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30 U.S.C. § 229a (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 229a. Water struck while drilling for oil and gas
(a) Acquisition; condition in lease
All prospecting permits and leases for oil or gas made or issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the condition that in case the permittee or lessee strikes water while drilling instead of oil or gas, the Secretary of the Interior may, when such water is of such quality and quantity as to be valuable and usable at a reasonable cost for agricultural, domestic, or other purposes, purchase the casing in the well at the reasonable value thereof to be fixed under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary.
(b) Prior leases
In cases where water wells producing such water have heretofore been or may hereafter be drilled upon lands embraced in any prospecting permit or lease heretofore issued under this chapter, the Secretary may in like manner purchase the casing in such wells.
(c) Disposition
The Secretary may make such purchase and may lease or operate such wells for the purpose of producing water and of using the same on the public lands or of disposing of such water for beneficial use on other lands, and where such wells have heretofore been plugged or abandoned or where such wells have been drilled prior to the issuance of any permit or lease by persons not in privity with the permittee or lessee, the Secretary may develop the same for the purposes of this section: Provided, That owners or occupants of lands adjacent to those upon which such water wells may be developed shall have a preference right to make beneficial use of such water.
(d) Revolving fund
The Secretary may use so much of any funds available for the plugging of wells, as he may find necessary to start the program provided for by this section, and thereafter he may use the proceeds from the sale or other disposition of such water as a revolving fund for the continuation of such program, and such proceeds are hereby appropriated for such purpose.
(e) Operations under lease not restricted
Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict operations under any oil or gas lease or permit under any other provision of this chapter.
(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 40, as added June 16, 1934, ch. 557, 48 Stat. 977; amended Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–579 struck out proviso relating to reservation of land as a water hole under section 300 of title 43.
heading: Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
text: Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792, provided that the amendment made by section 704(a) is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of Title 43, Public Lands.
30 U.S.C. § 230 to 233 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§§ 230 to 233. Repealed. June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 3, 62 Stat. 576
text: Section 230, act Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 249, § 1, 42 Stat. 1448, authorized permits and leases for certain United States citizens and corporations in Oklahoma.
text: Section 231, act Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 249, § 2, 42 Stat. 1448, required applications for permits and leases to be made not later than sixty days after Mar. 4, 1923.
text: Section 232, act Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 249, § 3, 42 Stat. 1448, limited amount of land any one person or corporation could be granted.
text: Section 233, act Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 249, § 4, 42 Stat. 1448, provided for payment of royalties to United States.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Act June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 3, 62 Stat. 576, provided that the repeal of these sections is subject to existing valid rights.
30 U.S.C. § 233a (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 233a. Permits or leases of certain lands in Okla­homa; retention of royalties
The Secretary of the Interior is directed to retain in his custody until otherwise directed by law the 12½ per centum and other royalties heretofore or hereafter received by him in pursuance of section 233 1 of this title.
(Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 550, § 2, 43 Stat. 1302.)
heading: References in Text
text: Section 233 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by act June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 3, 62 Stat. 576.
heading: Codification
text: 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.
30 U.S.C. § 234 to 236 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§§ 234 to 236. Repealed. June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 3, 62 Stat. 576
text: Section 234, act Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 249, § 5, 42 Stat. 1449, provided for application of other laws to leases and permits granted under sections 230 to 233 and 234 to 236 of this title, and for disposition of lands and deposits remaining unappropriated and undisposed of.
text: Section 235, act Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 249, § 6, 42 Stat. 1449, prohibited interference with certain lands in possession of receivers appointed by the Supreme Court.
text: Section 236, act Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 249, § 7, 42 Stat. 1450, authorized promulgation of rules and regulations necessary to accomplish purposes of sections 230 to 233 and 234 to 236 of this title.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Act June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 3, 62 Stat. 576, provided that the repeal of these sections is subject to existing valid rights.
30 U.S.C. § 236a (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 236a. Lands in naval petroleum reserves and naval oil-shale reserves; effect of other laws
Nothing in sections 185, 221,1 223, 223a,1 and 226 of this title and this section shall be construed as affecting any lands within the borders of the naval petroleum reserves and naval oil-shale reserves or agreements concerning operations thereunder or in relation to the same, but the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized, with the consent of the President, to enter into agreements such as those provided for under sections 184 and 226 of this title, which agreement shall not, unless expressed therein, operate to extend the terms of any lease affected thereby.
(Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 599, § 3, 49 Stat. 679.)
heading: References in Text
text: Section 221 of this title, referred to in text, was omitted from the Code.
Section 223a of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by act Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 14, 60 Stat. 958.
heading: Codification
text: 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.
30 U.S.C. § 236b (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 236b. Existing leases within naval petroleum reserves not affected
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.
(Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 13, 60 Stat. 958; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 675.)
heading: References in Text
text: This act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, 60 Stat. 950, as amended, 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.
heading: Codification
text: 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.
heading: Amendments
text: 1956—Act Aug. 10, 1956, 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.
30 U.S.C. § 237 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 237. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, Pub. L. 95–372, title VI, § 602, Sept. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 694, which required the Secretary of the Interior to submit annual reports to Congress on delinquent royalty accounts under leases issued under any Act regulating development of oil and gas on Federal lands, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 111 of House Document No. 103–7.
30 U.S.C. § 261 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 261. Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to grant to any qualified applicant a prospecting permit which shall give the exclusive right to prospect for chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of sodium, in lands belonging to the United States for a period of not exceeding two years: Provided, That the area to be included in such a permit shall not exceed two thousand five hundred and sixty acres of land in reasonably compact form.
(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 23, 41 Stat. 447; Dec. 11, 1928, ch. 19, 45 Stat. 1019.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1928—Act Dec. 11, 1928, struck out “and directed” after “authorized”, “dissolved in and soluble in water, and accumulated by concentration, in lands belonging to the United States for a period not exceeding two years,” after “nitrates of sodium”, and last proviso which read “Provided further, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to lands in San Bernardino County, California.”
30 U.S.C. § 263 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 263. Permits to use or lease of nonmineral lands for camp sites, and other purposes; annual rentals; acreage
In addition to areas of such mineral land which may be included in any such prospecting permits or leases, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may grant to a permittee or lessee of lands containing sodium deposits, and subject to the payment of an annual rental of not less than 25 cents per acre, the exclusive right to use, during the life of the permit or lease, a tract of unoccupied nonmineral public land, not exceeding forty acres in area, for camp sites, refining works, and other purposes connected with and necessary to the proper development and use of the deposits covered by the permit or lease.
(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 25, 41 Stat. 447.)
30 U.S.C. § 271 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 271. Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to grant to any qualified applicant a prospecting permit which shall give the exclusive right to prospect for sulphur in lands belonging to the United States located in the States of Louisiana and New Mexico for a period of not exceeding two years: Provided, That the area to be included in such a permit shall be not exceeding six hundred and forty acres of land in reasonably compact form.
(Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, § 1, 44 Stat. 301; July 16, 1932, ch. 498, 47 Stat. 701.)
heading: Codification
text: 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.
heading: Amendments
text: 1932—Act July 16, 1932, substituted “States of Louisiana and New Mexico” for “State of Louisiana”.
30 U.S.C. § 272 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 272. Leases to permittees; privileges extended to oil and gas permittees
Upon showing to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that valuable deposits of sulphur have been discovered by the permittee within the area covered by his permit, and that the land is chiefly valuable therefor, the permittee shall be entitled to a lease for any or all of the land embraced in the prospecting permit, at a royalty of 5 per centum of the quantity or gross value of the output of sulphur at the point of shipment to market, such lease to be taken in compact form by legal subdivisions of the public-land surveys; or if the land be not surveyed, by survey executed at the cost of the permittee in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That where any person having been granted an oil and gas permit makes a discovery of sulphur in lands covered by said permit, he shall have the same privilege of leasing not to exceed six hundred and forty acres of said land under the same terms and conditions as are given a sulphur permittee under the provisions of this section.
(Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, § 2, 44 Stat. 301.)
heading: Codification
text: 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.
30 U.S.C. § 273 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 273. Lease of lands not covered by permits or leases; acreage; rental
Lands known to contain valuable deposits of sulphur and not covered by permits or leases shall be held subject to lease by the Secretary of the Interior through advertisement, competitive bidding, or such other methods as he may by general regulations adopt and in such areas as he shall fix, not exceeding six hundred and forty acres; all leases to be conditioned upon the payment by the lessee of such royalty as may be fixed in the lease and the payment in advance of a rental of 50 cents per acre per annum, the rental paid for any one year to be credited against the royalties accruing for that year.
(Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, § 3, 44 Stat. 301.)
heading: Codification
text: 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.
30 U.S.C. § 274 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 274. Lands containing coal or other minerals
Prospecting permits or leases may be issued in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of this subchapter for deposits of sulphur in public lands also containing coal or other minerals on condition that such other deposits be reserved to the United States for disposal under applicable laws.
(Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, § 4, 44 Stat. 302.)
heading: Codification
text: 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.
30 U.S.C. § 275 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 275. Laws applicable
The general provisions of sections 181 to 184, 185 to 188, 189 to 192, 193, and 194 1 of this title, are made applicable to permits and leases under this subchapter, sections 181 and 193 of this title being amended to include deposits of sulphur, and section 184 of this title being amended so as to prohibit any person, association, or corporation from taking or holding more than three sulphur permits or leases in any one State during the life of such permits or leases.
(Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, § 5, 44 Stat. 302.)
heading: References in Text
text: Section 194 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 644.
heading: Codification
text: 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.
30 U.S.C. § 276 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 276. Application of subchapter to Louisiana and New Mexico only
The provisions of this subchapter shall apply only to the States of Louisiana and New Mexico.
(Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, § 6, 44 Stat. 302; July 16, 1932, ch. 498, 47 Stat. 701.)
heading: Codification
text: 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.
heading: Amendments
text: 1932—Act July 16, 1932, substituted “States of Louisiana and New Mexico” for “State of Louisiana”.
30 U.S.C. § 281 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 281. Prospecting permits for chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of potassium; authorization; acreage; lands affected
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to grant to any qualified applicant a prospecting permit which shall give the exclusive right to prospect for chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of potassium in lands belonging to the United States for a period of not exceeding two years: Provided, That the area to be included in such a permit shall not exceed two thousand five hundred and sixty acres of land in reasonably compact form: Provided further, That the prospecting provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to lands and deposits in or adjacent to Searles Lake, California, which lands may be leased by the Secretary of the Interior under the terms and provisions of this subchapter.
(Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, § 1, 44 Stat. 1057.)
heading: References in Text
text: This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, 44 Stat. 1057, as amended, which enacted this subchapter, amended sections 181 and 193 of this title, and repealed subchapter VII (§ 141 et seq.) of chapter 3 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
heading: Codification
text: 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.
30 U.S.C. § 282 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 282. Leases to permittees of lands showing valuable deposits; royalty
Upon showing to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that valuable deposits of one of the substances enumerated in this subchapter has been discovered by the permittee within the area covered by his permit, and that such land is chiefly valuable therefor, the permittee shall be entitled to a lease for any or all of the land embraced in the prospecting permit, at a royalty of not less than 2 per centum of the quantity or gross value of the output of potassium compounds and other related products, except sodium, at the point of shipment to market, such lease to be taken in compact form by legal subdivisions of the public land surveys, or if the land be not surveyed, by survey executed at the cost of the permittee in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
(Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, § 2, 44 Stat. 1057.)
heading: Codification
text: 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.
30 U.S.C. § 284 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 284. Lands containing coal or other minerals in addition to potassium deposits; issuance of prospecting permits and leases; covenants in potassium leases
Prospecting permits or leases may be issued under the provisions of this subchapter for deposits of potassium in public lands, also containing deposits of coal or other minerals, on condition that such other deposits be reserved to the United States for disposal under appropriate laws: Provided, That if the interests of the Government and of the lessee will be subserved thereby, potassium leases may include covenants providing for the development by the lessee of chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of sodium, magnesium, aluminum, or calcium, associated with the potassium deposits leased, on terms and conditions not inconsistent with the sodium provisions of subchapter VII of this chapter: Provided further, That where valuable deposits of mineral now subject to disposition under the general mining laws are found in fissure veins on any of the lands subject to permit or lease under this subchapter, the valuable minerals so found shall continue subject to disposition under the said general mining laws notwithstanding the presence of potash therein.
(Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, § 4, 44 Stat. 1058.)
heading: References in Text
text: The sodium provisions of subchapter VII of this chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “the sodium provisions of the Act of February 25, 1920 (Forty-first Statutes at Large, page 437)”, which means sections 23 to 25 of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 447, which are classified to subchapter VII (§ 261 et seq.) of this chapter.
heading: Codification
text: 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.
30 U.S.C. § 285 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 285. Laws applicable
The general provisions of sections 182 to 184, 185 to 188, 189 to 192, 193, and 194 1 of this title, are made applicable to permits and leases under this subchapter.
(Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, § 5, 44 Stat. 1058; Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 11, 60 Stat. 957.)
heading: References in Text
text: Section 194 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 644.
heading: Codification
text: Provision of this section that section 193 of this title was amended to include deposits of potassium was omitted from this section as executed to section 193 of this title.
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.
heading: Amendments
text: 1946—Act Aug. 8, 1946, struck out reference to section 181 of this title.
heading: Savings Provision
text: See note set out under section 181 of this title.
30 U.S.C. § 286 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 286. Disposition of royalties and rents from potassium leases
All money received from royalties and rentals from any lease issued or renewed under the provisions of subchapter VII of chapter 3 of this title, shall be paid into, reserved, and appropriated as follows: 52½ per centum to the Reclamation Fund, 10 per centum to the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts, and 37½ per centum shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury, after the expiration of each fiscal year, to the State within the boundaries of which the leased lands or deposits are or were located, such money to be used by such State or subdivision thereof for the construction and maintenance of public roads or for the support of schools or other public educational institutions, as the legislature of the State may direct.
(Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, § 6, 44 Stat. 1058; June 1, 1948, ch. 356, 62 Stat. 279.)
heading: References in Text
text: Subchapter VII of chapter 3, referred to in text, was in the original “the Act entitled ‘An Act to authorize exploration for and disposition of potassium’ approved October 2, 1917”, meaning act Oct. 2, 1917, ch. 62, 40 Stat. 297, which was classified to subchapter VII (§ 141 et seq.) of chapter 3 of this title and which was repealed by act Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, § 6, 44 Stat. 1058.
heading: Codification
text: Section is composed of the second sentence of section 6 of act Feb. 7, 1927, as added by act June 1, 1948. The first sentence of section 6 repealed former sections 141 to 152 of this title and did not affect pending applications for permits or leases filed prior to Jan. 1, 1926, or valid claims existent on Feb. 7, 1927, and thereafter maintained in compliance with the laws under which initiated, which claims could be perfected under such laws, including discovery.
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.
30 U.S.C. § 287 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 287. Extension of prospecting permits
Any prospecting permit issued under this subchapter may be extended by the Secretary of the Interior for a period not exceeding two years, upon a showing of satisfactory cause.
(Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, § 7, as added May 7, 1932, ch. 174, 47 Stat. 151.)
heading: Codification
text: 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.