[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2601 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2601

   To preserve Federal land by requiring a moratorium on new mining 
                        activities on such land.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 1999

    Mr. Wu introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To preserve Federal land by requiring a moratorium on new mining 
                        activities on such land.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MORATORIUM ON MINERAL ACTIVITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS.

    (a) In General.--No agency of the Federal Government may issue any 
new permit or license, renew any permit or license, enter into any new 
lease, renew any lease, or otherwise issue any new authorization for 
any mineral activities to be conducted on Federal lands after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Applicability.--This Act shall not apply to the following:
            (1) Activities conducted under prior authorization.--
        Mineral activities conducted on Federal lands pursuant to a 
        permit, license, lease, or other authorization for a specific 
        activity which was issued prior to the date of the enactment of 
        this Act. Such permits, licenses, leases, or authorizations may 
        not be renewed.
            (2) National security.--Mineral activities conducted for 
        purposes of the national security of the United States.
    (c) Definition.--For the purposes of this Act the term ``mineral 
activities'' means any activity for, related to, or incidental to, 
mineral exploration, mining, benefication processing, or reclamation 
activities for any mineral.
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