Bill119th CongressFiled Apr 10, 2025Public Lands and Natural Resources
H.R. 2861
Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2025
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Apr 10, 2025)
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.
What just happenedApr 10, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Who’s behind it
Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3](D-NM)Sponsor
2 cosponsors2 D
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- Introduced in HouseApr 10, 2025
- Apr 10, 2025IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Natural Resources Committee - Apr 10, 2025IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 10, 2025IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House