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(b) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall provide claimants 
notice of any adjustment made under this section not later 
than July 1 of any year in which the adjustment is made. 
(c) APPLICATION.—A fee adjustment under this sec-
tion shall begin to apply in the calendar year following 
the calendar year in which it is made. 
SEC. 233. INSPECTION AND MONITORING. 
(a) INSPECTIONS.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall make inspections of mineral activities so as to ensure 
compliance with the requirements of this title. 
(b) ANCILLARY POWERS.—In connection with any 
hearing, inquiry, investigation, or audit under this title, 
the Secretary may take any of the following 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. 
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(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 
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 or any authorized representative thereof— 
(1) shall have the right of entry to, upon, or 
through the site of any claim, mineral activities, or 
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any premises in which any records required to be 
maintained under this title 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 title; 
(3) may engage in any work and do all things 
necessary or expedient to implement and administer 
the provisions of this title; and 
(4) 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 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. 234. REGULATIONS. 
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall issue such regulations as are necessary 
to implement this Act. The regulations implementing sub-
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