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Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act

Introduced: February 2, 2021 Introduced by: Heinrich, Martin Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 21, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 494.
Sep 21, 2022
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments. With written report No. 117-151.
May 3, 2022
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Jun 16, 2021
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Feb 2, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 2, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 structure or facility would enhance wilderness values by promoting healthy, viable, and more naturally distributed wildlife populations; and
  • the visual impacts of the structure or facility on the wilderness can reasonably be minimized.

The bill modifies the boundary of the monument.

What's happening now September 21, 2022

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 494.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
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