HR 1221
118th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Land transfers
Mining
New Mexico
Buffalo Tract Protection Act
Introduced: February 27, 2023
Introduced by:
Stansbury, Melanie A.
Democratic
· New Mexico
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 22, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Feb 27, 2023
Introduced in House
Feb 27, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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