[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2467 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2467

 To clarify that the Secretary of Homeland Security may undertake law 
 enforcement and border security activities within the Organ Mountains-
        Desert Peaks National Monument, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2015

   Mr. Pearce (for himself, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
Hudson, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. 
Posey, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Fleming, and Mr. Stewart) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To clarify that the Secretary of Homeland Security may undertake law 
 enforcement and border security activities within the Organ Mountains-
        Desert Peaks National Monument, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks 
National Monument Correction Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    For the purpose of this Act, the term ``National Monument'' means 
the area designated as the ``Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National 
Monument'' in Presidential Proclamation 9131, dated May 21, 2014.

SEC. 3. BORDER SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Neither the National Monument designation nor any 
management plan in furtherance of the National Monument shall be 
interpreted or construed to--
            (1) prevent the Secretary of Homeland Security from 
        undertaking law enforcement and border security activities 
        within the areas designated as a National Monument, including 
        the ability to use motorized vehicles within the National 
        Monument;
            (2) limit the 2006 Memorandum of Understanding among the 
        Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the 
        Interior, and the Department of Agriculture regarding 
        cooperative national security and counterterrorism efforts on 
        Federal land along the borders of the United States;
            (3) prevent the Secretary of Homeland Security from 
        conducting any low-level overflights over the National Monument 
        that may be necessary for law enforcement and border security 
        purposes; or
            (4) prevent the Secretary of the Interior from allowing 
        within the National Monument the installation and maintenance 
        of communication or surveillance infrastructure necessary for 
        law enforcement or border security activities.
    (b) Administrative Access.--The route excluded from the Potrillo 
Mountains identified as ``Restricted--Administrative Access'' on the 
map entitled ``Potrillo Mountains Complex'' and dated December 10, 
2013, shall be available for administrative and law enforcement uses, 
including border security activities.
    (c) Law Enforcement Activities.--Nothing in this Act, or any land 
management plan issued in furtherance of this Act or Presidential 
Proclamation 9139, dated May 21, 2014, shall prevent Federal, State, or 
local law enforcement personnel from having unfettered access to the 
National Monument, including the use of specialized equipment and 
motorized vehicles outside of existing roads and trails.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL DEFENSE.

    Nothing in the national monument designation or any management plan 
in furtherance of the national monument shall restrict or preclude--
            (1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over the 
        National Monument, including military overflights that can be 
        seen or heard within the National Monument;
            (2) the designation of new units of special airspace over 
        the National Monument; or
            (3) the use or establishment of military flight training 
        routes over the National Monument.
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