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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§460uu Establishment; Description of Area

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER CVI — EL MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT AND CONSERVATION AREA › Part A — El Malpais National Monument › § 460uu

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates El Malpais National Monument in western New Mexico to protect the Grants Lava Flow, the Las Ventanas Chacoan Archeological Site, and other resources. It covers approximately 114,000 acres shown on the May 1987 map (NM–ELMA–80,001–B), filed with National Park Service. After December 31, 1987, Secretary must file a legal description with House and Senate committees; it has the same legal force and clerical errors can be corrected.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460uu

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(a)In order to preserve, for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations, that area in western New Mexico containing the nationally significant Grants Lava Flow, the Las Ventanas Chacoan Archeological Site, and other significant natural and cultural resources, there is hereby established the El Malpais National Monument (hereinafter referred to as the “monument”). The monument shall consist of approximately 114,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled “El Malpais National Monument and National Conservation Area” numbered NM–ELMA–80,001–B and dated May 1987. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the Director of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
(b)As soon as practicable after December 31, 1987, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) shall file a legal description of the monument with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate. Such legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subchapter, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in such legal description and in the map referred to in subsection (a). The legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Third Congress.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460uu

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102