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US HB2893

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Melanie Stansbury

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Withdraws approximately 4,288 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in Placitas, New Mexico (Tracts A, B, C, and D) from mineral development, subject to valid existing rights

  • Prohibits location, entry, and patent under mining laws on the designated federal land

  • Prohibits disposition under mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws

  • Allows the Secretary of the Interior to convey the surface estate under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act or the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, but requires the mineral estate to be reserved to the United States

Legislative Description

Buffalo Tract Protection Act

Public lands and natural resources

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

4/10/2025

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources4/10/2025

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