Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§8728 Agreements and leases: provision for change
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART IV— - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 869— - NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES › § 8728
Summary
Plans and leases for U.S. lands in Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2 and oil shale reserves must let the Secretary, with Presidential approval and subject to plan limits, change prospecting, development, production despite other laws.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8728
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Every unit or cooperative plan of development and operation and every lease affecting lands owned by the United States within Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2 and the oil shale reserves shall contain a provision authorizing the Secretary, subject to approval by the President and to any limitation in the plan or lease, to change from time to time the rate of prospecting and development on, and the quantity and rate of production from, lands of the United States under the plan or lease, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 742834 U.S.C. 524 (proviso of 6th par.).
June 4, 1920, ch. 228 (6th par., proviso, of amended 3d and 4th provisos), 41 Stat. 813;
June 30, 1938, ch. 851, § 1, 52 Stat. 1252;
June 17, 1944, ch. 262, 58 Stat. 282. The words “entered into after
July 1, 1937” and “entered into subsequent to
July 1, 1937” are omitted as surplusage. The words “in his discretion” are omitted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7428 of this title as this section. 2000—Pub. L. 106–398 struck out “, except a plan authorized by section 7426 of this title,” after “development and operation”. 1976—Pub. L. 94–258 substituted “within Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2 and the oil shale reserves shall contain a provision authorizing the Secretary” for “within the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves shall contain a provision authorizing the Secretary of the Navy”. 1962—Pub. L. 87–796 included leases affecting lands within oil shale reserves.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions Functions of the President under this section were delegated to the Secretary of Energy by Ex. Ord. No. 12929, Sept. 29, 1994, 59 F.R. 50473, set out as a note under section 7427 of this title.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8728
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73