Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2026
Introduced Mar 25, 2025 by Rep. Mark E. Amodei
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
This bill provides for the designation, conveyance, exchange, sale, or disposal of certain federal lands in Nevada.
Specifically, the bill provides for the transfer of ownership of federal lands from the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to the State of Nevada, counties (Douglas, Clark, Pershing, and Elko Counties), cities (Carson City, City of Elko, the City of Fernley, and the City of Sparks), the Incline Village General Improvement District, and the Truckee River Flood Management Authority for economic development, recreation, or certain public purposes.
It also designates specified parcels of federal land as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
The bill also releases the reversionary interest of the United States in the Jean Prison site, thereby allowing the State of Nevada to use the land for purposes unrelated to the prison.
Read the full summary on Congress.govSummary by the Congressional Research Service.
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
- Sep 15, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Sep 14, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 14, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5586-5596)
- Sep 14, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- Sep 14, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2317.
- Sep 14, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5586-5598)
- Sep 14, 2026Mr. Amodei (NV) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 10, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 710.
- Sep 10, 2026Committee on Agriculture discharged.
- Sep 10, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-811, Part I.
- Jul 15, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 12.
- Jul 15, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 25, 2025Referred 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, 2025Introduced in House