An Act to amend the joint resolution entitled ""Joint resolution to establish a commission for the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Hamilton,"" approved August 20, 1954.
PL 84-358 (S.1395), enacted 08/11/1955

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contained in public-land deposits considered as valuable under the 
coal-land classification standards established by the Secretary of the 
Interior and prescribed in section 30, Code of Federal Regulations, 
part 201; and "source material" sliall mean uranium, thoriurn, or any 
other material which is determined by the Atomic Energy Commission 
pursuant to the provisions of section 61 of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954 to be source material. 
SEC. 7. All moneys received under the provisions of this Act shall 
be paid into the Treasury of the United States and distributed in the 
same manner as provided in section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 
1920, as amended, and section 9 of the Alaska Coal Leasing Act of 
October 20,1914 (38 Stat. 741). 
SEC. 8. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue such 
rules and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate 
the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 9. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to amend or repeal any 
provisions of the Act of August 13, 1954 (68 Stat. 708), or any right 
granted thereunder. 
SEC. 10. Twenty years after the effective date of this Act, all lands 
subject to the provisions of section 1 shall be withdrawn from all 
forms of entry under this Act. 
All claims made pursuant to the 
provisions of this Act shall expire at that time, except for (1) claims 
for which patent has already been issued, and (2) claims on which 
application for patent has already been made and on which patent is 
subsequently issued: Provided, That, if the President shall so provide 
by Executive order, the provisions of this section shall not become 
effective until thirty years after the effective date of this Act. 
Approved August 11, 1955. 
30CFR Part201. 
68 Stat. 932. 
4 2 u s e 2091. 
41 Stat. 450. 
30 u s e 191. 
48 u s e 437-439. 
30 u s e 521-531. 
Public Law 358 
CHAPTER 796 
AN ACT 
To amend the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to establish a commis-
sion for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of 
Alexander Hamilton", approved August 20,1954. 
August 11, 1955 
[S.1395] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 7 of 
the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to establish a commis-
sion for the celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth 
of Alexander Hamilton", approved August 20, 1954, is amended to 
read as follows: 
•'SEC. 7. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, 
not to exceed $150,000 in addition to the sum of $25,000 heretofore 
appropriated, as the Congress may determine to be necessary to carry 
out the provisions of this joint resolution." 
Approved August 11, 1955. 
Alexander Ham-
ilton. 
B i c e n t e n n i a l , 
eommission. 
68 Stat. 747. 
Appropriation. 
Ante, p. 460. 
Public Law 359 
CHAPTER 797 
AN ACT 
To permit the mining, development, and utilization of the mineral resources of 
all public lands withdrawn or reserved for power development, and for other 
purposes. , 
August 11, 1955 
[H.R. 100] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Mining Claims Rights Restoration Act of 1955". 
Act of 1955.