US Code Title 30 Chapter 3A Leases and Prospecting Permits

Subchapter I - General Provisions

§ 181 - Lands Subject to Disposition; Persons Entitled to Benefits; Reciprocal Privileges; Helium Rights Reserved
§ 182 - Lands Disposed of With Reservation of Deposits of Coal, Etc.
§ 183 - Cancellation of Prospecting Permits
§ 184 - Limitations on Leases Held, Owned or Controlled by Persons, Associations or Corporations
§ 184a - Authorization of States to Include in Agreements for Conservation of Oil and Gas Resources Lands Acquired From United States
§ 185 - Rights-of-way for Pipelines Through Federal Lands
§ 186 - Reservation of Easements or Rights-of-way for Working Purposes; Reservation of Right to Dispose of Surface of Lands; Determination Before Offering of Lease; Easement Periods
§ 187 - Assignment or Subletting of Leases; Relinquishment of Rights Under Leases; Conditions in Leases for Protection of Diverse Interests in Operation of Mines, Wells, Etc.; State Laws Not Impaired
§ 187a - Oil or Gas Leases; Partial Assignments
§ 187b - Oil or Gas Leases; Written Relinquishment of Rights; Release of Obligations
§ 188 - Failure to Comply With Provisions of Lease
§ 188a - Surrender of Leases
§ 189 - Rules and Regulations; Boundary Lines; State Rights Unaffected; Taxation
§ 190 - Oath; Requirement; Form; Blanks
§ 191 - Disposition of Moneys Received
§ 191a - Late Payment Charges Under Federal Mineral Leases
§ 191b - Collection of Unpaid and Underpaid Royalties and Late Payment Interest Owed by Lessees
§ 192 - Payment of Royalties in Oil or Gas; Sale of Such Oil or Gas
§ 192a - Cancellation or Modification of Contracts
§ 192b - Application to Contracts
§ 192c - Rules and Regulations Governing Issuance of Certain Leases; Disposition of Receipts
§ 193 - Disposition of Deposits of Coal, and So Forth
§ 193a - Preference Right of United States to Purchase Coal for Army and Navy; Price for Coal; Civil Actions; Jurisdiction
§ 194 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 644
§ 195 - Enforcement
§ 196 - Cooperative Agreements; Delegation of Authority

Subchapter II - Coal

§ 201 - Leases and Exploration
§ 201-1 - Repealed. Pub. L. 94–377, §5(a), Aug. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1086
§ 201a - Repealed. June 3, 1948, Ch. 379, §8, 62 Stat. 291
§ 201b - Omitted
§ 202 - Common Carriers; Limitations of Lease or Permit
§ 202a - Consolidation of Coal Leases Into Logical Mining Unit
§ 203 - Additional Lands or Deposits
§ 204 - Repealed. Pub. L. 94–377, §13(a), Aug. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1090
§ 205 - Consolidation of Leases
§ 206 - Noncontiguous Coal or Phosphate Tracts in Single Lease
§ 207 - Conditions of Lease
§ 208 - Permits to Take Coal for Local Domestic Needs Without Royalty Payments; Corporation Exclusion; Area to Municipalities for Household Use Without Profit
§ 208-1 - Exploratory Program for Evaluation of Known Recoverable Coal Resources
§ 208-2 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, Title I, §1091(e), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 722
§ 208a - Repealed. Pub. L. 97–468, Title Vi, §615(a)(3), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2578
§ 209 - Suspension, Waiver, or Reduction of Rents or Royalties to Promote Development or Operation; Extension of Lease on Suspension of Operations and Production

Subchapter III - Phosphates

§ 211 - Phosphate Deposits
§ 212 - Surveys; Royalties; Time Payable; Annual Rentals; Term of Leases; Readjustment on Renewals; Minimum Production; Suspension of Operation
§ 213 - Royalties for Use of Deposits of Silica, Limestone, or Other Rock Embraced in Lease
§ 214 - Use of Surface of Other Public Lands; Acreage; Forest Lands Exception

Subchapter IV - Oil and Gas

§§ 221-to-222i - Omitted
§ 223 - Leases; Amount and Survey of Land; Term of Lease; Royalties and Annual Rental
§ 223a - Repealed. Aug. 8, 1946, Ch. 916, §14, 60 Stat. 958
§ 224 - Payments for Oil or Gas Taken Prior to Application for Lease
§ 225 - Condition of Lease, Forfeiture for Violation
§ 226 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands
§ 226-1 - Extension of Noncompetitive Oil or Gas Lease Issued Before September 2, 1960
§ 226-2 - Limitations for Filing Oil and Gas Contests
§ 226-3 - Lands Not Subject to Oil and Gas Leasing
§§ 226a-226b - Repealed. Aug. 8, 1946, Ch. 916, §14, 60 Stat. 958
§ 226c - Reduction of Royalties Under Existing Leases
§§ 226d-226e - Omitted
§ 227 - Omitted
§ 228 - Prospecting Permits and Leases to Persons of Lands Not Withdrawn; Terms and Conditions Of; Fraud of Claimants
§ 229 - Preference Right to Permits or Leases of Claimants of Lands Bona Fide Entered as Agricultural Land; Terms and Conditions
§ 229a - Water Struck While Drilling for Oil and Gas
§§ 230-to-233 - Repealed. June 22, 1948, Ch. 605, §3, 62 Stat. 576
§ 233a - Permits or Leases of Certain Lands in Oklahoma; Retention of Royalties
§§ 234-to-236 - Repealed. June 22, 1948, Ch. 605, §3, 62 Stat. 576
§ 236a - Lands in Naval Petroleum Reserves and Naval Oil-shale Reserves; Effect of Other Laws
§ 236b - Existing Leases Within Naval Petroleum Reserves Not Affected
§ 237 - Omitted

Subchapter V - Oil Shale

§ 241 - Leases of Lands
§ 242 - Oil Shale Claims

Subchapter VI - Alaska Oil Proviso

§ 251 - Leases to Claimants of Withdrawn Lands; Terms and Conditions; Acreage; Annual Rentals and Royalties; Fraud of Claimants

Subchapter VII - Sodium

§ 261 - Prospecting Permits; Lands Included; Acreage
§ 262 - Leases to Permittees; Survey of Lands; Royalties and Annual Rentals
§ 263 - Permits to Use or Lease of Nonmineral Lands for Camp Sites, and Other Purposes; Annual Rentals; Acreage

Subchapter VIII - Sulphur

§ 271 - Prospecting Permits; Lands Included; Acreage
§ 272 - Leases to Permittees; Privileges Extended to Oil and Gas Permittees
§ 273 - Lease of Lands Not Covered by Permits or Leases; Acreage; Rental
§ 274 - Lands Containing Coal or Other Minerals
§ 275 - Laws Applicable
§ 276 - Application of Subchapter to Louisiana and New Mexico Only

Subchapter IX - Potash

§ 281 - Prospecting Permits for Chlorides, Sulphates, Carbonates, Borates, Silicates, or Nitrates of Potassium; Authorization; Acreage; Lands Affected
§ 282 - Leases to Permittees of Lands Showing Valuable Deposits; Royalty
§ 283 - Lands Containing Valuable Deposits Not Covered by Permits or Leases; Authority to Lease; Acreage; Conditions; Renewals; Exemptions From Rentals and Royalties; Suspension of Operations
§ 284 - Lands Containing Coal or Other Minerals in Addition to Potassium Deposits; Issuance of Prospecting Permits and Leases; Covenants in Potassium Leases
§ 285 - Laws Applicable
§ 286 - Disposition of Royalties and Rents From Potassium Leases
§ 287 - Extension of Prospecting Permits

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