Pub. L. 105-83, tit. III, sec. 339

Sec. 339. (a) No funds provided in this or any other Act may be expended to develop a rulemaking proposal to amend or replace the Bureau of Land Management regulations found at 43 CFR 3809 or to prepare a draft environmental impact statement on such proposal, until the Secretary of the Interior certifies to the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Resources and Appropriations of the House of Representatives that the Department of the Interior has consulted with the Governor, or his/her representative, from each State that contains public lands open to location under the General Mining Laws.111 STAT. 1603 (b) The Secretary shall not publish proposed regulations to amend or replace the Bureau of Land Management regulations found at 43 CFR 3809 prior to November 15, 1998, and shall not finalize such regulations prior to 90 days after such publication.