Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act

Subjects: Public Lands and Natural Resources, Land use and conservation, Monuments and memorials, New Mexico, Parks, recreation areas, trails, Water use and supply, Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats, Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:  <p><b>Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act</b></p> <p>This bill designates specified federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Taos County, New Mexico, comprising 12,898 acres in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, to be known as the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness.</p> <p>The Department of the Interior shall enter into a cooperative agreement with New Mexico that specifies, subject to certain prohibition provisions under the Wilderness Act, the terms and conditions under which wildlife management activities in the wilderness may be carried out.</p> <p>Subject to such agreement and such prohibition provisions, Interior may authorize the maintenance of any existing structure or facility for wildlife water development projects (including guzzlers) in the wilderness, if </p> <ul> <li>the structure or facility would enhance wilderness values by promoting healthy, viable, and more naturally distributed wildlife populations; and </li> <li>the visual impacts of the structure or facility on the wilderness can reasonably be minimized. </li> </ul> <p>The bill modifies the boundary of the monument. </p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1303 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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 Rio 
 Grande del Norte National Monument and to modify the boundary of the 
                Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.


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                    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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Rio 
 Grande del Norte National Monument and to modify the boundary of the 
                Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cerro de la Olla Wilderness 
Establishment Act''.

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

    (a) In General.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1202 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. 
        Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 
        note; Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 651) is amended--
                    (A) in the section heading, by striking ``cerro del 
                yuta and rio san antonio'' and inserting ``rio grande 
                del norte national monument'';
                    (B) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) 
                and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Map.--The term `map' means--
                    ``(A) for purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
                subsection (b)(1), the map entitled `Rio Grande del 
                Norte National Monument Proposed Wilderness Areas' and 
                dated July 28, 2015; and
                    ``(B) for purposes of subsection (b)(1)(C), the map 
                entitled `Proposed Cerro de la Olla Wilderness and Rio 
                Grande del Norte National Monument Boundary' and dated 
                June 30th, 2022.''; and
                    (C) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 
                        the following:
                    ``(C) Cerro de la olla wilderness.--Certain Federal 
                land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in 
                Taos County, New Mexico, comprising approximately 
                12,898 acres as generally depicted on the map, which 
                shall be known as the `Cerro de la Olla Wilderness'.'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (4), in the matter 
                        preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``this 
                        Act'' and inserting ``this Act (including a 
                        reserve common grazing allotment)'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (7)--
                                    (I) by striking ``map and'' each 
                                place it appears and inserting ``maps 
                                and''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (B), by 
                                striking ``the legal description and 
                                map'' and inserting ``the maps or legal 
                                descriptions''; and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) Wildlife water development projects in cerro de la 
        olla wilderness.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B) and 
                in accordance with section 4(c) of the Wilderness Act 
                (16 U.S.C. 1133(c)), the Secretary may authorize the 
                maintenance of any structure or facility in existence 
                on the date of enactment of this paragraph for wildlife 
                water development projects (including guzzlers) in the 
                Cerro de la Olla Wilderness if, as determined by the 
                Secretary--
                            ``(i) the structure or facility would 
                        enhance wilderness values by promoting healthy, 
                        viable, and more naturally distributed wildlife 
                        populations; and
                            ``(ii) the visual impacts of the structure 
                        or facility on the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness 
                        can reasonably be minimized.
                    ``(B) Cooperative agreement.--Not later than 1 year 
                after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the 
                Secretary shall enter into a cooperative agreement with 
                the State of New Mexico that specifies, subject to 
                section 4(c) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(c)), 
                the terms and conditions under which wildlife 
                management activities in the Cerro de la Olla 
                Wilderness may be carried out.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents for the John 
        D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act 
        (Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 581) is amended by striking the 
        item relating to section 1202 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 1202. Rio Grande del Norte National Monument Wilderness 
                            Areas.''.
    (b) Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument Boundary Modification.--
The boundary of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in the State 
of New Mexico is modified, as depicted on the map entitled ``Proposed 
Cerro de la Olla Wilderness and Rio Grande del Norte National Monument 
Boundary'' and dated June 30th, 2022.
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