# 114-hr-6189: Buffalo Tract Protection Act

114-hr-6189, Buffalo Tract Protection Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] (D-NM); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-6189
- Congress: 114
- Title: Buffalo Tract Protection Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Introduced: 2016-09-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] (D-NM)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Buffalo Tract Protection Act This bill withdraws specified Bureau of the 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. Nothing in this bill prohibits the disposal of the surface estate of such BLM lands under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 or the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 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.

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- 114-hr-6443: Heroin and Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6428: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit Medicare part B premium increases for 2017.
- 114-hr-6340: Presidential Accountability Act
- 114-hr-6318: Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act
- 114-hr-6097: Immigration Courts Bail Reform Act
- 114-hr-6043: Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2016

## Sources
- [114-hr-6189 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6189)

## Related
- [114-hr-6443: Heroin and Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6443)
- [114-hr-6428: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit Medicare part B premiu…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6428)
- [114-hr-6340: Presidential Accountability Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6340)
- [114-hr-6318: Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6318)
- [114-hr-6097: Immigration Courts Bail Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6097)
- [114-hr-6043: Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6043)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6189 (as of 2025-11-18).