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Ruby Mountains Protection Act

Introduced: May 15, 2020 Introduced by: Amodei, Mark E. Republican · Nevada See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jul 13, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jun 9, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Jun 9, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Jun 9, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
May 15, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Agriculture, and Armed Services, 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.
May 15, 2020
Introduced in House
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Northern Nevada Economic Development, Conservation and Military Modernization Act of 2020

This bill provides for the designation, withdrawal, conveyance, exchange, sale, or disposal of certain federal and nonfederal lands in Nevada, including land associated with the Fallon Range Training Complex.

The bill designates the Stillwater and Grimes Point National Conservation Areas and specified parcels of federal land as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall not issue an oil or gas lease within the area identified as National Forest System Lands as depicted on the map titled S. 258 Ruby Mountains Protective Act and dated December 5, 2019.

The bill establishes 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.

The bill requires the issuance of corrective patents for private lands adjacent to public land in White Pine County when (1) a cloud on the title demonstrates that the private land had been patented before 1976, and (2) the correction is for five acres or less.

What's happening now July 13, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6228 Related bill Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6889: Northern Nevada Economic Development, Conservation and Military Modernization Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6889/
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"H.R. 6889: Northern Nevada Economic Development, Conservation and Military Modernization Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6889/.
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