# 115-hr-6365: Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018

115-hr-6365, Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] (R-NM); status Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 819. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-6365
- Congress: 115
- Title: Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018
- Status: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 819.
- Introduced: 2018-07-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] (R-NM)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims Act of 2018 This bill establishes the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Land Grant-Merced Claims Commission to conduct a hearing on each qualifying petition that shows the claimed boundaries of a land grant-merced. A "land grant-merced" is a specified community land grant, or a community, village, town, or settlement, the land of which was granted by Spain or Mexico between 1689 and 1854 within the Territory of New Mexico, which now includes New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona, to the community, village, town, or pueblo, or to a person to found or establish a community, village, town, or settlement. After a hearing, the Commission may recommend as restitution any one of the following possible restitutions: convey federal land; grant stewardship rights to all or part of federal land; grant priority access and use rights to such lands for the harvesting of natural resources, such as timber and minerals, grazing and watering of livestock, or hunting and fishing; grant priority rights to leases, special use permits, and easements on federal land, to acquire federal lands that may become available for disposal, or to obtain new, unused, or unrenewed grazing allotments on federal lands. The bill prohibits the impairment of the rights of any acequia located on federal land as the result of enactment of this bill, including the right to the use of water by valid water right owners and access to the acequia for maintenance and improvements to its easement and infrastructure.

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- 115-hr-7075: Native American and Native Hawaiian Cultural Heritage Protection Act of 2018
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- 115-hr-6872: To support the capacity of the International Monetary Fund to prevent money laundering and financing of terrorism.
- 115-hr-6863: Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic Act
- 115-hr-6858: To require the Treasury to take a more prominent role in coordinating AML/CFT policy and examinations across the Government, and for other purposes.
- 115-hr-6734: Full Military Honors Act of 2018

## Sources
- [115-hr-6365 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6365)

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- [115-hr-7074: Grazing Advisory Board Reauthorization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7074)
- [115-hr-6872: To support the capacity of the International Monetary Fund to prevent money lau…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6872)
- [115-hr-6863: Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6863)
- [115-hr-6858: To require the Treasury to take a more prominent role in coordinating AML/CFT p…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6858)
- [115-hr-6734: Full Military Honors Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6734)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6365 (as of 2025-11-18).