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
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
(a) Definitions. In this section:
(1) Patent. The term Patent means the serial patent numbered 27–80–0056, dated December 13, 1979, recorded in Clark County, Nevada, records in book 1178, instrument 1137147 (BLM Serial Number NVN 011732).
(2) State. The term State means the State of Nevada.
(3) Secretary. The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(b) Release. Subject to valid and existing rights, the Secretary shall release, convey, or otherwise quitclaim to the State, in a form recordable in local county records, and subject to the approval of the State, after consultation, all right, title, and remaining interest of the United States in and to the land that was conveyed to the State pursuant to the Patent or any other law authorizing conveyance subject to restrictions or reversionary interests retained by the United States, on request by the State.
(c) Terms and conditions. A conveyance authorized by subsection (b) shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(1) The State shall cover, or reimburse the Secretary for, the costs incurred by the Secretary to make the conveyance, including title searches, surveys, deed preparation, attorneys’ fees, and similar expenses.
(2) By accepting the conveyances, the State agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the United States with regard to any boundary dispute relating to any parcel conveyed under this section.
(3) The State of Nevada, or its successors in interest, shall—
(A) manage such lands in accordance with section 47504 of title 49, United States Code (relating to airport and regulations promulgated pursuant to that section); and
(B) section 744 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Public Law 118–63) as appli-cable to the development of the proposed Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport.