(2) to encourage and promote the concept of 
sustainable development practices in resource-de-
pendent communities that have a limited privately 
held land base; and 
(3) to provide funds for the general fund of the 
Treasury, for the State of Nevada abandoned mine 
lands program, and for education and other pur-
poses in the State of Nevada. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CLAIMANT.—The term ‘‘Claimant’’ means 
Coeur Rochester, Inc. 
(2) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Per-
shing County, Nevada. 
(3) MINING LAW.—The term ‘‘the general min-
ing laws’’ includes, in general, the provisions of law 
codified in chapters 2, 12A, and 16 of title 30, 
United States Code, and in sections 161 and 162 of 
such title. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 4. LAND CONVEYANCE. 
(a) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, and not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
convey to the Claimant, in return for a payment of $500 
per acre, all right, title, and interest, subject to the terms 
and conditions of subsection (c), in the approximately 
7,000 acres of Federal lands subject to Claimant’s mining 
claims maintained under the general mining laws and de-
picted on the Rochester Sustainable Development Project 
map. 
(b) EXEMPTION FROM REVIEW, ETC.—Any convey-
ance of land under this Act is not subject to review, con-
sultation, or approval under any other Federal law. 
(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONVEYANCE.—
(1) NO IMPACT ON LEGAL OBLIGATIONS.—Con-
veyance of the lands pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
not affect Claimant’s legal obligations to comply 
with applicable Federal mine closure or mine land 
reclamation laws, or with any other applicable Fed-
eral or State requirement relating to closure of the 
Rochester Mine and use of the land comprising such 
mine, including any requirement to prepare any en-
vironmental impact statement under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 
(2) NO
INTERFERENCE
WITH
RECLAMATION 
AND CLOSURE OBLIGATIONS.—The sustainable de-
velopment project shall be carried out in a way that 
is consistent with reclamation and closure obliga-
tions under Federal laws. Federal reclamation and 
closure obligations shall not be used to remove infra-
structure identified by Claimant as being usable by 
a post-mining land use. 
(3) TITLE
TO
MATERIALS
AND
MINERALS.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Claim-
ant shall own and have title to all spent ore, waste 
rock and tailings, and other materials located on 
lands conveyed pursuant to subsection (a). 
(4) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—All lands con-
veyed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be subject to 
valid existing rights existing as of the date of trans-
fer of title, and Claimant shall succeed to the rights 
and obligations of the United States with respect to 
any mining claim, mill site claim, lease, right-of-way, 
permit, or other valid existing right to which the 
property is subject. 
(5) 
ENVIRONMENTAL
LIABILITY.—Notwith-
standing any other Federal, State or local law, the 
United States—
(A) shall not be responsible for inves-
tigating or disclosing the condition of any prop-
erty to be conveyed under this Act; and 
(B) shall not be responsible for environ-
mental remediation, waste management, or en-
vironmental compliance activities arising from 
its ownership, occupancy, or management of 
land and interests therein conveyed under this 
Act with respect to conditions existing at or on 
the land at the time of the conveyance. 
SEC. 5. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS. 
The gross proceeds of conveyances of land under this 
Act shall be used as follows: 
(1) Such sums as are necessary shall be used 
to cover 100 percent of the administrative costs, not 
to exceed $20,000, incurred by the Nevada State Of-
fice and the Winnemucca Field Office of the Bureau 
of Land Management in conducting conveyances 
under this Act. 
(2) $500,000 shall be paid directly to the State 
of Nevada for use in the State’s abandoned mined 
land program. 
(3) $20,000 per fiscal year for a 5-fiscal-year 
period shall be paid directly to Pershing County, Ne-
vada. 
(4) Proceeds remaining after the payments pur-
suant to paragraphs (1) through (3) shall be depos-
ited in the general fund of the Treasury.
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