16 U.S.C. § 460aaaa — Nellis Dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area

(1) This section defines several terms used throughout: the "City" is North Las Vegas, Nevada; the "Clark County Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Park" is about 960 acres shown on a December 2013 map; the "County" is Clark County, Nevada; the "Map" is that same December 17, 2013 map; the "Nellis Dunes Off-Highway Recreation Area" is about 10,035 acres shown on the Map; the "Secretary" is the Secretary of the Interior; and the "State" is Nevada. (2)(A) As soon as practical after December 19, 2014, the Secretary had to give the County, without payment, all the federal government's rights to the roughly 960-acre Clark County Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Park, subject to existing rights and subparagraph (B). (B) When transferring this land, the Secretary had to keep the mineral rights underground, except for flood-control purposes. (C)(i)-(ii) The County can use this land for public purposes under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, specifically to: build a central off-road vehicle park in the county; give the public a place for off-road recreation, races, competitions, training, and related commercial services; and provide a designated area that discourages illegal off-highway vehicle use on environmentally sensitive land identified by any level of government. The County cannot dispose of (sell or give away) this land. (iii) If the County stops using any part of this land for those purposes, ownership can revert back to the Secretary, and the County must pay for any cleanup needed to return the land to the United States. (iv) The Secretary of the Air Force and the County may create a special management plan for this land, to improve safety, keep development compatible with Nellis Air Force Base's mission, and reduce public-health risks from off-highway vehicle use. (D) Before the land transfer, the Clark County Board of Commissioners and Nellis Air Force Base had to sign an agreement covering the federal land and the Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, to promote safe off-highway use and keep development consistent with the Base's long-term mission. The land's use cannot compromise the Base's national security mission. (E) The Secretary can add other terms and conditions to the transfer to protect the United States' interests. (3)(A) The roughly 10,035 acres shown on the Map as the "Nellis Dunes OHV Recreation Area" are officially named the Nellis Dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. (B) The Secretary may create a special management plan for this area to promote safe recreational off-highway vehicle use.