S. 5282 — Chama Basin Watershed Protection Act

This section withdraws Federal land in the Rio Chama Watershed area of New Mexico, as depicted on the map entitled “Rio Chama Watershed Draft” and dated April 22, 2026, from all forms of location, entry, and patent under the mining laws. It applies only to federally owned minerals and does not affect mineral interests held by qualified land grant-mercedes or Indian Tribes, nor does it restrict traditional and customary uses of common variety minerals, stone, sand, gravel, clay, adobe, or similar materials by members of those communities or acequia communities for domestic, cultural, religious, ceremonial, subsistence, agricultural, or noncommercial construction purposes.