[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 679 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 679

 To prohibit mining on a certain tract of Federal land in Los Angeles 
              County, California, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit mining on a certain tract of Federal land in Los Angeles 
              County, California, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. WITHDRAWAL.

    The lands adjacent to Soledad Canyon Road in Los Angeles County, 
California, as depicted on the map dated May 5, 1999, and numbered D-
ES-99-13, which shall be on file in the offices of the Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior, are hereby withdrawn from the 
operation of the mining and mineral leasing laws of the United States. 
Any lease or permit issued by the Secretary of the Interior for mining 
on such lands is hereby withdrawn, and all mining activities and 
relating activities on such lands shall immediately cease on the 
enactment of this Act.
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