(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 locatable minerals, concentrates, or 
products derived therefrom from a claim site on 
Federal lands or allocated to such claim site. Such 
inspection shall be for the purpose of determining 
whether the operator of such vehicle has the docu-
mentation required by law, if such documentation is 
required under this title. 
SEC. 152. MULTIPLE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUR-
FACE RESOURCES. 
The provisions of sections 4 and 6 of the Act of Au-
gust 13, 1954 (30 U.S.C. 524 and 526), commonly known 
as the Multiple Minerals Development Act, and the provi-
sions of section 4 of the Act of July 23, 1955 (30 U.S.C. 
612), shall apply to all mining claims located under the 
general mining laws and maintained in compliance with 
such laws and this title. 
SEC. 153. MINERAL MATERIALS. 
(a) DETERMINATIONS.—Section 3 of the Act of July 
23, 1955 (30 U.S.C. 611), is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before the first sentence; 
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(2) by inserting ‘‘mineral materials, including’’ 
after ‘‘varieties of’’ in the first sentence; 
(3) by striking ‘‘or cinders’’ and inserting in 
lieu thereof ‘‘cinders, and clay’’; and 
(4) by adding the following new subsection at 
the end thereof: 
‘‘(b)(1) Subject to valid existing rights, after the date 
of enactment of the Mining Reform and Deficit Reduction 
Act of 2013, 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. 
‘‘(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; 
‘‘(B) was properly located and maintained 
under the general mining laws prior to the date of 
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enactment of the Mining Reform and Deficit Reduc-
tion Act of 2013; 
‘‘(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 Mining Reform and Deficit 
Reduction Act of 2013; and 
‘‘(D) that such claim continues to be valid 
under this Act.’’. 
(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 (27 Stat. 348, 30 U.S.C. 161), com-
monly known as the Building Stone Act, is hereby 
repealed. 
(2) Subject to valid existing rights, the Act of 
January 31, 1901 (30 U.S.C. 162), commonly 
known as the Saline Placer Act, is hereby repealed. 
TITLE II—ABANDONED MINE 
RECLAMATION 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Abandoned Mine Rec-
lamation and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS AND REFERENCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As used in this title: 
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