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Senate Bill 534
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Buffalo Tract Protection Act
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S. 534 (Reported-in-Senate)

Calendar No. 137

118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 534

[Report No. 118–63]


To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 27, 2023

Mr. Heinrich (for himself and Mr. Luján) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

July 19, 2023

Reported by Mr. Manchin, without amendment

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(a) In general.—Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal land described in subsection (b) is withdrawn from all forms of—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.

Calendar No. 137

118th CONGRESS
     1st Session
S. 534
[Report No. 118–63]
A BILL
To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development.
July 19, 2023
Reported without amendment