2016 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 3A - Leases and Prospecting Permits
Subchapter I - General Provisions
Sec. 192a - Cancellation or modification of contracts

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Citation 30 U.S.C. § 192a (2016)
Section Name §192a. Cancellation or modification of contracts
Section Text

Where, under any existing contract entered into pursuant to the first proviso in the second paragraph of section 192 of this title, any refinery is required to pay a premium price for the purchase of Government royalty oil, such refinery may, at its option, by written notice to the Secretary of the Interior, elect either—

(1) to terminate such contract, the termination to take place at the end of the calendar month following the month in which such notice is given; or

(2) to retain such contract with the modifications, that (a) the price, on and after March 1, 1949, shall be as defined in the contract, without premium payments, (b) any credit thereby resulting from past premium payments shall be added to the refinery's account, and (c) the Secretary may, at his option, elect to terminate the contract as so modified, such termination to take place at the end of the third calendar month following the month in which written notice thereof is given by the Secretary.

Source Credit

(Sept. 1, 1949, ch. 529, §1, 63 Stat. 682.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this chapter.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, 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 3A - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 192a - Cancellation or modification of contracts
Contains section 192a
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 41 Stat. 437
63 Stat. 682
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