§ 353. — Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of mineral rights; sale subject to prior lease; naval petroleum reserves unaffected.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC353]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 7--LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS
Sec. 353. Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of mineral
rights; sale subject to prior lease; naval petroleum reserves
unaffected
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to (a) amend,
modify, or change any existing law authorizing or requiring the sale of
acquired lands, or (b) empower any commission, bureau, or agency of the
Government to make a reservation of the minerals in the sale of any
acquired land: Provided, That any such sale or conveyance of lands shall
be made by the agency having jurisdiction thereof, subject to any lease
theretofore made, covering the mineral deposits underlying such lands:
Provided further, That nothing in this chapter is intended, or shall be
construed to affect in any manner any provision of chapter 641 of title
10.
(Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 513, Sec. 4, 61 Stat. 914.)
Codification
``Chapter 641 of title 10'' substituted in text for ``the Act of
June 30, 1938 (32 Stat. 1252), amending the Act of June 4, 1920 (41
Stat. 813)'', which had been classified to section 524 of former Title
34, Navy, on authority of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Sec. 49(b), 70A
Stat. 640, the first section of which enacted Title 10, Armed Forces.
