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S. 180IntroducedPUBLIC LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

Land transfers · Mining · New Mexico
Sponsor
Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
D · NM
Key facts
Introduced: Feb 2, 2021
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 1
Congress: 117th
Latest action · Jan 31, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 257.

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.

Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

  1. Jan 31, 2022
    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 257.
  2. Jan 31, 2022
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 117-60.
  3. Jan 31, 2022
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 117-60.
  4. Nov 18, 2021
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  5. Oct 19, 2021
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-453.
  6. Feb 2, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  7. Feb 2, 2021
    Introduced in Senate

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