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To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development.
Summary
This bill withdraws approximately 4,288 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in the Placitas, New Mexico area from mineral development activities. The withdrawn land cannot be subject to new mining claims, mining patents, mineral leases, mineral materials extraction, or geothermal leasing. The withdrawal is subject to valid existing rights, meaning any current mining claims or leases are not affected. The bill allows the Department of Interior to convey the surface estate of the land to other parties under existing federal land disposal laws, provided that mineral rights are reserved to the federal government. This withdrawal does not affect valid existing mining or mineral leases on the property.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
Actions (3)
- Feb 12, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. · senate
- Apr 10, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
- Apr 10, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 10, 2025
Mr. Heinrich (for himself and Mr. Lujan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
A BILL
To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Buffalo Tract Protection Act”.
SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL.
(a) In General.—Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal land described in subsection (b) is withdrawn from all forms of—
(1) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
(2) disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.
(b) Description.—The Federal land referred to in subsections (a) and (c) is the approximately 4,288 acres of land administered by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management and generally depicted as “Tract A”, “Tract B”, “Tract C”, and “Tract D” on the map entitled “Placitas, New Mexico Area Map” and dated November 13, 2019.
(c) Surface Estate.—
(1) In general.—Subject to the reservation of the mineral estate under paragraph (2), nothing in this Act prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from conveying the surface estate of the Federal land described in subsection (b) in accordance with—
(A) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); or
(B) the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the “Recreation and Public Purposes Act”) (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.).
(2) Mineral estate.—Any conveyance of the surface estate of the Federal land described in subsection (b) shall require a reservation of the mineral estate to the United States. <all>
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