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of its international activities, including expenditures 

 for: (1) international travel; (2) activities in imple- 

 mentation of International agreements; and (3) the 

 support of international exchange programs in the 

 United States and in foreign countries. (Pub. L. 

 91-190, title II, § 208, as added Pub. L. 94-52, § 3. 

 Julys, 1975, 89 Stat. 258.) 



§ 4347. Authorization of appropriation. 



There are authorized to appropriated to carry out 

 the provisions of this chapter not to exceed $300,000 

 for fiscal year 1970, $700,000 for fiscal year 1971, 

 and $1,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter. (Pub. 

 L. 91-190, title II, § 207, Jan. 1. 1970, 83 Stat. 856.) 



37. National Park System Mining Activity Regulation 

 P.L. 94-429 (90 Stat. 1342) 



AN ACT 



To provide for the regulation of mining activity within, 

 and to repeal the application of mining laws to. areas 

 of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 

 sentatives of the United States of Atnerica in Con- 

 gress assembled. That the Congress finds and 

 declares that — 



(a) the level of technology of mineral explo- 

 ration and development has changed radically 

 in recent years and continued application of the 

 mining laws of the United States to those areas 

 of the National Park System to which it applies, 

 conflicts with the purposes for which they were 

 established; and 



(b) all mining operations In areas of the 

 National Park System should be conducted so as 

 to prevent or minimize damage to the environ- 

 ment and other resource values, and, in certain 

 areas of the National Park System, surface dis- 

 turbance from mineral development should be 

 temporarily halted while Congress determines 

 whether or not to acquire any valid mineral 

 rights which may exist In such areas. 



Sec. 2. In order to preserve for the benefit of 

 present and future generations the pristine beauty 

 of areas of the National Park System, and to fur- 

 ther the purposes of the Act of August 25, 1916, as 

 amended (16 U.S.C. 1) and the individual organic 

 Acts for the various areas of the National Park 

 System, all activities resulting from the exercise of 

 valid existing mineral rights on patented or un- 

 patented mining claims within any area of the 

 National Park System shall be subject to such 

 regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the In- 

 terior as he deems necessary or desirable for the 

 preservation and management of those aeas. 



Sec 3. Subject to valid existing rights, the fol- 

 lowing Acts are amended or repealed as Indicated 

 In order to close these areas to entry and location 

 under the Mining Law of 1872 : 



(a) the first proviso of section 3 of the Act of 

 May 22, 1902 (32 Stat. 203; 16 U.S.C. 123) , relat- 

 ing to Crater Lake National Park, is amended by 

 deleting the words "and to the location of mining 

 claims and the working of same"; 



(b) section 4 of the Act of February 26, 1917 

 (39 Stat. 938; 16 U.S.C. 350) , relating to Mount 

 McKinley National Park, Is hereby repealed; 



(c) section 2 of the Act of January 26, 1931 



(46 Stat. 1043; 16 U.S.C. 350a) , relating to Mount 

 McKinley National Park, is hereby repealed; - 



(d) the Act of June 13, 1933 (48 Stat. 139; 16 

 U.S.C. 447), relating to Death Valley National 

 Monument, is hereby repealed; 



(e) the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1817), 

 relating to Glacier Bay National Monument, Is 

 hereby repealed; 



(f ) section 3 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (55 

 Stat. 631 ; 16 U.S.C. 450y-2) , relating to Coronado 

 National Memorial is amended by replacing the 

 semicolon in subsection (a) with a period and 

 deleting the prefix "(a)", the word "and" Imme- 

 diately preceding subsection (b), and by repeal- 

 ing subsection (b) ; and 



(g) The Act of October 27, 1941 (55 Stat. 745; 

 16 U.S.C. 450z), relating to Organ Pipe Cactus 

 National Monument, is hereby repealed. 



Sec 4. For a period of four years after the date 

 of enactment of this Act, holders of valid mineral 

 rights located within the boundaries of Death Val- 

 ley National Monument, Mount McKinley National 

 Park, and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument 

 shall not disturb for purposes of mineral explora- 

 tion or development the surface of any lands which 

 had not been significantly disturbed for piirposes 

 of mineral extraction prior to February 29, 1976: 

 Provided, That if the Secretary finds that enlarge- 

 ment of the existing excavation of an individual 

 mining opertation is necessary in order to make 

 feasible continued production therefrom at an an- 

 nual rate not to exceed the average annual pro- 

 duction level of said operation for the three calen- 

 dar years 1973, 1974, and 1975, the surface of lands 

 contiguous to the existing excavation may be dis- 

 ^turbed to the minimum extent necessary to effect 

 such enlargement, subject to such regulations as 

 may be Issued by the Secretary under section 2 of 

 this Act. For purposes of this section, each separate 

 mining excavation shall be treated as an individual 

 mining operation. 



Sec 5. The requirements for annual expendi- 

 tures on mining claims impMased by Revised Statute 

 2324 (30 U.S.C. 28) shall not apply to any claim 

 subject to section 4 of this Act during the time 

 such claim is subject to such section. 



Sec 6. Within two years after the date of enact- 

 men of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 

 determine the validity of any unpatented mining 

 claims within Glacier Bay National Monument, 



