§ 209. Suspension, waiver, or reduction of rents or royalties to promote development or operation; extension of lease on suspension of operations and production

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
2. 2 So in original.
3. 3 So in original. The period probably should be a colon.

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

   Pub. L. 72–85 § 39 · 47 Stat. 67

   Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 209

   Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 39, as added Feb. 9, 1933, ch. 45, 47 Stat. 798

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 39, as added Feb. 9, 1933, ch. 45, 47 Stat. 798

2. 1976

   Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1975

   Pub. L. 94–377 § 14 · 90 Stat. 1083

   Inserted · 30 U.S.C. § 209

   Pub. L. 94–377 inserted sentence at end that nothing in this section shall be construed as granting to the Secretary authority to waive, suspend, or reduce advance royalties

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 94–377 inserted sentence at end that nothing in this section shall be construed as granting to the Secretary authority to waive, suspend, or reduce advance royalties.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 14. Section 39 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 209) is amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof: “Nothing in this section shall be construed as granting to the Secretary the authority to waive, suspend, or reduce advance royalties.”.

3. 1981

   Pub. L. 97–78 § 1(3) · 95 Stat. 1070

   1. Inserted · 30 U.S.C. § 209

      Pub. L. 97–78 inserted reference to gilsonite (including all vein-type solid hydrocarbons)

   2. Inserted · 30 U.S.C. § 209

      Pub. L. 97–78 inserted proviso that, in order to promote development and the maximum production of tar sand, at the request of the lessee, the Secretary review, prior to commencement of commercial operations, the royalty rates established in each combined hydrocarbon lease issued in special tar sand areas, and that, for purposes of this section, “tar sand” means any consolidated or unconsolidated rock (other than coal, oil shale, or gilsonite) that either contains a hydrocarbonaceous material with a gas-free viscosity, at original reservoir temperature, greater than 10,000 centipoise, or contains a hydrocarbonaceous material and is produced by mining or quarrying

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 97–78 inserted reference to gilsonite (including all vein-type solid hydrocarbons) and inserted proviso that, in order to promote development and the maximum production of tar sand, at the request of the lessee, the Secretary review, prior to commencement of commercial operations, the royalty rates established in each combined hydrocarbon lease issued in special tar sand areas, and that, for purposes of this section, “tar sand” means any consolidated or unconsolidated rock (other than coal, oil shale, or gilsonite) that either contains a hydrocarbonaceous material with a gas-free viscosity, at original reservoir temperature, greater than 10,000 centipoise, or contains a hydrocarbonaceous material and is produced by mining or quarrying.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) section 1 (30 U.S.C. 181), sections 21 (a) and (c) (30 U.S.C. 241 (a) and (c)), and section 34 (30 U.S.C. 182) of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, are amended by deleting “native asphalt, solid and semisolid bitumen, and bituminous rock (including oil-impregnated rock or sands from which oil is recoverable only by special treatment after the deposit is mined or quarried)” and by inserting in lieu thereof “gilsonite (including all vein-type solid hydrocarbons),”, except that in the first sentence of section 21(a) the word “and” should be inserted before “gilsonite” and the comma after the parenthesis should be eliminated in section 21.

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