Buffalo Tract Protection Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D Lujan GrishamSponsor

No cosponsors.

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.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 15, 2017

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Buffalo Tract Protection Act

Latest action (Feb 27, 2017): Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 15, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.