Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 3A — Leases and Prospecting Permits
§ 236b. Existing leases within naval petroleum reserves not affected
Statutory text
Nothing in this act shall be construed as affecting existing leases within the borders of the naval petroleum reserves, or agreements concerning operations thereunder or in relation thereto.
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.
Pub. L. 79–916 § 13 · 60 Stat. 950
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 236b
Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 13, 60 Stat. 958
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 13, 60 Stat. 958Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 13. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting existing leases within the borders of the naval petroleum reserves, or agreements concerning operations thereunder or in relation thereto, but the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized, with the consent of the President, to enter into agreements such as those provided for in Ante, p. 952. section 17 (b) of the Act of February 25, 1920, as amended by this Act, which agreements shall not, unless expressed therein, operate to extend the term of any lease affected thereby.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, 60 Stat. 950, which is classified generally to sections 181, 184, 187a, 187b, 188, 193, 209, 225, 226, 226c to 226e, 236b, and 285 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
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.
Amendments
1956—Act , repealed the portion of this section after “thereto” which authorized the Secretary of the Navy, with the consent of the President, to enter into agreements such as those provided for in section 236e of this title, which agreements, should not, unless expressed therein, operate to extend the term of any lease affected thereby.
Credits
1946–1956 · 2 acts
- 1946Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 13, 60 Stat. 958
- 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 675.
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(Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 13, 60 Stat. 958; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 675.)