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S 3221 114th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Land transfers Mining New Mexico

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

Introduced: July 14, 2016 Introduced by: Heinrich, Martin Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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Jul 14, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 14, 2016
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Buffalo Tract Protection Act

This bill withdraws specified Bureau of the Land Management (BLM) lands in Placitas, New Mexico, from all forms of mineral development under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing or mineral materials, including locatable minerals.

Nothing in this bill prohibits the disposal of the surface estate of such BLM lands under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 or the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.

Any disposal of the surface estate of the BLM lands shall be subject to the condition that the mineral estate of those lands shall remain under the ownership of the BLM, subject to the withdrawal under this bill.

What's happening now July 14, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6189 Identical bill Buffalo Tract Protection Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3221: Buffalo Tract Protection Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3221/
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"S. 3221: Buffalo Tract Protection Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3221/.
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S. 3221, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3221/.
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