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1 SEC. 206. LIMITATION ON PATENT ISSUANCE. 



2 (a) Mining Claims. — ^After the date of enactment of 



3 this Act, no patent shall be issued by the United States 



4 for any mining claim located under the general mining 



5 laws unless the Secretary determines that, for the claim 



6 concerned — 



7 (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec- 



8 retary on or before January 27, 1995; and 



9 (2) all requirements established under sections 



10 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 



11 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims and sections 



12 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes 



13 (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims were 



14 fully complied with by that date. 



15 If the Secretary makes the determinations referred to in 



16 paragraphs (1) and (2) for any mining claim, the holder 



17 of the claim shall be entitled to the issuance of a patent 



18 in the same manner and degree to which such claim holder 



19 w^ould have been entitled to prior to the enactment of this 



20 Act, unless and until such determinations are withdrawn 



21 or invalidated by the Secretary or by a court of the United 



22 States. 



23 (b) Mill Sites. — ^After the date of enactment of this 



24 Act, no patent shall be issued by the United States for 



25 any mill site claim located under the general mining laws 



