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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5164 
To clarify that the Secretary of Homeland Security may undertake law en-
forcement and border security activities within the Organ Mountains- 
Desert Peaks National Monument, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2014 
Mr. PEARCE (for himself, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 
LABRADOR, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. MARCHANT, 
Mr. WENSTRUP, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. 
HALL, Mr. STEWART, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. 
MCCLINTOCK, and Mr. GOSAR) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Organ Mountains- 
Desert Peaks National Monument Correction Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 
For the purpose of this Act, the term ‘‘National 
Monument’’ means the area designated as the ‘‘Organ 
Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument’’ in Presi-
dential Proclamation 9131, dated May 21, 2014. 
SEC. 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 secu-
rity activities within the areas designated as a Na-
tional Monument, including the ability to use motor-
ized vehicles within the National Monument; 
(2) limit the 2006 Memorandum of Under-
standing among the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, the Department of the Interior, and the De-
partment of Agriculture regarding cooperative na-
tional security and counterterrorism efforts on Fed-
eral 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 
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(4) prevent the Secretary of the Interior from 
allowing within the National Monument the installa-
tion and maintenance of communication or surveil-
lance infrastructure necessary for law enforcement 
or border security activities. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE ACCESS.—The route excluded 
from the Potrillo Mountains identified as ‘‘Restricted— 
Administrative Access’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Potrillo 
Mountains Complex’’ and dated December 10, 2013, shall 
be available for administrative and law enforcement uses, 
including border security activities. 
(c) LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in 
this Act, or any land management plan issued in further-
ance 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. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL DEFENSE. 
Nothing in the national monument designation or any 
management plan in furtherance of the national monu-
ment shall restrict or preclude— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
the National Monument, including military over-
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flights that can be seen or heard within the National 
Monument; 
(2) the designation of new units of special air-
space over the National Monument; or 
(3) the use or establishment of military flight 
training routes over the National Monument. 
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