S. 1464 — Buffalo Tract Protection Act

This section withdraws approximately 4,288 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Placitas, New Mexico—generally depicted as “Tract A,” “Tract B,” “Tract C,” and “Tract D” on the map entitled “Placitas, New Mexico Area Map” dated November 13, 2019—from all forms of (1) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and (2) disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights. The section permits the Secretary of the Interior to convey the surface estate of such land under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 or the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, reserving the mineral estate to the United States.