Apex Area Technical Corrections Act

[119th Congress Public Law 24]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

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Public Law 119-24
119th Congress

                                 An Act

To amend the Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of
1989 to include the City of North Las Vegas and the Apex Industrial Park
      Owners Association, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: July 15,
                          2025 -  [H.R. 618]>>

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Apex Area
Technical Corrections Act.>>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Apex Area Technical Corrections
Act''.
SEC. 2. APEX PROJECT, NEVADA LAND TRANSFER AND AUTHORIZATION ACT
                    OF 1989.

    The Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989
(Public Law 101-67; 103 Stat. 168) is amended--
            (1) <<NOTE: 103 Stat. 169.>> in section 2(b)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (8);
                and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the
                following: <<NOTE: Definitions.>>
            ``(6) The term `Apex Industrial Park Owners Association' has
        the meaning given such term by the charter document for the
        entity entitled `Apex Industrial Park Owners Association',
        formed on April 9, 2001, and any successor documents to such
        charter document, on file with the Nevada Secretary of State.
            ``(7) The term `City of North Las Vegas' means North Las
        Vegas, Nevada.'';
            (2) <<NOTE: 103 Stat. 170.>> in section 3(b)--
                    (A) by striking ``Clark County for the connection''
                and inserting ``Clark County, the City of North Las
                Vegas, and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association,
                individually or jointly as appropriate, for the
                connection'';
                    (B) by striking ``Kerr-McGee Site'' and inserting
                ``Kerr-McGee Site and other lands conveyed in accordance
                with this Act''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``(or any successor maps created by
                the Secretary)'' after ``May 1989'';
            (3) <<NOTE: 103 Stat. 171.>> in section 4(c), by striking
        ``Pursuant'' and all that follows through ``Clark County'' and
        inserting ``During such time as the requirements of section 6
        are met, and pursuant to applicable law, the Secretary shall
        grant Clark County, the City of North Las Vegas, and the Apex
        Industrial Owners Association'';

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            (4) <<NOTE: 103 Stat. 172.>> in section 4(e)(1), by striking
        the last sentence and inserting ``The withdrawal made by this
        subsection shall continue in perpetuity for all lands
        transferred in accordance with this subsection.'';
            (5) in section 4(e), by adding at the end the following:

    ``(3) <<NOTE: Minerals.>> In the case of the sale of mineral
materials resulting from grading, land balancing, or other activities on
the surface of a parcel within the Apex Site for which the United States
retains and interest in the minerals--
            ``(A) it shall be considered impracticable to obtain
        competition for purposes of section 3602.31(a)(2) of title 43,
        Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the
        enactment of the Apex Area Technical Corrections Act); and
            ``(B) <<NOTE: Exemption.>> such sale shall be exempt from
        the quantity and term limitations imposed on noncompetitive
        sales under subpart 3602 of such title (as in effect on the date
        of the enactment of the Apex Area Technical Corrections Act.'';
        and
            (6) <<NOTE: 103 Stat. 173.>> in section 6, by adding at the
        end the following:

    ``(d) Compliance With Environmental Assessments.--Each transfer by
the United States of additional lands or interests in lands within the
Apex Site or rights-of-way issued pursuant to this Act shall be
conditioned upon compliance with applicable Federal land laws, including
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976.''.

    Approved July 15, 2025.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 618:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 119-86 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025):
            May 13, considered and passed House.
            June 18, considered and passed Senate.

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