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30 U.S.C. § 221...222i (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§§ 221 to 222i. Omitted
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Sections expired by their own terms. They provided as follows:
Section 221, acts Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 13, 41 Stat. 441; Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 599, § 1, 49 Stat. 674, provided for prospecting permits, their terms and conditions, extension, location of lands, marking land, notice of application for permits, permits in Alaska, exchanging permits for leases, and limited extensions to Dec. 31, 1938.
Section 222, act Jan. 11, 1922, ch. 28, 42 Stat. 356, authorized Secretary of the Interior to extend time for drilling not to exceed three years.
Section 222a, act Apr. 5, 1926, ch. 107, § 1, 44 Stat. 236, authorized a further extension of two years for drilling.
Section 222b, act Apr. 5, 1926, ch. 107, § 2, 44 Stat. 236, provided for extension of expired permits for a period of two years from Apr. 5, 1926.
Section 222c, act Mar. 9, 1928, ch. 168, § 1, 45 Stat. 252, authorized a two year extension for permits.
Section 222d, act Mar. 9, 1928, ch. 168, § 2, 45 Stat. 252, authorized a two year extension of permits already expired.
Section 222e, act Jan. 23, 1930, ch. 25, § 1, 46 Stat. 58, provided that permits issued or extended for three years might be further for three years.
Section 222f, act Jan. 23, 1930, ch. 25, § 2, 46 Stat. 59, provided for an extension of permits already expired for a period of three years from Jan. 23, 1930.
Section 222g, act June 30, 1932, ch. 319, § 1, 47 Stat. 445, provided for a further extension of three years.
Section 222h, act June 30, 1932, ch. 319, § 2, 47 Stat. 446, authorized an extension, for permits already expired, of three years from June 30, 1932.
Section 222i, acts Aug. 26, 1937, ch. 828, 50 Stat. 842; Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 716, 53 Stat. 1418, provided for final extension of prospecting permits, outstanding on Dec. 31, 1937, to Dec. 31, 1939.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Compromise of Claims for Accrued Rental
text: Act July 29, 1942, ch. 534, § 2, 56 Stat. 726, authorized Secretary of the Interior to make a compromise settlement of any claim for accrued rental under a lease issued pursuant to the provisions of section 221 of this title, in any case in which he determined that it would be financially beneficial to the United States to make such a compromise settlement or in any case in which he determined that collection of the full amount of such accrued rental from the lessee was inadvisable because of the lessee’s financial resources being limited.
30 U.S.C. § 223a (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 223a. Repealed. Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 14, 60 Stat. 958
text: Section, act Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 599, § 2, 49 Stat. 679, related to new oil and gas leases in lieu of old.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Savings Provision
text: See note set out under section 181 of this title.
30 U.S.C. § 225 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 225. Condition of lease, forfeiture for violation
All leases of lands containing oil or gas, made or issued under the provisions of this chapter, shall be subject to the condition that the lessee will, in conducting his explorations and mining operations, use all reasonable precautions to prevent waste of oil or gas developed in the land, or the entrance of water through wells drilled by him to the oil sands or oil-bearing strata, to the destruction or injury of the oil deposits. Violations of the provisions of this section shall constitute grounds for the forfeiture of the lease, to be enforced as provided in this chapter.
(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 16, 41 Stat. 443; Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 2, 60 Stat. 951.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 1946—Act Aug. 8, 1946, omitted condition that no wells should be drilled within two hundred feet of boundaries of leased lands.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Savings Provision
text: See note set out under section 181 of this title.
heading: Outer Continental Shelf; Terms and Conditions of Leases
text: Terms and conditions of mineral leases on submerged lands of outer Continental Shelf, see section 1337 of Title 43, Public Lands.
30 U.S.C. § 226–1 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 226–1. Extension of noncompetitive oil or gas lease issued before September 2, 1960
(a) Lands not withdrawn from leasing
Upon the expiration of the initial five-year term of any noncompetitive oil or gas lease which was issued prior to September 2, 1960, and which has been maintained in accordance with applicable statutory requirements and regulations, the record titleholder thereof shall be entitled to a single extension of the lease, unless then otherwise provided by law, for such lands covered by it as are not, on the expiration date of the lease, withdrawn from leasing. A withdrawal, however, shall not affect the right to an extension if actual drilling operations on such lands were commenced prior to the effective date of the withdrawal and were being diligently prosecuted on the expiration date of the lease. No withdrawal shall be effective within the meaning of this section until ninety days after notice thereof has been sent by registered or certified mail to each lessee to be affected by such withdrawal.
(b) Known and unknown geologic structures of producing fields
As to lands not within the known geologic structure of a producing oil or gas field, a noncompetitive oil or gas lease to which this section is applicable shall be extended for a period of five years and so long thereafter as oil or gas is produced in paying quantities. As to lands within the known geologic structure of a producing oil or gas field, a noncompetitive lease to which this section is applicable shall be extended for a period of two years and so long thereafter as oil or gas is produced in paying quantities.
(c) Application requirement
Any noncompetitive oil or gas lease extended under this section shall be subject to the rules and regulations in force at the expiration of the initial five-year term of the lease. No extension shall be granted, however, unless within a period of ninety days prior to the expiration date of the lease an application therefor is filed by the record titleholder or an assignee whose assignment has been filed for approval or an operator whose operating agreement has been filed for approval.
(d) Commencement of actual drilling operations
Any lease issued prior to September 2, 1960, which has been maintained in accordance with applicable statutory requirements and regulations and which pertains to land on which, or for which under an approved cooperative or unit plan of development or operation, actual drilling operations were commenced prior to the end of its primary term and are being diligently prosecuted at that time shall be extended for two years and so long thereafter as oil or gas is produced in paying quantities.
(Pub. L. 86–705, § 4, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 789.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of Mineral Leasing Act Revision of 1960, and not 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. § 226–3 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 226–3. Lands not subject to oil and gas leasing
(a) Prohibition
The Secretary shall not issue any lease under this chapter or under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 [30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.] on any of the following Federal lands:
(1) Lands recommended for wilderness allocation by the surface managing agency.
(2) Lands within Bureau of Land Management wilderness study areas.
(3) Lands designated by Congress as wilderness study areas, except where oil and gas leasing is specifically allowed to continue by the statute designating the study area.
(4) Lands within areas allocated for wilderness or further planning in Executive Communication 1504, Ninety-Sixth Congress (House Document numbered 96–119), unless such lands are allocated to uses other than wilderness by a land and resource management plan or have been released to uses other than wilderness by an act of Congress.
(b) Exploration
In the case of any area of National Forest or public lands subject to this section, nothing in this section shall affect any authority of the Secretary of the Interior (or for National Forest Lands reserved from the public domain, the Secretary of Agriculture) to issue permits for exploration for oil and gas, coal, oil shale, phosphate, potassium, sulphur, gilsonite or geothermal resources by means not requiring construction of roads or improvement of existing roads if such activity is conducted in a manner compatible with the preservation of the wilderness environment.
(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 43, as added Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5112, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–262; amended Pub. L. 100–443, § 5(c), Sept. 22, 1988, 102 Stat. 1768.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: The Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 91–581, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1566, which is classified principally to chapter 23 (§ 1001 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1001 of this title and Tables.
heading: Amendments
text: 1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–443, § 5(c)(1), inserted “or under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970” after “under this chapter” and directed that “oil and gas” be stricken which was executed by striking those words where they appeared after “not issue any” in introductory provisions, but not where they appeared in par. (3) as the probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–443, § 5(c)(2), inserted “, coal, oil shale, phosphate, potassium, sulphur, gilsonite or geothermal resources” after “oil and gas”.
(MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§§ 226a, 226b. Repealed. Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 14, 60 Stat. 958
text: Section 226a, act July 8, 1940, ch. 548, 54 Stat. 742, related to lease of lands not within known productive field. See section 226 of this title.
text: Section 226b, acts July 29, 1942, ch. 534, § 1, 56 Stat. 726; Dec. 22, 1943, ch. 376, 57 Stat. 608; Sept. 27, 1944, ch. 429, 58 Stat. 755; Nov. 30, 1945, ch. 495, 59 Stat. 587, related to preference right to new oil and gas lease upon expiration of five-year non-competitive oil and gas lease. See section 226 of this title.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Savings Provision
text: See note set out under section 181 of this title.
30 U.S.C. § 226c (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 226c. Reduction of royalties under existing leases
From and after August 8, 1946, the royalty obligation to the United States under all leases requiring payment of royalty in excess of 12½ per centum, except leases issued or to be issued upon competitive bidding, is reduced to 12½ per centum in amount or value of production removed or sold from said leases as to (1) such leases, or such part of the lands subject thereto, and the deposits underlying the same, as are not believed to be within the productive limits of any oil or gas deposit, as such productive limits are found by the Secretary to exist on August 8, 1946, and (2) any production on a lease from an oil or gas deposit which was discovered after May 27, 1941, by a well or wells drilled within the boundaries of the lease, and which is determined by the Secretary to be a new deposit; and (3) any production on or allocated to a lease pursuant to an approved unit or cooperative agreement from an oil or gas deposit which was discovered after May 27, 1941, on land committed to such agreement, and which is determined by the Secretary to be a new deposit, where such lease was included in such agreement at the time of discovery, or was included in a duly executed and filed application for the approval of such agreement at the time of discovery.
(Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 12, 60 Stat. 957.)
heading: Editorial Notes
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: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Savings Provision
text: See note set out under section 181 of this title.
heading: Outer Continental Shelf; Refunds on Mineral-Lease Payments
text: Refunds of excess payments with respect to oil, gas, and other leases on submerged lands of outer Continental Shelf, see section 1339 of Title 43, Public Lands.
(MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§§ 226d, 226e. Omitted
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Sections were completely amended by Pub. L. 86–705, § 2, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 781, and included in section 17 of Mineral Leasing Act of Feb. 25, 1920, classified to section 226 of this title.
Section 226d, act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 17a, as added Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 4, 60 Stat. 952, provided for the exchange of leases and fixed royalty rates for new leases.
Section 226e, act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 17b, as added Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 5, 60 Stat. 952; amended July 29, 1954, ch. 644, § 1(4), (5), 68 Stat. 585, permitted establishment of cooperative or unit plans, setting up procedures for regulating production, approving contracts and preventing waste.
30 U.S.C. § 227 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 227. Omitted
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section, acts Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 18, 41 Stat. 443; Feb. 25, 1928, ch. 104, 45 Stat. 148, authorized the United States to issue leases for a period of twenty years to persons who relinquished all rights claimed or possessed prior to July 3, 1910 under preexisting placer mining law provided relinquishment was filed in the General Land Office within six months after Feb. 25, 1920.
30 U.S.C. § 228 (MINERAL LANDS AND MINING)
§ 228. Prospecting permits and leases to persons of lands not withdrawn; terms and conditions of; fraud of claimants
Any person who on October 1, 1919, was a bona fide occupant or claimant of oil or gas lands under a claim initiated while such lands were not withdrawn from oil or gas location and entry, and who had previously performed all acts under then existing laws necessary to valid locations thereof except to make discovery, and upon which discovery had not been made prior to February 25, 1920, and who has performed work or expended on or for the benefit of such locations an amount equal in the aggregate of $250 for each location if application therefor shall be made within six months from February 25, 1920, shall be entitled to prospecting permits thereon upon the same terms and conditions, and limitations as to acreage, as other permits provided for in this chapter, or where any such person has made such discovery, prior to said February 25, 1920, he shall be entitled to a lease thereon under such terms as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe unless otherwise provided for in section 227 1 of this title: Provided, That where such prospecting permit is granted upon land within any known geologic structure of a producing oil or gas field, the royalty to be fixed in any lease thereafter granted thereon or any portion thereof shall be not less than 12½ per-centum of all the oil or gas produced except oil or gas used for production purposes on the claim, or unavoidably lost: Provided, however, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to lands reserved for the use of the Navy. No claimant for a permit or lease who has been guilty of any fraud or who had knowledge or reasonable grounds to know of any fraud, or who has not acted honestly and in good faith shall be entitled to any of the benefits of this section.
All permits or leases hereunder shall inure to the benefit of the claimant and all persons claiming through or under him by lease, contract, or otherwise, as their interests may appear.
(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 19, 41 Stat. 445.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: Section 227 of this title, referred to in text, was omitted from the Code.
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: Editorial Notes
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: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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...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: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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: Editorial Notes
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...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: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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: Editorial Notes
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: Editorial Notes
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.