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HR 2861 · in committee · significant

Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill creates a protected buffer zone around Chaco Culture National Historic Park in New Mexico.
  • Oil and gas companies and developers seeking mineral or geothermal leases on federal land are affected.
  • The bill immediately terminates existing nonproducing oil and gas leases in the buffer zone.

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    How would terminating existing nonproducing leases affect oil and gas companies' financial investments and New Mexico's tax revenue from federal land?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports the claim that a buffer zone around Chaco protects the park's cultural and archaeological resources?

  3. 03

    How does this bill balance energy development interests on federal land with preservation of this specific historic area?

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Sponsor · D-NM-3

Teresa Leger Fernandez

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Introduced 2025-04-10

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-04-10 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  2. 2025-04-10 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-04-10 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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