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1 rior acting through the Director of the Minerals 



2 Management Service. 



3 SEC. 202. MINING CLAIM MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS. 



4 (a) In General. — The holder of each mining claim 



5 located on lands open to location shall pay to the Secretary 



6 an annual claim maintenance fee of $100 per claim per 



7 calendar year. 



8 (b) Time op Payment. — The claim maintenance fee 



9 payable pursuant to subsection (a) for any year shall be 



10 paid on or before August 31 of each year, except that for 



11 the initial calendar year in which the location is made, 



12 the locator shall pay the initial claim maintenance fee at 



13 the time the location notice is recorded with the Bureau 



14 of Land Management. 



15 (c) Oil Shale Claims Subject to Claim Mainte- 



16 NANCE Fees Under Energy Policy Act of 1992. — 



17 This section shall not apply to any oil shale claims for 



18 which a fee is required to be paid under section 2511(e)(2) 



19 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 3111; 30 



20 U.S.C. 242). 



21 (d) Claim Maintenance Fees Payable Under 



22 1993 Act. — The claim maintenance fees payable under 



23 this section for any period with respect to any claim shall 



24 be reduced by the amount of the claim maintenance fees 



25 paid under section 10101 of the Omnibus Budget Rec- 



