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§ 460jjj–2. Minerals and mining
(a) Limitation on patent issuance
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no patents shall be issued after May 30, 1991, for any location or claim made in the recreation area under the mining laws of the United States.
(2) Notwithstanding any statute of limitations or similar restriction otherwise applicable, any party claiming to have been deprived of any property right by enactment of paragraph (1) may file in the United States Claims Court 1
1 See Change of Name note below.
a claim against the United States within 1 year after October 12, 1993, seeking compensation for such property right. The United States Claims Court 1 shall have jurisdiction to render judgment upon any such claim in accordance with section 1491 of title 28.(b) Withdrawal
(c) Reclamation
(d) Mining claim validity review
(e) Public purposes
(Pub. L. 103–104, § 3, Oct. 12, 1993, 107 Stat. 1028.)