Codification
Section 1903, [Pub. L. 94–429, § 4], Sept. 28, 1976, [90 Stat. 1343], provided for a 4-year cessation of certain mining operations within the boundaries of Death Valley National Monument, Mount McKinley National Park, and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, subject to exceptions.
Section 1904, [Pub. L. 94–429, § 5], Sept. 28, 1976, [90 Stat. 1343], provided for inapplicability of requirements for annual expenditures on mining claims to mining operations during the 4-year period under section 1903.
Section 1905, [Pub. L. 94–429, § 6], Sept. 28, 1976, [90 Stat. 1343], provided that within 2 years the Secretary of the Interior determine the validity of unpatented mining claims within Glacier Bay National Monument, Death Valley and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monuments and Mount McKinley National Park, submit to Congress recommendations for acquisition of valid claims, and study and submit to Congress recommendations for modifications of existing boundaries of the Death Valley Monument and the Glacier Bay National Monument.
Section 1906, [Pub. L. 94–429, § 7], Sept. 28, 1976, [90 Stat. 1343], provided that within 4 years the Secretary determine the validity of unpatented mining claims within Crater Lake National Park, Coronado National Memorial, and Glacier Bay National Monument, and submit to Congress recommendations for acquisition of valid claims.
