Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2944 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 17, 2025 Ms. Leger Fernandez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ 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 Coun
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