,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ebf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ad1      
#bjai,mr4 ,heinrich 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,udall7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
withdraw certain ,bureau of ,land       
,management land from mineral           
development4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,buffalo ,tract
 ,protection ,act4  #b4 ,withdrawal  7a7
 ,in general ,subject to valid existing 
rights1 the ,bureau of ,land ,management
 land described in subsection 7b7 is    
withdrawn from all forms of mineral     
development under all laws pertaining to
 mineral leasing or mineral materials1  
including locatable minerals4  7b7 ,,blm
 land described ,the ,bureau of ,land   
,management land referred to in         
subsection 7a7 is the land identified as
 ,tract ,a1 ,tract ,b1 ,tract ,c1 and   
,tract ,d on the map entitled ,placitas1

 ,new ,mexico ,area ,map and dated      
,march #aa1 #bjaf4  7c7 ,disposal of    
surface estate  7#a7 ,in general        
,subject to paragraph 7#b71 nothing in  
this section prohibits the disposal of  
the surface estate of the ,bureau of    
,land ,management land described in     
subsection 7b7 under--  7,a7 the        
,federal ,land ,policy and ,management  
,act of #aigf 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #agja et   
seq472 or  7,b7 the ,act of ,june #ad1  
#aibf 7commonly known as the ,recreation
 and ,public ,purposes ,act7 7#dc       
,u4,s4,c4 #hfi et seq474  7#b7          
,ownership of mineral estate ,any       
disposal of the surface estate of the   
,bureau of ,land ,management land       
described in subsection 7b7 shall be    
subject to the condition that the       
mineral estate of that land shall remain
 under the ownership of the ,bureau of  
,land ,management1 subject to the       
withdrawal described in subsection 7a74