Volume 67 · 558
Public Law 83–253
To amend the mineral leasing laws with respect to their application in the case of pipelines passing through the public domain.
Approved August 12, 1953
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the mineral leasing laws with respect to their application in the case of pipelines passing through the public domain.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 28 of the Act entitled “An Act to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain”, approved February 25, 1920, as amended (30 U. S. C., sec. 185), is amended by inserting
after “Provided,” the following: “That the common carrier provisions of this section shall not apply to any natural gas pipeline operated by
any person subject to regulation under the Natural Gas Act or by any public utility subject to regulation by a State or municipal regulatory agency having jurisdiction to regulate the rates and charges for the sale of natural gas to consumers within the State or municipality: Provided further,”.
Approved August 12, 1953.