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S 1240 114th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources New Mexico Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Cerros del Norte Conservation Act

Introduced: May 7, 2015 Introduced by: Heinrich, Martin Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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Sep 9, 2015
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 214.
Sep 9, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 114-134.
Jul 30, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
May 21, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-380.
May 7, 2015
Introduced in Senate
May 7, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Cerros del Norte Conservation Act

(Sec. 3) Designates the Cerro del Yuta Wilderness (comprising approximately 13,420 acres) and Rio San Antonio Wilderness (comprising approximately 8,120 acres) within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Sets forth requirements for the management of the wilderness areas regarding: (1) livestock grazing, (2) the creation of protective perimeters and buffer zones, and (3) the jurisdiction of the state of New Mexico respecting fish and wildlife located on public land in New Mexico.

Releases specified public land within the San Antonio Wilderness Study Area not designated as wilderness by this Act from further study for such a designation.

Requires the wilderness areas to be administered as components of the National Landscape Conservation System.

Withdraws any federal land within the wilderness areas, including any acquired land or interest, from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.

Denies that anything in this Act enlarges, diminishes, or otherwise modifies any treaty rights.

What's happening now September 9, 2015

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 214.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1240: Cerros del Norte Conservation Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1240/
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