[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5342 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 5342
To provide for the disposition of proceeds from sales of Bureau of Land
Management land and National Forest System land in Washoe County,
Nevada, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 19, 2024
Ms. Rosen 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 provide for the disposition of proceeds from sales of Bureau of Land
Management land and National Forest System land in Washoe County,
Nevada, 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 ``Truckee Meadows Special Account
Establishment Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
(a) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) County.--The term ``County'' means Washoe County,
Nevada.
(2) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned''
means--
(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to
Bureau of Land Management land; and
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to
National Forest System land.
(3) Special account.--The term ``special account'' means
the account in the Treasury of the United States established by
section 3(a)(3).
(4) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Nevada.
SEC. 3. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND IN
WASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA.
(a) Disposition of Proceeds.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, of the proceeds from any sale of Bureau of Land Management or
National Forest System land in the County after the date of enactment
of this Act--
(1) 5 percent shall be disbursed to the State for use in
the general education programs of the State;
(2) 10 percent shall be disbursed to the County, the city
of Reno, Nevada, and the city of Sparks, Nevada, for
conservation projects along the Truckee River; and
(3) 85 shall be deposited in a special account in the
Treasury of the United States, to be known as the ``Truckee
Meadows Special Account'', which shall be available to the
Secretary concerned, without further appropriation and without
fiscal year limitation, for--
(A) the acquisition of environmentally sensitive
land in the State in accordance with section 5 of the
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998
(Public Law 105-263; 112 Stat. 2347), with priority
given to land located in the County;
(B) the costs of--
(i) processing and managing designations in
the National Landscape Conservation System
within the County; and
(ii) managing the Mount Rose Wilderness;
(C) the development of parks, trails, and natural
areas in the County pursuant to an appropriate
financial assistance agreement with the County, the
city of Reno, Nevada, and the city of Sparks, Nevada;
(D) the development and implementation of
comprehensive, cost-effective, multijurisdictional
hazardous fuels reduction and wildfire prevention plans
for the County and the Lake Tahoe Basin, pursuant to an
appropriate financial assistance agreement;
(E) the development and implementation of fuels
reduction projects and forest and rangeland restoration
projects on Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest System
land within the County;
(F) the conduct of Federal environmental
restoration projects included in the environmental
improvement program adopted by the Tahoe Regional
Planning Agency in accordance with the Lake Tahoe
Restoration Act (Public Law 106-506; 114 Stat. 2351);
(G) capital improvements in areas of the County
administered by the Secretary concerned;
(H) the reimbursement of costs incurred by the
Secretary concerned in carrying out sales or exchanges
of Bureau of Land Management land or National Forest
System land in the County;
(I) the reimbursement of any costs incurred by the
local office of the Bureau of Land Management or Forest
Service to clear debris from and protect Bureau of Land
Management land or National Forest System land in the
County that is available for disposal or reserved for
affordable housing; and
(J) the reimbursement of any costs incurred by the
Secretary concerned for oversight of expenditures from
the special account under this paragraph.
(b) Investment of Special Account.--Any amounts deposited in the
special account--
(1) shall earn interest in an amount determined by the
Secretary of the Treasury, based on the current average market
yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United
States of comparable maturities; and
(2) may be expended by the Secretary concerned in
accordance with subsection (a)(3).
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