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H. Rept. 119-279 1 (2025-09-15)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahqs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-279 SLOAN CANYON CONSERVATION AND LATERAL PIPELINE ACT SEPTEMBER 15, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 972] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 972) to amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act to adjust the boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Con- servation Area, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec- ommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 972 is to amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act to adjust the boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, and for other purposes. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION In recent decades, southern Nevada has experienced a rapid in- crease in population, which shows no signs of decelerating. A study from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, predicts that the re- gion'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 'Staying on Track: UNLV's Population Forecast Continues to Predict IM 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. 59-006