HOUSE 2640116th CongressPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

Last Action: 9/8/2020

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2020-09-08Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
2020-09-08Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-491.
2020-09-08Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-491.
2020-01-15Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 13.
2020-01-15Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2020-01-15Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
2019-09-19Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-05-28Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2019-05-09Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2019-05-09Introduced in House
2019-05-09Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2020-09-08 (07)

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.

Cosponsors (2)

Ben Luján (D-NM)
Jerry McNerney (D-CA)

Subjects

Land transfers
Mining
New Mexico

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