HR 2861
119th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2025
Introduced: April 10, 2025
Introduced by:
Leger Fernandez, Teresa
Democratic
· New Mexico
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 10, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced in House
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.