[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2907 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2907

To provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain Federal land in 
                        the State of New Mexico.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2018

Mr. Udall (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain Federal land in 
                        the State of New Mexico.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Chaco Cultural Heritage Area 
Protection Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means--
                    (A) any Federal land or interest in Federal land 
                that is within the boundaries of the Chaco Cultural 
                Heritage Withdrawal Area, as depicted on the Map; and
                    (B) any land or interest in land located within the 
                boundaries of the Chaco Cultural Heritage Withdrawal 
                Area, as depicted on the Map, that is acquired by the 
                Federal Government after the date of enactment of this 
                Act.
            (2) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map prepared by the 
        Bureau of Land Management entitled ``Chaco Cultural Heritage 
        Withdrawal Area'' and dated May 14, 2018.

SEC. 3. WITHDRAWAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO.

    (a) In General.--Subject to any valid existing rights, the Federal 
land is withdrawn from--
            (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under 
        the public land laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patent under mining laws; and
            (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, 
        and geothermal leasing laws.
    (b) Availability of Map.--The Map shall be made available for 
inspection at each appropriate office of the Bureau of Land Management.
    (c) Effect of Act.--Nothing in this Act affects the mineral rights 
of a Tribe or member of a Tribe to trust land or allotment land.
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