S 180
117th Congress
Senate
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Land transfers
Mining
New Mexico
Buffalo Tract Protection Act
Introduced: February 2, 2021
Introduced by:
Heinrich, Martin
Democratic
· New Mexico
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 31, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 257.
Jan 31, 2022
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 117-60.
Nov 18, 2021
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Oct 19, 2021
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-453.
Feb 2, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 2, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Buffalo Tract Protection Act
This bill withdraws specified Bureau of Land Management lands in Placitas, New Mexico, from (1) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (2) disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.
Any conveyance of the surface estate of such federal land shall require a reservation of the mineral estate to the United States.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 257.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1