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S 534 118th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Land transfers Mining New Mexico

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

Introduced: February 27, 2023 Introduced by: Heinrich, Martin Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 19, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 137.
Jul 19, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-63.
May 17, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 27, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 27, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 requires a reservation of the mineral estate to the United States.

What's happening now July 19, 2023

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 137.

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