S 593 — Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act

changes in existing law made by 
the bill S. 593, as ordered reported, are shown as follows 
(existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black 
brackets, new matter is printed in italic, existing law in 
which no change is proposed is shown in roman):

 Public Law 116-9

 AN ACT To provide for the management of the natural resources of the 
 United States, 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 ``John D. 
Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act''.
 (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows:
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 TITLE I--PUBLIC LANDS AND FORESTS

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 Subtitle C--Wilderness Designations and Withdrawals

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 PART I--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 1201. Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks conservation.
[Sec. 1202. Cerro del Yuta and Rio San Antonio Wilderness Areas.] Sec. 
 1202. Rio Grande del Norte National Monument Wilderness Areas.

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TITLE I--PUBLIC LANDS AND FORESTS

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Subtitle C--Wilderness Designations and Withdrawals

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 PART I--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 1202. [CERO DEL YUTA AND RIO SAN ANTIONO] RIO GRANDE DEL NORTE 
 NATIONAL MONUMENT WILDERNESS AEAS.

 (a) Definitions.--In this section:
 [(1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled 
 ``Rio Grande del Norte National Monument Proposed 
 Wilderness Areas'' and dated July 28, 2015.]
 (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means--
 (A) for purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
 of subsection (b)(1), the map entitled ``Rio 
 Grande del Norte National Monument Proposed 
 Wilderness Areas'' and dated July 28, 2015; and
 (B) for purposes of subsection (b)(1)(C), the 
 map entitled ``Proposed Cerro de la Olla 
 Wilderness and Rio Grande del Norte National 
 Monument Boundary'' and dated June 30, 2022.
 (2) Wilderness area.--The term ``wilderness area'' 
 means a wilderness area designated by subsection 
 (b)(1).
 (b) Designation of Cerro Del Yuta and Rio San Antonio 
Wilderness Areas.--
 (1) In general.--In accordance with the Wilderness 
 Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in 
 the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument are 
 designated as wilderness and as components of the 
 National Wilderness Preservation System:
 (A) Cerro del yuta wilderness.--Certain land 
 administered by the Bureau of Land Management 
 in Taos County, New Mexico, comprising 
 approximately 13,420 acres as generally 
 depicted on the map, which shall be known as 
 the ``Cerro del Yuta Wilderness''.
 (B) Rio san antonio wilderness.--Certain land 
 administered by the Bureau of Land Management 
 in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, comprising 
 approximately 8,120 acres, as generally 
 depicted on the map, which shall be known as 
 the ``Rio San Antonio Wilderness''.
 (C) Cerro de la olla wilderness.--Certain 
 Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land 
 Management in Taos County, New Mexico, 
 comprising of approximately 12,898 acres as 
 generally depicted on the map, which shall be 
 known as the ``Cerro de la Olla Wilderness''.
 (2) Management of wilderness areas.--Subject to valid 
 existing rights, the wilderness areas shall be 
 administered in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 
 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this section, except that with 
 respect to the wilderness areas designated by this 
 section--
 (A) any reference to the effective date of 
 the Wilderness Act shall be considered to be a 
 reference to the date of enactment of this Act; 
 and
 (B) any reference in the Wilderness Act to 
 the Secretary of Agriculture shall be 
 considered to be a reference to the Secretary.
 (3) Incorporation of acquired land and interests in 
 land.--Any land or interest in land within the boundary 
 of the wilderness areas that is acquired by the United 
 States shall--
 (A) become part of the wilderness area in 
 which the land is located; and
 (B) be managed in accordance with--
 (i) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
 1131 et seq.);
 (ii) this section; and
 (iii) any other applicable laws.
 (4) Grazing.--Grazing of livestock in the wilderness 
 areas, where established before the date of enactment 
 of [this Act] this Act (including a reserve common 
 grazing allotment), shall be administered in accordance 
 with--
 (A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 
 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and
 (B) the guidelines set forth in appendix A of 
 the Report of the Committee on Interior and 
 Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 of the 
 101st Congress (H. Rept. 101-405).
 (5) Buffer zones.--
 (A) In general.--Nothing in this section 
 creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone 
 around the wilderness areas.
 (B) Activities outside wilderness areas.--The 
 fact that an activity or use on land outside a 
 wilderness area can be seen or heard within the 
 wilderness area shall not preclude the activity 
 or use outside the boundary of the wilderness 
 area.
 (6) Release of wilderness study areas.--Congress 
 finds that, for purposes of section 603(c) of the 
 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
 U.S.C. 1782(c)), the public land within the San Antonio 
 Wilderness Study Area not designated as wilderness by 
 this section--
 (A) has been adequately studied for 
 wilderness designation;
 (B) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of 
 the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and
 (C) shall be managed in accordance with this 
 section.
 (7) Maps and legal descriptions.--
 (A) In general.--As soon as practicable after 
 the date of enactment of this Act, the 
 Secretary shall file the [map and] maps and 
 legal descriptions of the wilderness areas 
 with--
 (i) the Committee on Energy and 
 Natural Resources of the Senate; and
 (ii) the Committee on Natural 
 Resources of the House of 
 Representatives.
 (B) Force of law.--The [map and] maps and 
 legal descriptions filed under subparagraph (A) 
 shall have the same force and effect as if 
 included in this section, except that the 
 Secretary may correct errors in [the legal 
 description and map] the maps or legal 
 descriptions.
 (C) Public availability.--The [map and] maps 
 and legal descriptions filed under subparagraph 
 (A) shall be on file and available for public 
 inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
 Bureau of Land Management.
 (8) National landscape conservation system.--The 
 wilderness areas shall be administered as components of 
 the National Landscape Conservation System.
 (9) Fish and Wildlife.--Nothing in this section 
 affects the jurisdiction of the State of New Mexico 
 with respect to fish and wildlife located on public 
 land in the State.
 (10) Withdrawals.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
 any Federal land within the wilderness areas designated 
 by paragraph (1), including any land or interest in 
 land that is acquired by the United States after the 
 date of enactment of this Act, is withdrawn from--
 (A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under 
 the public land laws;
 (B) location, entry, and patent under the 
 mining laws; and
 (C) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 
 materials, and geothermal leasing laws.
 (11) Treaty rights.--Nothing in this section 
 enlarges, diminishes, or otherwise modifies any treaty 
 rights.
 (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.

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