(A) a patent application was filed with the 
Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; 
and 
(B) all requirements established under sec-
tions 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes 
(30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims 
and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of 
the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 
37) for placer claims were fully complied with 
by that date. 
(2) RIGHT TO PATENT.—If the Secretary makes 
the determinations referred to in subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of paragraph (1) for any mining claim, the 
holder of the claim shall be entitled to the issuance 
of a patent in the same manner and degree to which 
such claim holder would have been entitled to prior 
to the enactment of this Act, unless and until such 
determinations are withdrawn or invalidated by the 
Secretary or by a court of the United States. 
(b) MILLSITE CLAIMS.— 
(1) DETERMINATIONS
REQUIRED.—After the 
date of enactment of this Act, no patent shall be 
issued by the United States for any millsite claim lo-
cated under the general mining laws unless the Sec-
retary determines that for the millsite concerned— 
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(A) a patent application for such land was 
filed with the Secretary on or before September 
30, 1994; and 
(B) all requirements applicable to such 
patent application were fully complied with by 
that date. 
(2) RIGHT TO PATENT.—If the Secretary makes 
the determinations referred to in subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of paragraph (1) for any millsite claim, the 
holder of the claim shall be entitled to the issuance 
of a patent in the same manner and degree to which 
such claim holder would have been entitled to prior 
to the enactment of this Act, unless and until such 
determinations are withdrawn or invalidated by the 
Secretary or by a court of the United States. 
Subtitle B—Protection of Special 
Places 
SEC. 121. LANDS OPEN TO LOCATION. 
(a) LANDS OPEN TO LOCATION.—Except as provided 
in subsection (b), mining claims may be located under the 
general mining laws only on such lands and interests as 
were open to the location of mining claims under the gen-
eral mining laws immediately before the enactment of this 
Act. 
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(b) LANDS NOT OPEN
TO LOCATION.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law and subject to valid 
existing rights, each of the following shall not be open to 
the location of mining claims under the general mining 
laws on or after the date of enactment of this Act: 
(1) Wilderness study areas. 
(2) Areas of critical environmental concern. 
(3) Areas designated for inclusion in the Na-
tional Wild and Scenic Rivers System pursuant to 
the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et 
seq.), areas designated for potential addition to such 
system pursuant to section 5(a) of that Act (16 
U.S.C. 1276(a)), and areas determined to be eligible 
for inclusion in such system pursuant to section 5(d) 
of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1276(d)). 
(4) Any area identified in the set of inventoried 
roadless areas maps contained in the Forest Service 
Roadless Area Conservation Final Environmental 
Impact Statement, Volume 2, dated November 2000. 
(c) EXISTING AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.—Noth-
ing in this title limits the authority granted the Secretary 
in section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1714) to withdraw public 
lands. 
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