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Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Chapter 3A — Leases and Prospecting Permits

§ 192b. Application to contracts

Statutory text

The provisions of sections 192a to 192c of this title shall apply to all existing contracts for the purchase of Government royalty oil entered into after , and prior to , irrespective of whether a determination of preference status was made in connection with the award of such contracts, but shall not apply to any such contract which subsequent to its award has been transferred, through the acquisition of stock interests or other transactions, to the ownership or control of a refinery ineligible for a preference under section 192 of this title, and the regulations in force thereunder at the time of such transfer.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 81–529 § 2 · 63 Stat. 682

    Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 192b

    (Sept. 1, 1949, ch. 529, § 2, 63 Stat. 682.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Sept. 1, 1949, ch. 529, § 2, 63 Stat. 682.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. The provisions of this Act shall apply to all existing contracts for the purchase of Government royalty oil entered into after 30 U. S. C. § 192. the approval of the Act of July 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 533), and prior to the approval of this Act, irrespective of whether a determination of preference status was made in connection with the award of such Exception. contracts, but shall not apply to any such contract which subsequent to its award has been transferred, through the acquisition of stock interests or other transactions, to the ownership or control of a refinery ineligible for a preference under said Act of July 13, 1946, and the regulations in force thereunder at the time of such transfer.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this chapter.

Credits

(Sept. 1, 1949, ch. 529, § 2, 63 Stat. 682.)

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