S 526 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

Introduced Feb 14, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Martin Heinrich D-NM

Fact sheet

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

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 14, 2019
  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 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.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 14, 2019.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NMTom UdallOriginalFeb 14, 2019

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  2. Dec 17, 2019Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 350.
  3. Dec 12, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. May 14, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-323.
  5. Feb 14, 2019Introduced in Senate
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Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 2640Buffalo Tract Protection ActIdentical billSep 8, 2020

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2019Reported to Senate
  2. Feb 14, 2019Introduced in Senate

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