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Expiration of authority.

PUBLIC LAW 88-608-SEPT. 19, 1964

[78 STAT.

SEC. 6. The purposes of this Act are declared to be supplemental to the purposes for which any of the Federal lands in section 1 of this Act have been designated, acquired, withdrawn, reserved, held, or administered. This Act shall not be construed as a repeal, in whole or in part, of any existing law, including, but not limited to, the mining and mineral leasing laws. SEC. 7. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as— (a) Restricting prospecting, locating, developing, mining, entering, leasing, or patenting the mineral resources of the lands to which this Act applies under law applicable thereto pending action inconsistent therewith under this Act. (b) Restricting the entry and settlement of lands open to entry and settlement under the public land laws pending action inconsistent therewith under this Act. (c) Restricting the Secretary of the Interior from disposing of lands under applicable statutes after the land has been classified in accordance with this Act. (d) Affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the several States with respect to the lands referred to herein. SEC. 8. The authorizations and requirements of this Act shall expire June 30, 1969, except that the segregation prior to June 30, 1969, of any public lands from settlement, location, sale, selection, entry, lease, or other form of disposal under the public land laws shall continue for the period of time allowed by this Act. Approved September 19, 1964. Public Law 88-608

September 19, 1964 [H. R. 5498]

Public lands disposal. Authority of Interior Secretary. Ante, p. 982.

Notification to local zoning authority.

AN ACT To provide temporary authority for the sale of certain public lands.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That pending the implementation of recommendations to be made by the Public Land Law Review Commission, in addition to any other authority that he may have, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to dispose of public lands that have been classified for disposal in accordance with a determination that (a) the lands are required for the orderly growth and development of a community or (b) the lands are chiefly valuable for residential, commercial, agricultural (exclusive of lands chiefly valuable for grazing a'Ad raising forage crops), industrial, or public uses or development. Such disposals shall be in tracts not exceeding five thousand one hundred and twenty acres each to qualified governmental agencies at the appraised fair market value thereof as determined by the Secretary of the Interior or to qualified individuals through competitive bidding at not less than the appraised fair market value as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 2. A t least ninety days prior to offering lands for sale in accordance with this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall notify the head of the governing body of the political subdivision of the State having jurisdiction over zoning in the geographic area within which the lands are located or, in the absence of such political subdivision, the Governor of the State, in order to afford the appropriate body with the opportunity of zoning for the use of the land in accordance with local

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