Review of the Bureau of Land Management's Administration and Use of Mining Maintenance Fees
AIMD-00-184R
Published: Jun 02, 2000. Publicly Released: Jun 30, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) administration and use of mining maintenance fees, focusing on: (1) whether BLM used Mining Law Administration Program (MLAP) fees to process mineral patent applications and whether this use was appropriate; and (2) the amount of MLAP fees collected by BLM in fiscal year (FY) 1998 and how BLM used these fees.
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Budget obligationsFeesFunds managementGovernment collectionsMineral resourcesMiningMiningLand managementPatentsPatent applications