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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 303 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 303

 To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require the 
Bureau of Land Management to provide a claimant of a small miner waiver 
  from claim maintenance fees with a period of 60 days after written 
receipt of 1 or more defects is provided to the claimant by registered 
 mail to cure the 1 or more defects or pay the claim maintenance fee, 
                        and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 8, 2011

  Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Begich) 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 amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require the 
Bureau of Land Management to provide a claimant of a small miner waiver 
  from claim maintenance fees with a period of 60 days after written 
receipt of 1 or more defects is provided to the claimant by registered 
 mail to cure the 1 or more defects or pay the claim maintenance fee, 
                        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. SMALL MINER WAIVERS TO CLAIM MAINTENANCE FEES.

    (a) In General.--Section 10101(d)(3) of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f(d)(3)) is amended by striking 
``for any reason, the claimant shall have a period of 60 days after 
receipt of written notification of the defect or defects by the Bureau 
of Land Management to:'' and inserting ``for any reason (including the 
failure to timely file a small miner's maintenance fee waiver 
application or an affidavit of annual labor associated with the 
application and required application fees), the claimant shall have a 
period of 60 days after receipt of written notification of the 1 or 
more defects provided by the Bureau of Land Management by registered 
mail to''.
    (b) Transition Rules.--
            (1) The claimholder of claims numbered AA023149, AA023163, 
        AA047913, AA047914, AA047915, AA047916, AA047917, AA047918, and 
        AA047919 (as of December 29, 2004) shall be considered--
                    (A) to have received a first half final certificate 
                for application AA072648 (associated with the claims) 
                before September 30, 1994; and
                    (B) to qualify for relief under section 10101(d)(3) 
                of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 
                U.S.C. 28f(d)(3)) and have the opportunity to cure 
                under that section for any prior period for which 1 or 
                more defects existed or there was a failure to pay 
                claim maintenance fees.
            (2) The claims numbered AAFF057833, AKFF057834, AKFF057840, 
        AKFF084389, AKFF085204, AKFF096323, AKFF086324, AKFF086267, 
        AKFF084387, and AKFF084388 shall be--
                    (A) considered to qualify for relief under section 
                10101(d)(3) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
                1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f(d)(3)); and
                    (B) given notice of defect and the opportunity to 
                cure.
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