Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-04-10Topic: land use zoning

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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.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2025-04-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.	refer
2025-04-10		Introduced in House	introduce
2025-04-10		Introduced in House	introduce

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