Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act

This bill provides for conservation or transfer of land in Nevada.

Specifically, the bill

• transfers approximately 41,055 acres of land to be held in trust for the Moapa Band of Paiutes of the Moapa River Indian Reservation;
• adjusts the boundary of the Red Rock National Conservation Area to include additional lands;
• adjusts the boundary of the Rainbow Gardens Area of Critical Environmental Concern to exclude certain land;
• conveys, upon request, certain federal land to a governmental entity in Clark County for any public purpose;
• revokes the Ivanpah Area of Critical Environmental Concern;
• establishes specified special management areas for conservation purposes;
• designates the peak of Frenchman Mountain as the Maude Frazier Mountain;
• makes certain funds available for capital improvements in the Tule Springs Fossil Bed National Monument and for implementation of sustainability and climate initiatives in Clark County;
• designates additional lands in Nevada as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System;
• requires land conveyances to local governments in Nevada for specified public purposes;
• makes certain funds available to the city of Mesquite for implementation of a watershed plan for the Lower Virgin River;
• expands, and expands eligible uses of, the limited transition area located in the city of Henderson;
• establishes off-highway vehicle recreation areas;
• conveys to a public water agency in Clark County, upon request, federal land for the construction and operation of critical water conveyance infrastructure for communities serviced by that agency; and
• requires completion of the construction of the six erosion control weirs on the lower Las Vegas Wash within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.