Rights-of-way must be granted to the water authority within one year
What the document says“the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (referred to in this subsection as the `Secretary'), shall, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, grant to the Southern Nevada Water Authority (referred to in this subsection as the `Authority'), not subject to the payment of rents or other charges”
Section 3(b) of the Act. It amends section 605 of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq-3) by adding a new subsection (h). Under it the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, is to grant the Southern Nevada Water Authority the temporary and permanent water pipeline rights-of-way, and the powerline, facility and access road rights-of-way outside the Conservation Area boundary, that are depicted on the map. The grant is to be made no later than one year after enactment, is not subject to rents or other charges, and is made notwithstanding sections 202 and 503 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1763) and subject to valid existing rights and to the requirements in paragraph (3).
What the document actually says“the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (referred to in this subsection as the `Secretary'), shall, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, grant to the Southern Nevada Water Authority (referred to in this subsection as the `Authority'), not subject to the payment of rents or other charges”
The head of the Interior Department must hand over the right to use the land. A water agency gets it. It must happen within a year. The agency pays no rent.
A right-of-way is written leave to build across land you do not own. Here it is for a water pipe and the things that serve it.
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