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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" shall 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 Twenty years after the effective date of this Act, all lands subject to the provisions of section 1 shall be withdrawn from all forms of entry under this Act.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.

Public Law 358

68 Stat. 932. 42 USC 2091.

41 Stat. 450. 30 USC 191. 48 USC 437-439.

30 USC 521-531.

CHAPTER 796

AN ACT To amend the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to establish a commission for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Alexander Hamilton", approved August 20, 1954.

Be it enacted by 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 commission 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. Public Law 359

30CFR Part201.

August 11, 1955 [S.1395]

Alexander Hamilton. Bicentennial, eommission. 68 Stat. 747.

Appropriation. Ante, p. 460.

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.,

Be it enacted by 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".

August 11, 1955 [H.R. 100]

Act of 1955.

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