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
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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
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
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 137.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1