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HR 5243 117th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources

Ruby Mountains Protection Act

Introduced: September 14, 2021 Introduced by: Amodei, Mark E. Republican · Nevada See on congress.gov
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 30, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Sep 30, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Sep 30, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Sep 14, 2021
Introduced in House
Sep 14, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Northern Nevada Economic Development, Conservation, and Military Modernization Act of 2021

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, a naval training installation.

The bill designates the Fox Peak, Grimes Point, and Pistone-Black Mountain National Conservation Areas.

The bill also designates specified parcels of federal land as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

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.

The bill includes additional provisions, including ones resolving certain tribal claims.

What's happening now September 30, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5243: Northern Nevada Economic Development, Conservation, and Military Modernization Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5243/
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"H.R. 5243: Northern Nevada Economic Development, Conservation, and Military Modernization Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5243/.
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H.R. 5243, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5243/.
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