H.R. 2861 119th Congress House

Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2025

Official title: To provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 10, 2025 Introduced by: Teresa Leger Fernandez Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov

Public Lands and Natural Resources

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Apr 10, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Apr 10, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2025

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.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives

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Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)

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Cosponsors 2

Stansbury, Melanie A.

New Mexico · Apr 10, 2025

Vasquez, Gabe

New Mexico · Apr 10, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2861: Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2861/

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