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[CITE: 16USC470kk]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
             CHAPTER 1B--ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROTECTION
 
Sec. 470kk. Savings provisions


(a) Mining, mineral leasing, reclamation, and other multiple uses

    Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to repeal, modify, or 
impose additional restrictions on the activities permitted under 
existing laws and authorities relating to mining, mineral leasing, 
reclamation, and other multiple uses of the public lands.

(b) Private collections

    Nothing in this chapter applies to, or requires a permit for, the 
collection for private purposes of any rock, coin, bullet, or mineral 
which is not an archaeological resource, as determined under uniform 
regulations promulgated under section 470bb(1) of this title.

(c) Lands within chapter

    Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect any land other 
than public land or Indian land or to affect the lawful recovery, 
collection, or sale of archaeological resources from land other than 
public land or Indian land.

(Pub. L. 96-95, Sec. 12, Oct. 31, 1979, 93 Stat. 728.)
