S 180 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

Introduced Feb 2, 2021 Originated Senate Sponsor Martin Heinrich D-NM

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 31, 2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 257.

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 2, 2021
  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 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 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 2, 2021.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalFeb 2, 2021

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 31, 2022Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 117-60.
  2. Jan 31, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 257.
  3. Nov 18, 2021Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Oct 19, 2021Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
  5. Feb 2, 2021Introduced in Senate
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Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 5805Buffalo Tract Protection ActIdentical billJul 19, 2022

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. Jan 31, 2022Reported to Senate
  2. Feb 2, 2021Introduced in Senate

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