S. 1005 · 119th Congress

Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act

Introduced on Mar 12, 2025 by Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). Latest action (Dec 2, 2025): Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-237.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 12, 2025
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to provide for conservation and economic development in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Economic development
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Employment and training programs
  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Fires
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Floods and storm protection
  • Geography and mapping
  • Government information and archives
  • Infrastructure development
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Land transfers
  • Land use and conservation
  • Low- and moderate-income housing
  • Nevada
  • Outdoor recreation
  • Parks, recreation areas, trails
  • Pipelines
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Roads and highways
  • Sports and recreation facilities
  • Water use and supply
  • Watersheds
  • Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
  • Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Catherine Cortez MastoD-NVSponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Mar 12, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 12, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  3. Dec 2, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-237.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. BOYD GAMING CORPORATION12 reports
    $380K reported (all issues)
  2. Las Vegas Valley Water District10 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICTAI match · 100%
  3. Southern Nevada Water Authority10 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  4. THE ANSCHUTZ CORPORATION7 reports
  5. State of Nevada6 reports
    $360K reported (all issues)
  6. Clark County Department of Aviation, Harry Reid International Airport5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  7. Clark County Water Reclamation District5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  8. Clark County, NV (Office of the County Manager)5 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  9. NV ENERGY5 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  10. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers4 reports
    $46.4K reported (all issues)
  11. The Conservation Alliance1 report
    $6,600 reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.