To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development.
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.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 350.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 13.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-491.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-491.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
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