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Ruby Mountains Protection Act

Introduced: May 10, 2023 Introduced by: Amodei, Mark E. Republican · Nevada See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 18, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-920, Part I.
Dec 18, 2024
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Dec 18, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 752.
Nov 20, 2024
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
Nov 20, 2024
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Nov 20, 2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mar 7, 2024
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Mar 4, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jun 1, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
May 10, 2023
Referred 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.
May 10, 2023
Introduced in House
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Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2023

This bill provides for the designation, withdrawal, conveyance, exchange, sale, or disposal of certain lands in Nevada.

Specifically, the bill permits the conveyance of federal lands to specified counties and cities, and to the Incline Village General Improvement District, for public purposes and economic development.

Further, the bill

  • designates specified parcels of federal land as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System;
  • 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; and
  • requires the issuance of corrective patents for private lands adjacent to public land in White Pine County when a cloud on the title demonstrates that the private land had been patented before 1976 and the correction is for five acres or less.

The bill includes provisions regarding tribal cultural resources.

What's happening now December 18, 2024

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 752.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4848 Related bill Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3173: Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3173/
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"H.R. 3173: Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3173/.
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H.R. 3173, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3173/.
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