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of a loan or grant shall apply to grants made under 

 the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 

 1965. 



(As amended Pub. L. 93-279. § Kb) (3) . (4) , May 10. 

 1974, 88 Stat. 123; Pub. L. 93-621, § 1(c), Jan. 3, 



1975, 88 Stat. 2096. Pub. L. 94-407. Sept. 11, 1976.) 



Amendments 



1976 — Pub. L. 94-407 added the last sentence In 

 subsec. (a) . 



1975 — Subsec. (b) (1). Pub. L. 93-621 added the proviso 

 that If any Act provides a time period for study In excess 

 of the three fiscal year period, that period shall be sub- 

 stituted for the three coraplete fiscal year period prov'ision 

 of cl. (1). 



1974— Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 93-279. 5 1(b)(3). sub- 

 stituted provisions that construction projects may not be 

 licensed or assisted before Oct. 2, 1978, or tor a three 

 year period following inclusion of a river in the list of 

 rivers for potential addition to the national wild and 

 scenic river system, unless, prior to that period, the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the 

 case may be, determined that such river should not be so 

 included and notified the Committees on Interior and 

 Insular Affairs, before publication in the Federal Regis- 

 ter, for provisions that such projects may not be licensed 

 or assisted before Oct. 2, 1973, unless, prior to that period, 

 the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture, as the case may be, concluded that such river should 

 not be so Included and published notice to that effect In 

 the Federal Register. 



Subsec. (b)(ll). Pub. L. 93-279, § 1(b)(4), substituted 

 "the report for which is submitted to the President and 

 the Congress, is necessary" for "which is recommended to 

 the President and the Congress for inclusion in the na- 

 tional wild and scenic rivers system. Is necessary". 



§ 1279. Withdrawal of public lands from entry, sale. 

 or other disposition under public land laws. 



(a) All public lands within the authorized bound- 

 aries of any component of the national wild and 

 scenic rivers system which is designated In section 

 1274 of this title or which Is designated after Oc- 

 tober 2. 1968. for inclusion in that system are hereby 

 withdrawn from entry, sale, or other disposition 

 under the public land laws of the United States. 



(b) All public lands which constitute the bed or 

 bank, or are within one-quarter mile of the bank, 

 of any river which is listed in section 1276(a) of this 

 title are hereby withdrawn from entry, sale, or other 

 disposition under the public land laws of the United 

 States for the periods specified in section 1278(b) 

 of this title. (Pub. L. 90-542, § 8, Oct. 2. 1968, 82 Stat. 

 915.) 



§1280. Federal mining and mineral leasing laws. 



(a) Nothing in this chapter shall affect the ap- 

 plicability of the United States mining and mineral 

 leasing laws within components of the national wild 

 and scenic rivers system except that — 



(1) all prospecting, mining operations, and 

 all other activities on mining claims which, in the 

 case of a component of the system designated in 

 section 1274 of this title, have not heretofore been 

 perfected or which, in the case of a component 

 hereafter designated pursuant to this chapter or 

 any other Act of Congress, are not perfected be- 

 fore Its inclusion In the system and all mining op- 



erations and other activities under a mineral lease, 

 license, or permit issued or renewed after inclusion 

 of a component in the system shall be subject to 

 such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior 

 or, in the case of national forest lands, the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture may prescribe to effectuate 

 the purposes of this chapter ; 



(11) subject to valid existing rights, the p)erfec- 

 tlon of. Issuance of a patent to, any mining claim 

 affecting lands within the system shall confer 

 or convey a right or title only to the mineral de- 

 posits and such rights only to the use of the surface 

 and the surface resources as are reasonably re- 

 quired to carrying on prospecting or mining op- 

 erations and are consistent with such regulations 

 as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the In- 

 terior or, in the case of national forest lands, by " 

 the Secretary of Agriculture; and 



(iii) subject to valid existing rights, the min- 

 erals In Federal lands which are part of the sys- 

 tem and constitute the bed or bank or are situated 

 within one-quarter mile of the bank of any river 

 designated a wild river imder this chapter or any 

 subsequent Act are hereby withdrawn from all 

 forms of appropriation under the mining laws and 

 from operation of the mineral leasing laws in- 

 cluding, In both cases, amendments thereto. 

 Regulations Issued pursuant to paragraphs (i) and 

 (11) of this subsection shall, among other things, 

 provide safeguards against pollution of the river 

 involved and unnecessary impairment of the scenery 

 within the component in question. 



(b) The minerals In any Federal lands which con- 

 stitute the bed or bank or are situated within one- 

 quarter mile of the bank of any river which is listed 

 in section 1276(a) of this title are hereby with- 

 drawn from all forms of appropriation imder the 

 mining laws during the periods specified in section 

 1278(b) of this title. Nothing contained in this sub- 

 section shall be construed to forbid prospecting or 

 the issuance of leases, licenses, and permits under 

 the mineral leasing laws subject to such conditions 

 as the Secretary of the Interior and, in the case of 

 national forest lands, the Secretary of Agriculture 

 find appropriate to safeguard the area in the event It 

 Is subsequently included in the system. (Pub. L. 90-- 

 542, § 9, Oct. 2. 1968. 82 Stat. 915.) 



§ 1281. Administration. 



(a) Public use and enjoyment of components; protec- 

 tion of features; management plans. 

 Each component of the national wild and scenic 

 rivers system shall be administered in such manner 

 as to protect and enhance the values which caused It 

 to be Included in said system without. Insofar as Is 

 consistent therewith, limiting other uses that do not 

 substantially Interfere with public use and enjoy- 

 ment of these values. In such administration primary 

 emphasis shall be given to protecting its esthetic, 

 scenic, historic, archeologic, and scientific features. 

 Management plans for any such component may 

 establish varying degrees of intensity for its protec- 

 tion and development, based on the special attributes 

 of the area. 



