Sec. 311. Sunset
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No permitting authority may issue a permit under this title after the date that is 7 years after the date of enactment of this title. Not earlier than 5 years after the date of enactment of this title, the Administrator, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Interstate Mining Compact Commission, shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences, for execution by the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, to conduct a detailed, comprehensive study of the effectiveness of the permitting activities carried out under this title.
Not later than 7 years after the date of enactment of this title, the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources shall submit to Congress, the appropriate Federal agencies, and the Governors of each of the States represented by the Interstate Mining Compact Commission a report containing— the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1); and any recommendations regarding whether the permitting activities carried out under this title should be reauthorized and, if so, any changes that should be made to improve the effectiveness of the activities.
From the funds collected as claim location fees and maintenance fees under section 102, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide to the National Academy of Sciences such funds as it requests, not to exceed $2,000,000, for the purpose of conducting the study required under this section.