S 390 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

Introduced Feb 15, 2017 Originated Senate Sponsor Martin Heinrich D-NM

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 15, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 15, 2017
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

This bill withdraws specified Bureau of the 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.

Nothing in this bill prohibits the disposal of the surface estate of such BLM lands under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 or the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.

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.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 15, 2017.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NMTom UdallOriginalFeb 15, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 15, 2017Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 15, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1085Buffalo Tract Protection ActIdentical billFeb 27, 2017

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 15, 2017Introduced in Senate

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