Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§470kk Savings Provisions
Title 16 › Chapter 1B— ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROTECTION › § 470kk
Summary
Keeps existing laws that allow mining, mineral leasing, reclamation, and other uses of public land unchanged and does not add new limits to those activities. No permit is required to collect for private use rocks, coins, bullets, or minerals that rules under section 470bb(1) say are not archaeological resources, and the chapter applies only to public land and Indian land.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §470kk
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(a)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to repeal, modify, or impose additional restrictions on the activities permitted under existing laws and authorities relating to mining, mineral leasing, reclamation, and other multiple uses of the public lands.
(b)Nothing in this chapter applies to, or requires a permit for, the collection for private purposes of any rock, coin, bullet, or mineral which is not an archaeological resource, as determined under uniform regulations promulgated under section 470bb(1) of this title.
(c)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect any land other than public land or Indian land or to affect the lawful recovery, collection, or sale of archaeological resources from land other than public land or Indian land.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 470kk
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60