,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ac1      
#bjae,mr4 ,heller introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
validate final patent number            
#bg-bjje-jjha1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,final patent and land              
reconfiguration in ,clark ,county and   
,lincoln ,county1 ,nevada  7a7 ,in      
general ,patent number #bg-bjje-jjha and
 the associated land reconfiguration    
issued by the ,bureau of ,land          
,management on ,february #ah1 #bjje1 as 
depicted on the map prepared by the     
,bureau of ,land ,management entitled   
,lincoln ,county ,land ,patent and dated
 ,december #d1 #bjad1 is affirmed and   
validated as having been issued pursuant
 to1 and in compliance with1 the        
,nevada-,florida ,land ,exchange        
,authorization ,act of #aihh 7,public   
,law #ajj-bge2 #ajb ,stat4 #eb71 the    

,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of
 #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq471   
and the ,federal ,land ,policy and      
,management ,act of #aigf 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4
 #agja et seq47 for the benefit of the  
desert tortoise1 other species1 and the 
habitat of the desert tortoise and other
 species to increase the likelihood of  
the recovery of the desert tortoise and 
other species4  7b7 ,issuance of lincoln
 county patent  7#a7 ,in general ,the   
,director of the ,bureau of ,land       
,management may issue a patent for      
#g1edh acres of land in ,lincoln        
,county1 ,nevada1 that is--  7,a7       
depicted on the map described in        
subsection 7a72 and  7,b7 described in  
the legal description of the proposed   
lease and fee land on file in the ,ely  
,district ,office of the ,bureau of     
,land ,management4  7#b7 ,applicable law
 ,a patent issued under paragraph 7#a7  
shall be considered to have been issued 
pursuant to1 and in compliance with1 the
 ,nevada-,florida ,land ,exchange       

,authorization ,act of #aihh 7,public   
,law #ajj-bge2 #ajb ,stat4 #eb74  7c7   
,ratification of reconfiguration ,the   
process used by the ,united ,states     
,fish and ,wildlife ,service and the    
,bureau of ,land ,management in         
reconfiguring the land described in     
subsection 7a71 as depicted on ,exhibit 
#a-d of the ,final ,environmental       
,impact ,statement for the ,planned     
,development ,project ,,mshcp1 ,lincoln 
,county1 ,,nv                           
7,,fws-,r#h-;,,es-#bjjh-,n#jacf7 and the
 reconfiguration provided for in        
,special ,condition #aj of ,army ,corps 
of ,engineers ,permit ,no4 #bjjabejdb   
are ratified4