,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acjg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bj1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,young of ,alaska introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,omnibus       
,budget ,reconciliation ,act of #aiic to
 require the ,bureau of ,land           
,management to provide a claimant of a  
small miner waiver from claim           
maintenance fees with a period of #fj   
days after written receipt of #a or more
 defects is provided to the claimant by 
registered mail to cure the #a or more  
defects or pay the claim maintenance    
fee1 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,small
 miner waivers to claim maintenance fees
  7a7 ,in general ,section              
#ajaja7;d77#c7 of the ,omnibus ,budget  
,reconciliation ,act of #aiic 7#cj      
,u4,s4,c4 #bh;f7d77#c77 is amended by   
striking for any reason1 the claimant   
shall have a period of #fj days after   
receipt of written notification of the  

defect or defects by the ,bureau of     
,land ,management to3 and inserting for 
any reason 7including the failure to    
timely file a small miner's maintenance 
fee waiver application or an affidavit  
of annual labor associated with the     
application and required application    
fees71 the claimant shall have a period 
of #fj days after receipt of written    
notification of the #a or more defects  
provided by the ,bureau of ,land        
,management by registered mail to4  7b7 
,transition rules ,the claimholder of   
claims numbered ,,aa#jbcadi1            
,,aa#jbcafc1 ,,aa#jdgiac1 ,,aa#jdgiad1  
,,aa#jdgiae1 ,,aa#jdgiaf1 ,,aa#jdgiag1  
,,aa#jdgiah1 and ,,aa#jdgiai 7as of     
,december #bi1 #bjjd7 shall be          
considered--  7#a7 to have received a   
first half final certificate for        
application ,,aa#jgbfdh 7associated with
 the claims7 before ,september #cj1     
#aiid2 and  7#b7 to qualify for relief  
under section #ajaja7;d77#c7 of the     
,omnibus ,budget ,reconciliation ,act of

 #aiic 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #bh;f7d77#c77 and 
have the opportunity to cure under that 
section for any prior period for which  
#a or more defects existed or there was 
a failure to pay claim maintenance fees4