Pub. L. 100-446, tit. III, sec. 323

Sec. 323. (a) Subject to valid existing rights, on the date of enactment of this section deposits of quartz mineral within the Ouachita National Forest in the State of Arkansas shall no longer be subject to location and entry under the General Mining Law of 1872 (17 Stat. 91), as amended, and all such deposits shall hereafter be disposed of under the same conditions as are applicable to common varieties of mineral materials on such lands under the Materials Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 681), as amended: Provided, That fifty percent of the moneys received pursuant to this section shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State of Arkansas, to be102 STAT. 1828 expended as the State may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools and public roads of the counties in which the Ouachita National Forest is situated. (b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe rules and regulations for the disposal of quartz mineral from the Ouachita National Forest.