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 PUBLIC LAW 100-648—NOV. 10, 1988

102 STAT. 3815

fee the lands covered by such lease or any portion thereof which have been used for solid waste disposal or for any other purpose that the Secretary finds may result in the disposal, placement, or release of any hazardous substance. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a patent issued pursuant to this paragraph shall not contain a reverter provision and the lands covered by such patent shall not under any circumstances revert to the United States by operation of law after the issuance of such patent and shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.". SEC. 3. SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this Act or the amendments made thereby shall be construed to affect the applicability and operation of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) as amended, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), as amended. SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.—(a) The Secretary shall not make any conveyance of land or renunciation of reversionary interests under this Act until he has published in the Federal Register regulations implementing this Act and until sixty days (not counting days on which the House of Representatives or the Senate has adjourned for more than three days) after these regulations have been submitted to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives. (b) During the first three years after enactment of this Act the Secretary shall not make any conveyance of land or renunciation of reversionary interests under this Act until thirty days (not counting days on which the House of Representatives or the Senate has adjourned for more than three days) after notice of intention to do so has been submitted to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives. Approved November 10, 1988.

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4362: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-934 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): Sept. 20, considered and passed House. Oct. 21, considered and passed Senate, amended. House concurred in Senate amendment.

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43 USC 869-2 note.

43 USC 869-2 note. Federal Register, publication. Regulations.

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