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Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.",1363,"in_committee",1,"2026-05-21T20:20:27Z",[35],{"title":36,"description":37,"url":38,"pubDate":39},"S. 1363, New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act","As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on December 17, 2025","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbo.gov\u002Fpublication\u002F62462","2026-05-21T20:13:00Z","A bill to provide for greater cooperation and coordination between the Federal Government and the governing bodies and community users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico relating to historical or traditional uses of certain land grant-mercedes on Federal public land, and for other purposes.",[42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52],"Advisory bodies","Cemeteries and funerals","Government information and archives","Infrastructure development","Land use and conservation","Licensing and registrations","Livestock","New Mexico","Roads and highways","User charges and fees","Water storage","2026-05-22T17:45:30.538Z","public lands and natural resources",[56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167,168,169,170,171,172,173,174,175,176,177,178,179,180,181,182,183,184,185,186,187,188,189,190,191,192,193,194,195,196,197,198,199,200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210,211,212],"new","mexico","me","mex","mexi","mexic","land","la","lan","grant","gr","gra","gran","mercedes","mer","merc","merce","merced","mercede","historical","hi","his","hist","histo","histor","histori","historic","historica","or","traditional","tr","tra","trad","tradi","tradit","traditi","traditio","tradition","traditiona","use","cooperation","co","coo","coop","coope","cooper","coopera","cooperat","cooperati","cooperatio","and","coordination","coor","coord","coordi","coordin","coordina","coordinat","coordinati","coordinatio","act","bill","bi","bil","to","provide","pr","pro","prov","provi","provid","for","greater","gre","grea","great","greate","between","be","bet","betw","betwe","betwee","the","federal","fe","fed","fede","feder","federa","government","go","gov","gove","gover","govern","governm","governme","governmen","governing","governi","governin","bodies","bo","bod","bodi","bodie","community","com","comm","commu","commun","communi","communit","users","us","user","of","in","relating","re","rel","rela","relat","relati","relatin","uses","certain","ce","cer","cert","certa","certai","on","public","pu","pub","publ","publi","other","ot","oth","othe","purposes","pur","purp","purpo","purpos","purpose","sen","lujan","lu","luj","luja","ben","ray","nm",[],true,[216],{"versionCode":217,"actionDate":24,"actionDesc":218,"text":219,"updateDate":220},"00","Introduced in Senate","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service to enter a memorandum of understanding with the New Mexico Land Grant Council to describe existing processes that land grants-mercedes may use to obtain authorization for historical, traditional, or other uses of federal lands. \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Land grants-mercedes were created when Spain and Mexico issued grants of land to communities or individuals. When the United States acquired the land, including New Mexico, a process was created for adjudicating and recognizing these property rights. During that process, most land grants-mercedes lands became federal lands. Today, New Mexico recognizes 27 community land grants-mercedes as political subdivisions. \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>When entering into the memorandum of understanding, the BLM and the Forest Service must consult with Indian tribes. \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The memorandum of understanding must provide for (1) enhanced cooperation and coordination between the BLM, the Forest Service, and qualified land grants-mercedes; and (2) subsidiary agreements with certain land grants-mercedes for specific projects.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Additionally, the bill outlines what the memorandum of understanding must describe, such as the procedures for notice and comments on land management planning decisions.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Finally, the BLM and the Forest Service must include in land use plans a section that evaluates the impact of other uses in the plan on historical or traditional uses by land grants-mercedes.\u003C\u002Fp>","2026-02-11T02:12:59Z",[],{},[224,231,239,246],{"actionDate":6,"actionDateTime":3,"text":29,"type":225,"actionCode":3,"sourceSystem":226,"committees":227,"recordedVotes":3,"calendarNumber":3,"sequenceIndex":21,"isKeyMilestone":17},"Committee",{"name":15},[228],{"name":229,"systemCode":230},"Energy and Natural Resources Committee","sseg00",{"actionDate":232,"actionDateTime":3,"text":233,"type":225,"actionCode":3,"sourceSystem":234,"committees":235,"recordedVotes":3,"calendarNumber":3,"sequenceIndex":32,"isKeyMilestone":17},"2025-12-02","Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. 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