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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 2467 (Introduced in House) — To provide that production of all locatable minerals from mining claims located under the general mining laws, or min... · Sec. 114

Sec. 114. Limitation on patents

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After the date of enactment of this Act, no patent shall be issued by the United States for any mining claim located under the general mining laws unless the Secretary determines that, for the claim concerned— a patent application was filed with the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; and all requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims were fully complied with by that date. If the Secretary makes the determinations referred to in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of paragraph
(1)for any mining claim, the holder of the claim shall be entitled to the issuance of a patent in the same manner and degree to which such claim holder would have been entitled to prior to the enactment of this Act, unless and until such determinations are withdrawn or invalidated by the Secretary or by a court of the United States. After the date of enactment of this Act, no patent shall be issued by the United States for any millsite claim located under the general mining laws unless the Secretary determines that for the millsite concerned— a patent application for such land was filed with the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; and all requirements applicable to such patent application were fully complied with by that date. If the Secretary makes the determinations referred to in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of paragraph
(1)for any millsite claim, the holder of the claim shall be entitled to the issuance of a patent in the same manner and degree to which such claim holder would have been entitled to prior to the enactment of this Act, unless and until such determinations are withdrawn or invalidated by the Secretary or by a court of the United States.
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