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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2522 

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 

APRIL 14, 2021 

Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ 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’’. 


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

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1202 of the John D. Din3 gell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act 

4 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 116–9; 133 Stat. 651) 

5 is amended— 

6 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘CERRO

7 DEL YUTA AND RI ́O SAN ANTONIO’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘RI ́O GRANDE DEL NORTE NATIONAL MONU9 MENT’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) 

11 and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(1) MAP.—The term ‘map’ means— 

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

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

15 ‘Rı ́o Grande del Norte National Monument Pro16 posed Wilderness Areas’ and dated July 28, 

17 2015; and 

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

19 the map entitled ‘Proposed Cerro de la Olla 

20 Wilderness and Rı ́o Grande del Norte National 

21 Monument Boundary’ and dated January 28, 

22 2021.’’; and 

23 (3) in subsection (b)— 

24 (A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 

25 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 13,103 

5 acres as generally depicted on the map, which 

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

8 (B) in paragraph (7)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘map and’’ each place 

10 it appears and inserting ‘‘maps and’’; and 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

12 ‘‘the legal description and map’’ and in13 serting ‘‘the maps or legal descriptions’’; 

14 and 

15 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(12) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT

17 PROJECTS IN CERRO DE LA OLLA WILDERNESS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara19 graph (B) and in accordance with section 4(c) 

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

21 Secretary may authorize the maintenance of 

22 any structure or facility in existence on the date 

23 of enactment of this paragraph for wildlife 

24 water development projects (including guzzlers) 


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1 in the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness if, as deter2 mined by the Secretary— 

3 ‘‘(i) the structure or facility would en4 hance wilderness values by promoting 

5 healthy, viable, and more naturally distrib6 uted wildlife populations; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the visual impacts of the struc8 ture or facility on the Cerro de la Olla Wil9 derness can reasonably be minimized. 

10 ‘‘(B) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—Not 

11 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

12 this paragraph, the Secretary shall enter into a 

13 cooperative agreement with the State of New 

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

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

16 terms and conditions under which wildlife man17 agement activities in the Cerro de la Olla Wil18 derness may be carried out.’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

20 for the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, 

21 and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9; 133 Stat. 581) 

22 is amended by striking the item relating to section 1202 

23 and inserting the following: 

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


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SEC. 3. RI 1  ́O GRANDE DEL NORTE NATIONAL MONUMENT 

2 BOUNDARY MODIFICATION. 

3 The boundary of the Rı ́o Grande del Norte National 

4 Monument in the State of New Mexico is modified, as de5 picted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Cerro de la Olla Wil6 derness and Rı ́o Grande del Norte National Monument 

7 Boundary’’ and dated January 28, 2021. 

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