US Congress House Bill 252 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-07-10 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of the Interior to conduct sales or exchanges of eligible lands in Pershing County, Nevada, identified as the "Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area." Interior and the county shall jointly select which parcels of eligible land to offer for sale or acre-for-acre exchange. For purposes of acre-for-acre exchanges, Interior shall identify management priority areas within the Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area, including those considered to be: greater sage-grouse habitat; part of an identified wildlife corridor or designated critical habitat; of value for outdoor recreation or public access for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; of significant cultural, historic, ecological, or scenic value; or of value for improving federal land management. The bill prescribes requirements for the disposition of proceeds from the sale of lands. Interior shall convey to the county, without consideration, Unionville Cemetery. The bill designates specified federal land in Nevada as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and releases specified wilderness study areas from further review for designation as wilderness.

Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act

Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-10	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-02-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
2019-01-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2019-01-04	House	Introduced in House

SB2804 (Related) 2020-11-18 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/252/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr252/BILLS-116hr252ih.pdf