Buffalo Tract Protection Act

Summary

Buffalo Tract Protection Act 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. 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.

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Timeline

1. 27 September 2016

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 27 September 2016

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 27 September 2016

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 4 October 2016

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 27 September 2016 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 27 September 2016

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 27 September 2016

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 27 September 2016

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Sponsors

• Michelle Lujan Grisham · D · Sponsor
• · hsii00 · Standing

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