,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bg1 #bjbc 
,ms4 ,stansbury 7for herself1 ,ms4      
,leger ,fernandez1 and ,mr4 ,huffman7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,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  
,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7b7 is withdrawn from all forms of--    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