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S. 1475: Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Act of 2011

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S. 1475: Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-08-02 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-08-02 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: 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

Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Act of 2011

Plain summary

Nellis Dunes National Off-Hughway Vehicle Recreation Area Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified federal land to Clark County, Nevada, for use for: (1) a centralized off-road vehicle recreation park, and (2) a designated area and facilities to discourage unauthorized use of off-highway vehicles in environmentally sensitive areas. Allows the use of federal land conveyed to Clark County for the incidental purpose of generating renewable energy and solar energy for the Clark County Off Highway Vehicle Recreation Park, a certain shooting park, and the County. Designates: (1) the Economic Support Area (ESA), and (2) the Nellis Dunes as the Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. Requires proceeds from the ESA to be used to develop and operate the Recreation Area and the park. Requires the Clark County Board of Commissioners, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and Nellis Air Force Base to enter into an interlocal agreement for the federal land and the Recreation Area to: (1) enhance safe off-highway recreation use, and (2) ensure that development of the federal land is consistent with the long-term mission requirements of Nellis Air Force Base.

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Official text

Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-s1475 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112