(d) PRIOR AGREEMENTS.—Any cooperative agree-
ment or such other understanding between the Secretary 
concerned and any State, or political subdivision thereof, 
relating to the management of mineral activities on lands 
subject to this Act that was in existence on the date of 
enactment of this Act may only continue in force until 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act. During such 
1-year period, the State and the Secretary shall review the 
terms of the agreement and make changes that are nec-
essary to be consistent with this Act. 
SEC. 309. LIMITATION ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS. 
No permit shall be issued under this title that author-
izes mineral activities that would impair the land or re-
sources of a National Park or a National Monument. For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘impair’’ shall include 
any diminution of the affected land including wildlife, sce-
nic assets, water resources, air quality, and acoustic quali-
ties, or other changes that would impair a citizen’s experi-
ence at the National Park or National Monument. 
TITLE IV—MINING MITIGATION 
Subtitle A—Locatable Minerals 
Fund 
SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established on the 
books of the Treasury of the United States a separate ac-
count to be known as the Locatable Minerals Fund (here-
inafter in this subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). 
(b) INVESTMENT.—The Secretary shall notify the 
Secretary of the Treasury as to what portion of the Fund 
is not, in the Secretary’s judgment, required to meet cur-
rent withdrawals. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
vest such portion of the Fund in public debt securities 
with maturities suitable for the needs of such Fund and 
bearing interest at rates determined by the Secretary of 
the Treasury, taking into consideration current market 
yields on outstanding marketplace obligations of the 
United States of comparable maturities. 
SEC. 402. CONTENTS OF FUND. 
The following amounts shall be credited to the Fund: 
(1) All moneys collected pursuant to section 
506 (relating to enforcement) and section 504 (relat-
ing to citizens suits). 
(2) 
All 
fees 
received 
under 
section 
304(a)(1)(B). 
(3) All donations by persons, corporations, as-
sociations, and foundations for the purposes of this 
subtitle. 
(4) All amounts deposited in the Fund under 
section 102 (relating to royalties and penalties for 
underreporting).
(5) All amounts received by the United States 
pursuant to section 101 from issuance of patents. 
(6) All amounts received by the United States 
pursuant to section 103 as claim maintenance and 
location fees minus the moneys allocated for admin-
istration of the mining laws by the Department of 
the Interior. 
(7) All income on investments under section 
401(b). 
SEC. 403. SUBACCOUNTS. 
There shall be in the Fund 2 subaccounts, as follows: 
(1) The Hardrock Reclamation Account, which 
shall consist of two-thirds of the amounts credited to 
the Fund under section 402 and which shall be ad-
ministered by the Secretary acting through the Di-
rector of the Office of Surface Mining and Enforce-
ment. 
(2) The Hardrock Community Impact Assist-
ance Account, which shall consist of one-third of the 
amounts credited to the Fund under section 402 and 
which shall be administered by the Secretary acting 
through the Director of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement.
Subtitle B—Use of Hardrock 
Reclamation Account 
SEC. 411. USE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE ACCOUNT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized, sub-
ject to appropriations, to use moneys in the Hardrock Rec-
lamation Account for the reclamation and restoration of 
land and water resources adversely affected by past min-
eral activities on lands the legal and beneficial title to 
which resides in the United States, land within the exte-
rior boundary of any national forest system unit, or other 
lands described in subsection (d) or section 412, including 
any of the following: 
(1) Protecting public health and safety. 
(2) Preventing, abating, treating, and control-
ling water pollution created by abandoned mine 
drainage, including in river watershed areas. 
(3) Reclaiming and restoring abandoned surface 
and underground mined areas. 
(4) Reclaiming and restoring abandoned milling 
and processing areas. 
(5) Backfilling, sealing, or otherwise control-
ling, abandoned underground mine entries. 
(6) Revegetating land adversely affected by past 
mineral activities in order to prevent erosion and
sedimentation, to enhance wildlife habitat, and for 
any other reclamation purpose. 
(7) Controlling of surface subsidence due to 
abandoned underground mines. 
(b) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts deposited into the 
Hardrock Reclamation Account, 50 percent shall be allo-
cated by the Secretary among the States within the bound-
aries of which occurs production of locatable minerals 
from mining claims located under the general mining laws 
and maintained in compliance with this Act, or mineral 
concentrates or products derived from locatable minerals 
from mining claims located under the general mining laws 
and maintained in compliance with this Act, as the case 
may be, in proportion to the amount of such production 
in each such State. Expenditures of the remainder of such 
amounts shall reflect the following priorities in the order 
stated: 
(1) The protection of public health and safety, 
from extreme danger from the adverse effects of 
past mineral activities, especially as relates to sur-
face water and groundwater contaminants. 
(2) The protection of public health and safety, 
from the adverse effects of past mineral activities. 
(3) The restoration of land, water, and fish and 
wildlife resources previously degraded by the adverse