House Bill 2640
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Buffalo Tract Protection Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 9, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
2640
Congress
116
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Buffalo Tract Protection Act
This bill withdraws specified Bureau of 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.
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.
09/08/2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
09/08/2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-491.
01/15/2020
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 13.
01/15/2020
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
01/15/2020
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
09/19/2019
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
05/28/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
05/09/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
05/09/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:45:10 PM