§ 203. Additional lands or deposits

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.

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. 1920

   War Prohibition Act

   Pub. L. 66–85 § 3 · 41 Stat. 305

   Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 203

   Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 3, 41 Stat. 439

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 3, 41 Stat. 439

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. Any room, house, building, boat, vehicle, structure, or place of any kind where intoxicating liquor is sold, manufactured, kept for sale, or bartered in violation of the War Prohibition Act, and all intoxicating liquor and all property kept and used in maintaining such a place, is hereby declared to be a public and common Punishment for maintaining, etc. nuisance, and any person who maintains or assists in maintaining such public and common nuisance shall be guilty of a misdeamenor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or be imprisoned for not less than thirty days or Property knowingly used therefor subject to lien, sale, etc. more than one year, or both. If a person has knowledge that his property is occupied or used in violation of the provisions of the War Prohibition Act and suffers the same to be so used, such property shall be subject to a lien for, and may be sold to pay, all fines and costs assessed against the occupant of such building or property for any violation of the War Prohibition Act occurring after the passage hereof, which said lien shall attach from the time of the filing of notice of the commencement of the suit in the office where the records of the transfer Enforcement. of real estate are kept; and any such lien may be established and enforced by legal action instituted for that purpose in any Forfeiture of leases. court having jurisdiction. Any violation of this title upon any leased premises by the lessee or occupant thereof shall, at the option of the lessor, work a forfeiture of the lease.

2. 1976

   Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1975

   Pub. L. 94–377 § 13(b) · 90 Stat. 1083

   1. Struck · 30 U.S.C. § 203

      Pub. L. 94–377 struck out the advantage to the lessee as one of the conditions for modification of the original lease

   2. Substituted · 30 U.S.C. § 203

      Pub. L. 94–377 substituted provision prohibiting the addition of total area in excess of 160 acres or adding acreage larger than that in the original lease for provision limiting the total area embraced in such modified lease to an aggregate of 2560 acres

   3. Inserted · 30 U.S.C. § 203

      Pub. L. 94–377 inserted provision authorizing the Secretary to prescribe terms and conditions consistent with this chapter which shall be applicable to the total acreage in the modified lease

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 94–377 struck out the advantage to the lessee as one of the conditions for modification of the original lease, substituted provision prohibiting the addition of total area in excess of 160 acres or adding acreage larger than that in the original lease for provision limiting the total area embraced in such modified lease to an aggregate of 2560 acres, and inserted provision authorizing the Secretary to prescribe terms and conditions consistent with this chapter which shall be applicable to the total acreage in the modified lease.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Subject to valid existing rights, section 3 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 203) is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 3. Any person, association, or corporation holding a lease of Lease modifications. coal hinds or coal deposits under the provisions of this Act may with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, upon a finding by him that it would be in the interest of the United States, secure modifications of the original coal lease by including additional coal lands or coal deposits contiguous to those embraced in such lease, but in no event shall the total area added by such modifications to an existing coal lease exceed one hundred sixty acres, or add acreage larger than that in the original lease. The Secretary shall prescribe terms and conditions Terms and conditions. which shall be consistent with this Act and applicable to all of the acreage in such modified lease.”.

3. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–554 § 3 · 92 Stat. 2073

   Inserted · 30 U.S.C. § 203

   Pub. L. 95–554 authorized modification of leases to include coal lands or coal deposits cornering to those embraced in the leases and inserted provision respecting application of production or mining plan requirements of sections 202a(2) and 207(c) and minimum royalty provisions of section 207(a) of this title

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 95–554 authorized modification of leases to include coal lands or coal deposits cornering to those embraced in the leases and inserted provision respecting application of production or mining plan requirements of sections 202a(2) and 207(c) and minimum royalty provisions of section 207(a) of this title.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. Section 3 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 203), is further amended by adding after the word “contiguous”, the words “or cornering”, and by deleting the period at the end of the second sentence thereof and adding the following clause: “except that nothing in this section shall require the Secretary to apply the production or mining plan requirements of section 2(d) (2) and 7(c) of this Act (30 U.S.C. 201(d) (2) and 207(c)). The minimum royalty 30 USC 202a. provisions of section 7(c) of this Act (30 U.S.C. 207(a)) shall not apply to any lands covered by this modified lease prior to a modification until the’ term of the original lease or extension thereof which became effective prior to the effective date of this Act has expired.”.

4. 2005

   Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 2005

   Pub. L. 109–58 title IV § 432 · 119 Stat. 594

   1. Amended · 30 U.S.C. § 203

      Pub. L. 109–58 designated first sentence as par. (1) of subsec. (a)

   2. Substituted · 30 U.S.C. § 203

      Pub. L. 109–58 substituted “Except as provided in paragraph (3), on a finding by the Secretary under paragraph (2), any person” for “Any person”

   3. Substituted · 30 U.S.C. § 203

      Pub. L. 109–58 substituted “secure modifications of the original coal lease by including additional coal lands or coal deposits contiguous or cornering to those embraced in the lease” for “upon a finding by him that it would be in the interest of the United States, secure modifications of the original coal lease by including additional coal lands or coal deposits contiguous or cornering to those embraced in such lease, but in no event shall the total area added by such modifications to an existing coal lease exceed one hundred sixty acres, or add acreage larger than that in the original lease”

   4. Added · 30 U.S.C. § 203

      Pub. L. 109–58 added pars. (2) and (3)

   5. Amended · 30 U.S.C. § 203

      Pub. L. 109–58 designated second and third sentences as subsecs. (b) and (c), respectively

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 109–58 designated first sentence as par. (1) of subsec. (a), substituted “Except as provided in paragraph (3), on a finding by the Secretary under paragraph (2), any person” for “Any person” and “secure modifications of the original coal lease by including additional coal lands or coal deposits contiguous or cornering to those embraced in the lease” for “upon a finding by him that it would be in the interest of the United States, secure modifications of the original coal lease by including additional coal lands or coal deposits contiguous or cornering to those embraced in such lease, but in no event shall the total area added by such modifications to an existing coal lease exceed one hundred sixty acres, or add acreage larger than that in the original lease”, added pars. (2) and (3), and designated second and third sentences as subsecs. (b) and (c), respectively.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 432. REPEAL OF THE 160-ACRE LIMITATION FOR COAL LEASES.   Section 3 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 203) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking “Any person” and inserting the following: “(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), on a finding by the Secretary under paragraph (2), any person”; (2) in the second sentence, by striking “The Secretary” and inserting the following: “(b) The Secretary” ; (3) in the third sentence, by striking “The minimum” and inserting the following: “(c) The minimum” ; (4) in subsection (a) (as designated by paragraph (1))— (A) by striking “upon” and all that follows and inserting the following: “secure modifications of the original coal lease by including additional coal lands or coal deposits contiguous or cornering to those embraced in the lease.”; and (B) by adding at the end the following: “(2) A finding referred to in paragraph (1) is a finding by the Secretary that the modifications— “(A) would be in the interest of the United States; “(B) would not displace a competitive interest in the lands; and “(C) would not include lands or deposits that can be developed as part of another potential or existing operation. “(3) In no case shall the total area added by modifications to an existing coal lease under paragraph (1)— “(A) exceed 960 acres; or “(B) add acreage larger than that in the original lease.” .

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 109–58 applicable with respect to any coal lease issued before, on, or after Aug. 8, 2005, see section 438 of Pub. L. 109–58, set out as a note under section 201 of this title.

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