A controversial provision backed by Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) to sell hundreds of thousands of acres of federally owned land in Nevada and Utah to generate revenue for Republicans’ tax and spending bill has been stripped out of the legislation by GOP leadership at the behest of Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT). … To that end, Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) introduced an amendment during the Rules Committee’s marathon markup Wednesday to strip the Clark County acreage from the bill, while Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) offered an amendment to take out land sales for parcels in Utah that run alongside a proposed water pipeline route that concerned water managers in other Colorado River states, including Nevada.

Other public land sale and budget bill news:

• FOX 13 (Salt Lake City, Utah): Central Utah Project may not see deep cuts in Trump budget
• E&E News by Politico: House OKs megabill after major energy, environment changes
• The Salt Lake Tribune: House Republicans strike Maloy’s move to sell Utah’s public lands from Trump budget bill
• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Amodei’s public land bill dropped from House funding package
• Western Water Notes: Blog: Land ‘disposal’ and water