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Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act

Introduced: June 15, 2023 Introduced by: Cortez Masto, Catherine Democratic · 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 19, 2024
Held at the desk.
Dec 19, 2024
Received in the House.
Dec 19, 2024
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 18, 2024
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7166; text: CR S7166)
Dec 18, 2024
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 20, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 299.
Dec 20, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-147.
Sep 21, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 12, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-285.
Jun 15, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jun 15, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act

This bill expands the boundaries of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area in Clark County, Nevada, and grants rights-of-way through the conservation area for the construction of a water transmission pipeline and related facilities. 

Specifically, the bill requires the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which administers the conservation area, to grant certain rights-of-way to the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) for the purposes of (1) performing geotechnical investigations within the rights-of-way, and (2) constructing and operating a water pipeline and related facilities. 

Rights-of-way may not be located through or under areas designated as wilderness, and construction of the pipeline may not permanently adversely affect surface resources within the conservation area. The BLM may place other reasonable terms and conditions on the issuance of rights-of-way as necessary to protect the conservation area’s resources. 
 
In tunneling the water pipeline, SNWA may excavate and dispose of sand, gravel, minerals, and other materials as needed. The BLM must enter into a memorandum of understanding with SNWA to identify federal land on which SNWA may dispose of such materials. 

The bill also adds approximately 9,000 acres of land to the conservation area. This expansion of the conservation area is subject to valid existing rights (e.g., utility transmission rights), must not preclude authorized activities within existing rights-of-way or corridors, and must not preclude the BLM from authorizing new utility rights-of-way.

What's happening now December 19, 2024

Held at the desk.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 4457 Related bill Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act
  • HR 6209 Related bill Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2042: Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2042/
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