Buffalo Tract Protection Act

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Bill Number

S 526

Introduced

Feb 14, 2019

Latest Action

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 350.

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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 4,288 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and identified as Tract A, Tract B, Tract C, and Tract D in Placitas, New Mexico, from

location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.

Any conveyance of the surface estate of the federal land must require a reservation of the mineral estate to the United States.

Actions

Dec 17, 2019

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 350.
Dec 17, 2019

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Dec 12, 2019

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 14, 2019

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-323.
Feb 14, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 14, 2019

Introduced in Senate

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