S 5124
117th Congress
Senate
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:
Luján, Ben Ray
Democratic
· New Mexico
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 17, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Nov 17, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2022
This bill creates a buffer zone around the Chaco Culture National Historic Park in New Mexico by prohibiting certain leases on federal land for the development of mineral resources or geothermal energy within the buffer zone. Nonproducing oil and gas leases in the buffer zone are terminated.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1