Amends provisions concerning unpatented mining claims to reserve to the United States the right to manage and dispose of surface mineral material before the issuance of a patent for such claim. Entitles the locator to the equivalent amount of surface mineral material used by the United States subsequent to the location of the claim, but before the issuance of the patent.
Referred to Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Referred to Subcommittee on Natural Resources Development.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator McClure without amendment. With written report No. 99-121.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator McClure without amendment. With written report No. 99-121.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 268.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Referred to Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources.
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