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Bill116th CongressFiled Feb 14, 2019Public Lands and Natural Resources
S. 526

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

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What it doesSummary reported to senate (Dec 17, 2019)

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

This bill withdraws 4,288 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and identified as Tract A, Tract B, Tract C, and Tract D in Placitas, New Mexico, from

  • location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
  • disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.

Any conveyance of the surface estate of the federal land must require a reservation of the mineral estate to the United States.

What just happenedDec 17, 2019

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 350.

Who’s behind it

Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM](D-NM)Sponsor
1 cosponsor1 D
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  1. Dec 17, 2019Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 350.

  2. Dec 17, 2019Committee

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

    Energy and Natural Resources Committee
  3. Dec 17, 2019Committee14000

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

    Energy and Natural Resources Committee
  4. Dec 12, 2019Committee

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

    Energy and Natural Resources Committee
  5. May 14, 2019Committee

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-323.

    Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee
  6. Feb 14, 2019IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

    Energy and Natural Resources Committee
  7. Feb 14, 2019IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate

Reported to SenateDec 17, 201925

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

This bill withdraws 4,288 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and identified as Tract A, Tract B, Tract C, and Tract D in Placitas, New Mexico, from

  • location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
  • disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.

Any conveyance of the surface estate of the federal land must require a reservation of the mineral estate to the United States.

Introduced in SenateFeb 14, 2019

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

This bill withdraws specified Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Placitas, New Mexico, from all forms of mineral development under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing or mineral materials, including locatable minerals.

Any disposal of the surface estate of the BLM lands shall be subject to the condition that the mineral estate of those lands shall remain under the ownership of the BLM, subject to the withdrawal under this bill.

Buffalo Tract Protection Act — Informed