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H.R.394
Hardrock Mining Royalty Act of 1999 (Introduced in the
House)
SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON PATENT ISSUANCE .
No patent shall be issued by the United States for any mining or
mill site claim located under the general mining laws unless the Secretary
determines that, for the claim concerned a patent application was filed
with the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994, and all requirements
established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29
and 30) for vein or lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36 and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337
of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may
be, were fully complied with by the applicant by that date.
SEC. 5. MINING CLAIM MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL- (1) Effective October 1, 1998, the holder of each mining
claim located under the general mining laws prior to the date of enactment
shall pay to the Secretary an annual claim maintenance fee of $100 per claim
per calendar year.
(2) The holder of each mining claim located under the general mining laws
subsequent to the date of enactment shall pay to the Secretary an annual claim
maintenance fee of $125 per claim per calendar year.
(b) PURCHASING POWER ADJUSTMENT- The Secretary shall adjust the amount of
the claim maintenance fee payable pursuant to subsection (a) for changes in
the purchasing power of the dollar after the calendar year 1993, employing the
Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers published by the Department of
Labor as the basis for adjustment, and rounding according to the adjustment
process of conditions of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
of 1990.
(c) TIME OF PAYMENT- Each claim holder shall pay the claim maintenance fee
payable under subsection (a) for any year on or before August 31 of each year,
except that for the initial calendar year in which the location is made, the
initial claim maintenance fee shall be paid at the time the location notice is
recorded with the Bureau of Land Management.
(d) OIL SHALE CLAIMS SUBJECT TO CLAIM MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER ENERGY POLICY
ACT OF 1992- The section shall not apply to any oil shale claims for which a
fee is required to be paid under section 2511(e)(2) of the Energy Policy Act
of 1992 (30 U.S.C. 242(e)(2)).
(e) CLAIM MAINTENANCE FEES PAYABLE UNDER 1993 ACT- The claim maintenance
fees payable under this section for any period with respect to any claim shall
be reduced by the amount of the claim maintenance fees paid under section
10101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 with respect to that
claim and with respect to the same period.
(f) WAIVER- (1) The claim maintenance fee required under this section may
be waived for a claim holder who certifies in writing to the Secretary that on
the date
the payment was due, the claim holder and all related parties held not more
than 10 mining claims on land open to location. Such certification shall be made
on or before the date on which payment is due.
(2) For purposes of this subsection, with respect to any claim holder, the
term `related party' means each of the following:
(A) The spouse and dependent children (as defined in section 152 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986), of the claim holder.
(B) Any affiliate of the claim holder.
(g) CO-OWNERSHIP- Upon the failure of any one or more of several co-owners
to contribute such co-owner or owners portion of the fee under this section,
any co-owner who has paid such fee may, after the payment due date, give the
delinquent co-owner or owners notice of such failure in writing (or by
publication in the newspaper nearest the claim for at least once a week for at
least 90 days). If at the expiration of 90 days after such notice in writing
or by publication, any delinquent co-owner fails or refused to contribute his
portion, his interest, in the claim shall become the property of the co-owners
who have paid the required fee.
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