To establish the Caja del Rio Special Management Area and Caja del Rio National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8616 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8616 To establish the Caja del Rio Special Management Area and Caja del Rio National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 30, 2026 Ms. Leger Fernandez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish the Caja del Rio Special Management Area and Caja del Rio National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Caja del Rio Protection Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I--CAJA DEL RIO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA Sec. 101. Establishment of the Caja del Rio Special Management Area. Sec. 102. Management of the Special Management Area. TITLE II--CAJA DEL RIO NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA Sec. 201. Establishment of the Caja del Rio National Conservation Area. Sec. 202. Management of the Conservation Area. Sec. 203. Land exchanges. TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 301. Management of Covered Areas. Sec. 302. Tribal contracting and protected rights. Sec. 303. Effect. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Conservation area.--The term ``Conservation Area'' means the Caja del Rio National Conservation Area established by section 201(a)(1). (2) Covered area.--The term ``covered area'' means each of-- (A) the Conservation Area; and (B) the Special Management Area. (3) Decommission.--The term ``decommission,'' with respect to a