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1 SEC. 208. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 



2 Nothing in this Act shall be construed as repealing 



3 or modifying any Federal law, regulation, order or land 



4 use plan, in effect prior to the effective date of this Act, 



5 that prohibits or restricts the application of the general 



6 mining laws, including such laws that provide for special 



7 management criteria for operations under the general 



8 mining laws as in effect prior to the effective date of this 



9 Act, to the extent such laws provide environmental protec- 



10 tion greater than required under this title. 



1 1 SEC. 209. EFFECTIVE DATE. 



12 Except as otherwise provided in section 206 (relating 



13 to limitation on patent issuance) this title shall take effect 



14 on the date 1 year after the date of enactment of this 



15 Act. 



16 TITLE III— HELIUM 



17 SEC. 301. AMENDMENT OF HELIUM ACT. 



18 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 



19 this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 



20 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi- 



21 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 



22 section or other provision of the Helium Act (50 U.S.C. 



23 167tol67n). 



24 SEC. 302. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY. 



25 Sections 3, 4, and 5 are amended to read as follows: 



