What 30 USC § 181 - Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (Lands Subject to Disposition) requires
30 USC § 181 (Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, Pub. L. 66-146, 41 Stat. 437; substantially amended over time) establishes the federal leasing framework for specified mineral deposits removing them from operation of the General Mining Law of 1872 (30 USC § 22): the section provides that 'Deposits of coal, phosphate, sodium, potassium, oil, oil shale, gilsonite (including all vein-type solid hydrocarbons), or gas, and lands containing such deposits owned by the United States, including those in national forests, but excluding lands acquired under the Act known as the Appalachian Forest Act ... shall be subject to disposition in the form and manner provided by this chapter to citizens of the United States, or to associations of such citizens, or to any corporation organized under the laws of the United States, or of any State or Territory thereof, and to municipalities in the case of the deposits enumerated in subsection (a) of section 351 of this title'; foreign nationals from countries that deny reciprocal mining privileges to US citizens are prohibited from owning interests through stock ownership; the Federal Government reserves helium rights on all gas produced from leased lands; the Mineral Leasing Act establishes the framework for federal coal, oil, gas, and other listed mineral leasing administered primarily by the Bureau of Land Management; the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 USC 1331-1356b) provides parallel framework for offshore federal leasing.
Pillar: Mining & Natural Resources · Authority: United States Congress (Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, Pub. L. 66-146, 41 Stat. 437; codified at 30 USC §§ 181-287; substantially amended over time) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/30/181
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- 30 USC § 181 LANDS SUBJECT TO DISPOSITION: 'Deposits of coal, phosphate, sodium, potassium, oil, oil shale, gilsonite (including all vein-type solid hydrocarbons), or gas, and lands containing such deposits owned by the United States, including those in national forests, but excluding lands acquired under the Act known as the Appalachian Forest Act, approved March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961), shall be subject to disposition in the form and manner provided by this chapter to citizens of the United States, or to associations of such citizens, or to any corporation organized under the laws of the United States, or of any State or Territory thereof, and to municipalities in the case of the deposits enumerated in subsection (a) of section 351 of this title.'
- 30 USC § 181 FOREIGN OWNERSHIP RECIPROCITY: 'Citizens of another country, the laws, customs, or regulations of which deny similar or like privileges to citizens or corporations of this country, shall not by stock ownership, stock holding, or stock control, own any interest in any lease acquired under the provisions of this chapter.'
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