United States · Bill · S
S. 874 (111th)
Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act
Introduced
23 April 2009
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 285.
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24 March 2026
Summary
El Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act - Establishes El Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area in New Mexico, consisting of approximately 235,980 acres of public land in Taos and Rio Arriba Counties. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to ensure the protection of religious and cultural sites and to provide occasional access to them by tribal members for traditional cultural and customary uses. Requires the Secretary to develop a management plan for the Conservation Area. Bars the changing of the management status of any area within the boundary of the Conservation Area that is: (1) designated as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; or (2) managed as an area of critical environmental concern. Designates the Cerro Del Yuta Wilderness and Rio San Antonio Wilderness as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Releases the public land within the San Antonio Wilderness Study Area not designated as wilderness from further study for designation as wilderness. Requires the Conservation Area and the wilderness areas designated by this Act to be administered as components of the National Landscape Conservation System.
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Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 2 March 2010
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 2 March 2010
Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 2 March 2010
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 23 April 2009
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 23 April 2009
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 23 April 2009
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/874
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