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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 1865 (Introduced in House) — To modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of... · Sec. 513

Sec. 513. Mineral materials

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Section 3 of the Act of July 23, 1955, commonly known as the Surface Resources Act of 1955 ( 30 U.S.C. 611 ), is amended— by striking No and inserting
(a)No ; by inserting mineral materials, including after varieties of ; by striking or cinders and inserting cinders, and clay, ; and by adding at the end the following: Subject to valid existing rights, after the date of the enactment of the Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025 , notwithstanding the reference to common varieties in subsection
(a)and to the exception to such term relating to a deposit of materials with some property giving it distinct and special value, all deposits of mineral materials referred to in such subsection, including the block pumice referred to in such subsection, shall be subject to disposal only under the terms and conditions of the Materials Act of 1947 ( 30 U.S.C. 601–603 ). For purposes of paragraph (1), the term valid existing rights means that a mining claim located for any such mineral material— had and still has some property giving it the distinct and special value referred to in subsection (a), or as the case may be, met the definition of block pumice referred to in such subsection; was properly located and maintained under the general mining laws before the date of the enactment of the Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025 ; and was supported by a discovery of a valuable mineral deposit within the meaning of the general mining laws as in effect immediately before the date of the enactment of the Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025 . . Section 4 of the Act of July 23, 1955, commonly known as the Surface Resources Act of 1955 ( 30 U.S.C. 612 ), is amended— in subsection (b), by inserting and mineral material after vegetative ; and in subsection (c), by inserting and mineral material after vegetative . Section 1 of the Act of July 31, 1947, entitled An Act to provide for the disposal of materials on the public lands of the United States ( 30 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ) is amended by striking common varieties of in the first sentence. The Act of July 23, 1955, is amended by adding at the end the following: This Act may be cited as the . Surface Resources Act of 1955 . The Act of July 31, 1947, entitled An Act to provide for the disposal of materials on the public lands of the United States ( 30 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: This Act may be cited as the . Materials Act of 1947 . Subject to valid existing rights, the following are repealed: The Act of August 4, 1892, commonly known as the Building Stone Act (chapter 375; 27 Stat. 348; 30 U.S.C. 161 ). The Act of January 31, 1901, commonly known as the Saline Placer Act (chapter 186; 31 Stat. 745; 30 U.S.C. 162 ).
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