(A) wilderness in Lincoln County, Nevada designated by the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2403); ‘‘(B) cultural resources identified, protected, and managed pursuant to that Act; ‘‘(C) planning, management, and law enforcement associated with the Silver State OHV Trail designated by that Act; and ‘‘(D) planning associated with land disposal and related land use authorizations required for utility corridors and rights of way to serve land that has been, or is to be, disposed of pursuant to that Act and this Act.’’. (b) AVAILABILITY
OF

SPECIAL ACCOUNT UNDER
AND

19 LINCOLN COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, 20 DEVELOPMENT ACT
OF

2004.—Section 103 of the Lin-

21 coln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development 22 Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2406) is 23 amended— 24 (1) in subsection (b)(3)—

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5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end and inserting a semicolon; (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; (C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(G) planning, permitting, administration, implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juniper dominated landscape restoration projects within Lincoln County, consistent with the Ely Resource Management Plan; and ‘‘(H) completing compliance activities

under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), related mitigation plans, and archeological research and resource inventory in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), and Public Law 95–341 (commonly known as the ‘American Indian Religious Freedom Act’) (42 U.S.C. 1996) for areas of proposed land use authorizations and rights-of-way required for development of land conveyed pursuant to this Act and the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1046)

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6 1 2 3 4 5 6 and as required for authorization of leases, rights-of-way, and development within the Bureau of Land Management-designated Dry Lake Valley North Solar Energy Zone.’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(d) WAIVER
OF

FEES.—Processing of applications

7 for rights-of-way submitted by a local government or re8 gional government to serve lands conveyed pursuant to 9 this Act shall not require payment of cost recovery fees 10 or payment of contributed funds. 11 ‘‘(e) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Establishment

12 and funding of cooperative agreements between the Bu13 reau of Land Management and Lincoln County, Nevada 14 shall be required for County-provided law enforcement and 15 planning related activities regarding— 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘(1) wilderness in Lincoln County, Nevada designated by this Act; ‘‘(2) cultural resources identified, protected, and managed pursuant to this Act; ‘‘(3) planning, management, and law enforcement associated with the Silver State OHV Trail designated by this Act; and ‘‘(4) planning associated with land disposal and related land use authorizations required for utility corridors and rights of way to serve land that has

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7 1 2 3 4 5 been, or is to be, disposed of pursuant to this Act and the Lincoln County Land Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–298; 114 Stat. 1046).’’.
SEC. 3. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.

(a) DISPOSITION

OF

PROCEEDS UNDER LINCOLN

6 COUNTY LAND ACT OF 2000.—Section 5(a)(2) of the Lin7 coln County Land Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–298; 114 8 Stat. 1047) is amended by inserting ‘‘and economic devel9 opment’’ after ‘‘schools’’. 10 (b) DISPOSITION
OF

PROCEEDS UNDER LINCOLN
AND

11 COUNTY CONSERVATION, RECREATION, 12
MENT

DEVELOP-

ACT

OF

2004.—Section 103(b)(2) of the Lincoln

13 County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 14 2004 (Public Law 108–424; 118 Stat. 2405) is amended 15 by striking ‘‘and transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘transpor16 tation, and economic development’’. 17 18 19
SEC. 4. CERTAIN LAND IN UTILITY CORRIDOR NOT WITHDRAWN.

Section 301(c) of the Lincoln County Conservation,

20 Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 21 108–424; 118 Stat. 2413) is amended in the matter pre22 ceding paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘(other than land in 23 the corridor located in sections 7, 8, 9, 10, and 15, T. 24 7 N., R. 68 E.)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’.

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