119-hr2944

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2944 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2944

 To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Rio 
 Grande del Norte National Monument and to modify the boundary of the 
 Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 17, 2025

 Ms. Leger Fernandez introduced the following bill; which was referred 
 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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 A BILL

 To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Rio 
 Grande del Norte National Monument and to modify the boundary of the 
 Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Cerro de la Olla Wilderness 
Establishment Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF CERRO DE LA OLLA WILDERNESS.

    (a) Designation.--

    (1) In general.--

Section 1202 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. 
 Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 
 note; Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 651) is amended--
        (A) in the section heading, by striking ``cerro del 
 yuta and rio san antonio'' and inserting ``rio grande 
 del norte national monument'';
        (B) in subsection

    (a) , by striking paragraph

    (1) and inserting the following:
 ``

    (1) Map.--The term `map' means the map entitled `Proposed 
 Cerro de la Olla Wilderness and Rio Grande del Norte National 
 Monument Boundary' and dated April 1, 2025.''; and
            (C) in subsection

    (b) --
            (i) in paragraph

    (1) , by adding at the end 
 the following:
 ``
            (C) Cerro de la olla wilderness.--Certain Federal 
 land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in 
 Taos County, New Mexico, comprising approximately 
 12,295 acres as generally depicted on the map, which 
 shall be known as the `Cerro de la Olla Wilderness'.'';
            (ii) in paragraph

    (4) , in the matter 
 preceding subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``this 
 Act'' and inserting ``this Act (including a 
 reserve common grazing allotment)''; and
            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (12) Wildlife water development projects in cerro de la 
 olla wilderness.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph
        (B) and 
 in accordance with 

section 4
            (c) of the Wilderness Act 
 (16 U.S.C. 1133
            (c) ), the Secretary may authorize the 
 maintenance of any structure or facility in existence 
 on the date of enactment of this paragraph for wildlife 
 water development projects (including guzzlers) in the 
 Cerro de la Olla Wilderness if, as determined by the 
 Secretary--
 ``
            (i) the structure or facility would 
 enhance wilderness values by promoting healthy, 
 viable, and more naturally distributed wildlife 
 populations; and
 ``
            (ii) the visual impacts of the structure 
 or facility on the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness 
 can reasonably be minimized.
 ``
        (B) Cooperative agreement.--Not later than 1 year 
 after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the 
 Secretary shall enter into a cooperative agreement with 
 the State of New Mexico that specifies, subject to 
 

section 4
            (c) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133
            (c) ), 
 the terms and conditions under which wildlife 
 management activities in the Cerro de la Olla 
 Wilderness may be carried out.''.

    (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents for the John 
 D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act 
 (Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 581) is amended by striking the 
 item relating to 

section 1202 and inserting the following:

``

Sec. 1202. Rio Grande del Norte National Monument Wilderness 
 Areas.''.

    (b) Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument Boundary Modification.--
The boundary of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in the State 
of New Mexico is modified, as depicted on the map entitled ``Proposed 
Cerro de la Olla Wilderness and Rio Grande del Norte National Monument 
Boundary'' and dated April 1, 2025.
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