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Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2025
A bill to provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Apr 10, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Apr 10, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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