1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve Completion Act . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) in the early 1980s, James Doyle, doing business as Rocky Mountain Ventures and Environmental Land Technologies, Ltd., began assembling land for a massive real estate development in the rapidly growing St. George area of Utah; (2) the centerpieces of this development were 9 golf courses surrounded by luxury homes; (3) during the 1980s, James Doyle acquired 2,440 acres and held preferential rights to an additional 11,000 acres for this development; (4) throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, James Doyle invested large amounts of money to acquire and develop this land, including— (A) procuring the water rights and engineering studies; (B) developing proposals and designs for transportation corridors; (C) constructing 1 golf course and designing nine more; (D) developing utility layouts and placements; (E) installing necessary sewer, water, and power for the various properties; and (F) securing all necessary zoning adjustments and development permissions; (5) with planning and preparation essentially complete by 1989, James Doyle was prepared to break ground for the initial phase of his project; (6) on April 2, 1990, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule listing the Mojave population of the desert tortoise as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); (7) on February 8, 1994, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule designating all of James Doyle’s land as critical habitat for the Mojave population of the desert tortoise; (8) the listing of the desert tortoise and designation of James Doyle’s land as critical habitat for the tortoise made James Doyle’s planned land development, as well as that of other nearby lands, unlawful without the issuance of an incidental take permit by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service