Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act
- Last Action
- 7/11/2023
Actions
- 2023-07-11Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 126.
- 2023-07-11Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-54.
- 2023-07-11Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-54.
- 2023-05-17Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 2023-03-01Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 2023-03-01Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-07-11 (25)
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 12,898 acres in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, to be known as the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness.
The Department of the Interior must 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.
Cosponsors (1)
- Ben Luján (D-NM)
Subjects
- Land use and conservation
- Monuments and memorials
- New Mexico
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Water use and supply
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
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