What it does
SourcedApex Area Technical Corrections Act
This act directs the Department of the Interior to grant certain rights-of-way related to the Apex Project (an industrial park) to Clark County in Nevada, the city of North Las Vegas, and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association. Thus, the act expedites the federal permitting process for expanding the industrial park's infrastructure.
Specifically, the act directs Interior to grant utility and transportation rights-of-way to the city of North Las Vegas and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association for the connection of existing electric power, water, natural gas, telephone, railroad, and highway facilities to lands within the Apex Project site. (Interior is already directed to grant such rights-of-way to Clark County.)
Interior must also grant to the county, the city, and association such rights-of-way on public lands as may be necessary to support the development of the industrial park as a heavy use industrial zone. (Currently, Interior may grant the rights-of-way to the county.)
The act also requires that the withdrawal of the transferred lands within the Apex Site from all forms of entry and appropriation under the public land laws (e.g., leasing the land for minerals) continue in perpetuity.
In the case of the sale of mineral materials resulting from grading or other activities on the surface of a land parcel within the Apex Project site, the sales are exempt from quantity and term limitations placed on noncompetitive sales.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Public Law, Jul 15, 2025).
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What has happened
Sourced- 2025-07-15Became Public Law No: 119-24.Library of Congress
- 2025-07-15Became Public Law No: 119-24.Library of Congress
- 2025-07-15Signed by President.Library of Congress
- 2025-07-15Signed by President.Library of Congress
- 2025-07-03Presented to President.House floor actions
- 2025-07-03Presented to President.Library of Congress
- 2025-06-23Message on Senate action sent to the House.Senate
- 2025-06-18Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3459)Senate
- 2025-06-18Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.Library of Congress
- 2025-05-14Received in the Senate, read twice.Senate
- 2025-05-13Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.House floor actions
- 2025-05-13On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1980-1981)House floor actions
- 2025-05-13Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1980-1981)Library of Congress
- 2025-05-13DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 618.House floor actions
- 2025-05-13Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1980-1982)House floor actions
- 2025-05-13Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.House floor actions
- 2025-04-30Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 61.House floor actions
- 2025-04-30Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-86.House floor actions
- 2025-04-30Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-86.Library of Congress
- 2025-02-12Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.House committee actions
- 2025-02-12Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldHouse committee actions
- 2025-01-22Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.House floor actions
- 2025-01-22Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress
- 2025-01-22Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress
After it became law
SourcedNothing in the Federal Register names Public Law 119-24 yet (checked Oct 27, 2026). Many laws need no new rules: they set penalties, name a building, or fund something directly.
Cosponsors
- Mark E. Amodei R-NV-2
- Susie Lee D-NV-3
- Dina Titus D-NV-1