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Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Chapter 7 — Lease of Mineral Deposits Within Acquired Lands

§ 353. Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of mineral rights; sale subject to prior lease; naval petroleum reserves unaffected

Statutory text

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to (a) amend, modify, or change any existing law authorizing or requiring the sale of acquired lands, or (b) empower any commission, bureau, or agency of the Government to make a reservation of the minerals in the sale of any acquired land: Provided, That any such sale or conveyance of lands shall be made by the agency having jurisdiction thereof, subject to any lease theretofore made, covering the mineral deposits underlying such lands: Provided further, That nothing in this chapter is intended, or shall be construed to affect in any manner any provision of chapter 869 of title 10.

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. 80–513 § 4 · 61 Stat. 913

    Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 353

    Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 513, § 4, 61 Stat. 914

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 513, § 4, 61 Stat. 914

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 4. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to (a) amend, modify, or change any existing law authorizing or requiring the sale of acquired lands, or (b) empower any commission, bureau, or agency of the Government to make a reservation of the minerals in the sale of any acquired land: Provided, That any such sale or conveyance of lands shall be made by the agency having jurisdiction thereof, subject to any lease theretofore made, covering the mineral deposits underlying such lands: Provided further, That nothing in this Act is intended, or shall be construed to affect in any 52 Stat. 1252. 34 U. S. C. § 524 and note. Lease of U. S. interest. manner any provision of the Act of June 30, 1938 (32 Stat. 1252), amending the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 813).

  2. John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

    Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 809(i)(2) · 132 Stat. 1636

    Substituted · 30 U.S.C. § 353

    Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “chapter 869 of title 10” for “the Act of June 30, 1938 (32 Stat. 1252), amending the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 813)”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “chapter 869 of title 10” for “the Act of June 30, 1938 (32 Stat. 1252), amending the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 813)”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Section 4 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 353) is amended by striking “the Act of June 30, 1938 (32 Stat. 1252), amending the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 813)” before the period at the end and inserting “chapter 869 of title 10, United States Code”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “chapter 869 of title 10” for “the Act of (32 Stat. 1252), amending the Act of (41 Stat. 813)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Credits

1947–2018 · 2 acts
  1. 1947Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 513, § 4, 61 Stat. 914
  2. 2018Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(i)(2), , 132 Stat. 1843.
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(Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 513, § 4, 61 Stat. 914; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(i)(2), , 132 Stat. 1843.)

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