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
A Land Sales and Exchanges
(a) Authorization of conveyance. Notwithstanding sections 202, 203, 206, and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713, 1716, 1719), not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and subject to valid existing rights held by third parties, the Secretary shall offer to convey to qualified entities, for fair market value, the remaining right, title, and interest of the United States, in and to the encumbered land.
(b) Costs of sales to qualified entities. As a condition of each conveyance of encumbered land under this section, the qualified entity shall pay all costs related to the conveyance of the encumbered land, including the costs of surveys and other administrative costs associated with the conveyance.
(c) Offer To convey
(1) In general. Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary receives a fair market offer from a qualified entity for the conveyance of encumbered land, the Secretary shall accept the fair market value offer.
(2) Appraisal. Fair market value of the interest of the United States in and to encumbered land shall be determined by an appraisal conducted in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.
(d) Conveyance. Not later than 2 years after the date of acceptance by the Secretary of an offer from a qualified entity under subsection (c)(1) and completion of a sale for all or part of the applicable portion of encumbered land to the highest qualified entity, the Secretary, by delivery of an appropriate deed, patent, or other valid instrument of conveyance, shall convey to the qualified entity all remaining right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the applicable portion of the encumbered land.
(e) Merger. Subject to valid existing rights held by third parties, on delivery of the instrument of conveyance to the qualified entity under subsection (d), the prior interests in the locatable minerals and the right to use the surface for mineral purposes held by the qualified entity under a mining claim, millsite, tunnel site, or any other Federal land use authorization applicable to the encumbered land included in the instrument of conveyance, shall merge with all right, title, and interest conveyed to the qualified entity by the United States under this section to ensure that the qualified entity receives fee simple title to the purchased encumbered land.
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