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Read. Follow. Verify.Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act directs federal land transfers, sales, and wilderness designations
Last action · September 15, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Sponsor: Mark Amodei
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What This Bill Would Do
The bill authorizes the transfer, sale, or conveyance of specific federal lands in northern Nevada to the State of Nevada, local counties, cities, tribes, and public entities for economic development, conservation, flood control, and public purposes. It designates multiple new wilderness areas, releases certain wilderness study areas, and establishes mechanisms for land exchanges and federal office consolidation.
Changes ownership and management status for hundreds of thousands of acres across northern Nevada, affecting local tax bases, municipal expansion capabilities for cities like Elko and Fernley, tribal trust holdings for the Washoe Tribe, and recreation or resource access in designated wilderness areas.
- H.R. 2317 is an omnibus public lands bill aimed at addressing long-standing land management challenges, checkerboard land patterns, and municipal expansion needs in northern Nevada counties. context
- Public land legislation in Nevada frequently utilizes tailored legislative packages to coordinate federal agency actions between the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Douglas County
Douglas County receives authority for land conveyances, management of open space, and revenue disbursements from land sales into a special account.
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California
The Washoe Tribe receives federal and non-federal lands to be held in trust by the United States for tribal benefit.
Truckee River Flood Management Authority
The authority receives federal land conveyances along the Truckee River without consideration for flood control and environmental restoration.
State of Nevada
The state receives land conveyances, shares in land sale proceeds for education programs, and is released from federal reversionary interests on the Jean Prison site.
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Procedural history
14 actions- Sep 15, 2026SenateCommitteeReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Sep 14, 2026HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 14, 2026HouseFloorOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5586-5596)
- Sep 14, 2026HouseFloorPassed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- Sep 14, 2026HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2317.
- Sep 14, 2026HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5586-5598)
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- Sep 14, 2026HouseMr. Amodei (NV) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 10, 2026HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 710.
- Sep 10, 2026HouseCommittee on Agriculture discharged.
- Sep 10, 2026HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-811, Part I.
- Jul 15, 2026HouseCommitteeOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 12.
- Jul 15, 2026HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 25, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Mar 25, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
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Comprehensive Northern Nevada Land Package
The legislation bundles multiple separate county-level economic development and conservation acts into a single omnibus bill affecting numerous jurisdictions across northern Nevada.
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