H.R.3930: To provide for a land exchange involving State land and Bureau of Land Management land in Chavez and Dona Ana Counties, New Mexico, and to establish the Lesser Prairie Chicken National Habitat Preservation Area, and for other purposes.

To provide for a land exchange involving State land and Bureau of Land Management land in Chavez and Dona Ana Counties, New Mexico, and to establish the Lesser Prairie Chicken National Habitat Preservation Area, and for other purposes. 5/13/2008--Reported to House amended.    (There is 1 other summary) Lesser Prairie Chicken National Habitat Preservation Area Act of 2008 - Authorizes the exchange of certain federal and state lands in New Mexico concerning the establishment under this Act of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Habitat Preservation Area in the County of Chaves, New Mexico. Requires that such land exchange include the conveyance of all surface, subsurface, mineral, and water rights to the federal and state land. Provides that the exchange of the federal and state land shall not require an amendment to the Mimbres Resource Management Plan. Establishes the Preservation Area for the protection, conservation, and enhancement of [...]

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