Apex Area Technical Corrections Act
Signed into law Jul 15, 2025 · Public Lands and Natural Resources
What this law does
- Directs the Interior Department to grant utility and transportation rights-of-way for the Apex industrial park to North Las Vegas and the park's owners association.
- Requires Interior to grant Clark County, the city, and the association rights-of-way on public land needed to develop the park as a heavy industry zone.
- Keeps the transferred Apex land closed forever to uses under public land laws, such as mineral leasing.
- Exempts sales of rock and soil material from grading at the site from certain limits on noncompetitive sales.
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How it became law
- IntroducedJan 22, 2025 · House
- 111 daysPassed HouseMay 13, 2025
- 36 daysPassed SenateJun 18, 2025
- 15 daysPresented to the PresidentJul 3, 2025
- 12 daysSigned into lawJul 15, 2025
Official summary
Apex 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.
Summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (Public Law, Jul 15, 2025).
Who wrote it
Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
3 cosponsors: 2 Democrats, 1 Republicans. 1 signed on the day it was introduced, 2 joined later.
Show all cosponsors
| Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|
| Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] | Jan 22, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | Jan 23, 2025 | |
| Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] | Apr 1, 2025 |
Recorded votes
No recorded roll-call votes. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, where individual votes are not recorded.
What was added
Amendments adopted (0)
No floor amendments were adopted. Any changes were made in committee or in a later version of the bill.
Sections in the final law that were not in the first version (Introduced in House) (0)
None. Every section heading in the final law was already in the first version (Introduced in House).
What was removed
Sections in the first version (Introduced in House) that did not make it into the law (0)
None. Every section heading from the first version (Introduced in House) remains in the law.
Compared by section heading between the Introduced in House text (Jan 22, 2025) and the Enrolled Bill text, both from GovInfo. Wording changes inside a section that kept its heading are not shown here; see the amendments and the text versions.
Proposed but not adopted
No amendments were voted down or withdrawn.
Full action history
Show all 24 official actions
| Jul 15, 2025 | Signed by President. |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Signed by President. |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Became Public Law No: 119-24. |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Became Public Law No: 119-24. |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Presented to President. |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Presented to President. |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3459) |
| May 14, 2025 | Received in the Senate, read twice. |
| May 13, 2025 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| May 13, 2025 | Passed/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) |
| May 13, 2025 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1980-1981) |
| May 13, 2025 | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 618. |
| May 13, 2025 | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1980-1982) |
| May 13, 2025 | Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-86. |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-86. |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 61. |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. |
| Jan 22, 2025 | Introduced in House |
| Jan 22, 2025 | Introduced in House |
| Jan 22, 2025 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. |
Sources: Congress.gov (bill record, sponsors, actions, amendments, CRS summary) and GovInfo (official text). Days are calendar days.