Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument Correction Act

Bill: 114-hr-2467
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2015-05-20
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation and airports

Border security and unlawful immigration

Land use and conservation

Law enforcement administration and funding

Military education and training

Monuments and memorials

Motor vehicles

New Mexico

Terrorism

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument Correction Act</b></p> <p> 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:</p> <ul> <li>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;</li> <li>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;</li> <li>preventing DHS from conducting low-level overflights over the Monument for law enforcement and border security purposes; or</li> <li>preventing Interior from allowing within the Monument the installation and maintenance of communication or surveillance infrastructure necessary for law enforcement or border security activities.</li> </ul> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2467 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 20, 2015 Mr. Pearce (for himself, Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Lamborn , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Hudson , Mr. Schweikert , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Neugebauer , Mr. Wenstrup , Mr. Posey , Mr. Brooks of Alabama , Mr. Fleming , and Mr. Stewart ) 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.

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 means the area designated as the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in Presidential Proclamation 9131, dated May 21, 2014. 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 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 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.