The record

LegislationLegislation· May 2026
HR 972 Signed into law

Sponsored by Dina Titus (D)

Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act

Expands Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area and grants pipeline rights-of-way to Southern Nevada Water Authority.

Tradeoff

Adds about 9,290 acres to the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area in Nevada. Allows the Southern Nevada Water Authority to build a water pipeline through the expanded area and other BLM land without paying fees.

What's in it

See official bill text

Negligible budgetary effect over the 2025-2035 period; approximately $90,000 in offsetting receipts collected from the Southern Nevada Water Authority.

The federal cost is just $90,000 for administering an endangered species analysis; the policy's real impact is that it grants the water authority free pipeline rights-of-way and expands a conservation area on public land.

H.R. 972, Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act · Aug 2025

Passed the House by on December 15, 2025. Passed the Senate by on February 26, 2026. Signed into law on May 19, 2026.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Feb 4, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Natural Resources(Feb 4, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Natural Resources voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Apr 9, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-279.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 15, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Energy and Natural Resources(Dec 16, 2025)

  6. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Feb 26, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  7. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

    Discharged(Feb 26, 2026)

  8. House

    Sent to the President

    (May 12, 2026)

  9. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Donald Trump (R)

  10. Enacted

    Became law(May 19, 2026)