§ 706. Liabilities of occupants; trespass; limitations

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. 1962

   Pub. L. 87–851 § 6 · 76 Stat. 1127

   Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 706

   Pub. L. 87–851, § 6, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1128

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 87–851, § 6, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1128

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 6. (a) The execution of a conveyance as authorized by section 1 of this Act shall not relieve any occupant of the land conveyed of any liability, existing on the date of said conveyance, to the United States for unauthorized use of the land in and to which an interest is conveyed. (b) Except where a mining claim embracing land applied for under this Act by a qualified applicant was located at a time when the land included therein was withdrawn or otherwise not subject to such location, no trespass charges shall be sought or collected by the United States from any qualified applicant who has filed an application for land in the mining claim pursuant to this Act, based upon occupancy of such claim, whether residential or otherwise, for any period preceding the final administrative determination of the invalidity of the mining claim by the Secretary of the Interior or the voluntary relinquishment of the mining claim, whichever occurs earlier. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as creating any liability for trespass to the United States which would not exist in the absence of this Act. Relief under this section shall be limited to persons who file applications for conveyances pursuant to section 1 of this Act within five years from the date of its enactment.

2. 1967

   Pub. L. 90–111 § 2 · 81 Stat. 311

   Changed · 30 U.S.C. § 706(b)

   Pub. L. 90–111 extended from Oct. 23, 1967 to June 30, 1971, the period in which relief shall be accorded under this section to individuals who apply for conveyances pursuant to section 701 of this title

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90–111 extended from Oct. 23, 1967 to June 30, 1971, the period in which relief shall be accorded under this section to individuals who apply for conveyances pursuant to section 701 of this title.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. Section 6(b) of such Act of October 23, 1962 (30 U.S.C. 706(b)), is amended by striking out “five years from the date of its enactment” and inserting in lieu thereof “the period ending June 30, 1971”.

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