Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act
Adjusts the boundary of the Sloan Canyon conservation area in Nevada and allows a water pipeline.
What this law changes
From a secondary sourceAdjusts the boundary of the Sloan Canyon conservation area in Nevada and allows a water pipeline.
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Transparency Score
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Transparency Score
Share of the text within the stated purpose:Not checked yetThe text of this law provides and authorizes no dollar amount. The score is the share of its text within the stated intent. That share is "Not checked yet": no reading of this law is approved by a person yet.
How this is counted
- Transparency Score: dollars in sections a person approved as within the stated intent, divided by total dollars in the law. Shown as a percentage. Higher means more of the money goes to what the law says it is for.
- Beside it, the same two numbers the other way round: total dollars divided by dollars within the stated intent. 1.00 means every dollar is within the stated intent. When no dollar is within the stated intent this ratio cannot be computed, and the answer says so.
- Total dollars: appropriated dollars plus authorized dollars, read from the law's text by the rules below. Dollars in a section whose reading is unclear or was not read count in the total and are shown apart as unclear.
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- The score reads "Not checked yet" until a person approves the law's reading of which sections are within the stated intent. The dollar totals need no reading and are shown before that.
- The dollar totals read "Not checked yet" when more than 10 percent of the dollars read could not be sorted by the rules.
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- Authorized: the sentence says "authorized to be appropriated". An authorization lets a later law provide the money. It provides none itself.
- A list under such a sentence ("there is appropriated the following: (1) ...; (2) ..."): an amount that begins an item is counted the same way as the sentence says, unless the sentence gives a total first. Then the items are parts of that total.
- "$X for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030" is counted as X times the number of years named (here 5). The yearly figure, the years and the product are all kept. "For each fiscal year" with no years named is counted once, and the answer says so.
- Open-ended: "such sums as may be necessary" names no amount. It is counted as an item and adds no dollars.
- Rescinded: "is hereby rescinded", "permanently cancelled", or an item of a list headed "the following funds are hereby rescinded". Shown apart. Not subtracted from the total.
- Not spending, and left out of the total: an amount after "not to exceed", "not more than", "up to", "less than", "in excess of" and like words; a fine or penalty; a limit the law raises ("the limitation is increased by $X"); a figure the law strikes from another law; and a figure inside words it writes into another law ("striking $X and inserting $Y"), unless the same sentence says the figure is authorized or appropriated.
- Counted once: an amount after "of which", after "Provided, That", or after "of the amounts made available" is a part of a total already counted. Where a paragraph ends "in all, $X", that total is counted and the amounts before it are its parts.
- An amount the rules cannot sort is "not classified". It is listed with its words and left out of the total. Nothing is guessed.
- Total dollars: appropriated dollars plus authorized dollars. The two are also shown apart.
What the law says it is for
Confirmed from the official recordThese are the law’s own words, and the words of Congress’s records, about what the law is for.
Official title
“To amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act to adjust the boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, and for other purposes.”
The words under "An Act", Public Law 119-91, official text · Saved October 5, 2026 · Fingerprint 1f84ada9198087e2
Short title
“Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act”
The sentence that names the Act, Public Law 119-91, official text · Saved October 5, 2026 · Fingerprint 1f84ada9198087e2
Congress's summary · Congressional Research Service
“Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act This act expands the boundaries of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area in Clark County, Nevada, and grants rights-of-way through the conservation area and other land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the construction of a water transmission pipeline and related facilities. Specifically, the act requires the BLM to grant certain rights-of-way to the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) for the purposes of (1) performing geotechnical investigations within the rights-of-way, and (2) constructing and operating a water pipeline and related facilities. The rights-of-way may not be located through or under areas designated as wilderness, and construction of the pipeline may not permanently adversely affect surface resources within the conservation area.”
The quote stops here. The source has the full text.
Summary of the version: Public Law, Congressional Research Service summary: Public Law · Saved October 6, 2026 · Fingerprint b5a91d24eae495fb
Committee report, purpose · House committee
“In recent decades, southern Nevada has experienced a rapid increase in population, which shows no signs of decelerating. A study from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, predicts that the region's population will rise to 3.4 million by 2060, up from the 2.3 million recorded in 2022.\1\ Currently, 40 percent of the region's drinking water is delivered through a single pipeline, known as the South Valley Lateral, that was constructed in the 1990s.\2\ In response to the recent influx of residents to the region, and a marked increase in water demand, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) engaged in years of study and coordinated with local stakeholders to ensure that reliable water sources are accessible to all residents and visitors in the Las Vegas Valley. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\Staying on Track: UNLV's Population Forecast Continues to Predict 1M More Residents in Southern Nevada, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 12, 2022, https://www.unlv .edu/news/release/staying-track-unlvs-population-forecast-continues- predict-1m-more-residents-southern.”
The quote stops here. The source has the full text.
"Background and Need for Legislation", House Report 119-279: SLOAN CANYON CONSERVATION AND LATERAL PIPELINE ACT · Saved October 6, 2026 · Fingerprint f433ea2e986dabb6
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Dollars in this law
Confirmed from the official recordThe text of this law provides and authorizes no dollar amount.
Source: Public Law 119-91, official text · Saved October 5, 2026 · Fingerprint 1f84ada9198087e2
Other measures
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- Dollars in sections added along the way
- No money in this law
- Member-requested dollars as a share of appropriated dollars
- $0Confirmed from the official record
House Report 119-279: SLOAN CANYON CONSERVATION AND LATERAL PIPELINE ACT says the bill carries none. The sentence is quoted.
- Open-ended amounts (“such sums as may be necessary”)
- 0 passagesConfirmed from the official record
- Other bills whose text this law contains
- 1 billConfirmed from the official record
- How the House passed it
- Voice vote, December 15, 2025Confirmed from the official record
- How the Senate passed it
- Unanimous consent, February 26, 2026Confirmed from the official record
- Committee report saved
- 1 reportConfirmed from the official record
- Hearing saved
- None in the official recordConfirmed from the official record
The bill's official record names no hearing.
A voice vote or unanimous consent leaves no record of how each member voted.
How these are counted
- Added along the way, sections: sections of the final law marked "added later", divided by the sections compared.
- Added along the way, words: words in those sections, divided by the words in the sections compared.
- Each text is read as a list of words. A run is 5 words in a row. For each section of the final law we count the share of its runs that appear anywhere in the first published text of the bill. 90 percent or more: in the first text. From 20 to 90 percent: changed. Under 20 percent: added later. A section with fewer than 20 words is not compared.
- Sections outside the stated intent: sections a person approved as outside the stated intent, divided by the sections read. The same count is given in words.
- Member-requested spending: the number of items in the lists Congress printed for the law, and the sum of their dollar amounts.
- A part that is not checked yet is shown as "Not checked yet". It is never counted as zero. No single blended number is given.
Added along the way
Confirmed from the official record0 of the 2 sections compared are added after the first published text of the bill. None is changed. 2 are in the first text. 1 heading or short section is too short to compare.
A section counts as added later when under 20 percent of its wording appears in the first published text.
The first published text (Introduced in House, February 4, 2025): H.R. 972, Introduced in House · Saved October 7, 2026 · Fingerprint 7a29b9e73b379023
Published texts of this bill, in order: Introduced in House (February 4, 2025), Reported in House (September 15, 2025), Engrossed in House (December 15, 2025), Referred in Senate (December 16, 2025), Enrolled Bill.
Sections added later
No section compared is added later.
Amendments adopted
The record lists no adopted amendment to this bill.
Other bills whose text this law contains
The Congressional Research Service, a part of the Library of Congress, marks 1 other bill with the words “Public law contains the text”. That means this law includes text from that bill. This page does not compare its text with the law.
- S. 392 Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act
Member-requested spending
Confirmed from the official recordA committee report on this bill says the bill, as the committee reported it, carries no spending item requested by a member.
“This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined under clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.”
House Report 119-279: SLOAN CANYON CONSERVATION AND LATERAL PIPELINE ACT · Saved October 6, 2026 · Fingerprint f433ea2e986dabb6
Sections outside the stated intent
Not checked yetA person reviews each reading before it appears here.
On the record
On the record: Not started.
What it touches
Kind of law: Land and places. Budget effect: No direct effect on agency budgets.
Government
- Land, housing and natural resources
- Infrastructure and public assets
The economy
- No direct economic effect
Daily life
- Environment and outdoors
Agencies it funds or directs
Dollar amounts:Not checked yetHow it passed
The House passed it by voice vote on December 15, 2025. A voice vote records no individual votes.
The Senate passed it without objection on February 26, 2026. No individual votes are recorded.
How each member votes
Both chambers passed this law without a recorded vote, so no individual votes exist. The House: passed by voice vote (no individual votes recorded). The Senate: passed without objection (no individual votes recorded).
Lobbying reports that name this bill
Confirmed from the official record4 saved lobbying reports name H.R. 972. The amount is what the report gives for the whole quarter: everything the registrant did for that client, all issues together. A linked name opens that organization’s page on this site.
| Registrant | Client | Amount for the whole quarter | Quarter | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PORTER GROUP, LLC | CITY OF HENDERSON, NEVADA | $30,000.00reported as income | April to June 2026 | Open the report |
| CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. | LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT | $20,000.00reported as income | April to June 2026 | Open the report |
| CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. | SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY | $20,000.00reported as income | April to June 2026 | Open the report |
See the 4 listed reports that name H.R. 972
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Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, LDA.gov. This copy was read October 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM Eastern.
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