Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 97.djvu/939

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PUBLIC LAW 98-140—OCT. 31, 1983 97 STAT. 907 sibilities of the respective owners shall remain with such owners until such time as the conveyances are executed. (d) The following orders of withdrawal, as they apply to the lands conveyed by the United States and involved in the transactions authorized by this section, are hereby revoked: Executive Order Numbered 30—Montana 7—Phosphate Re- serve—October 9, 1917 (one hundred and eighty-five acres). Executive Order Numbered 30—Montana 8—Coal Reserve— December 27, 1911 (two thousand two hundred and eighty acres). Montana 1—Coal Reserve—July 9, 1910 (seven thousand three hundred and sixteen and seventy-three one-hundredths acres). Public Land Order Numbered 1370—Hammond Administra- tive Site—November 28, 1956. Public Land Order Numbered 909—Jack Creek Administra- tive Site—July 13, 1953. Orders of withdrawal. FILING OF MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS SEC. 5. As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, maps and legal descriptions of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness shall be filed with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- sources of the United States Senate, and such maps and legal descriptions shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, however, That correction of clerical and typo- graphical errors in such legal descriptions and maps may be made. Submittal to congressional committees. Land leases and bidding rights. 16 USC 460^^^. "Money." AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 6. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. SEC. 7. (a) Subsection (b)(3) of section 4 of the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and Wilderness Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-476) is amended to read as follows: "(3) If for any reason, including but not limited to the failure of the Secretary of the Interior to offer for lease lands in the Montana portion of the Powder River Coal Production Region as defined in the Federal Register of November 9, 1979 (44 F.R. 65196), or the failure of the holder of the bidding rights to submit a successful high bid for any such leases, any bidding rights issued in an exchange under this Act have not been exercised within two years from the date of enactment of this Act, the bidding rights may be used as a monetary credit, which shall be considered 'money' within the meaning of section 35 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 191), against that portion of bonus payments, rental or royalty payments paid into the Treasury of the United States and retained by the Federal Government on any Federal coal lease won or otherwise held by the applicant, its successors or assigns. The holder of the bidding rights shall pay the balance due on such bonus pay- ments, rental or royalty payments in cash for transmittal to the States in the same manner and in the same amounts as though the entire payment were made in cash under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 as amended. The bidding rights 30 USC 181 note may be transferred or sold at any time by the owner to any