Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument Correction Act

To clarify that the Secretary of Homeland Security may undertake law enforcement and border security activities within the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument Correction Act 2. Definition For the purpose of this Act, the term National Monument Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument 3. Border security and law enforcement (a) In general Neither the National Monument designation nor any management plan in furtherance of the National Monument shall be interpreted or construed to— (1) prevent the Secretary of Homeland Security from undertaking law enforcement and border security activities within the areas designated as a National Monument, including the ability to use motorized vehicles within the National Monument; (2) limit the 2006 Memorandum of Understanding among the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Agriculture regarding cooperative national security and counterterrorism efforts on Federal land along the borders of the United States; (3) prevent the Secretary of Homeland Security from conducting any low-level overflights over the National Monument that may be necessary for law enforcement and border security purposes; or (4) prevent the Secretary of the Interior from allowing within the National Monument the installation and maintenance of communication or surveillance infrastructure necessary for law enforcement or border security activities. (b) Administrative access The route excluded from the Potrillo Mountains identified as Restricted—Administrative Access Potrillo Mountains Complex (c) Law enforcement activities Nothing in this Act, or any land management plan issued in furtherance of this Act or Presidential Proclamation 9139, dated May 21, 2014, shall prevent Federal, State, or local law enforcement personnel from having unfettered access to the National Monument, including the use of specialized equipment and motorized vehicles outside of existing roads and trails. 4. National Defense Nothing in the national monument designation or any management plan in furtherance of the national monument shall restrict or preclude— (1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over the National Monument, including military overflights that can be seen or heard within the National Monument; (2) the designation of new units of special airspace over the National Monument; or (3) the use or establishment of military flight training routes over the National Monument.

Summary: Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument Correction Act Prohibits construing either the national monument designation or any management plan in furtherance of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico (designated on May 21, 2014) as: preventing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from undertaking law enforcement and border security activities within the areas designated as the Monument, including the ability to use motorized vehicles within it; limiting the 2006 Memorandum of Understanding among DHS, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Agriculture regarding cooperative national security and counterterrorism efforts on federal land along U.S. borders; preventing DHS from conducting low-level overflights over the Monument for law enforcement and border security purposes; or preventing Interior from allowing within the Monument the installation and maintenance of communication or surveillance infrastructure necessary for law enforcement or border security activities. Makes the route excluded from the Potrillo Mountains, identified as "Restricted--Administrative Access" on the map entitled "Potrillo Mountains Complex," dated December 10, 2013, available for administrative and law enforcement uses, including border security activities.