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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] 
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A BILL 
To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from 
mineral development. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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Federal land described in subsection (b) is withdrawn from 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, min-
eral 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 
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conveying the surface estate of the Federal land de-
scribed in subsection (b) in accordance with— 
(A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment 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 sub-
section (b) shall require a reservation of the mineral 
estate to the United States. 
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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 
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