[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2042 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2042
To amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act to adjust the
boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 15, 2023
Ms. Cortez Masto introduced the following bill; which was read twice
and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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A BILL
To amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act to adjust the
boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sloan Canyon Conservation and
Horizon Lateral Water Pipeline Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Conservation area.--The term ``Conservation Area''
means the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior (acting through the Director of the Bureau of
Land Management).
SEC. 3. SLOAN CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
(a) Boundary Adjustment.--
(1) Map.--Section 603(4) of the Sloan Canyon National
Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq-1(4)) is amended by
striking ``map entitled `Southern Nevada Public Land Management
Act' and dated October 1, 2002'' and inserting ``map entitled
`Proposed Sloan Canyon Expansion' and dated June 7, 2023''.
(2) Acreage.--Section 604(b) of the Sloan Canyon National
Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq-2(b)) is amended by
striking ``48,438'' and inserting ``57,728''.
(b) Right-of-Way.--Section 605 of the Sloan Canyon National
Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq-3) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(h) Horizon Lateral Pipeline Right-of-Way.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding sections 202 and 503 of
the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712,
1763) and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of
the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land
Management (referred to in this subsection as the `Secretary'),
shall, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this subsection, grant to the Southern Nevada Water Authority
(referred to in this subsection as the `Authority'), not
subject to the payment of rents or other charges, the temporary
and permanent pipeline, powerline, facility, and access road
rights-of-way depicted on the map for the purposes of--
``(A) performing geotechnical investigations within
the rights-of-way; and
``(B) constructing and operating water transmission
and related facilities.
``(2) Excavation and disposal.--
``(A) In general.--The Authority may, without
consideration, excavate and use or dispose of sand,
gravel, minerals, or other materials necessary to
fulfill the purpose of the rights-of-way granted under
paragraph (1).
``(B) Memorandum of understanding.--Not later than
30 days after the date on which the rights-of-way are
granted under paragraph (1), the Secretary and the
Authority shall enter into a memorandum of
understanding identifying Federal land on which the
Authority may dispose of materials under subparagraph
(A) to further the interests of the Bureau of Land
Management.''.
(c) Preservation of Transportation, Utility Corridors, and
Management of Conservation Area.--Nothing in this Act (including an
amendment made by this Act)--
(1) includes in the expanded boundary of the Conservation
Area under the amendments made by subsection (a) land within a
designated utility transmission corridor or a transmission line
right-of-way grant approved by the Secretary in a record of
decision issued before the date of enactment of this Act;
(2) affects the existence, use, operation, maintenance,
repair, construction, reconfiguration, expansion, inspection,
renewal, reconstruction, alteration, addition, relocation
improvement funding, removal, or replacement of any utility
facility or appurtenant right-of-way within an existing
designated transportation and utility corridor within the
expanded boundary of the Conservation Area under the amendments
made by subsection (a);
(3) precludes the Secretary from authorizing the
establishment of a new utility facility right-of-way within an
existing designated transportation and utility corridor within
the expanded boundary of the Conservation Area under the
amendments made by subsection (a)--
(A) in accordance with--
(i) the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and
(ii) any other applicable law; and
(B) subject to such terms and conditions as the
Secretary determines to be appropriate;
(4) prohibits access to, or the repair or replacement of, a
transmission line within a right-of-way within the expanded
boundary of the Conservation Area under the amendments made by
subsection (a) that was issued before the date of enactment of
this Act; or
(5) except as provided in the amendment made by subsection
(b), modifies the management of the Conservation Area pursuant
to section 605 of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area
Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq-3).
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