Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
This bill amends the John D. Dingell, Jr.
Liberals emphasize conservation value and permanent protection
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise substantive enactment that amends existing statute to create a specific wilderness area, modifies monument boundaries, and integrates with the Wilderness Act and BLM administration, but it omits fiscal acknowledgements, detailed procedural sequencing, and metrics for oversight.
This bill amends the John D.
Dingell, Jr.
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness, a roughly 12,295-acre BLM-managed area in Taos County, New Mexico.
Technically modest and administrable; success hinges on local stakeholder support and whether it is folded into larger public-lands legislation.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise substantive enactment that amends existing statute to create a specific wilderness area, modifies monument boundaries, and integrates with the Wilderness Act and BLM administration, but it omits fiscal acknowledgements, detailed procedural sequencing, and metrics for oversight.
Liberals emphasize conservation value and permanent protection
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Liberals emphasize conservation value and permanent protection
Likely broadly supportive because the bill creates a new wilderness area and strengthens federal land protection.
The allowance to maintain existing wildlife water projects and the required state cooperative agreement may be acceptable tradeoffs to secure permanent protections.
Generally favorable but cautious; supports conservation balanced with existing uses.
Will look for clear mapping, durable protections, and timely, well-specified cooperative agreement to prevent management disputes.
Likely skeptical or opposed due to expanded federal restrictions on land use and potential limits on local control.
The bill's protections and boundary change may be seen as federal overreach, though retention of grazing references and wildlife maintenance slightly mitigate opposition.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
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Technically modest and administrable; success hinges on local stakeholder support and whether it is folded into larger public-lands legislation.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals emphasize conservation value and permanent protection
Technically modest and administrable; success hinges on local stakeholder support and whether it is folded into larger public-lands legisla…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise substantive enactment that amends existing statute to create a specific wilderness area, modifies monument boundaries, and integrates with the Wilderness…
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