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[CITE: 16USC1901]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 39--MINING ACTIVITY WITHIN NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM AREAS
 
Sec. 1901. Congressional findings and declaration of policy

    The Congress finds and declares that--
        (a) the level of technology of mineral exploration and 
    development has changed radically in recent years and continued 
    application of the mining laws of the United States to those areas 
    of the National Park System to which it applies, conflicts with the 
    purposes for which they were established; and
        (b) all mining operations in areas of the National Park System 
    should be conducted so as to prevent or minimize damage to the 
    environment and other resource values, and, in certain areas of the 
    National Park System, surface disturbance from mineral development 
    should be temporarily halted while Congress determines whether or 
    not to acquire any valid mineral rights which may exist in such 
    areas.

(Pub. L. 94-429, Sec. 1, Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1342.)


                               Short Title

    Pub. L. 94-429, which enacted this chapter, amended sections 123 and 
450y-2 of this title, and repealed sections 350, 350a, 447, and 450z of 
this title, is popularly known as the ``Mining in the Parks Act''.
