Buffalo Tract Protection Act

IB Union Calendar No. 393 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 2640 [Report No. 116–491] To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 9, 2019 Ms. HAALAND (for herself and Mr. LUJA´N) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 Additional sponsor: Mr. MCNERNEY SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 9, 2019] VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:48 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2640.RH H2640 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2640 RH A BILL To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development. VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:09 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2640.RH H2640 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2640 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Buffalo Tract Protection 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, the 7 Federal land described in subsection (b) is withdrawn from 8 all forms of— 9 (1) location, entry, and patent under the mining 10 laws; and 11 (2) disposition under the mineral leasing, min- 12 eral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 13 (b) DESCRIPTION.—The Federal land referred to in 14 subsections (a) and (c) is the approximately 4,288 acres of 15 land administered by the Director of the Bureau of Land 16 Management and generally depicted as ‘‘Tract A’’, ‘‘Tract 17 B’’, ‘‘Tract C’’, and ‘‘Tract D’’ on the map entitled 18 ‘‘Placitas, New Mexico Area Map’’ and dated November 13, 19 2019. 20 (c) SURFACE ESTATE.— 21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the reservation of 22 the mineral estate under paragraph (2), nothing in 23 this Act prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:09 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2640.RH H2640 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2640 RH conveying the surface estate of the Federal land de- 1 scribed in subsection (b) in accordance with— 2 (A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage- 3 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); or 4 (B) the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly 5 known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes 6 Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 7 (2) MINERAL ESTATE.—Any conveyance of the 8 surface estate of the Federal land described in sub- 9 section (b) shall require a reservation of the mineral 10 estate to the United States. 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:09 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2640.RH H2640 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:09 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2640.RH H2640 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 393 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 2640 [Report No. 116–491] A BILL To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development. SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com- mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:54 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H2640.RH H2640 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS