2012 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 7 - LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS (§§ 351 - 360)
Section 359 - Rules and regulations
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING CHAPTER 7 - LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS Sec. 359 - Rules and regulations |
| Contains | section 359 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 513, §10, 61 Stat. 915. |
| Statutes at Large References | 61 Stat. 915 95 Stat. 1407 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 97-100 |
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter, which rules and regulations shall be the same as those prescribed under the mineral leasing laws to the extent that they are applicable.
(Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 513, §10, 61 Stat. 915.)
References in TextFor definition of “mineral leasing laws”, see section 351 of this title.
Transfer of FunctionsFunctions of Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations under this chapter relating to fostering of competition for Federal leases, implementation of alternative bidding systems authorized for award of Federal leases, establishment of diligence requirements for operations conducted on Federal leases, setting of rates for production of Federal leases, and specifying of procedures, terms, and conditions for acquisition and disposition of Federal royalty interests taken in kind, transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 7152(b) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Section 7152(b) of Title 42 was repealed by Pub. L. 97–100, title II, §201, Dec. 23, 1981, 95 Stat. 1407, and functions of Secretary of Energy returned to Secretary of the Interior. See House Report No. 97–315, pp. 25, 26, Nov. 5, 1981.
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