§ 701. — Authorization to convey; acreage limitations; qualified applicants; payment; "qualified officer of the United States" defined.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC701]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 20--CONVEYANCES TO OCCUPANTS OF UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS
Sec. 701. Authorization to convey; acreage limitations;
qualified applicants; payment; ``qualified officer of the United
States'' defined
The Secretary of the Interior may convey to any occupant of an
unpatented mining claim which is determined by the Secretary to be
invalid an interest, up to and including a fee simple, in and to an area
within the claim of not more than (a) five acres or (b) the acreage
actually occupied by him, whichever is less. The Secretary may make a
like conveyance to any occupant of an unpatented mining claim who, after
notice from a qualified officer of the United States that the claim is
believed to be invalid, relinquishes to the United States all rights in
and to such claim which he may have under the mining laws. Any
conveyance authorized by this section, however, shall be made only to a
qualified applicant, as that term is defined in section 702 of this
title, who applies therefor within the period ending June 30, 1971, and
upon payment of an amount established in accordance with section 705 of
this title.
As used in this section, the term ``qualified officer of the United
States'' means the Secretary of the Interior or an employee of the
Department of the Interior so designated by him: Provided, That the
Secretary may delegate his authority to designate qualified officers to
the head of any other department or agency of the United States with
respect to lands within the administrative jurisdiction of that
department or agency.
(Pub. L. 87-851, Sec. 1, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1127; Pub. L. 90-111,
Sec. 1, Oct. 23, 1967, 81 Stat. 311.)
References in Text
The mining laws, referred to in text, are classified generally to
this title.
Amendments
1967--Pub. L. 90-111 extended from Oct. 23, 1967, to June 30, 1971,
the period in which qualified individuals shall apply for conveyances
authorized by this section.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 703, 704, 706 of this title.
