United StatesNorthern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2026
What it does
This bill provides for the designation, conveyance, exchange, sale, or disposal of certain federal lands in Nevada.
More detail
Specifically, the bill provides for the transfer of ownership of federal lands from the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to the State of Nevada, counties (Douglas, Clark, Pershing, and Elko Counties), cities (Carson City, City of Elko, the City of Fernley, and the City of Sparks), the Incline Village General Improvement District, and the Truckee River Flood Management Authority for economic development, recreation, or certain public purposes.
It also designates specified parcels of federal land as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
The bill also releases the reversionary interest of the United States in the Jean Prison site, thereby allowing the State of Nevada to use the land for purposes unrelated to the prison.
It also allows the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to establish 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 on certain federal lands.
Additionally, the bill takes land into trust for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Sep 15Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Latest
- Sep 14Mr. Amodei (NV) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 14Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5586-5598)
- Sep 14DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2317.
- Sep 14Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5586-5596)Passed House
- Sep 14Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 10Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-811, Part I.
- Sep 10Committee on Agriculture discharged.Minor
- Sep 10Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 710.
- Jul 15Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 15Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 12.
- 2025
- Mar 25Introduced in House
- Mar 25Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.Introduced