Bill119th CongressFiled Apr 10, 2025Public Lands and Natural Resources
S. 1412
Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2025
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Apr 10, 2025)
Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2025
This bill creates a buffer zone around the Chaco Culture National Historic Park in New Mexico by prohibiting certain leases on federal land for the development of mineral resources or geothermal energy within the buffer zone. Nonproducing oil and gas leases in the buffer zone are terminated.
What just happenedApr 10, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Who’s behind it
Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM](D-NM)Sponsor
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- Introduced in SenateApr 10, 2025
- Apr 10, 2025IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Apr 10, 2025IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate