Oil land leasing act of 1920 with amendments and other laws relating to mineral lands

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• CONTENTS
• Act of March 2, 1919, An act to provide relief in cases of contracts connected with the prosecution of the war.（Public Law No. 322－65th Cong.） = 1
• Act of February 25, 1920, An act to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain.（Public Law No. 146－66th Cong.） = 5
• Act of January 11, 1922, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant extensions of time under oil and gas permits.（Public Law No. 127－67th Cong.） = 21
• Act of September 15, 1922, An act to extend the provisions of section 18a of an act approved February 25, 1920, to certain lands in Utah.（Public Law No. 302－67th Cong.） = 21
• Act of February 8, 1924, Directing the President to institute and prosecute suits to cancel leases of oil lands and incidental contracts.（Public Res. No. 4－68th Cong.） = 22
• Act of February 27, 1924, To provide an appropriation for the prosecution of suits to cancel certain leases.（Public Res. No. 8－68th Cong.） = 24
• Act of March 4, 1925, An act extending the time for repayment of the revolving fund for the benefit of the Crow Indians.（Public Law No. 625－68th Cong.） = 25
• Act of April 5, 1926, An act to grant extensions of time under oil and gas permits.（Public Law No. 93－69th Cong.） = 25
• Act of April 30, 1926, An act to amend section 27 of the general leasing Act approved February 25, 1920.（Public Law No. 157－69th Cong.） = 26
• Act of March 9, 1928, An act to grant extensions of time of oil and gas permits.（Public Law No. 118－70th Cong.） = 28
• Act of January 23, 1930, An act to grant extensions of time on oil and gas prospecting permits.（Public Law No. 35－71st Cong.） = 28
• Act of February 13, 1929, An act to amend the act approved March 2, 1919, as amended.（Public Law No. 728－70th Cong.） = 29
• Act of March 4, 1931, An act authorizing the establishment of a mining experiment station of Bureau of Mines at College Park, Md.（Public Law No. 842－71st Cong.） = 30
• Act of May 13, 1930, Authorizing the settlement of the case of United States against the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Co., pending in the United States District Court in and for the District of Delaware.（Public Res. No. 72－71st Cong.） = 30
• Act of May 21, 1930, An act providing for the lease of oil and gas deposits in or under railroad and other rights of way.（Public Law No. 241－71st Cong. = 31
• Act of June 27, 1930, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant certain oil and gas prospecting permits and leases.（Public Law No. 446－71st Cong.） = 33
• Act of June 27, 1930, An act authorizing the repayment of rents and royalties in excess of requirements made under leases executed in accordance with the General Leasing Act of February 25, 1920.（Public Law No. 456－71st Cong.） = 33
• Act of March 2, 1931, An act to permit the development of certain valuable mineral resources in certain lands of the United States. （Public Law No. 779－71st Cong.） = 34
• Act of March 4, 1931, An act authorizing the establishment of a mining experiment station of the Bureau of Mines at College Park, Md.（Public Law No. 842－71st Cong.） = 35
• Act of March 4, 1931, An act to amend sections 17 and 27 of the General Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended.（Public Law No. 853－71st. Cong.） = 36
• Act of May 7, 1932, To amend the act approved February 7, 1927, entitled "An Act to promote the mining of potash on the public domain."（Public Law No. 126－72d Cong.） = 39
• Act of June 6, 1932, Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United Stales and Alaska.（Public Res. No. 23－72d Cong.） = 40
• Act of June 30, 1932, Amending the joint resolution providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States and Alaska.（Public Res. No. 30－72d Cong.） = 40
• Act of June 30, 1932, To authorize extensions of time on oil and gas prospecting permits.（Public Law No. 217－72d Cong.） = 41
• Act of July 2, 1932, To authorize the exchange of potassium－bearing lands in Tooele County, Utah, between the United States and private owners.（Public Law No. 243－72d Cong.） = 42
• Act of July 16, 1932, To amend the act entitled "An Act to promote the production of sulphur upon the public domain within the State of Louisiana".（Public Law No. 291－72d Cong.） = 44
• Act of February 9, 1933, To further amend the act approved February 25, 1920, entitled "An Act to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain".（Public Law No. 330－72d Cong.） = 45
• Act of March 4, 1933, To provide for agricultural entry of lands withdrawn, classified, or reported as containing any of the minerals subject to disposition under the general leasing law or acts amendatory hereof or supplementary thereto.（Public Law No. 438－72d Cong.） = 46
• Act of May 18, 1933, Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States and Alaska.（Public Law No. 18－73d Cong.） = 47
• Act of May 15, 1934, Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States and Alaska.（Public Law No. 226－73d Cong.） = 48
• Art of June 16, 1934, To amend the mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 with reference to oil－or gas－prospecting permits and leases.（Public Law No. 373－73d Cong.） = 49
• Act of June l9, 1934, To amend the act entitled "An Act to create the California Debris Commission and regulate hydraulic mining in the State of California", approved March 1, 1893, as amended.（Public Law No. 425－73d Cong.） = 50
• Act of January 31, 1935（Extract）, To amend section 14 of the Act approved June 19, 1934. Reconstruction Finance Corporation.（Public Law No. 1－74th Cong.） = 52
• Act of February 22, 1935, To regulate interstate and foreign commerce in petroleum and its products by prohibiting the shipment, in such commerce of petroleum and its products produced in violation of State law.（Public Law No. 14－74th Cong.） = 53
• Act of August 21, 1935, To amend an act entitled "An Act to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain", approved February 25, 1920.（Public Law No. 297½－74th Cong.） = 57
• Act of August 27, 1935, Consenting to an interstate oil compact to conserve oil. and gas.（Public Res. No. 64－74th Cong.） = 64
• Act of February 15, 1936, To provide for the protection and preservation of domestic sources of tin.（Public Law No. 448－74th Cong.） = 67
• Act of April 24, 1936, Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States.（Public Law No. 532－74th Cong.） = 68
• Act of May 18, 1936, To amend section 5 of the act of March 2, 1919, generally known as the "War Minerals Relief Statutes."（Public Law No. 602－74th Cong.） = 69
• Act of June 5, 1936, To amend section 28 of the Enabling Act for Arizona（Public Law No. 658－74th Cong.） = 70
• Act of June 22, 1936（Extract）, Sale of Oil or Gas Properties.（Public Law No. 740－74th Cong.） = 71
• Act of June 22, 1936, To permit mining within the Glacier Bay National Monument.（Public Law No. 750－74th Cong.） = 71
• Act of May 18, 1936, To amend section 5 of the act of March 2, 1919, generally known as the "War Minerals Relief Statutes."（Public Law No. 602－74th Cong.） = 72
• Act of June 24, 1937, Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States.（Public Law No. 161－75th Cong.） = 73
• Act of August 14, 1937, To provide for studies and plans for the development of a hydroelectric power project at Cabinet Gorge, on the Clark Fork of the Columbia River, for irrigation pumping or other uses.（Public Law No. 279－75th Cong.） = 74
• Act of August 10, 1937, Consenting to an interstate oil compact to conserve oil and gas.（Public Res. No. 57－75th Cong.） = 75
• Act of August 25, 1937, For the relief of certain applicants for oil and gas permits and leases.（Public Law No. 371－75th Cong.） = 78
• Act of August 25, 1937, To incorporate the American Chemical Society.（Public Law No. 358－75th Cong.） = 79
• Act of August 26, 1937, To provide for the extension of certain prospecting permits.（Public Law No. 388－75th Cong.） = 81
• Act of June 21, 1938, To regulate the transportation and sale of natural gas in interstate commerce.（Public Law No. 688－75th Cone.） = 82
• Act of June 25, 1938, To amend section 23 of the act to create the California Debris Commission, as amended.（Public Law No. 716－75th Cong.） = 96
• Act of June 29, 1938, Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States.（Public Law No. 781－75th Cong.） = 97
• Act of June 30, 1938, Relating to the conservation, care, custody, protection, and operation of the naval petroleum and oil－shale reserves.（Public Law No. 786－75th Cong.） = 98
• Act of May 31, 1939, Authorizing the President to invite the States of the Union and foreign countries to participate in the International Petroleum Exposition at Tulsa, Okla., to be held May 18 to May 25, 1940.（Public Law No. 103－76th Cong.） = 101
• Act of June 7, 1939, To provide for the common defense by acquiring stocks of strategic and critical material essential to the needs of the industry for the manufacture of supplies for the Armed Forces.（Public Law No. 117－76th Cong.） = 103
• Act of June 29, 1939, To continue in effect until June 30, 1942, the act entitled "An Act to regulate interstate and foreign commerce in petroleum and its products by, prohibiting the shipment in such commerce of petroleum and its products in violation of State law."（Public Law No. 158－76th Cong.） = 106
• Act of January 26, 1940, Authorizing States owning lands or interests therein acquired from the United States to include the same in certain agreements for the conservation of oil and gas resources.（Public Law No. 407－76th Cong.） = 107
• Act of June 13, 1940, To authorize the Secretary of War to grant an easement for pipelines across public lands reserved for military purposes in the parish of Plaquemines, La.（Public Law No.624－76 Cong.） = 108
• Act of July 2, 1940, To amend section 2810（a）,－Internal Revenue Code, to exclude petroleum stills from the requirement of registration.（Public Law No. 705－76th Cong.） = 109
• Act of July 8, 1940, Relating to rentals in certain oil and gas leases issued under authority of the act of February 25, 1920, as amended.（Public Law No.726－76th Cong.） = 109
• Act of July 8, 1940, To authorize the Secretary to the Interior to lease certain of the public lands to the metropolitan Water District of Southern California for the extraction of sodium chloride for water－conditioning purposes.（Public Law No. 731－76th Cong.） = 110
• Act of September 16, 1940, To authorize the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make loans for the development of deposits of strategic and critical minerals.（Public Law No.784－76th Cong.） = 111
• Act of April 11, 1941, To extend the provisions of the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937 for a period of 2 years.（Public Law No. 34－77th Cong.） = 112
• Act of May 7, 1941, Relating to certain inspections and investigations in coal mines for the purpose of obtaining information relating to health and safety conditions, accidents, and occupational diseases therein.（Public Law No. 49－77th Cong.） = 114
• Act of May 28, 1941, To appropriate the proceeds of sales or other dispositions of strategic and critical materials acquired under the act of June 7, 1939.（Public Law No. 76－77th Cong.） = 117
• Act of July 3, 1941, Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue oil and gas leases on certain lands.（Public Law No. 151－77th Cong.） = 118
• Act of June 30, 1941, To facilitate the construction, extension, or completion of interstate petroleum pipelines related to national defense, and to promote interstate commerce.（Public Law No. 197－77th Cong.） = 119
• Act of August 21, 1941, Consenting to an interstate oil compact to conserve oil and gas.（Public Law No. 246－77th Cong.） = 122
• Act of December 19, 1941, Creating a commission to investigate ways and means for improving economic conditions in the anthracite coal producing regions of the United States.（Public Law No. 355－77th Cong.） = 126
• Act of February 7, 1942, To amend section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.（Public Law No. 444－77th Cong.） = 127
• Act of May 7, 1942, Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States, including the Territory of Alaska.（Public Law No. 542－77th Cong.） = 129
• Act of May 9, 1942, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease for the exploitation of silica sand and other nonmetallic minerals.（Public Law No. 545－77th Cong.） = 130
• Act of June 5, 1942, For the relief of persons in connection with the extraction of gold－bearing ore from the Ruck－A－Chucky damsite.（Public Law No. 578－77th Cong.） = 131
• Act of June 22, 1942, To make permanently effective the act regulating interstate and foreign commerce in petroleum and its products.（Public Law No.（121－77th Cong.） = 131
• Act of July 3, 1942, To suspend the requirement for the performance of manual labor on certain mining claims.（Public Law No. 655－77th Cong.） = 132
• Act of July 23, 1942, To promote the national defense and to promptly facilitate and protect the transport of materials and supplies needful to the Military Establishment by authorizing the construction and operation of a pipeline and a navigable barge channel across Florida.（Public Law No. 675－77th Cong.） = 133
• Act of July 29, 1942, To grant a preference right to certain oil and gas leases.（Public Law No. 686－77th Cong.） = 134
• Act of October 26, 1942, To authorize the Secretary of the Navy, to establish a fuel depot at Middle and Orchard Points, Wash.（Public Law No. 756－77th Cong.） = 135
• Act of November 24, 1942, To amend the Federal Explosives Act, as amended, by removing from the application of the act explosives or ingredients in transit upon aircraft.（Public Law No. 775－77th Cong.） = 135
• Act of December 18, 1942, To provide for the establishment and operation of a research laboratory in the Pennsylvania anthracite region.（Public Law No. 812－77th Cong.） = 136
• Act of April 24, 1943, To extend the provisions of the Bituminous Coal Act. of .1937 for a. period of 30 days.（Public Law No. 40－78th Cong.） = 138
• Act of May 3, 1943, Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States, including Alaska.（Public Law No. 47－78th Cong.） = 139
• Act of May 21, 1943, To extend the provisions of the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937 for a period of 90 days.（Public Law No. 53－78th Cong.） = 139
• Act of June 30, 1943, To amend the act entitled "An act to facilitate the construction, extension, or completion of interstate petroleum pipelines related to national defense.（Public Law No. 103－78th Cong.） = 140
• Act of July 7, 1943, Consenting to an interstate oil compact to conserve oil and gas.（Public Law No. 117－78th Cong.） = 141
• Act of July 12, 1943, To authorize the use for war purposes of silver held or owned by the United States.（Public Law No. 137－78th Cong.） = 145
• Act of December 22, 1943, To provide for the extension of certain oil and gas leases.（Public Law No. 212－78th Cong.） = 145
• Act of February 21, 1944, To amend sections（6, 7, and 8 of the act of October 20, 1914.（Public Law No. 231－78th Cong.） = 146
• Act of March 21, 1944, To provide a right－of－way for oil pipelines over the Ogden Ordnance Depot Military Reservation.（Public Law No. 260－78th Cong.） = 148
• Act of April 4, 1944, To enable the Secretary of the Interior to complete payment of awards in connection with the war minerals relief statutes.（Public Law No. 284－78th Cong.） = 148
• Act of April 5, 1944, Authorizing the construction and operation of demonstration plants to produce synthetic liquid fuels from coal, oil shales, agricultural and forestry products.（Public Law No. 290－78th Cong.） = 149
• Act of June 17, 1944, Relating to the conservation, care, custody, protection, and operation of the naval petroleum and oil－shale reserves.（Public Law No. 343－78th Cong.） = 151
• Act of June 17, 1944, Providing for operation of naval petroleum and oil shale reserves.（Public Law No. 344－78th Cong.） = 155
• Act of June 22, 1944, Providing for the suspension of certain requirements relating to work on tunnel sites.（Public Law No. 349－78th Cong.） = 156
• Act of September 27, 1944, To provide for the extension of certain oil and gas leases.（Public Law No. 442－78th Cong.） = 157
• Act of December 20, 1944, To amend the act entitled "An Act to authorize the use of war purposes of silver held or owned by the United States."（Public Law No. 519－78th Cong.） = 157
• Act of December 23, 1944, To provide for the granting of right－of－way for pipelines for petroleum and petroleum products and for telephone and / or telegraph lines through and across lands of the United States within the area of Indian Rock dam and reservoir, located in York County, Pa.（Public Law No. 557－78th Cong.） = 158
• Act of June 8, 1945, To amend section 9 of the act of July 30, 1941.（Public Law No. 78－79th Cong.） = 159
• Act of July 6, 1945, Relating to the conservation, care, custody, protection, and operation of the naval petroleum and oil－shale reserves.（Public Law No. 140－79th Cong.） = 160
• Act of July 6, 1945, Authorizing the production of petroleum for the national defense from Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1.（Public Law No. 142－79th Cong.） = 161
• Act of November 30, 1945, To provide for the extension of certain oil and gas leases.（Public Law No. 231－79th Cong.） = 162
• Act of July 13, 1940, To encourage the protection of oil refineries not having their own source of supply for crude oil by extending preference to such refineries in disposing of royalty oil under the Mineral Lands Leasing Act.（Public Law No. 506－79th Cong.） = 162
• Act of July 31, 1946, To authorize the use by industry of silver held by the United States.（Public Law No. 579－79th Cong.） = 163
• Act of July 23, 1946, To amend the act of June 7, 1939, as amended, relating to the acquisition of stocks of strategic and critical materials for national defense purposes.（Public Law No. 520－79th Cong.） = 164
• Act of July 13, 1946, To encourage and protect oil refineries not having their own sources of supply for crude oil by extending preference to such refineries in disposing of royalty oil under the Mineral Lands Leasing Act.（Public Law No. 506－79th Cong.） = 169
• Act of August 8, 1946, To amend the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended, in order to promote the development of oil and gas on public domain.（Public Law No. 696－79th Cong.） = 170
• Act of August 13, 1946, To insure the preservation of technical and economic records of domestic sources of ores or metals and minerals.（Public Law No. 728－79th Cong.） = 179
• Act of May 27, 1947, To amend section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended.（Public Law No. 77－80th Cong.） = 180
• Act of June 27, 1947, Authorizing certain agreements with respect to rights in helium－bearing gas lands in the Navajo Indian Reservation, N. Mex.（Public Law No. 124－80th Cong.） = 181
• Act of June 28, 1947, To strengthen the common defense and to meet industrial needs for tin by providing for the maintenance of a domestic tinsmelting industry.（Public Law No. 125－80th Cong.） = 182
• Act of June 30, 1947, Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the Territory of Alaska.（Public Law No. 142－80th Cong.） = 183
• Act of July 12, 1947, Consenting to an interstate oil compact to conserve oil and gas.（Public Law No. 184－80th Cong.） = 184
• Act of July 25, 1947, To amend the Natural Gas Act approved June 21, 1938, as amended.（Public Law No. 245－80th Cong.） = 188
• Act of July 25, 1947, To enable the Osage Tribal Council to determine the bonus value of tracts offered for lease for oil, gas, and other mining purposes, Osage Mineral Reservation, Okla.（Public Law No. 246－80th Cong.） = 189
• Act of July 31, 1947, To amend the act of April 21, 1932.（Public Law No. 295－80th Cong.） = 189
• Act of August 4, 1947, Relating to safety in bituminous－coal and lignite mines of the United States.（Public Law No. 328－80th Cong.） = 190
• Act of August 7, 1947, To promote the mining of coal, phosphate, sodium, potassium, oil, oil shale, gas, and sulphur on lands acquired by the United States.（Public Law No. 382－80th Cong.） = 191
• Act of March 15, 1948, To amend the act of April 5, 19－14, authorizing the construction and operation of demonstration plants to produce synthetic liquid fuels from coal, oil shale, agricultural and forestry products.（Public Law No. 443－80th Cong.） = 194
• Act of March 25, 1948, To provide for the establishment and operation of a research laboratory in the North Dakota lignite－consuming region.（Public Law No. 454－80th Cong.） = 195
• Act of June 1, 1948, To amend the act entitled "An Act to promote the mining of potash on the public domain," approved February 7, 1927.（Public Law No. 563－80th Cong.） = 197
• Act of June 1, 1948, To amend the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, to permit the exercise of certain options or on before August 8, 1950.（Public Law No. 571－80th Cong.） = 197
• Act of June 3, 1948, To amend the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, and the Potassium Act of February 7, 1927.（Public Law No. 576－80th Cong,） = 198
• Act of June 17, 1948, Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States.（Public Law No. 665－80th Cong.） = 202
• Act of June 22, 1948, To provide for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the Territory of Alaska.（Public Law No. 735－80th Cong.） = 202
• Act of June 24, 1948, To permit, subject to certain conditions, mining locations under the mining laws of the United States within that portion of the Harney National Forests, designated as a game sanctuary.（Public Law No. 747－80th Cong.） = 203
• Act of June 25, 1948, To ratify and confirm amendments to certain contracts for the furnishing of petroleum products to the United States.（Public Law No. 770－80th Cong.） = 205
• Act of June 29, 1948, To extend for 2 years the authority to provide for the maintenance of a domestic tin－smelting industry.（Public Law No.824 －80th Cong.） = 205
• Act of June 30, 1948, To delay the liquidation of mineral interests reserved to the United States as required by the Farmers Home Administration Act of 1916.（Public Law No. 853－80th Cong.） = 206
• Act of June 17, 1949, Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States and enlarging the liability for damages caused to stock raising and other homesteads by mining activities.（Public Law No. 107－81st Cong.） = 207
• Act of June 21, 1949, Providing for the temporary deferment in certain unavoidable contingencies of annual assessment work on mining claims held In location in the United States and enlarging the liability for damages caused to stock raising and other homesteads by mining activities.（Public Law No. 115－81st Cong.） = 208
• Act of June 30, 1949, Amending Public Law No. 125－Eightieth Congress, as amended.（Public Law No. 148－81st Cong.） = 209
• Act of June 30, 1949, To continue for a temporary period certain powers authority, and discretion in respect to tin and tin products.（Public Law No. 153－81st Cong.） = 210
• Act of September 1, 1949, To eliminate premium payments in the purchase of Government royalty oil under existing contracts entered into pursuant to the act of July 13, 1946.（Public Law No. 280－81st Cong.） = 211
• Act of October 25, 1949, To remove certain lands from the operation of Public Law 545－seventy－Seventh Congress.（Public Law No. 307－81st Cong.） = 213
• Act of June 14, 1950, Providing procedure for claimants of mining claims in the United Stales obtaining credit for assessment work performed during the year ending July 1, 1949.（Public Law No. 544－81st Cong.） = 213
• Act of June 21, 1950, To provide for the establishment and operation of a rare and precious metals experiment station at Reno, Nev.（Public Law No. 568－81st Cong.） = 214
• Act of June 29, 1950, Providing for an extension of the time during which annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States, including Alaska, may be made.（Public Law No. 582－81st Cong.） = 215
• Act of June 30, 1950, To permit the prospecting, development, mining, removal, and utilization of the mineral resources within the national forests in Minnesota.（Public Law No. 594－81st Cong.） = 216
• Act of August 3, 1950, To provide that payment to States under the Oil Land Leasing Act of 1920 shall be made biannually.（Public Law No. 645－81st Cong.） = 217
• Act of August 3, 1950, To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to execute an oil and gas lease on a certain tract of land in Park County, Wyo.（Public Law No. 809－81st Cong.） = 218
• Act of August 3, 1950, To provide that payments to States under the Oil Land Leasing Act of 1920 shall be made biannually（Public Law No. 645－81st Cong.） = 220
• Act of August 21, 1950, To extend for 5 years the authority to provide for the maintenance of a domestic tin－smelting industry.（Public Law No. 723－81st Cong.） = 220
• Act of September 6, 1950, To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain mineral interests.（Public Law No. 760－81st Cong.） = 221
• Act of August 28, 1951, Consenting to an interstate compact to conserve oil and gas.（Public Law No. l28－82d Cong.） = 223
• Act of May 22, 1953, Submerged Lands Act.（Public Law No. 31－83d Cong.） = 230
• Act of July 28, 1953, To amend the Color of Title Act.（Public Law No. 159－83d Cong.） = 235
• Act of August 7, 1953, Domestic Minerals Program Extension Act of 1953.（Public Law No. 206－83d Cong.） = 236
• Act of August 7, 1953, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.（Public Law No. 212－83d Cong.） = 237
• Act of August 12, 1953, Relating to mining claims located on land with respect to which a permit or lease has been issued or an application or offer for permit or lease has been made.（Public Law No. 250－83d Cong.） = 247
• Act of August 12, 1953, To amend the mineral leasing laws with respect to their application in the case of pipelines passing through the public domain.（Public Law No. 253－83d Cong.） = 248
• Act of August 13, 1953, To amend section 9（b） of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 relating to the exemption of activities of the Atomic Energy Commission from State and local taxation.（Public Law No. 262－83d Cong.） = 249
• Act of March 27, 1954, To amend section 1 of the Natural Gas Act.（Public Law No. 323－83d Cong.） = 249
• Act of April 17, 1954, To provide for the relief of certain reclamation homestead entrymen.（Public Law No. 337－83d Cong.） = 250
• Act of June 30, 1954, To grant oil and gas in lands and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents in fee on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Mont., to individual Indians in certain cases.（Public Law No. 461－83d Cong.） = 251
• Act of July 29, 1954, To amend the Mineral Leasing Act of February 24, 1920, as amended.（Public Law No. 555－83d Cong.） = 253
• Act of August 13, 1954, To amend the mineral leasing laws and the mining laws to provide for multiple mineral development of the same tracts of the public lands.（Public Law No. 585－83d Cong.） = 255
• Act of August 2, 1954, To amend section 27 of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended, in order to promote the development of oil and gas on the public domain.（Public Law No. 561－83d Cong.） = 265
• Act of August 31, 1954, To provide for the control and extinguishment of outcrop and underground fires and coal formation.（Public Law No. 738－83d Cong.） = 266
• Act of June 16, 1955, To amend the acts authorizing agricultural entries under the nonmineral land laws of certain mineral lands in order to increase the limitation with respect to desert entries made under such Acts to 320 acres.（Public Law No. 76－84th Cong.） = 268
• Act of July 23, 1955, To. amend the act of July 31, 1947, and the mining laws to provide for multiple use of the surface of the same tracts of the public lands.（Public Law No. 167－84th Cong.） = 269
• Act of July 28, 1955, Consenting to an interstate compact to conserve oil and gas.（Public Law No. 185－84th Cong.） = 275
• Act of August 11, 1955, To permit the mining, development, and utilization of the mineral resources of all public lands withdrawn or reserved for power development.（Public Law No. 359－84th Cong.） = 282
• Act of March 29, 1956, To provide for the reconveyance of oil and gas and mineral interests in a portion of the lands acquired for the Demopolis lock and dam project.（Public Law No. 459－84th Cong.） = 284
• Act of June 29, 1956, To provide for the extension of the time during which annual assessment work on unpatented mining claims validated under section 2 of the Act of August 11, 1955 may be made.（Public Law No. 636－84th Cong.） = 285
• Act of July 20, 1956, To amend the act of July 17, 1914, to permit the disposal of certain reserve mineral deposits under the mining laws of the United States.（Public Law No. 743－84th Cong.） = 286
• Act of August 1, 1956, To amend the act of May 11, 1938, so as to authorize, by agreement, the subsurface storage of oil or gas in restricted Indian lands.（Public Law No. 857－84th Cong.） = 287
• Act of June 29, 1957, To amend the act of August 11, 1955, to extend the time during which annual assessment work on unpatented mining claims subject to that act may he made.（Public Law No. 68－85th Cong.） = 288
• Act of August 13, 1957, To amend section 27 of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended, in order to promote the development of phosphate on the public domain.（Public Law No. 122－85th Cong.） = 288
• Act of August 31, 1957, To provide that the United States shall return to the former owners certain mineral interests in lands acquired for the Arkabutla, Sardis, Enid, and Grenada Reservoirs, Miss.（Public Law No. 245－85th cong.） = 289
• Act of July 3, 1958, To provide for the leasing of oil and gas deposits in lands beneath nontidal navigable waters in the Territory of Alaska.（Public Law No. 505－85th Cong.） = 291
• Act of August 12, 1958, To reinstate certain terminated oil and gas leases.（Public Law No. 618－85th Cong.） = 294
• Act of August 21, 1958, To amend section 27 of the mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended, in order to promote the development of coal on the public domain.（Public Law No. 698－85th Cong.） = 295
• Act of August 21, 1958, To provide a program for the discovery of the mineral reserves of the United Stales, its Territories, and possessions by encouraging exploration for minerals.（Public Law No. 701－85th Cong.） = 296
• Act of August 23. 1958, To amend section 2324 of the Revised Statutes, as amended.（Public Law No. 736－85th Cong.） = 298
• Act of August 27, 1958, To amend sections 2275 and 2270 of the Revised Statutes with respect to certain lands granted to States and Territories for public purposes.（Public Law No. 771－85th Cong.） = 299
• Act of September 2, 1958, To clarify the requirements with respect to the performance of labor imposed as a condition for the holding of mining claims on Federal lands pending the issuance of patents thereof.（Public Law No. 876－85th Cong.） = 302
• Act of August 7, 1959. Consenting to an interstate compact to conserve oil and gas.（Public Law No. 143－86th Cong.） = 303
• Act of September 21, 1959, To amend the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920.（Public Law No. 295－86th Cong.） = 310
• Act of September 2, I960, To amend the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25,1920.（Public Law No. 705－86th Cong.） = 311
• Act of September 14, 1960, To provide, for the grant ing of mineral rights to certain homestead lands in the State of Alaska.（Public Law No. 789－86th Cong.） = 321
• Act of September 6, 1961, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell reserved phosphate interests of the United States in lands located in High－lands County in the State of Florida to the record owners of the surface thereof.（Public Law No. 185－87th Cong.） = 322
• Act of September 21, 1961, To repeal the act extending the time in which to file adverse, claims and institute adverse suits against mineral entries in the District of Alaska.（Public Law No. 260－87th Cong.） = 323
• Act of September 26, 1961, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study covering the causes and prevention of injuries, health hazards, and other health and safety conditions in metal and nonmetallic mines（including coal and lignite mines）.（Public Law No. 300－87th Cong.） = 324
• Act of October 3, 1961, To stabilize, the mining of lead and zinc by small domestic producers on public, Indian, and other lands.（Public Law No. 347－87th Cong.） = 325
• Act of May 21, 1962, To amend the Natural Gas Act to give the Federal Power Commission authority to suspend changes in rate schedules covering sales for resale for industrial use only.（Public Law No. 454－ 87th Cong.） = 328
• Act of August 24, 1962, To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to develop the South Barrow gas field.（Public Law No. 599－87th Cong. = 329
• Act of September 28, 1962, To exclude deposits of petrified wood from appropriation under the United States mining laws.（Public law No. 713－87th Cong.） = 330
• Act of October 5, 1962, To authorize the sale of the mineral estate in certain lands.（Public Law No. 754－87th Cong.） = 331
• Act of October 11, 1962, To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to take possession of the naval oil shale reserves.（Public Law No. 796－87th Cong.） = 332
• Act of October 15, 1962, To amend the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920.（Public Law No. 822－87th Cong.） = 336
• Act of October 23, 1962, To provide relief for residential occupants of unpatented mining claims upon which valuable improvements have been placed.（Public Law No. 851－87th Cong.） = 337
• Act of September 17, 1963, To provide for the sale of certain mineral rights to Christmas Lake, Incorporated, in Minnesota.（Public Law No. 64－88th Cong.） = 340
• Act of July 25, 1963, To amend the Lead－Zinc Small Producers Stabilization Act of October 3, 1961.（Public Law No. 75－88th Cong.） = 341
• Act of August 10, 1964, To terminate a restriction on use with respect to certain land previously conveyed to the city of Fairbanks, Alaska, and to convey to said city the mineral rights in such land.（Public Law No. 409－88th Cong.） = 342
• Act of August 31, 1964, To promote the development of coal on the public domain.（Public Law No. 526－88th Cong.） = 343
• Act of August 31, 1964, To promote the development of phosphate on the public domain.（Public Law No. 548－88th Cong.） = 345
• Act of October 6, 1964, To extend the Osage mineral reservation for an indefinite period.（Public Law No. 632－88th Cong.） = 346
• Act of October 5, 1965, To amend the Lead－Zinc Small Producers Stabilization Act of October 3, 1961.（Public Law No. 238－89th Cong.） = 347
• Act of October 15, 1966, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reinstate a certain oil and gas lease.（Private Law No. 365－89th Cong.） = 348
• Act of September 1, 1966, To implement the provisions of the International Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954.（Public Law No. 551－89th Cong.） = 349
• Act of September 16, 1966, Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act.（Public Law No. 577－89th Cong.） = 353
• Act of October 13, 1966, To amend the Connally Hot Oil Act by exempting States from certain provisions thereof.（Public Law No. 644－89th Cong.） = 366
• Act of October 14, 1966, To make it a criminal offense to steal, embezzle, or otherwise unlawfully take property from a pipeline.（Public Law No. 654－89th Cong.） = 367
• Act of October 23, 1967, To extend the provisions of the act of October 23, 1962, relating to relief for occupants of certain unpatented mining claims.（Public Law No. 111－90th Cong.） = 369
• Act of December 11, 1967, Consenting to an extension and renewal of the interstate compact to conserve oil and gas.（Public Law No. 185－90th Cong.） = 370
• Act of July 11, 1968, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to consider a petition for reinstatement of an oil and gas lease（Wyoming 0310090）.（Private Law No. 292－90th Cong.） = 377
• Act of July 11, 1968, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to consider a petition for reinstatement of an oil and gas lease（Wyoming 0280122）.（Private Law Mo. 293－90th Cong.） = 378
• Act of August 12, 1968, NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY ACT OF 1968.（Public Law No. 481－90th Cong.） = 379