Where We Have Been

Currently there is no legislation before the House or Senate involving Gold Butte Nevada. However in the 110th Congress in 2007-2008 sessions H.R. 7132 was sponsored by Representative Shelley Berkley. This proposed legislation was referred to the National Parks, Forests and Public Lands subcommittee and essentially died.


For me, part of the process in getting involved and up to speed on the current issues is to understand where we have been. The following is a brief summery of the previous legislation that came before the House:

H.R. 7132: Gold Butte National Conservation Area and Wilderness Designation Act

To establish the Gold Butte National Conservation Area in Clark County, Nevada, to conserve, protect, and enhance the cultural, archaeological, natural, wilderness, scientific, geological, historical, biological, wildlife, educational, and scenic resources of the area, to designate wilderness areas in the county, and for other purposes.


Congressional Research Service Summary
The following summary was written by the Congressional Research Service, a well-respected nonpartisan arm of the Library of Congress.

9/26/2008--Introduced.
Gold Butte National Conservation Area and Wilderness Designation Act - Establishes the Gold Butte National Conservation Area in Nevada, which shall consist of certain public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Clark County, Nevada. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop a management plan for the long-term protection and management of the Area.

Establishes the Gold Butte National Conservation Area Advisory Council to advise the Secretary in the preparation and implementation of the management plan.

Designates certain public lands administered by the National Park Service or the BLM in Clark County as wilderness and as either a new component of the National Wilderness Preservation System or an addition to an existing component of the System.

The majority of this information came from the website http://www.govtrack.us/


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