House Bill 8564
116th Congress(2019-2020)
To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Río Grande del Norte National Monument, New Mexico.
Introduced
Introduced in House on Oct 9, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
8564
Congress
116
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
This bill designates specified federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Taos County, New Mexico, comprising 13,103 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.
October 9, 2020
10/09/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
10/09/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:44:33 PM