Sec. 6. Withdrawal of Federal land from mining laws
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Subject to valid existing rights, the public land and interests in public land within the National Monument are withdrawn from— all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws. If a valid existing right described in subsection
(a)is relinquished or otherwise acquired by the United States after the date of enactment of this Act, the land that was subject to that right shall be immediately withdrawn in accordance with that subsection. If the Secretaries acquire mineral or other interests in a parcel of land within the National Monument after the date of enactment of this Act, the parcel is withdrawn from operation of the laws referred to in subsection
(a)on the date of acquisition of the parcel or interest.