# 119-s-1497: Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act

119-s-1497, Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM); status in_committee (as of 2026-10-25).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1497
- Congress: 119
- Title: Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-04-10
- Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-25

## Summary

**Designates the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness** by adding about 12,295 acres in Taos County, New Mexico to the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and updates the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation Act’s maps and section headings. It adjusts the monument boundary to match a map dated April 1, 2025. The bill would allow the Secretary, consistent with the Wilderness Act, to maintain existing wildlife water development structures in the new wilderness when those structures support healthier wildlife populations and minimize visual impact. It also would require a cooperative agreement with the State of New Mexico within one year to set terms for wildlife management in the area.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Maintenance of wildlife water structures: benefit, low. If enacted, the Secretary could allow maintenance of wildlife water structures (including guzzlers) that exist on the date of enactment in the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness. The Secretary must find the maintenance would help wildlife and reasonably minimize visual impacts. The Secretary would also ha…
- New Cerro de la Olla Wilderness: mixed, low. If enacted, this bill would designate about 12,295 acres of BLM land in Taos County, New Mexico, as the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness. The new wilderness would be inside the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. The official map dated April 1, 2025 would show the wilderness and the changed monument…

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- 119-s-1503: Equality Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1497 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1497)

## Related
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- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1497 (as of 2026-10-25).