Amodei won’t revive bill to unload federal land

By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal

A proposal for the federal government to unload millions of acres of land in Nevada probably won’t return to Congress.

That’s according to Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, who introduced a massive lands bill last session and had considered reviving it.

“Transferring millions of acres of public lands … is not something I think the majority of people think is a good idea,” Amodei said during an interview with the Reno Gazette-Journal editorial board.

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