Buffalo Tract Protection Act

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Bill Number

HR 2640

Introduced

May 9, 2019

Latest Action

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.

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Topics

Land transfers Mining New Mexico Public Lands and Natural Resources

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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.

Actions

Sep 8, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
Sep 8, 2020

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-491.
Jan 15, 2020

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 13.
Jan 15, 2020

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jan 15, 2020

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
Sep 19, 2019

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 28, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
May 9, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
May 9, 2019

Introduced in House

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