An Act to amend the act of September 20, 1968 (Public Law 90-502), to provide relief to certain former officers of the Supply Corps and Civil Engineer Corps of the Navy
PL 91-582 (H.R.8663), enacted 12/24/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-582-DEC. 24, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
Certain mineral 
rights, retention 
by U.S. 
SEC. 27. The United States reserves the ownership of and the right 
to extract under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe oil, hydrocarbon gas, and helium from all geothermal steam 
and associated geothermal resources produced from lands leased under 
this Act in accordance with presently applicable laws: Provided^ That 
whenever the right to extract oil, hydrocarbon gas, and helium from 
geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources produced from 
such lands is exercised pursiiant to this section, it shall be exercised 
so as to cause no substantial interference with the production of geo-
thermal steam and associated geothermal resources from such lands. 
Approved December 24, 1970. 
December 24,1970 
[H. R. 8663] 
Public Law 91-582 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of September 20, 1968 (Public Law 90-502), to provide relief 
to certain former officers of the Supply Corps and Civil Engineers Corps of 
the Navy. 
Navy. 
Supply Corps 
and Civil Engineer 
Corps, former of-
ficers. 
82 Stat. 852. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate und Souse of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) 
of section 6388 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
the following after the last sentence: "The provisions of this subsec-
tion are effective as of August 7,1947.". 
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a former officer 
of the Navy in the Supply Corps and Civil Engineer Corps who is 
considered to have twice failed of selection for promotion to either 
the grade of lieutenant commander or the grade of lieutenant and 
who was discharged prior to September 20, 1968, is entitled to be 
credited with his total commissioned service in determining the 
amount of his severance pay and to submit a claim for payment prior 
to September 20, 1973, for any diminution thereof through a failure 
to be credited for prior service as an officer in the line. 
Approved December 24, 1970, 
December 24,1970 
[S. 528] 
Public Law 91-583 
AN ACT 
To provide that the reservoir formed by the lock and dam referred to as the 
"Millers Ferry lock and dam" on the Alabama River, Alabama, shall hereafter 
be known as the William "Bill" Dannelly Reservoir. 
William "Bill" 
Dannelly Reser-
voir, Ala. 
Designation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That in honor of late 
Probate Judge William "BilP' Dannelly of Wilcox County, Alabama, 
and in recognition of his long and outstanding service to his county, 
State, and Nation, and his leadership in the modernization of the Ala-
bama-Coosa Waterway, the reservoir formed by the Millers Ferry lock 
and dam on the Alabama River, Alabama, shall hereafter be known 
and designated as the William "Bill" Dannelly Reservoir. Any law, 
regulation, map, or record of the United States in which such reservoir 
is referred to shall be held and considered to refer to such reservoir by 
the name of the William "Bill" Dannelly Reservoir. 
Approved December 24, 1970.