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Nevada senators submit bill to ask Congress to give state millions of acres of land
CARSON CITY — A resolution asking Congress to transfer 7.2 million acres of federal land to state control will be taken up again this session.
The Nevada Senate on Monday introduced Senate Joint Resolution 7 to request the transfer. The measure was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
A similar resolution passed in 2015 with Republican support. The measure faces an uncertain future with Democrats in control of the Legislature.
The resolution says in part that “the paucity of state and private land in the State of Nevada severely constrains the size and diversity of the State’s economy.”
Read more: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-senators-submit-bill-ask-congress-give-state-millions