Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act
Bill: S.177 | Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin (D-NM)
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act
This bill designates specified federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Taos County, New Mexico, comprising 13,098 acres in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, to be known as the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness.
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.
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
The bill modifies the boundary of the monument.

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.--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--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``cerro del yuta 
        and rio san antonio'' and inserting ``rio grande del norte 
        national monument'';
            (2) 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 
                January 28, 2021 April 25, 2022.''; and
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) 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 
                13,103 13,098 acres as generally depicted on the map, 
                which shall be known as the `Cerro de la Olla 
                Wilderness'.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``this Act'' and 
                inserting ``this Act (including a reserve common 
                grazing allotment)'';
                    (B)(C) 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
                    (C)(D) 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.''.
    (b) 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.''.

SEC. 3. 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 January 28, 2021 April 25, 2022.
                                                       Calendar No. 494

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 177

                          [Report No. 117-151]

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