“I want the House to pass my bill. It's a big bill. It has many sections. The bill moves a lot of federal land to Nevada and local authorities. They can use it for development and recreation and flood control. Some land is set aside as wilderness. It's a big deal for my area. Please pass it today.”

“I want the House to pass this bill. It transfers federal land to local governments in northern Nevada for business growth and public projects, while also protecting other land as wilderness.”

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2317) 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, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 101. Purpose. Sec. 102. Definitions. Sec. 111. Conveyance to State of Nevada. Sec. 112. Conveyance to Douglas County, Nevada. Sec. 113. Sale of certain Federal land. Sec. 114. Open Space Recreation Area. Sec. 121. Transfer of land to be held in trust for Tribe. Subtitle C--Resolution of Burbank Canyons Wilderness Study Area Sec. 131. Addition to National Wilderness Preservation System. Sec. 132. Administration. Sec. 133. Fish and wildlife management. Sec. 134. Release of wilderness study area. Sec. 135. Native American cultural and religious uses. Sec. 141. Authority of Forest Service to convey to State or county for Sec. 142. Special use authorizations for recreation and other purposes. Sec. 201. Purpose. Sec. 202. Definitions. Sec. 203. Land conveyances for public purposes. Sec. 301. Purpose. Sec. 302. Definitions. Sec. 303. Land conveyances for flood protection. Sec. 401. Definitions. Sec. 402. Land conveyances. Sec. 403. Carson City street connector conveyance. Sec. 404. Amendment to reversionary interests. Sec. 405. Disposal of Federal land. Sec. 406. Transfer of land to the United States. Sec. 407. Disposition of proceeds. Sec. 408. Postponement; exclusion from sale. Sec. 501. Short title. Sec. 502. Definitions. Sec. 503. Findings. Sec. 511. Sale or exchange of eligible land. Sec. 512. Sale of encumbered land. Sec. 513. Disposition of proceeds. Sec. 521. Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System. Sec. 522. Administration. Sec. 523. Wildlife management. Sec. 524. Release of wilderness study areas. Sec. 525. Native American cultural and religious uses. Sec. 601. Federal complex. Sec. 701. Short title. Sec. 702. Definitions. Sec. 703. Land conveyances to the City of Elko. Sec. 704. Land conveyances to Elko County. Sec. 801. Short title. Sec. 802. Land conveyances. Sec. 901. Definitions. Sec. 902. Conveyance of land for use as a public cemetery. Sec. 903. Conveyance of land for use as regional public parks. Sec. 1001. Administration of State water rights. Sec. 1002. Amendment to conveyance of Federal land in Storey County, Sec. 1003. Maps and legal descriptions. Sec. 1004. Minor errors. Sec. 1101. Greenlink West Project. Sec. 1201. Release of Federal reversionary land interests. Subtitle C--Resolution of Burbank Canyons Wilderness Study Area”

“I want to give members more time to talk about this bill. And add extra stuff to the record.”

“I ask that all members have five days to add more comments or documents to the record about this bill.”

“Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 2317, as amended, the bill now under consideration.”

“I want to pass this bill. Too much federal land. Local people need to use land for growth. This bill gives some land back to local people. Local people asked for it. Groups like it too. The bill is not new. It has support from many different groups.”

“I want the House to pass this bill. The federal government owns most of the land in northern Nevada, which makes it hard for local towns to plan for their needs. This bill transfers small amounts of that land to local control. Local leaders, tribes, and conservation groups all asked for these changes.”

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I guess in continuing on the slow-but-steady progress on the theme for today, northern Nevada counties are overwhelmingly owned by the Federal Government, restricting local planners and zoners from being able to adequately serve and plan for their communities' needs. In Pershing County, the Federal Government owns 73.3 percent of the total landmass in the county. The amount of Federal land in Pershing remains virtually unchanged because this bill has a one-to-one consolidation of checkerboard land that was done during the 1800s for railroad construction. It is literally a consolidation of the checkerboard into two pieces, one private and one public. In Douglas County, the Federal Government owns 51.9 percent of the total landmass in the county. This bill conveys 7,777 acres to the county for flood management purposes and allows for the disposal of no more than 10,000 acres in the county. This would dispose of only 4.1 percent of Federal land in Douglas County, most of which is for public purposes. In Lyon County, the Federal Government owns 64.8 percent of the total landmass in the county. The bill allows for the disposal of 12,085 acres of Federal land in Lyon County, decreasing the Federal estate in that particular county by 1.4 percent. All of the parcels for conveyance, disposal, and wilderness were identified and requested by local planning and zoning authorities. That is, in all three cases, the county commissions. The bill has been wrongly conflated to the lands provisions originally in last year's reconciliation package. To be clear, this is not what was considered during the reconciliation. The bill before you is a holistic package that balances conservation and economic development priorities for northern Nevada communities and enjoys bipartisan support in Nevada. The bill is nearly identical to what was favorably marked up and reported out of the House Natural Resources Committee in November last year. The largest piece of this bill, Pershing County, passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee way back in the 115th Congress, so it has been in the mix, if you will, for more than a little while. Groups in support is a list of groups that you don't always hear talked about in support of the same thing. All counties, cities, and Tribes included in the bill not only support it, but the bill consists of requests from those entities to have these lands put into local control. The supporting groups include: Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Coalition for Nevada's Wildlife, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Great Basin Wildlife Conservancy, Nevada Bighorns Unlimited, Nevada Sporting Dog Alliance, Northern Nevada Safari Club International, Sierra Front Muley Fanatic Foundation, Southern Coalition for Nevada's Wildlife, Truckee River Flyfishers, National Mining Association, and the Nevada Farm Bureau. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”