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diction under sections 601 to 604 and 611 to 615 of this

title, see Pub. L. 86–509, June 11, 1960, 74 Stat. 205, set

out as a Transfer of Functions from Secretary of the

Interior to Secretary of Agriculture note under section

2201 of Title 7, Agriculture.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 192b of this title;

title 16 section 460q–5.

§ 193. Disposition of deposits of coal, and so forth

The deposits of coal, phosphate, sodium, potassium, oil, oil shale, and gas, herein referred

to, in lands valuable for such minerals, including lands and deposits in Lander, Wyoming, coal

entries numbered 18 to 49, inclusive, shall be

subject to disposition only in the form and manner provided in this chapter, except as provided

in sections 1716 and 1719 of title 43, and except as

to valid claims existent on February 25, 1920,

and thereafter maintained in compliance with

the laws under which initiated, which claims

may be perfected under such laws, including discovery.

(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, §37, 41 Stat. 451; Feb. 7, 1927,

ch. 66, §5, 44 Stat. 1058; Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, §11,

60 Stat. 957; Pub. L. 95–554, §4, Oct. 30, 1978, 92

Stat. 2074.)

CODIFICATION

Section was from act Feb. 25, 1920, in which words

now reading ‘‘in Lander, Wyoming, coal entries numbered 18 to 49, inclusive,’’ originally read ‘‘described in

the joint resolution entitled ‘Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to permit the continuation of coal mining operations on certain lands in Wyoming,’ approved August 12, 1912, (Thirty-seven Statutes at Large p. 1346).’’ The change was effected by interpolation, in lieu of the reference to the 1912 resolution, the actual description of lands contained in said

resolution.

AMENDMENTS

1978—Pub. L. 95–554 provided for disposition of minerals as provided in sections 1716 and 1719 of title 43.

1946—Act Aug. 8, 1946, excluded from section 5 of act

Feb. 7, 1927, the incorporation, by reference, of section

181 of this title, and reenacted inclusion of deposits of

potassium.

1927—Act Feb. 7, 1927, included deposits of potassium.

CROSS REFERENCES

Laws applicable, see sections 275 and 285 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 275, 285 of this

title; title 10 sections 7421, 7435.

§ 193a. Preference right of United States to purchase coal for Army and Navy; price for coal;

civil actions; jurisdiction

The United States shall, at all times, have the

preference right to purchase so much of the

product of any mine or mines opened upon the

lands sold under the provisions of this Act, as

may be necessary for the use of the Army and

Navy, and at such reasonable and remunerative

price as may be fixed by the President; but the

producers of any coal so purchased who may be

dissatisfied with the price thus fixed shall have

the right to prosecute suits against the United

States in the United States Court of Federal

Claims for the recovery of any additional sum or

sums they may claim as justly due upon such

purchase.

(May 28, 1908, ch. 211, §2, 35 Stat. 424; Pub. L.

97–164, title I, §160(a)(10), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 48;

Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, §902(b)(1), Oct. 29, 1992,

106 Stat. 4516.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

This Act, referred to in text, is act May 28, 1908, ch.

211, 35 Stat. 424. Sections 1, 3, and 4 of this Act related

to consolidation of claims permitted and the limit of

acreage, prohibition against unlawful trusts, etc., and

contents of patents, respectively, and are not classified

to the Code.

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.

Section was formerly classified to section 453 of Title

48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

AMENDMENTS

1992—Pub. L. 102–572 substituted ‘‘United States

Court of Federal Claims’’ for ‘‘United States Claims

Court’’.

1982—Pub. L. 97–164 substituted ‘‘United States

Claims Court’’ for ‘‘Court of Claims’’.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 102–572 effective Oct. 29, 1992,

see section 911 of Pub. L. 102–572, set out as a note

under section 171 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial

Procedure.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1982 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 97–164 effective Oct. 1, 1982,

see section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164, set out as a note under

section 171 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in title 10 sections 7421,

7435.

§ 194. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6,

1966, 80 Stat. 644

Section, acts Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, §38, 41 Stat. 451;

Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145, related to fees and

commissions of registers (successors to consolidated offices of registers and receivers), the predecessors of

managers.

§ 195. Enforcement

(a) Violations

It shall be unlawful for any person:

(1) to organize or participate in any scheme,

arrangement, plan, or agreement to circumvent or defeat the provisions of this chapter or its implementing regulations, or

(2) to seek to obtain or to obtain any money

or property by means of false statements of

material facts or by failing to state material

facts concerning:

(A) the value of any lease or portion thereof issued or to be issued under this chapter;

(B) the availability of any land for leasing

under this chapter;

(C) the ability of any person to obtain

leases under this chapter; or

(D) the provisions of this chapter and its

implementing regulations.

(b) Penalty

Any person who knowingly violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be