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(a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to declare forfeited, abandoned, or void any unpatented lode mining claim, mill site, or tunnel site described in section 10101(a)(1) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f(a)(1)) for which the claim maintenance fee required by that section (30 U.S.C. 28f(a)(1)) was paid on or before September 1, 2012, on the ground that the holder of such unpatented lode mining claim, mill site, or tunnel site did not comply with the assessment work requirement or the related filing requirements described in that section (30 U.S.C. 28f(a)(1)), for the assessment year ending on September 1, 2012. (b) Subsection (a) shall apply notwithstanding receipt by the holder of an unpatented lode mining claim, mill site, or tunnel site described in that subsection of a refund of the claim maintenance fee described in that subsection from the Secretary of the Interior. (c) Subsection (a) shall not apply to an unpatented lode mining claim, mill site, or tunnel site described in subsection (a) for which the claim maintenance fee described in that subsection was waived under section 10101(d) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f(d)) for the assessment year ending on September 1, 2012.