# 117-hr-5805: Buffalo Tract Protection Act

117-hr-5805, Buffalo Tract Protection Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM); status Subcommittee Hearings Held. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-5805
- Congress: 117
- Title: Buffalo Tract Protection Act
- Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Introduced: 2021-11-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM)
- Cosponsors: 3
- 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 lands in Placitas, New Mexico, from (1) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (2) disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. Any conveyance of the surface estate of such federal land shall require a reservation of the mineral estate to the United States.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3] (D-NM), 2021-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2021-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2021-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-5805 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5805)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5805 (as of 2025-11-18).