,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #cej #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  ,december #ag1              
#bjai,reported by ,ms4 ,murkowski1 with 
an amendment,strike out all after the   
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic  ,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withdrawn from all forms of mineral     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 
#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  
,federal land described in subsection   
7b7 is withdrawn from all forms of--    
7#a7 location1 entry1 and patent under  
the mining laws2 and  7#b7 disposition  
under the mineral leasing1 mineral      
materials1 and geothermal leasing laws4 
7b7 ,description ,the ,federal land     
referred to in subsections 7a7 and 7c7  
is the approximately #d1bhh acres of    
land administered by the ,director of   
the ,bureau of ,land ,management and    
generally depicted as ,tract ,a1 ,tract 
,b1 ,tract ,c1 and ,tract ,d on the map 
entitled ,placitas1 ,new ,mexico ,area  
,map and dated ,november #ac1 #bjai4    
7c7 ,surface estate  7#a7 ,in general   
,subject to the reservation of the      
mineral estate under paragraph 7#b71    

nothing in this ,act prohibits the      
,secretary of the ,interior from        
conveying the surface estate of the     
,federal land described in subsection   
7b7 in accordance with--  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 ,mineral 
estate ,any conveyance of the surface   
estate of the ,federal land described in
 subsection 7b7 shall require a         
reservation of the mineral estate to the
 ,united ,states4  ,december #ag1       
#bjai,reported with an amendment