Pub. L. 112-74, div. E, tit. IV (as amended)

430.Section 10101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f) is amended—(1)in subsection (a)—(A)by striking so much as precedes the second sentence and inserting the following:(a)Claim Maintenance Fee.(1)Lode mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites.The holder of each unpatented lode mining claim, mill site, or tunnel site, located pursuant to the mining laws of the United States on or after August 10, 1993, shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior, on or before September 1 of each year, to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, a claim maintenance fee of $100 per claim or site, respectively.; and(B)by adding at the end the following:(2)Placer mining claims.The holder of each unpatented placer mining claim located pursuant to the mining laws of the United States located before, on, or after August 10, 1993, shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior, on or before September 1 of each year, the claim maintenance fee described in subsection (a), for each 20 acres of the placer claim or portion thereof.; and(2)in subsection (b), by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: The claim main tenance fee under subsection (a) shall be paid for the year in which the location is made, at the time the location notice is recorded with the Bureau of Land Management..