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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1303 

To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Rı ́o Grande 

del Norte National Monument and to modify the boundary of the Rı ́o 

Grande del Norte National Monument. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2023 

Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ (for herself and Ms. STANSBURY) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la 

Olla Wilderness in the Rı ́o Grande del Norte National 

Monument and to modify the boundary of the Rı ́o 

Grande del Norte National Monument. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cerro de la Olla Wil5 derness Establishment Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF CERRO DE LA OLLA WILDERNESS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1202 of the John D. 

2 Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recre3 ation Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 116– 

4 9; 133 Stat. 651) is amended— 

5 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

6 ‘‘CERRO DEL YUTA AND RI ́O SAN ANTO7 NIO’’ and inserting ‘‘RI ́O GRANDE DEL

8 NORTE NATIONAL MONUMENT’’; 

9 (B) in subsection (a), by striking para10 graph (1) and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) MAP.—The term ‘map’ means— 

12 ‘‘(A) for purposes of subparagraphs (A) 

13 and (B) of subsection (b)(1), the map entitled 

14 ‘Rı ́o Grande del Norte National Monument Pro15 posed Wilderness Areas’ and dated July 28, 

16 2015; and 

17 ‘‘(B) for purposes of subsection (b)(1)(C), 

18 the map entitled ‘Proposed Cerro de la Olla 

19 Wilderness and Rı ́o Grande del Norte National 

20 Monument Boundary’ and dated June 30th, 

21 2022.’’; and 

22 (C) in subsection (b)— 

23 (i) in paragraph (1), by adding at the 

24 end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(C) CERRO DE LA OLLA WILDERNESS.— 

2 Certain Federal land administered by the Bu3 reau of Land Management in Taos County, 

4 New Mexico, comprising approximately 12,898 

5 acres as generally depicted on the map, which 

6 shall be known as the ‘Cerro de la Olla Wilder7 ness’.’’; 

8 (ii) in paragraph (4), in the matter 

9 preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 

10 ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘this Act (includ11 ing a reserve common grazing allotment)’’; 

12 (iii) in paragraph (7)— 

13 (I) by striking ‘‘map and’’ each 

14 place it appears and inserting ‘‘maps 

15 and’’; and 

16 (II) in subparagraph (B), by 

17 striking ‘‘the legal description and 

18 map’’ and inserting ‘‘the maps or 

19 legal descriptions’’; and 

20 (iv) by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(12) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT

23 PROJECTS IN CERRO DE LA OLLA WILDERNESS.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara25 graph (B) and in accordance with section 4(c) 


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1 of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(c)), the 

2 Secretary may authorize the maintenance of 

3 any structure or facility in existence on the date 

4 of enactment of this paragraph for wildlife 

5 water development projects (including guzzlers) 

6 in the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness if, as deter7 mined by the Secretary— 

8 ‘‘(i) the structure or facility would en9 hance wilderness values by promoting 

10 healthy, viable, and more naturally distrib11 uted wildlife populations; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) the visual impacts of the struc13 ture or facility on the Cerro de la Olla Wil14 derness can reasonably be minimized. 

15 ‘‘(B) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—Not 

16 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

17 this paragraph, the Secretary shall enter into a 

18 cooperative agreement with the State of New 

19 Mexico that specifies, subject to section 4(c) of 

20 the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(c)), the 

21 terms and conditions under which wildlife man22 agement activities in the Cerro de la Olla Wil23 derness may be carried out.’’. 

24 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con25 tents for the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, 


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1 Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116– 

2 9; 133 Stat. 581) is amended by striking the item 

3 relating to section 1202 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 1202. Rı ́o Grande del Norte National Monument Wilderness Areas.’’. 

4 (b) R ́IO GRANDE DEL NORTE NATIONAL MONUMENT

5 BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.—The boundary of the Rı ́o 

6 Grande del Norte National Monument in the State of New 

7 Mexico is modified, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Pro8 posed Cerro de la Olla Wilderness and Rı ́o Grande del 

9 Norte National Monument Boundary’’ and dated June 

10 30th, 2022. 

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