; (C) modifies any provision of law or any prior administrative action withdrawing lands from location or entry; (D) limits the right of the Federal Government to regulate mining and mining-related activities (including requiring claim validity examinations to establish the discovery of a valuable mineral deposit) in areas withdrawn from mining (including under— (i) the general mining laws; (ii) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ); (iii) the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ); (iv) sections 100731 through 100737 of title 54, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Mining in the Parks Act ); (v) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ); or (vi) division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code (commonly referred to as the National Historic Preservation Act ); or (E) restores any right (including a right of entry, use, or occupancy, or right to conduct operations) of a claimant that existed prior to the date that the lands were closed to or withdrawn from location under the general mining laws and that has been extinguished by such closure or withdrawal. . 308. Ensuring consideration of uranium as a critical mineral (a) In general Section 7002(a)(3)(B)(i) of the Energy Act of 2020 ( 30 U.S.C. 1606(a)(3)(B)(i) ) is amended to read as follows: (i) oil, oil shale, coal, or natural gas