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SB593: Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act

: Martin Heinrich (D-US) : May 25, 2026 Updated: Jul 11, 2023
Public lands and natural resources
Bill ProgressIntroduced
  1. 1Introduced (current step)
  2. 2Passed One Chamber
  3. 3Passed Both Chambers
  4. 4Became Law

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Summary

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.

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This bill would create a new protected wilderness area called Cerro de la Olla within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico. It would also adjust the boundaries of the existing national monument. The bill amends a previous conservation law to establish these protected lands. Wilderness areas are federal lands where development is restricted and the landscape is preserved in its natural state. The bill was recently introduced in Congress and is currently in the early stage of review.

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