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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 3872 (Engrossed in House) — To amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to hardrock minerals. · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Application of Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to hardrock minerals

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The Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands ( 30 U.S.C. 351 et seq. ) is amended— in section 2 ( 30 U.S.C. 351 )— by striking Act and inserting the following: United States Act: The term United States ; by striking Alaska. and inserting the following: Acquired lands Alaska. The term acquired lands ; by striking 552). and inserting the following: Secretary 552). The term Secretary ; by striking Interior. and inserting the following: Mineral leasing laws shall mean Interior. The term mineral leasing laws means ; by striking Acts. and inserting the following:
Lease Acts. The term lease ; by striking requires. The term and inserting the following: requires. The term ; and by adding at the end the following: The term hardrock mineral — includes deposits of— minerals found in sedimentary or other rocks; base metals; precious metals; industrial minerals; and precious and semi-precious gemstones; and does not include deposits of— coal; oil; oil shale; gas; sodium; potassium; sulfur; or mineral materials subject to disposition under the Act of July 31, 1947, commonly known as the Materials Act of 1947 ( 30 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ). ; and in section 3 ( 30 U.S.C. 352 ), by striking and sulfur and inserting sulfur, and hardrock minerals .
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