Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2026

(a) Definition of trust land. In this section, the term trust land means—

(1) the land taken into trust under subsection (b); and

(2) any land taken into trust under subsection (c).

(b) Federal land

(1) In general. Subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land described in paragraph (2)—

(A) is transferred to the Secretary of the Interior;

(B) shall be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe; and

(C) shall be part of the reservation of the Tribe.

(2) Description of Federal land. The land referred to in paragraph (1) is the approximately 2,423 acres of Federal land depicted as BLM Land Held in Trust-Washoe Tribe and USFS Land Held in Trust-Washoe Tribe on the Map.

(3) Authority to transfer forest service land. The Secretary of Agriculture shall have the authority to administratively transfer Forest Service land described in paragraph (2) to the Secretary of the Interior, to be held in trust for the benefit of the Tribe.

(c) Non-federal land

(1) In general. The Secretary of the Interior shall accept any conveyance of the 199 acres of non-Federal land depicted as Fee Lands Held in Trust-Washoe Tribe on the Map.

(2) Treatment. On acceptance of a conveyance under paragraph (1), the land conveyed to the Secretary of the Interior under that paragraph—

(A) shall be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe; and

(B) shall be part of the reservation of the Tribe.

(3) Requirement. A conveyance under paragraph (1) shall be without consideration.

(d) Survey

(1) In general. As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall complete a cadastral survey and accompanying legal description to establish the boundaries of the trust land.

(2) Federal register publication. On the completion of the survey under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register a legal description of the trust land.

(e) Use of trust land

(1) Gaming. The trust land shall not be eligible, or considered to have been taken into trust, for class II gaming or class III gaming (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).

(2) Thinning; landscape restoration

(A) In general. The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation and coordination with the Tribe, may carry out on the trust land any fuel reduction and other landscape restoration activities that are beneficial to the Tribe and the Bureau of Land Management, including the restoration of threatened or endangered species habitat.

(B) Conservation benefits. Activities carried out under subparagraph (A) include activities that provide conservation benefits to a species that—

(i) is not listed as endangered or threatened under section 4(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)); but

(ii) is—

(I) listed by a State as a threatened or endangered species;

(II) a species of concern or special status species; or

(III) a candidate for a listing as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

(f) Water rights. Nothing in this section affects the allocation, ownership, interest, or control, as in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, of any water, water right, or any other valid existing right held by the United States, an Indian Tribe, a State, or a person.

(g) Rule of construction. Except as explicitly provided, nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict Tribal use of lands identified in this section.