[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 6, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S1018]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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     Federal land is withdrawn from--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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