“This Act may be cited as the ‘Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act’.
2026—Par. (4). Pub. L. 119–91 substituted “map entitled ‘Proposed Sloan Canyon Expansion’ and dated
Pub. L. 119–91, “This Act may be cited as the ‘Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act’. [Amended this section.]“SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.“SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.“In this Act:“(1) The term ‘Conservation Area’ means the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area.“(2) The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.“SEC. 3. SLOAN CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.“(a) “(1) “(c) The expansion of the Conservation Area boundary under the amendment made by subsection (a)—“(1) shall be subject to valid existing rights, including land within a designated utility transmission corridor or a transmission line right-of-way grant approved by the Secretary in a record of decision issued before the date of the enactment of this Act [“(2) shall not preclude—“(A) any activity authorized in accordance with a designated corridor or right-of-way referred to in paragraph (1), including the operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of any authorized utility facility within the corridor or right-of-way; or“(B) the Secretary from authorizing the establishment of a new utility facility right-of-way within an existing designated transportation and utility corridor referred to in paragraph (1)—“(i) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other applicable laws; and“(ii) subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.“(d) Except as provided in the amendment made by subsection (b), nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall modify the management of the Conservation Area pursuant to section 605 of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq–3).”
Pub. L. 107–282, § 3, “In this Act [see Short Title note set out under section 460qqq of this title]:“(1) The term ‘Agreement’ means the Agreement entitled ‘Interim Cooperative Management Agreement Between the United States of the Interior Bureau of Land Management and Clark County’, dated “(2) The term ‘County’ means Clark County, Nevada.“(3) The term ‘Secretary’ means—“(A) the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to land in the National Forest System; or“(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to other Federal land.“(4) The term ‘State’ means the State of Nevada.”