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H.R. 2831: Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act

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H.R. 2831: Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act

108th Congress · introduced 2003-07-23 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2003-07-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 25, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District in Nevada real property within the Newlands Project, Nevada, known as 2666 Harrigan Road, Fallon, Nevada, after: (1) compliance with requirements relating to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and cultural resources; and (2) completion of necessary environmental site assessments, remediation, or removal. Directs that amounts received by the United States for the lease and sale of Newlands Project lands comprising the Fallon Freight Yard be treated as payment in full consideration for the property conveyed under this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress if the conveyance has not been completed within 12 months after this Act's enactment. Shields the United States from liability for damages arising out of any act or omission by the District or its employees, agents, or contractors relating to the property conveyed and occurring prior to, on, or after the date of conveyance.

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Official text

Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2831, Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act (2004-05-28); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2831, Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act (2004-05-28)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr2831 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108