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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-311
EASTERN NEVADA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LAND
MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT ACT
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2374]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2374) to facilitate certain pinyon-juniper related projects
in Lincoln County, Nevada, to modify the boundaries of certain wil-
derness areas in the State of Nevada, and to fully implement the
White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development
Act, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 2374 is to facilitate certain pinyon-juniper
related projects in Lincoln County, Nevada, to modify the bound-
aries of certain wilderness areas in the State of Nevada, and to
fully implement the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation,
and Development Act.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 2374 authorizes hazardous fuel reduction projects and wild-
fire planning for rangeland and woodland restoration projects in
Lincoln County, Nevada; reduces the size of three wilderness areas;
and provides for the development and implementation of a Virgin
River, Nevada, conservation plan.
The bill makes a technical correction to help implement a mul-
tiple species habitat conservation plan (MSHCP) to benefit the eco-
nomic development and expansion in Mesquite, Nevada. In 2002,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) required the City of Mes-
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