[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3075 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3075

   To withdraw certain Federal land and interests in that land from 
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and disposition under 
                the mineral and geothermal leasing laws.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 4, 2010

Mr. Baucus (for himself and Mr. Tester) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To withdraw certain Federal land and interests in that land from 
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and disposition under 
                the mineral and geothermal leasing laws.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``North Fork Watershed Protection Act 
of 2010''.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Eligible federal land.--The term ``eligible Federal 
        land'' means any federally owned land or interest in land 
        depicted on the Map as within the North Fork Flathead 
        Watershed.
            (2) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the Bureau of Land 
        Management map entitled ``North Fork Federal Lands Withdrawal 
        Area'' and dated February 27, 2010.
    (b) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the eligible 
Federal land is withdrawn from--
            (1) all forms of location, entry, and patent under the 
        mining laws; and
            (2) disposition under all laws relating to mineral or 
        geothermal leasing.
    (c) Availability of Map.--The Map shall be made available to the 
public at each appropriate office of the Bureau of Land Management by 
not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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