§ 156. — Approval by Congress necessary for withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of over 5,000 acres for any Department of Defense project or facility.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC156]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 6--WITHDRAWAL FROM SETTLEMENT, LOCATION, SALE, OR ENTRY
Sec. 156. Approval by Congress necessary for withdrawal,
reservation, or restriction of over 5,000 acres for any
Department of Defense project or facility
No public land, water, or land and water area shall, except by Act
of Congress, on and after February 28, 1958 be (1) withdrawn from
settlement, location, sale, or entry for the use of the Department of
Defense for defense purposes; (2) reserved for such use; or (3)
restricted from operation of the mineral leasing provisions of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act [43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.], if such
withdrawal, reservation, or restriction would result in the withdrawal,
reservation, or restriction of more than five thousand acres in the
aggregate for any one defense project or facility of the Department of
Defense since February 28, 1958, or since the last previous Act of
Congress which withdrew, reserved, or restricted public land, water, or
land and water area for that project or facility, whichever is later.
(Pub. L. 85-337, Sec. 2, Feb. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 28.)
References in Text
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, referred to in text, is act
Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, 67 Stat. 462, as amended, which is classified
generally to subchapter III (Sec. 1331 et seq.) of chapter 29 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 1331 of this title and Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 155, 157 of this title.
