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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SMALL MINER WAIVERS TO CLAIM MAINTE2 NANCE FEES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10101(d)(3) of the Omni4 bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 

5 28f(d)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘for any reason, the 

6 claimant shall have a period of 60 days after receipt of 

7 written notification of the defect or defects by the Bureau 

8 of Land Management to:’’ and inserting ‘‘for any reason 

9 (including the failure to timely file a small miner’s mainte10 nance fee waiver application or an affidavit of annual labor 

11 associated with the application and required application 

12 fees), the claimant shall have a period of 60 days after 

13 receipt of written notification of the 1 or more defects pro14 vided by the Bureau of Land Management by registered 

15 mail to’’. 

16 (b) TRANSITION RULES.— 

17 (1) The claimholder of claims numbered 

18 AA023149, AA023163, AA047913, AA047914, 

19 AA047915, AA047916, AA047917, AA047918, and 

20 AA047919 (as of December 29, 2004) shall be con21 sidered— 

22 (A) to have received a first half final cer23 tificate for application AA072648 (associated 

24 with the claims) before September 30, 1994; 

25 and 


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1 (B) to qualify for relief under section 

2 10101(d)(3) of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili3 ation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f(d)(3)) and 

4 have the opportunity to cure under that section 

5 for any prior period for which 1 or more defects 

6 existed or there was a failure to pay claim 

7 maintenance fees. 

8 (2) The claims numbered AAFF057833, 

9 AKFF057834, AKFF057840, AKFF084389, 

10 AKFF085204, AKFF096323, AKFF086324, 

11 AKFF086267, AKFF084387, and AKFF084388 

12 shall be— 

13 (A) considered to qualify for relief under 

14 section 10101(d)(3) of the Omnibus Budget 

15 Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 

16 28f(d)(3)); and 

17 (B) given notice of defect and the oppor18 tunity to cure. 

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