113 STAT. 90 PUBLIC LAW 106-31—MAY 21, 1999 112 Stat. 2681-291. Alaska. Washington. for 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. SEC. 3003. None of the funds in this or any other Act shall be used to issue a notice of final rulemaking with respect to the valuation of crude oil for royalty purposes, including a rulemaking derived from proposed rules published in 63 Federal Register 6113 (1998), 62 Federal Register 36030, and 62 Federal Register 3742 (1997) until October 1, 1999, or until there is a negotiated agreement on the rule. SEC. 3004. Section 328 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277, division A, section 1(e), title III) is amended by striking "none of the funds in this Act" and inserting "none of the funds provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service or Bureau of Indian Affairs". SEC. 3005. A payment of $800,000 from the total amount of $1,000,000 for construction of the Pike's Peak Summit House, as specified in Conference Report 105-337, accompanying the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1998, Public Law 105-83, and payments of $2,000,000 for the Borough of Ketchikan to participate in a study of the feasibility and dynamics of manufacturing veneer products in Southeast Alaska and $200,000 for construction of the Pike's Peak Summit House, as specified in Conference Report 105-825 accompanying the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1999 (as contained in division A, section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)), shall be paid in lump sum and shall be considered direct payments, for the purposes of all applicable law except that these direct grants may not be used for lobbying activities. SEC. 3006. MiLLSiTES OPINION, (a) PROHIBITION ON MILLSITE LIMITATIONS. —Notwithstanding the opinion dated November 7, 1997, by the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior concerning millsites under the general mining law (referred to in this section as the "opinion"), in accordance with the millsite provisions of the Bureau of Land Management Handbook for Mineral Examiners H-3890-1, page III-8 (dated 1989), and section 2811.33 of the Forest Service Manual (dated 1990), the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall not limit the number or acreage of millsites based on the ratio between the number or acreage of millsites and the number or acreage of associated lode or placer claims with respect to the Crown Jewel project, Okanogan County, Washington for any fiscal year. (b) EFFECT ON PRIOR APPROVALS AND RECORDS OF DECISION. — As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture shall approve the plan of operations and reinstate the record of decision for the Crown Jewel project.
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