US Congress House Bill 334 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require the Bureau of Land Management to provide a claimant of a small miner waiver from claim maintenance fees with a period of 60 days after written receipt of 1 or more defects is provided to the claimant by registered mail to cure the 1 or more defects or pay the claim maintenance fee, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to give small miners 60 days to remedy their failure to timely file either a small miner's maintenance fee waiver application or an affidavit of annual labor associated with the application and the required application fees. Specified claimholders are considered to: (1) have received a first half final certificate for the application associated with their claims before September 30, 1994, and (2) qualify for the opportunity to cure the defects or pay the fee under this Act.

To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require the Bureau of Land Management to provide a claimant of a small miner waiver from claim maintenance fees with a period of 60 days after written receipt of 1 or more defects is provided to the claimant by registered mail to cure the 1 or more defects or pay the claim maintenance fee, and for other purposes.

Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2015-01-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-01-13	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/334/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr334/BILLS-114hr334ih.pdf