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(2) by inserting before the period the following: 
‘‘in the same manner as required by title II of the 
Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 510. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 
(a) SPECIAL APPLICATION OF MINING LAWS.—Noth-
ing in this Act shall be construed as repealing or modi-
fying any Federal law, regulation, order, or land use plan, 
in effect prior to the date of enactment of this Act that 
prohibits or restricts the application of the general mining 
laws, including laws that provide for special management 
criteria for operations under the general mining laws as 
in effect prior to the date of enactment of this Act, to 
the extent such laws provide for protection of natural and 
cultural resources and the environment greater than re-
quired under this Act, and any such prior law shall remain 
in force and effect with respect to claims converted to 
leases under this Act. Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued as applying to or limiting mineral investigations, 
studies, or other mineral activities conducted by any Fed-
eral or State agency acting in its governmental capacity 
pursuant to other authority. Nothing in this Act shall af-
fect or limit any assessment, investigation, evaluation, or 
listing pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
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U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), or the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
U.S.C. 3251 et seq.). 
(b) EFFECT ON OTHER FEDERAL LAWS.—— 
(1) GENERAL MINING LAWS.—The provisions of 
this Act shall supersede the general mining laws. 
(2) OTHER LAWS.—Except for the general min-
ing laws, nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
superseding, modifying, amending, or repealing any 
provision of Federal law not expressly superseded, 
modified, amended, or repealed by this Act. 
(3) ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.—Nothing in this 
Act shall be construed as altering, affecting, amend-
ing, modifying, or changing, directly or indirectly, 
any law which refers to and provides authorities or 
responsibilities for, or is administered by, the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency or the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, includ-
ing— 
(A) the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); 
(B) title XIV of the Public Health Service 
Act (the Safe Drinking Water Act) (42 U.S.C. 
300f et seq.); 
(C) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 
seq.); 
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(D) the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 13101 et seq.); 
(E) the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.); 
(F) the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 
(G) the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); 
(H) the Motor Vehicle Information and 
Cost Savings Act (15 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.); 
(I) the Federal Hazardous Substances Act 
(15 U.S.C. 1261 et seq.); 
(J) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1540); 
(K) the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 
(L) the Noise Control Act of 1972 (42 
U.S.C. 4901 et seq.); 
(M) the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.); 
(N) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); 
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(O) the Superfund Amendments and Reau-
thorization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–499; 
100 Stat. 1613); 
(P) the Ocean Dumping Act (33 U.S.C. 
1401 et seq.); 
(Q) the Environmental Research, Develop-
ment, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 
1978 (42 U.S.C. 4365); 
(R) the Pollution Prosecution Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 note; Public Law 101–593); 
(S) the Federal Facilities Compliance Act 
of 1992 (Public Law 102–386; 106 Stat. 
1505); and 
(T) any statute containing an amendment 
to any of such Acts. 
(4) FEDERAL
INDIAN
LAW.—Nothing in this 
Act shall be construed as modifying or affecting any 
provision of— 
(A) the Native American Graves Protection 
and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.); 
(B) American Indian Religious Freedom 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1996); 
(C) the National Historic Preservation Act 
(16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.); or 
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(D) the Religious Freedom Restoration Act 
of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.). 
(c) SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
OF INDIAN TRIBES.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to waive 
the sovereign immunity of any Indian Tribe. 
SEC. 511. AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC RECORDS. 
Copies of records, reports, inspection materials, or in-
formation obtained by the Secretary or the Secretary of 
Agriculture under this Act shall be made immediately 
available to the public, consistent with section 552 of title 
5, United States Code, in central and sufficient locations 
in the county, multicounty, and State area of mineral ac-
tivities or reclamation so that such items are conveniently 
available to residents in the area proposed or approved for 
mineral activities and on the internet. 
SEC. 512. MISCELLANEOUS POWERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out his or her duties 
under this Act, the Secretary concerned may conduct any 
investigation, inspection, or other inquiry necessary and 
appropriate and may conduct, after notice, any hearing 
or audit, necessary and appropriate to carrying out his 
or her duties. 
(b) ANCILLARY POWERS.—In connection with any 
hearing, inquiry, investigation, or audit under this Act, the 
Secretary, or for National Forest System lands the Sec-
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retary of Agriculture, is authorized to take any of the fol-
lowing actions: 
(1) Require, by special or general order, any 
person to submit in writing such affidavits and an-
swers to questions as the Secretary concerned may 
reasonably prescribe, which submission shall be 
made within such reasonable period and under oath 
or otherwise, as may be necessary. 
(2) Administer oaths. 
(3) Require by subpoena the attendance and 
testimony of witnesses and the production of all 
books, papers, records, documents, matter, and ma-
terials, as such Secretary may request. 
(4) Order testimony to be taken by deposition 
before any person who is designated by such Sec-
retary and who has the power to administer oaths, 
and to compel testimony and the production of evi-
dence in the same manner as authorized under para-
graph (3) of this subsection. 
(5) Pay witnesses the same fees and mileage as 
are paid in like circumstances in the courts of the 
United States. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.—In cases of refusal to obey a 
subpoena served upon any person under this section, the 
district court of the United States for any district in which 
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such person is found, resides, or transacts business, upon 
application by the Attorney General at the request of the 
Secretary concerned and after notice to such person, shall 
have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring such person 
to appear and produce documents before the Secretary 
concerned. Any failure to obey such order of the court may 
be punished by such court as contempt thereof and subject 
to a penalty of up to $10,000 a day. 
(d) ENTRY AND ACCESS.—Without advance notice 
and upon presentation of appropriate credentials, the Sec-
retary concerned or any authorized representative there-
of— 
(1) shall have the right of entry to, upon, or 
through the site of any claim, license, lease, mineral 
activities, or any premises in which any records re-
quired to be maintained under this Act are located; 
(2) may at reasonable times, and without delay, 
have access to records, inspect any monitoring 
equipment, or review any method of operation re-
quired under this Act; 
(3) may engage in any work and do all things 
necessary or expedient to implement and administer 
the provisions of this Act; 
(4) may, on any mining claim, license, or lease 
maintained in compliance with this Act, and without 
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advance notice, stop and inspect any motorized form 
of transportation that such Secretary has probable 
cause to believe is carrying hardrock minerals, con-
centrates, or products derived therefrom from a 
claim site for the purpose of determining whether 
the operator of such vehicle has documentation re-
lated to such hardrock minerals, concentrates, or 
products derived therefrom as required by law, if 
such documentation is required under this Act; and 
(5) may, if accompanied by any appropriate law 
enforcement officer, or an appropriate law enforce-
ment officer alone, stop and inspect any motorized 
form of transportation which is not on a claim site 
if he or she has probable cause to believe such vehi-
cle is carrying hardrock minerals, concentrates, or 
products derived therefrom from a claim site, li-
cense, or lease on Federal lands or allocated to such 
claim site, license, or lease. Such inspection shall be 
for the purpose of determining whether the operator 
of such vehicle has the documentation required by 
law, if such documentation is required under this 
Act. 
SEC. 513. MINERAL MATERIALS. 
(a) DETERMINATIONS.—Section 3 of the Act of July 
23, 1955 (30 U.S.C. 611), is amended— 
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(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OR CINDERS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘CINDERS, AND CLAY’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘No’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) No’’; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘mineral materials, including’’ 
after ‘‘varieties of’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘or cinders’’ and inserting ‘‘cin-
ders, and clay’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b)(1) Subject to valid existing rights, after the date 
of enactment of the Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation 
Act of 2019, notwithstanding the reference to common va-
rieties in subsection (a) and to the exception to such term 
relating to a deposit of materials with some property giv-
ing it distinct and special value, all deposits of mineral 
materials referred to in such subsection, including the 
block pumice referred to in such subsection, shall be sub-
ject to disposal only under the terms and conditions of 
the Materials Act of 1947 (30 U.S.C. 601–603). 
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘valid 
existing rights’ means that a mining claim located for any 
such mineral material— 
‘‘(A) had and still has some property giving it 
the distinct and special value referred to in sub-
section (a), or as the case may be, met the definition 
of block pumice referred to in such subsection; 
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‘‘(B) was properly located and maintained 
under the general mining laws prior to the date of 
enactment of the Hardrock Leasing and Reclama-
tion Act of 2019; and 
‘‘(C) was supported by a discovery of a valuable 
mineral deposit within the meaning of the general 
mining laws as in effect immediately prior to the 
date of enactment of the Hardrock Leasing and Rec-
lamation Act of 2019.’’. 
(b) MINERAL
MATERIALS
DISPOSAL
CLARIFICA-
TION.—Section 4 of the Act of July 23, 1955 (30 U.S.C. 
612), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘and mineral 
material’’ after ‘‘vegetative’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘and mineral 
material’’ after ‘‘vegetative’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1 of the 
Act of July 31, 1947, entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the 
disposal of materials on the public lands of the United 
States’’ (30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by striking 
‘‘common varieties of’’ in the first sentence. 
(d) SHORT TITLES.— 
(1) SURFACE
RESOURCES.—The Act of July 
23, 1955, is amended by inserting after section 7 
the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 8. This Act may be cited as the ‘Surface Re-
sources Act of 1955’.’’. 
(2) MINERAL MATERIALS.—The Act of July 31, 
1947, entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the disposal of 
materials on the public lands of the United States’’ 
(30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 4 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 5. This Act may be cited as the ‘Materials Act 
of 1947’.’’. 
(e) REPEALS.—(1) Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Act of August 4, 1892 (chapter 375; 27 Stat. 348; 
30 U.S.C. 161), commonly known as the Building Stone 
Act, is hereby repealed. 
(2) Subject to valid existing rights, the Act of Janu-
ary 31, 1901 (chapter 186; 31 Stat. 745; 30 U.S.C. 162), 
commonly known as the Saline Placer Act, is hereby re-
pealed. 
SEC. 514. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on the date of enactment 
of this Act, except as otherwise provided in this Act. 
Æ 
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