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claim site, license, or lease for the purpose of deter-
mining whether the operator of such vehicle has the 
documentation required by law, if such documenta-
tion is required under this Act. 
SEC. 513. MINERAL MATERIALS. 
(a) DETERMINATIONS.—Section 3 of the Act of July 
23, 1955, commonly known as the Surface Resources Act 
of 1955 (30 U.S.C. 611), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘No’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) No’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘mineral materials, including’’ 
after ‘‘varieties of’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘or cinders’’ and inserting ‘‘cin-
ders, and clay,’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b)(1) Subject to valid existing rights, after the date 
of the enactment of the Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse 
Prevention Act of 2025, notwithstanding the reference to 
common varieties in subsection (a) and to the exception 
to such term relating to a deposit of materials with some 
property giving it distinct and special value, all deposits 
of mineral materials referred to in such subsection, includ-
ing the block pumice referred to in such subsection, shall 
be subject to disposal only under the terms and conditions 
of the Materials Act of 1947 (30 U.S.C. 601–603). 
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‘‘(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 before the date of the 
enactment of the Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse 
Prevention Act of 2025; and 
‘‘(C) was supported by a discovery of a valuable 
mineral deposit within the meaning of the general 
mining laws as in effect immediately before the date 
of the enactment of the Mining Waste, Fraud, and 
Abuse Prevention Act of 2025.’’. 
(b) MINERAL
MATERIALS
DISPOSAL
CLARIFICA-
TION.—Section 4 of the Act of July 23, 1955, commonly 
known as the Surface Resources Act of 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’’. 
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(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 adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘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 adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 5. This Act may be cited as the ‘Materials Act 
of 1947’.’’. 
(e) REPEALS.—Subject to valid existing rights, the 
following are repealed: 
(1) The Act of August 4, 1892, commonly 
known as the Building Stone Act (chapter 375; 27 
Stat. 348; 30 U.S.C. 161). 
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(2) The Act of January 31, 1901, commonly 
known as the Saline Placer Act (chapter 186; 31 
Stat. 745; 30 U.S.C. 162). 
SEC. 514. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, except as otherwise provided in this Act. 
Æ 
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