CHAPTER 3A — Leases and Prospecting Permits
87 sections.
SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS 26 sections
- § 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 — Repealed.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 16 sections
- § 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 — Repealed.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 — Repealed.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 4 sections
- § 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 22 sections
- §§ 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. — Leasing of oil and gas parcels
- § 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 2 sections
SUBCHAPTER VI — ALASKA OIL PROVISO 1 sections
SUBCHAPTER VII — SODIUM 3 sections
SUBCHAPTER VIII — SULPHUR 6 sections
- § 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 7 sections
- § 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