S. 1412
Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Bill Details
- Update Date
- Apr 15, 2026
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Bill Type
- S
- Bill Number
- 1,412
- Congress
- 119
- Is Law
- No
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.
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.