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109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5155
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 6, 2006
Mr. Porter (for himself, Mr. Gibbons, and Ms. Berkley) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To provide for the release of certain land from the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area in the State of Nevada and to grant a right-of-way across the released land for the construction and maintenance of a flood control project.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act
.
Release of certain land in the sunrise mountain instant study area
Finding
Congress finds that the land described in subsection (c) has been adequately studied for wilderness designation under section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782).
Release
The land described in subsection (c)—
is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and
shall be managed in accordance with—
land management plans adopted under section 202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712); and
cooperative conservation agreements in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Description of Land
The land referred to in subsections (a) and (b) is the approximately 65 acres of land in the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area of Clark County, Nevada, that is—
known as the Orchard Detention Basin
; and
designated for release on the map titled Orchard Detention Basin
and dated March 18, 2005.
Right-of-Way
The Secretary of the Interior shall grant to Clark County, Nevada, a right-of-way to the land described in subsection (c) for the construction and maintenance of the Orchard Detention Basin Project on the land.