119th Congress Public Lands and Natural Resources
H.R. 2317: Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2026
Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2025
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- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
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Summary
This bill provides for the designation, conveyance, exchange, sale, or disposal of certain federal lands in Nevada.
Specifically, the bill provides for the transfer of ownership of federal lands from the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to the State of Nevada, counties (Douglas, Clark, Pershing, and Elko Counties), cities (Carson City, City of Elko, the City of Fernley, and the City of Sparks), the Incline Village General Improvement District, and the Truckee River Flood Management Authority for economic development, recreation, or certain public purposes.
It also designates specified parcels of federal land as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
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The bill also releases the reversionary interest of the United States in the Jean Prison site, thereby allowing the State of Nevada to use the land for purposes unrelated to the prison.
It also allows the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to establish 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 on certain federal lands.
Additionally, the bill takes land into trust for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Who scored on this bill
- 1Mark Amodei SponsorIntroduced, marked up, reported, discharged, passed House5 events+86
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Other bills by Mark Amodei
- H.R. 10306: Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025
- H.R. 1366: Mining Regulatory Clarity Act
- H.R. 6070: To amend the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to clarify the authority of Department of Defense to conduct certain military activities at the Nevada test and training range, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3173: Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2024
- H.R. 8752: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025
- H.R. 2925: Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024
History
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Introduced in the House by Mark Amodei.
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- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5586-5598)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5586-5596)
- Mr. Amodei (NV) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Considered under suspension of the rules.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2317.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-811, Part I.
- Committee on Agriculture discharged.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 710.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 12.
- Introduced in House
- 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.