§ 184a. — Authorization of States to include in agreements for conservation of oil and gas resources lands acquired from United States.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC184a]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 3A--LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 184a. Authorization of States to include in agreements for
conservation of oil and gas resources lands acquired from United
States
Notwithstanding the provisions of any applicable grant, deed,
patent, exchange, or law of the United States, any State owning lands or
interests therein acquired by it from the United States may consent to
the operation or development of such lands or interests, or any part
thereof, under agreements approved by the Secretary of the Interior made
jointly or severally with lessees or permittees of lands or mineral
deposits of the United States or others, for the purpose of more
properly conserving the oil and gas resources within such State. Such
agreements may provide for the cooperative or unit operation or
development of part or all of any oil or gas pool, field, or area; for
the allocation of production and the sharing of proceeds from the whole
or any specified part thereof regardless of the particular tract from
which production is obtained or proceeds are derived; and, with the
consent of the State, for the modification of the terms and provisions
of State leases for lands operated and developed thereunder, including
the term of years for which said leases were originally granted, to
conform said leases to the terms and provisions of such agreements:
Provided, That nothing in this section contained, nor the effectuation
of it, shall be construed as in any respect waiving, determining or
affecting any right, title, or interest, which otherwise may exist in
the United States, and that the making of any agreement, as provided in
this section, shall not be construed as an admission as to the title or
ownership of the lands included.
(Jan. 26, 1940, ch. 14, 54 Stat. 17.)
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.
