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HR 5334 111th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources New Mexico Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act

Introduced: May 18, 2010 Introduced by: Luján, Ben Ray Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 21, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
May 18, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
May 18, 2010
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act - Establishes the Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area in New Mexico, consisting of approximately 235,980 acres of public land in Taos and Rio Arriba Counties.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to ensure the protection of religious and cultural sites in the Conservation Area and to provide access to them by tribal members for traditional cultural and customary uses.

Requires the Secretary to develop a management plan for the Conservation Area.

Bars the changing of the management status of any area within the boundary of the Conservation Area that is: (1) designated as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; or (2) managed as an area of critical environmental concern.

Designates the Cerro Del Yuta Wilderness and Rio San Antonio Wilderness as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Releases the public land within the San Antonio Wilderness Study Area not designated as wilderness from further study for designation as wilderness.

Requires the Conservation Area and the wilderness areas designated by this Act to be administered as components of the National Landscape Conservation System.

What's happening now May 21, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

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