[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 6, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S1018]
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SA 142. Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 111 submitted by Ms.
Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Manchin) and intended to be proposed to
the bill S. 47, to provide for the management of the natural resources
of the United States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie
on the table; as follows:
At the end of part I of subtitle C of title I, add the
following:
SEC. 12___. WITHDRAWAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND IN THE STATE
OF NEW MEXICO.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(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.
(b) Withdrawal.--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Federal land is withdrawn from--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.
(c) Availability of Map.--The Map shall be made available
for inspection at each appropriate office of the Bureau of
Land Management.
(d) Effect of Act.--Nothing in this section--
(1) affects the mineral rights of a Tribe or member of a
Tribe to trust land or allotment land; or
(2) precludes improvements to, or rights-of-way for water,
power, or road development on, the Federal land to assist
communities adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Federal
land.
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