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HR 9344 117th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Historic sites and heritage areas Historical and cultural resources Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Land use and conservation New Mexico Oil and gas

Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2022

Introduced: November 17, 2022 Introduced by: Leger Fernandez, Teresa Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2022

This bill withdraws certain federal land in New Mexico and authorizes the Department of the Interior to convey the land to, or exchange the land with, an Indian tribe under a resource management plan. Nonproducing oil and gas leases on the withdrawn land are terminated.

What's happening now November 17, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Nov 17, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9344: Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9344/
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"H.R. 9344: Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9344/.
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H.R. 9344, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9344/.
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