An Act to amend the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920.
PL 86-294 (S.2181), enacted 09/21/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-294-SEPT. 21, 1959 
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Public Law 86-292 
AN ACT 
September 21, 1959 
To amend the Act of June 14, 1926, as amended by the Act of June 4, 1954 
[s. 1436] 
(68 Stat. 173; 43 U.S.C, sec. 869). 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subsection (b) 
of section 1 of the Act of June 14, 1926, as amended by the Act of 
June 4, 1954 (68 Stat. 173,174; 43 U.S.C. 869), is further amended to 
read as follows: 
"(b) Conveyances made in any one calendar year shall be limited 
as follows: 
" (i) For recreational purposes: 
"(A) To any State, for not more than three sites, six 
thousand four hundred acres in all, except that during each 
of the calendar years 1960, 1961, and 1962^ conveyances may 
be made for not more than six sites, comprising a total of not 
more than twelve thousand eight hundred acres and, in addi-
tion thereto, such acreage as may be needed for small road-
side parks and rest sites of not more than ten acres each. 
"(B) To any political subdivison of a State, six hundred 
and forty acres. 
"(C) To any nonprofit corporation or nonprofit associa-
tion, six hundred and forty acres. 
" (ii) For public purposes other than recreation: 
"(A) To any State or agency or instrumentality thereof, 
for any one program, six hundred and forty acres. 
"(B) To any political subdivision of a State, six hundred 
and forty acres. 
"(C) To any nonprofit corporation or nonprofit associa-
tion, six hundred and forty acres." 
SEC. 2. The last sentence of section 3 of the Act of June 14,1926, as 
amended, is repealed. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public lends. 
R e c r e a t i o n al 
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Acreage 
limita-
tion. 
Public Law 86-293 
AN ACT 
To amend the Bankruptcy Act in regard to the verilication of pleadings. 
September ;J1, 1959 
[S. 1944] 
Be it enacted l)y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subdivision 
c of section 18 of the Bankruptcy Act is amended to read as follows: 
"c. Petitions for both voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy shall be 
verified under oath." 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
30 Stat. 551. 
11 u s e 41. 
Public Law 86-294 
AN ACT 
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25,1920. 
September 21, 1959 
[S. 2181] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That section 27 of 
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the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437, 448), violation.' 
as amended (30 U.S.C, sec. 184), is further amended by the insertion, 
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immediately after the sixteenth sentence, of the following: "The right 
of cancellation or forfeiture for violation of the provisions of this Act 
shall not apply so as to affect adversely the title or interest of a bona 
fide purchaser in any lease, option for a lease, or interest in a lease 
acquired in conformity with the acreage limitations of this Act from 
any other person, association or corporation whose holdings, or the 
holdings of a predecessor in title, including the original lessee of the 
United States, may have been canceled or forfeited, or may be subject 
to cancellation or forfeiture for any such violation. Any person, asso-
ciation or corportion who is a party to any proceedings with respect to 
a violation of any provision of this Act shall have the right to be dis-
missed as such a party upon showing that the person, association or 
corporation acquired the interest involving him as such a bona fide 
purchaser without violating any provisions of this Act. If during any 
such proceedings with respect to a violation of any provisions of this 
Act a party to those proceedings files with the Secretary of the Interior 
a waiver of his rights under the lease to drill or to assign his interests 
thereunder or if such rights are suspended by order of the Secretary 
pending a decision in such proceedings, he shall, if he is found in such 
)roceedings not in violation of such provisions, have the right to'have 
lis interest extended for a period of time equal to the period between 
the filing of the waiver or the order of suspension by the Secretary and 
the final decision, without the payment of rental." 
Applicability. 
gj,(,^ 2. The rights granted by the second and third sentences of the 
amendment contained within section 1 of this Act shall apply with re-
spect to any proceeding now pending or initiated after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-295 
A N A P T 
September 21, 1959 
[s. 2208] 
rjy^ provide that Alaska and Hawaii be eligible for participation in the distribu-
tion of discretionary funds under section 6(b) of the Federal Airport Act. 
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Alaska and Ha-
waii 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That paragraph (2) 
^^U cr e t i onary of scctlou 6(b) of the Federal Airport Act (49 U.S.C, sec. 1105 (b)(2)) 
60 Stat. 173. 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(2) Such discretionary fund shall be available for such approved 
projects in the several States, Alaska, and Hawaii as the Admin-
istrator may deem most appropriate for carrying out the national 
airport plan, regardless of the location of such projects. The Admin-
istrator shall give consideration, in determining the projects for 
which such fund is to be so used, to the existing airport facilities in 
the several States, Alaska, and Hawaii, and to the need for or lack of 
development of airport facilities in the several States, Alaska, and 
Hawaii." 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-296 
September 21, 1959 
A N A C T 
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To authorize appropriations for construction of facilities for the Gorgas Memorial 
Laboratory, to increase the authorization of appropriations for the support 
thereof, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representati'ves of the 
LS)°o?ator!f.*'"°"^ United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, effective for