Buffalo Tract Protection Act
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Nov 1, 2021
Last action Jul 19, 2022
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
0
Committee
3
Jul 19, 2022
House · Reported by committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Nov 5, 2021
House · Referred to committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Nov 1, 2021
House · Referred to committee
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Nov 1, 2021
House · Introduced
Introduced in House
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Melanie A. Stansbury
DDemocratic
Co
Jared Huffman
DDemocratic
Co
Jerry McNerney
DDemocratic
Co
Teresa Leger Fernandez
DDemocratic
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