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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 37 (Monday, February 27, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Ms. STANSBURY:H.R. 1221.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8.The single subject of this legislation is:To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land frommineral development.[Page H917]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Buffalo Tract Protection Act&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Any conveyance of the surface estate of such federal land shall require a reservation of the mineral estate to the United States.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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