HR 2822 · 102th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act
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EnactedLatest: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.(1992-01-17)
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Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act - Establishes the Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area, New Mexico. Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior (the Secretaries) to develop and transmit a general management plan to specified congressional committees for the portion of the conservation area managed by each Secretary. Requires the general management plan prepared by the Secretary of the Interior to include a review or recommendation for suitability or nonsuitability for specified lands to be preserved as wilderness. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to manage such lands to maintain their potential for inclusion within the National Wilderness Preservation System, pending submission of a recommendation or until directed by an Act of the Congress. Directs the Secretaries to assure nonexclusive access to the conservation area by native people for traditional cultural and religious purposes (including the harvesting of pine nuts). Withdraws certain lands from U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws. Prohibits commercial harvesting of fuelwood in the conservation area…
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