# 116-hr-2640: Buffalo Tract Protection Act

116-hr-2640, Buffalo Tract Protection Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM); status Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-2640
- Congress: 116
- Title: Buffalo Tract Protection Act
- Status: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
- Introduced: 2019-05-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM)
- Cosponsors: 2
- 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 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. 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.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2019-05-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7806: SOS Act
- 116-hr-7517: Protect Access to Birth Control Act
- 116-hr-7308: RISE Act
- 116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020
- 116-hr-2: Moving Forward Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-2640 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2640)

## Related
- [116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8015)
- [116-hr-7806: SOS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7806)
- [116-hr-7517: Protect Access to Birth Control Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7517)
- [116-hr-7308: RISE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7308)
- [116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7197)
- [116-hr-2: Moving Forward Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2640 (as of 2025-11-18).