[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4599 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4599

  To withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the 
    State of New Mexico from mineral entry, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 16, 2020

 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 withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the 
    State of New Mexico from mineral entry, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Pecos Watershed Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND IN PECOS WATERSHED AREA, NEW MEXICO.

    (a) Definition of Federal Land.--In this section, the term 
``Federal land'' means the Federal land depicted as ``Pecos 
Withdrawal'' on the map entitled ``Pecos Watershed, upstream of I-25 
Mineral Withdrawal'' and dated September 1, 2020.
    (b) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid rights in existence on the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Federal land is withdrawn from all forms 
of--
            (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land 
        laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
            (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and 
        geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
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