Sponsor
Mark E. Amodei
Representative · R-NV
Representative · R-NV
This bill shifts many federal lands into local, state, and tribal hands—creating opportunities for local projects, conservation, and new funding streams—while shifting substantial upfront costs, cleanup liability, and some environmental and oversight protections onto local governments, tribes, and taxpayers.
Local and state governments and nearby communities gain ownership or control of many federal parcels (for parks, flood control, recreation, airport projects, and local development), enabling local planning and on-the-ground projects.
Large tracts are formally protected as new Wilderness Areas (including Burbank Canyons and Pershing County designations), preserving habitat and recreational access over tens of thousands of acres.
Sale and conveyance proceeds are directed into local special accounts and revenue-sharing formulas (including percentages for education and county funds), creating predictable funding streams for local projects and conservation without requiring new appropriations.
Local governments and local taxpayers are required to pay fair market value plus all conveyance-related costs (surveys, appraisals, environmental reviews, administrative fees), creating substantial upfront fiscal burdens on municipalities, authorities, and residents.
Transferees are not guaranteed federal remediation: the federal government is generally not required to clean up hazardous substances before conveyance, so future owners may inherit contamination liability and cleanup costs or unusable parcels.
Waivers of FLPMA/NEPA or accelerated disposals reduce federal environmental review and public input for many transfers, increasing the risk of inadequate assessment of habitat, cultural resources, and long-term environmental impacts.
Based on analysis of 24 sections of legislative text.
Conveys and authorizes disposal/exchange of many specific federal parcels in Nevada to state and local entities for conservation, parks, flood control, and public uses under defined conditions.
Official title: To provide for transfer of ownership of certain Federal lands in northern Nevada, to authorize the disposal of certain Federal lands in northern Nevada for economic development, to promote conservation in northern Nevada, and for other purposes.
Introduced March 25, 2025 by Mark E. Amodei · Last progress March 25, 2025
Transfers and authorizes many specific parcels of federal land in Nevada to the State, counties, cities, improvement districts, and local authorities for conservation, parks, flood control, public use, and local development. Conveyances are generally conditioned on payment of conveyance costs or fair-market-value where required, compliance with environmental disclosure rules, and reversion if lands are used inconsistent with authorized purposes. Sets procedures for sales, exchanges, and conveyances in multiple Nevada counties (including Douglas, Carson City, Sparks, Pershing, Elko, Fernley and others); establishes standards for appraisals and maps; creates a process to establish a federal office complex funded from proceeds; preserves existing water rights; and provides a pathway for rights-of-way and tribal trust land coordination for a transmission project (Greenlink West).