Pub. L. 106-31, tit. III, ch. 4, sec. 3002

Sec. 3002. None of the funds made available under this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to issue and finalize the rule to revise 43 CFR Part 3809, published on February 9, 1999 at 64 Fed. Reg. 6421 or the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Surface Management Regulations for Locatable Mineral Operations, published in February, 1999, unless the Secretary has provided a period of not less than 120 days 113 STAT. 90for accepting public comment on the proposed rule after the report of the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands, authorized and required by the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277)) is submitted to the appropriate Federal agencies, the Congress, and the Governors of the affected States in accordance with the requirements of that Act.