# 119-hr-2893: Buffalo Tract Protection Act

119-hr-2893, Buffalo Tract Protection Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2893
- Congress: 119
- Title: Buffalo Tract Protection Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Permanently withdraws about 4,288 acres near Placitas, New Mexico from mineral development.** The bill would bar location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and block disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws for the parcels shown as Tract A–D on the Placitas map dated November 13, 2019, subject to valid existing rights. It would let the Bureau of Land Management convey the surface under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, but any surface conveyance must reserve the mineral estate to the United States. The measure does not create new funding or programs.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3] (D-NM), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- No new mining on Placitas lands: mixed, low. If enacted, this would block new mining claims and new mineral, oil, gas, and geothermal leasing on about 4,288 acres near Placitas, New Mexico. It would cover Tracts A–D shown on a map dated November 13, 2019. Valid existing rights would still stand. Interior could sell or transfer the surface und…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-2893 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2893)

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- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
- [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hr-5361: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5361)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2893 (as of 2026-04-21).