Senate bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Buffalo Tract Protection Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2023
- Committee actionMay 17, 2023
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 19, 2023 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 137.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 534.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 534, Buffalo Tract Protection Act” on August 2, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 19, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 2, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59453
- CBO publication date
- August 2, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 534, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/534
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
500577d0775169d76e78637477c867085f154e4630ad24b1f852b0122095c8f8
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 118-63 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on July 19, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 19, 2023 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/63
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 534, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/534
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
500577d0775169d76e78637477c867085f154e4630ad24b1f852b0122095c8f8
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Martin Heinrich.
- S. 2781 (118th) Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024
- S. 475 (118th) A bill to designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Gallup, New Mexico, as the Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura VA Clinic.
- S. 2908 (118th) Indian Buffalo Management Act
- S.Res. 533 (118th) A resolution expressing support for the designation of January 21 through 27, 2024, as "National Board Certified Teachers Week".
- S.Res. 253 (118th) A resolution designating June 16, 2023, as National Service and Conservation Corps Day.
- S.Res. 708 (118th) A resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of the designation of the Gila Wilderness.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.