H.R. 2317
Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2026
Sponsor: Mark E. Amodei · 0 cosponsors
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Written by the Congressional Research Service.
Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2025
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.
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.
Text of the bill
I DOUGLAS COUNTY
A Land Conveyances and Sales
B Tribal Cultural Resources
C Resolution of Burbank Canyons Wilderness Study Area
D Convey Forest Service Land for Public Purposes
II INCLINE VILLAGE FIRE PROTECTION
III NORTHERN NEVADA FLOOD PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT
IV CARSON CITY PUBLIC LANDS CORRECTION
V PERSHING COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION
In this title:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees. The term appropriate congressional committees means—
(A) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
(2) County. The term County means Pershing County, Nevada.
(3) Eligible land. The term eligible land means any land (including both the surface and mineral estate) administered by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management—
(A) that is within the area identified on the Map as Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area that is designated for disposal by the Secretary through—
(i) the Winnemucca Consolidated Resource Management Plan; or
(ii) any subsequent amendment or revision to the management plan that is undertaken with full public involvement;
(B) as land identified on the Map as Additional Lands Eligible for Disposal; and
(C) that is not encumbered land.
(4) Encumbered land. The term encumbered land means any land administered by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management within the area identified on the Map as Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area that is encumbered by mining claims, millsites, or tunnel sites.
(5) Map. The term Map means the map titled Pershing County Checkerboard Lands Resolution and dated July 8, 2024.
(6) Qualified entity. The term qualified entity means, with respect to a portion of encumbered land—
(A) the owner of a mining claim, millsite, or tunnel site located on a portion of the encumbered land on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(B) a successor in interest of an owner described in subparagraph (A).
(7) Secretary. The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(8) State. The term State means the State of Nevada.
(9) Wilderness Area. The term Wilderness Area means a wilderness area designated by section 521(a).
A Land Sales and Exchanges
B Wilderness Areas
VI FEDERAL COMPLEX
VII ELKO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
VIII FERNLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
IX CONVEYANCES TO THE CITY OF SPARKS
X GENERAL PROVISIONS
XI GREENLINK WEST PROJECT
XII JEAN PRISON TRANSFER