H.R. 1221 · 118th Congress
Buffalo Tract Protection Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Melanie Stansbury
- Introduced
- 2023-02-27
- Latest action
- 2023-03-22 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
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.